Lineup's in.

Grandy's out.

1. Jeter DH
2. Swisher 1B
3. Cano 2B
4. Chavez 3B
5. Ibanez RF
6. Martin C
7. Ichiro LF
8. Dickerson CF
9. Nix SS

[1] Good Lord!

[1] U.G.L.Y. You ain't got no ugly alibi you ugly. Hey, hey, you ugly. (per the line up of course) : )
But I predict Phil will pitch his game of the season today. Or shit the bed. Who knows! Go Yankees!

Spring training lineup.

[2][3][4] Really? I think it's a clear improvement over the last few days. At least someone who can hit (and could use some r-e-s-t) is in the DH slot.

Way to go Dickerson!
Lets hope the O's don't answer in the top of the 3rd.

just tuning in. i get the game on tbs today!

wish jetes cashed stevie nix there...

Predictable sequence to Manny M after 2-2. Hey, Phil, serve up a fastball over the heart of the plate, it gets smacked. S'what happens.

really nice waking up to a yankee lead!

and good on dickerson. was it legit or a cheapie?

[3] let's go with 'his game of the season' : )

Damn Tex Swish!!!

So it's sliders away for the k. Watch out for mark. But swish nabs it. 2nd good d for swish

Huuuuuuuughes!

Oh, Dickerson's was legit. It was a seed. Line drive that kept rising. It was off a cutter and the pitch looked too inside for him to keep it fair. But I guess it didn't have too much bite. It was a real rope.

Nice job by Phil to get out of it, lucked out too because Markakais hit it on the screws.

Damn, missed the homer.
Brilliant platoon by Girardi, huh?

[9] legit, second deck line drive homer. he crushed it.

thanks guys, on the homer. lookin' forward to his next AB, so i can see a replay!

Hey! How about that Dickerson? That was a rocket to the upper deck. Always liked him the last couple of years when the rosters expand.

Let's go Hughes, Let's go Yankees. T

RI - saw your 'stevie nix' from last night's game thread. she was my first crush a long, long time ago when i was a little kid...

fuck yeah, dickerson!!!

Maybe C-Dick is earning himself a bigger role for the month.

damn snow cone for the catch!

[18] Ah, that does not surprise me!

Whoa, the Rays are not wasting time against the Jays today, huh?

Also: another really horrific loss for the Red Sox last night. Aceves got into a shouting match with My Little Pony. Bobby V seems like he really doesn't give a crap anymore -- "Yeah, what are they gonna do to me? they can only fire me once..."

[20] and beyond...

[22] a touchdown after two...

[23] oh, that is *terrific*!

Ace always seemed like a really nice guy. the pouting spat soured him on me a bit. this shouting match with the little midget fucker restores my like of him!

Dick & Swish!

uhhhh...

C-Dick Swish!

uuuuummmm...

(forget it...)

C-Dick? Is that the nickname for the captain from the Costa Concordia?

The Rays are flooring it.

I probably shouldn't say this, for jinx purposes, but I am still more worried about the Rays than I am about the Orioles.

[27] it's really terrible. RI used it in [20]

"eric dickerson's cousin" is too long though...

Chris D. ---> Christy could work, i suppose. but that would be better if he played a different position and was the son of matthew, rather than the son of dicker.

[28] oh yeah, definitely.

hell, the "hate-los" are only 2.5 back from a wild card position...

At least it's a solo shot.

and there it is...

shocking. not.

Man, you could see that coming.

catfish hughes

Hoooookay.

I always say, when Phil pitches, we're just rooting for the homers to be solos.

31st HR for Phil

phil can't seem to get it above 92 mph. his fastball is sitting mostly at 91 and it looks like max effort...

[37] I'm pretty sure he had it a little higher earlier in the game.

good, phil.

looks like a-rod will be back tomorrow. i'm guessing he'll dh...

[38] oh, okay. cool.

Thelarmis, is "P-Hughes" worse than "C-Dick"?

well, that pretty nice stop by coltrane helped preserve the lead. (temporarily...?)

Carbon copy for Markakis. Only this time Swish can't get it.

[41] NO!!! P-Hughes is pretty damn good!

glad i thought of that one.

[41} He P U(s) right now.

C'mon Phil. Put him away.

Yeah!

YEAH!!!

[47] i see you and raise 2 exclamation points and capital letters!

No matter how that last inning looked. One run through five is a good day for any pitcher.

Slider away, [11] nice!

Ok ph

Question on protocol: I live in DC, goin to Balt next weekend. So do I wear pinstripe or gray jersey?

nick markakis = karma kicks in

pretty damn cool.

don't bunt!

show the homer tbs!!!

draws a walk.

now...steal!

It'll be a bunt, you know it...

Wow, not bunting. Go figure.

Ah, how silly of me...course he bunted.

C-Dick anagrams to:

Sir Chicken Rods

i dig it.

[52] Oh, grey, for sure.

DJ will drive him in.

ugh on the walk.

steal 3rd!

beltre en fuego.

53) Grey.

Nix looks like Brett. To me. Maybe to Girardi, too?

9-0 Rays.

Dammit.

Thanks!! Now is it 2 or 7?

Way to go SWISH.

Swish drives in Sir Chicken Rods!

[ah, it's a little bulky, but it'll do...for now.]

We must resign Swish!!!!!!

Who's afraid of Randy Wolf?

sale vs. fucklander as the game of the week tonight. 1-game separates the kittens from the pale hose. should be a good showdown.

Yay Swish! Much better than the game on Friday (painful to be at YS).

[72] a crying boy?

Cano has his head in his ass sometimes. Which is why as good as he is I think the Yankee announcers overstate that he's one of the top 5 best hitters in the game. He gives away at bats. Like this one here.

[75] Or a duck, maybe. According to Prokofiev.

[77] who's afraid of the J. Giles Band?

Crud

eck talks about reynolds' power and he homers.

now he mentions phil hadn't walked a batter. leadoff walk.

and now the lead is going to disappear...very, very fast.

bollocks.

Oh boy.

Aw fuck.

and there it is.

phuck you, phil.

Holy fuck.
See, it was important to keep them to solos.
Fuck.

P. Hughes.

[78] J. Geils? Or J. Giles?

[86] either one is fine as they both anagram to Selig.

another leadoff walk. love it.

nice.

Lead-off walk to the fifth batter of the inning?

[89] new pitcher.

whew...

Oh, [78] Peter Wolf, right?

good hit, eric!

Hughes is exasperating.

[92] there ya go.

[94] that's much nicer than what i was thinking.

holy fucking crap.

double frick.

Un be fucking lievable.

Man, I miss Posada.
(Not that he didn't hit into his share of DPs.)

FWIW Sterling's Dickerson call was, "Dickerson Christens the 2nd deck." I thought that was clever. But he also added he doesn't recall ever seeing a homer hit there. Grain of salt with him, though. And I guess expecting Phil to not fucking suck is too much to ask. Geez.