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Fireworks?

Mr. Hughes tries to rebound this afternoon.

It’s a scorcher…Hope everyone has a great (and safe) holiday.

Let’s Go Yan-Kees!

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1 randym77   ~  Jul 4, 2010 12:09 pm

Anyone watching the All-Star selection show?

2 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 12:18 pm

Cano and Jeter named AL all-star starters … and Morneau rightfully over Teix and Longoria rightfully over A-Rod.

Beltre is having a better season than A-Rod … I wonder if they both get reserve nods.

3 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 12:22 pm

Fireworks are kind of boring to me. go figure...

4 Cliff Corcoran   ~  Jul 4, 2010 12:22 pm

Alex likes to celebrate a continental Independence Day. Alaska and Hawaii can go screw.

Perusing the All-Star starters, not too many complains save perhaps for the outfields.

5 Cliff Corcoran   ~  Jul 4, 2010 12:24 pm

Hey! Marcus Thames has been activated with Chad Huffman likely being optioned to make room.

6 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 12:32 pm

Bucky Dent was an all star?

Who knew?

7 randym77   ~  Jul 4, 2010 12:36 pm

[5] LoHud says Huffman's been sent down.

Anyone else make it? Mo? Hughes? A-Rod?

8 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 12:57 pm

Damn, Hughes is up to 3.58?

Wow!

9 Cliff Corcoran   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:05 pm

[7] Cano and Jeter voted in as starters. Rodriguez, Sabathia, Hughes, Rivera picked as reserves. CC won't be able to pitch because he's starting the Sunday before, so he'll be replaced on the roster. Jered Weaver and Andy Pettitte seem like top candidates to replace him.

10 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:07 pm

If only the fans could vote for the ASG announcers :-)

11 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:11 pm

Philthy!

12 randym77   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:16 pm

Pettitte deserves it. He's been great this year.

And Swish could get in as the final player.

13 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:27 pm

I'm getting a special cone/wells/righetti-ish feeling about hughes and the lackluster jays lineup today.

14 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:33 pm

[13] Shhhhhhh, woman, you ought to know better!

15 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:33 pm

[2] If you compare Arod and Longoria, I don't think you can make a convincing argument for one over the other.

16 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:34 pm

Come down, Kay.

17 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:35 pm

[16] Calm

18 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:38 pm

[13] Not saying the dude doesn't look sharp, mind you.

19 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:38 pm

See?

This one's on Diane!!!

20 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:39 pm

[14]

I'm gonna sit in the corner now ... a time out for me.

21 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:40 pm

[20] Indeed!

22 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:42 pm

Why does Kay keep saying "keystone pair" or whatever he's saying?

23 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:44 pm

Kim is cute.

24 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:45 pm

WTF?

25 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:45 pm

[23]

Have a couple of white zins with her, talk about baseball ...

26 randym77   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:46 pm

Not sure who should have gotten that, but it seems like someone should have.

27 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:46 pm

[25] :))
In a heartbeat. You want to fix me up?

28 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:51 pm

Damn, Frankie Valli's still alive?

29 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:53 pm

[27]

Take a number, cowboy! :-0

30 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:55 pm

[29] Heheh. :)

31 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:56 pm

Wow, nice.

32 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:57 pm

Man, was that idiotic.

33 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 1:59 pm

FOCUS, fucking Yankees!

34 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:02 pm

All right, I guess we'll have to take that.

35 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:03 pm

Fuck, that was scary.

36 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:03 pm

Before yesterday you'd be reasonably happy with a sac fly there. I was hoping for a Big Third.

37 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:03 pm

[3] me too.

and, yeah - kim...

c'mon a-rod, we should get more than 1 outta this...

38 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:04 pm

yikes! that was going right for his keppie!!!

39 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:05 pm

Belt high fastball over the plate! I guess Morrow throws pretty hard, but I expect Alex to crush those.

40 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:06 pm

Ohh, beautiful, Alex!

That was HUGE!

NICE ab!

41 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:06 pm

nice hit!

2-1

42 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:06 pm

Ahhhhh.

Not eleven, though. We're supposed to get eleven.

43 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:06 pm

That was a really nice piece of hitting.

44 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:07 pm

did a-rod ever wear an earring? i've had earrings for more than half my life and my ear lobe never ever ever looked like that. weird...

45 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:08 pm

Let's see Morrow try to blow a heater past Rob.

46 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:08 pm

[42] this one goes to eleven!

i'll take eleventy.

better than going to the nevele!

47 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:08 pm

Wtf kind of pitcher with major league aspirations doesn't bother developing a breaking ball because he throws so hard in college?

48 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:08 pm

Wow, he did, fouled off.
Another?

49 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:10 pm

Good pitch.

[46] The nevele? In Belgium?

50 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:13 pm

Wikipedia says he was born in 1948.

51 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:14 pm

[49] poconos!

52 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:15 pm

[51] Nevah hoid of it.

53 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:17 pm

Wow, Teix!

54 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:17 pm

That throw was amazing! That was the play.

55 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:18 pm

[53] Giambi would have got us a DP.

56 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:18 pm

[52] i remember something from when i was a kid. an old commercial and stuff. i could be wrong...

ooh, thankfully no one got hurt on that!

57 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:19 pm

[55] Hahhaahha!

58 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:21 pm

Nice.
Phil looks phine. The homer did worry me. (Diane did not.)

59 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:22 pm

[58]

The Internet gods got me .... my DSL went down for about 20 minutes just now.

60 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:24 pm

[56] You are correct! Except it seems to be in the Catskills. Catskills, Poconos, whatev.

I remember the song. When I saw "nevele" in your comment I pronounced it wrong in my head, though, so it didn't trigger the memory.

61 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:30 pm

[60] yeah, i just looked it up. didn't have much success, but yes - i meant catskills! i always confused catskills/poconos. my grandparents would go sometimes and they were always the same place to me.

what is it: catskills = NY, poconos = Penn? i think that might be right...

i remember the commercial vividly. oh, you linked it! i'll have to go check that out. you're all super fancy and schmart and know how to link stuff. i hit & kick things. boom bap, boom boom bap

62 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:32 pm

Yes, Catskills NY, Poconos Penn. But both flat, rolly hills, full of Jewish people.

63 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:32 pm

no. no no no. he didn't go!

did he?

replay please. i don't know. i don't really think he went. close.

64 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:32 pm

Huh, funny thing, it would be better for us if there had been two outs instead of one! Because Brett would then have been permitted to run to first. I'm assuming he would have made it.

65 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:34 pm

Hey, nice!

66 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:34 pm

oh, hell yeah!!!!

El Nino

67 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:34 pm

We all love Ramiro Pena. We don't want him traded.

68 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:36 pm

nice.

i love the stolen base!

69 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:37 pm

[67] just stashed away on the farm?! ; )

70 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:39 pm

ah, damn. right thru the heat.

71 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:39 pm

98 MPH. So he isn't too tired.

Still, I bet Morrow doesn't pitch the sixth. If he's lucky he can start it.

72 btimmermann   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:42 pm

I think the umpire managed to not get the checked swing AND the fact that the ball hit Gardner right.

Because if you swing and miss at a pitch that hits you the ball is dead. Which means that Granderson should have stayed at first.

73 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:43 pm

Bury a breaking ball in the dirt.

74 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:44 pm

[72] The Griddle!!! Rebus puzzles!!! will you be in Atlanta this summer for SABR? hope all is well with you in La-La Land! we reminisce about the Toaster here on occassion...

75 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:45 pm

btimmerman, are you THE Bob Timmerman?

Good point about the dead ball.

76 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:45 pm

[72] but...but...but then grandy wouldn't have scored. i quite like that 3rd run! : )

77 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:46 pm

[75] but, of course he is! like you have to ask. sheesh. rhode islanders...

78 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:46 pm

Jorgie's worthless back there.

79 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:46 pm

come on matusz!!! get outta this crap...

80 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:46 pm

Hey, who called for burying a curve in the dirt??? Now look.

81 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:47 pm

[78] yeah, but he still has worth up there!

82 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:47 pm

[80] weeping. now, he has been made to crying!

83 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:48 pm

[81] Yes, he does, god bless him. And in *here*, too [gesturing to my heart!].

84 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:48 pm

[77] But there are so many impostors. I mean, how many btimmermans might there be? Hundreds, I figure, and I'm only counting baseball fans. You can't be too careful. Let's ask him for a rebus, or quiz him on the colored lights cycle alert thing.

85 btimmermann   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:48 pm

Yeah, it's me. The home plate umpire didn't raise his arms to indicate TIME. He probably was too focused on the checked swing call.

However, it didn't seem that Cito Gaston was too aware of the situation either. His argument was pretty weak.

So... Gardner thought it was an HBP
Granderson just ran because he saw the ball bouncing away.
The Blue Jays just seemed to be happy to be there.

86 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:49 pm

phil will get outta this.

hopefully matusz will, too.

1 more out, guys!!!

87 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:49 pm

FUCKING FUCK!!!!!

NOOOOO!!

88 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:49 pm

DeWayne Wise. He's actually their number 2 batter? He didn't enter as a pinch runner, or something like that?

DO NOT WALK HIM.

89 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:49 pm

OMG.

DeWayne Wise. You're kidding me.

90 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:49 pm

Down and in the the lefties.

Fuck fuck fuck fuck.

91 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:50 pm

goddman motherfucker.

what in the goddamn hell was that?

d-wise? seriously?!

fuck it all straight hell (and back).

: /

at least matusz got out of it...

92 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:50 pm

I'm fucking pissed, now.

93 btimmermann   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:50 pm

DeWayne Wise was not walked.

94 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:51 pm

Why is Phil Hughes "matusz"?

95 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:51 pm

[88] um, i'm all about walking him... : ~

96 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:52 pm

[94] i was following the scoreboard. shit sox had runners on 2nd & 3rd with 1 out. then 2 outs. no one scored in that game...

97 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:53 pm

[96] Oh, Matusz! Okay.

98 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:53 pm

I guess DeWayne Wise is the Sterling's Law reaction to Gritner's Granny yesterday.

99 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:54 pm

Ok, I'm not worried about Hughes. I trust him to make adjustments and whatnot (long-term, I'm talking) but still, I don't like this trend.

100 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:56 pm

i like Swish.

you know, he's the 1st Yankee to ever hit 9 xbh in his first 8 games w/ the club. that's kinda kool.

i hope he ends up an all-star! (he won't, but that'd be great)

c'mon Tex - give us the lead!!!

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101 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:57 pm

Unbelievable.

I saw him get a green light and was instantly filled with dread.

102 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:58 pm

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

103 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:58 pm

goddamn motherfucker! he was running really s l o w.

1 out. just stay at 3rd for A-rod.

damn it all to hell.

: /

104 JeremyM   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:58 pm

The third base coach is a moron. There weren't any outs you idiot!

105 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:58 pm

Painful.

106 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:58 pm

that was .... different

107 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:58 pm

oh my fucking god.

i didn't even realize Tex took 3rd on the throw.

i think Tex very well may have been safe.

this is brutal.

108 btimmermann   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:59 pm

DeWayne Wise is hoping to be named Budweiser Man of the Match.

109 JeremyM   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:59 pm

Terrible pitching by Hughes followed by that. Thompson should be canned.

110 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:59 pm

[106] Oh, Diane. Curse you for making me laugh in my moment of agony.

111 randym77   ~  Jul 4, 2010 2:59 pm

Dewayne Wise has a pretty good arm. Maybe we should quit trying to run on him.

112 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:00 pm

on boss george's birthday, no less.

113 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:00 pm

I'm sorry Ms. O had to witness that up close and personal like.

114 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:02 pm

[108] Well if he boots a few, he'll get my vote.

115 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:03 pm

What the fuck?

116 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:04 pm

fuck these goddamn blow jays.

this sucks ass

117 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:04 pm

I blame Dave Eiland.

118 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:05 pm

why was andy passed over on the all-star game? i hope he still gets picked as a replacement. i haven't read all the A-S news yet...

119 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:07 pm

Wow!

Very gutsy!

120 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:07 pm

nice catch, gritner!

121 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:07 pm

[119]

indeed .... very un-Thameslike

122 JeremyM   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:07 pm

[118] I think it was Joe being slick. He knew he could name CC, have him throw Sunday, and then have to pick someone else and then both guys are happy.

123 randym77   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:08 pm

[118] Nobody knows, though the YES announcers speculated that he'll be the replacement for CC.

There's always a few players inexplicably left out. I'm amazed that Joey Votto and Ryan Zimmerman were left off the NL team.

124 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:09 pm

get plate blocker here and call it a day, phil...

125 btimmermann   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:09 pm

No outfielder has ever had three assists in an inning, although three guys have thrown out three different runners at home. But that hasn't happened since 1905.

And in 1997, Albert Belle played 154 games in the outfield for the White Sox and had a total of one assist all year. And that was throwing out Manny Ramirez trying to stretch a single into a double.

126 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:10 pm

[122] ah, thanks!

[123] yeah, that's weird. cliff's tweet here says omar infante is an all-star. yikes!

127 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:10 pm

Yeah, it's Bob Timmerman.

128 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:12 pm

cano going deep here?

129 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:14 pm

One error?

Really?

Holy fuck, that's unheard of!

130 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:15 pm

[128] Deep into the count, anyway.

131 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:16 pm

bollocks.

fred lewis and dewayne wise.

fuck.

132 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:17 pm

with authority.

133 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:17 pm

Sometimes I have to wonder why pitchers don't wear helmets.

134 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:18 pm

[133] I personally think we should all wear helmets, all the time. Life is dangerous.

135 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:20 pm

c'mon Curtis!

136 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:21 pm

Speaking of 1987, I don't suppose anyone remembers Mike Pagliarulo batting right-handed one game and striking out on three pitches without lifting the bat from his shoulders?

Don't remember what year it was, but Billy was managing. For some bizarre reason he decided to have him bat right-handed because he'd done so in little league or something.

137 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:21 pm

fucking crap. that was awful. terrible terrible swing.

138 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:21 pm

[134] Hahahahahahah!! Yes it is, RI. Yes it is.

139 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:22 pm

[136] i don't remember that specific at-bat, but i sure remember '87. i loved Pags!

140 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:23 pm

wow what a break!

141 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:23 pm

YAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

142 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:23 pm

i love it - gritner instilling fear in the opposing pitcher and dugout...while he's at the plate and not on 1st base!

143 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:23 pm

Oh, wow.

144 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:24 pm

WAHOO!!!

145 btimmermann   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:24 pm

DeWayne Wise is no longer the Budweiser Man of the Match.

146 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:24 pm

dewayne wise - budweiser man of the match!!!

HA!!!!

147 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:24 pm

[136] [139] Nettles was my favorite so naturally I was a huge Pags fan. It was that I had to root for the 3basement. something like that anyhow.

148 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:25 pm

A four-base hit!

How 'bout that!

149 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:25 pm

is that back-to-back days w/ homers for brett? coolio!

150 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:26 pm

Oh, shut up, Kay.

151 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:26 pm

"Team error."

Wtf is he talking about?

152 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:26 pm

[147] 3basement, I love that concept! I'm going to have to fondle it mentally for a while now.

153 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:27 pm

[152] hmm, i totally missed the typo until you posted it. haha. I kind of like that concept too!

154 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:27 pm

[150] i can only imagine

[147] yeah, i love that "3rd basement" - nice seamus!

[145] oh, but he is!

155 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:28 pm

[152] [153] Me three!

156 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:28 pm

[153] ooh, don't admit this! your wordplay was quite impressive... ; )

157 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:29 pm

Well, I was wrong back at [71], but Gaston should have taken what I said as advice.

158 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:29 pm

[154] He's whining about how it's not fair to charge a hit to the pitcher but nor is it fair to charge an E to the fielder so therefore there ought to be a new category, a "team error" so the pitcher's precious ERA needn't suffer when guys lose balls in the sun.

159 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:30 pm

seamus in the basement mixin' up the medicine...

now the 5th daughter on the 12th night
told the 1st father the 3rd basement wasn't right...

160 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:30 pm

woah! grandy making things interesting.

161 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:31 pm

[159] Heeeheheh! NIce

162 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:31 pm

[157] ooh, thanks for linkin' again. i forgot about the nevele commercial. i need to go back and open it in a new tab...

whew...

163 randym77   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:31 pm

What happened to Posada?

164 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:32 pm

Oh, Christ.

165 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:32 pm

[156] oh i can't help but be honest. it's a curse. bites me in the ass all the time.

[159] love this!

166 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:32 pm

Damaso is our most reliable human reliever, is he not? Or would you say D-Rob?

167 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:32 pm

[163] foul ball off the hand.

168 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:33 pm

shit. please be okay, jorgie.

FUCK!!!

169 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:33 pm

[167] Which hand? I didn't see it either.

170 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:33 pm

oh, come on pena - stick out the leg!!!

171 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:33 pm

[167]

foul ball off glove, bent it back, eerily similar to V Martinez situation last week

172 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:34 pm

Glove hand. V-Mart injury. Uh oh.

173 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:34 pm

(Just ftr, to whom it may concern, when I remarked that Jorgie was worthless back there, I did *not* mean to suggest he should leave the game with an injury.)

174 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:34 pm

[165] i'm the same way, man. same way...

175 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:36 pm

[173] Yeah, and Diane didn't mean that Hughes should give up some home runs, but, there you are, you're both stuck with the fruit of your thoughtless remarks.

176 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:38 pm

[174] yeah i don't know man. i think coupled with the fact that i say almost whatever comes to mind is what kills me. to think i was once a shy kid. baah!

c'mon Yanks!

177 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:38 pm

good work, marte.

please be okay, jorgie!!!

178 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:39 pm

bathroom break! ; )

179 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:41 pm

i'm watching the rest of the game from the 3basement.

180 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:44 pm

Nice hit, Swish!

181 rbj   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:44 pm

Rally time!

182 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:45 pm

yes!

make this stand up

183 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:45 pm

There you go, Teix!

184 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:45 pm

nice! score truck!!

185 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:45 pm

Here we go.

Also, the Orioles.

186 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:46 pm

Tex!!!

fuck. this time, swish coulda scored.

it's okay, Alex will drive 'em both in...

187 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:46 pm

Can't believe he didn't send Swisher home on that! What were you thinking/???

188 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:46 pm

[185] nice. thanks for the heads up!

189 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:47 pm

Lackey is pitching pretty well but thelarmis' friend Matusz is better. Also, Marco "Run Prevention" Polo just booted a nice one, run scored from third.

190 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:47 pm

Oh, Alex.

3basement for you!

191 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:48 pm

he went? wtf? show a damn replay, tbs!

192 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:48 pm

Awesome.

193 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:49 pm

Love the respect, and, Brains with juiced sacks, gotta love it...

194 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:49 pm

[190] nice.

RI - here's your favorite: IBB to load the bases.

let's go Brains!!!

195 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:49 pm

c'mon Frankie!

196 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:49 pm

[193]

Yummm ... brains with juiced sacks ...

197 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:50 pm

[196] Yes, it's a French dish, made with calf's organs. Delicious.

198 rbj   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:51 pm

Damn!

199 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:51 pm

Are you people watching this?

200 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:51 pm

[199] Sadly.

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201 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:51 pm

he was safe

202 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:52 pm

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

203 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:52 pm

he may very well have been safe...

204 JeremyM   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:53 pm

Looked safe to me, and not really a tough call to make either, ump had a clear view.

205 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:54 pm

Okay, this is actually a big inning for Joba. I hope he's up to it. He'd better be.

206 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:55 pm

too many outs at the plate. c'mon joba. good joba please.

207 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:57 pm

This does not look like good Joba. Where is good Joba?
Did you look in the 3basement, Seamus?

208 btimmermann   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:58 pm

This is the first time in AL history that there have been three outfield assists to home by one team in one game.

It's happened four times in the NL, the last time on July 7, 1975 when the Giants threw out three Cardinals runners at home.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1975/B07070SLN1975.htm

The Cardinals still won the game.

209 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:58 pm

i'm still not convinced that a-rod went on the called strike 3...

fuck bautista.

let's go joba!

210 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:58 pm

JOBA: Jerking Our Belief Around

211 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:59 pm

[208] That's reassuring.

212 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:59 pm

that was close

213 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:59 pm

[208]

Thanks Bob ...

Hey everyone, did you know that Bob is engaged to be married? Let's wish him congrats!

214 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:59 pm

dude. throw strikes!

215 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 3:59 pm

[207] looking. it's dark in here.

216 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:00 pm

[213] thought he already was married. congrats, bob! lucky guy...

217 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:00 pm

[213] for realz? congrats Bob!!

218 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:00 pm

[213] Clap clap clap clap. Bravo, Bob.

Bravo, Joba.

219 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:01 pm

[215] i learned how to play drums in my parents' 3rd basement. (it was actually our 1st basement, we were in an apt in queens before that...)

1 more out, joba

220 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:01 pm

sweet. phew.

221 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:01 pm

[215] Hm, that might be Bad Joba. He often looks like he's pitching in the dark.

222 rbj   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:02 pm

[208] Congratulations on the impending nuptials.

Joba does his job.

223 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:02 pm

very nice.

a geico run or two, then...god!

224 RIYank   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:02 pm

Sox down easy in the eighth. Marco "Run Prevention" Scutaro is doing a good job preventing the Red Sox from scoring.

225 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:03 pm

[210] Hhahahahhahahhah!

226 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:04 pm

Hey, mazal tov, Bob! A blessed institution. Sometimes a mental one, but blessed nonetheless.

227 btimmermann   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:05 pm

I took the father-in-law-to-be to the Dodgers-Yankees game last Sunday. We had a good time considering how it came out. He hadn't seen the Yankees play since watching an exhibition game in the spring of 1951.

I told him that I'd been to the World Series in 1977, 78, and 81. And I saw the Yankees three times in Oakland. Twice in Toronto. And three times in the Bronx.

The Dodgers treated tickets to the Yankees series like you were trying to buy emergency supplies at the Kwik-E-Mart during a hurricane.

228 JeremyM   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:06 pm

Granderson has really been a big letdown to me.

229 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:06 pm

grandy is not very inspiring at the plate, sad to say...

230 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:08 pm

rays are on their way to a victory, making some noise in minny...

slappy.

231 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:08 pm

Mo is the only one that can pull off this white hat. he looks regal.

232 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:09 pm

fooled much?!

233 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:10 pm

it's Mo Time!

234 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:11 pm

Holy shit, did you know Damon can get 3000 hits?

He's sitting on 2496.

235 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:12 pm

Here we go, Mo...

236 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:13 pm

dontrelle was released by the snakes.

not sure how many more teams will give him a chance...

237 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:15 pm

[236]

Gary Coleman had nothing to do with this, Willis ...

238 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:15 pm

[236] Yeah, it's an outside shot, for sure. I had no idea he was so close, though.
Poor Dontrelle.

239 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:15 pm

me no likey.

dp please!

240 btimmermann   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:15 pm

Somewhere there is a pitching coach who claims that he can "find a flaw in Dontrelle Willis's mechanics."

I think pitching coaches are required to say that.

241 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:17 pm

There's one.

242 rbj   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:18 pm

Gulp

243 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:18 pm

[234] yes. i follow his career stats pretty closely. 3,000 might be a stretch, but he reached 1,500 runs 1,000 rbi and 900 walks this season.

he's super close to 2,500 hits and 100 triples.

i just wish he had more power so he can reach 300 homers and join my favorite 300-300 club. it'll never happen. hopefully captain can reach. a-rod is one measly stolen bag away...

game ending dp coming right up!

244 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:19 pm

[240] tom house maybe! ; )

245 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:19 pm

Break this fucker's bat, Mo.

246 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:20 pm

ah man, if not for that hesitation, i'd be nostralarmis!

247 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:21 pm

7 homers so far at the friendly confines...

248 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:21 pm

frack

249 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:21 pm

Ugh.

250 rbj   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:21 pm

Frak!

251 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:22 pm

oh no.

my heart just dropped.

: (

252 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:22 pm

That's unbelievable. First run since May 21.

Wow.

253 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:23 pm

i blame buck martinez and his smokers cough.

(i mean, why not...)

254 rbj   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:23 pm

Pie? I love pie.

255 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:23 pm

well, let's walk it off and get Mo a "W"

256 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:24 pm

maybe joba and mo switched bodies in the 3basement?

257 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:24 pm

[256] btw, i'm pretty sure this was done on an episode of buffy.

258 btimmermann   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:24 pm

Buck Martinez thought that Buck was batting for Molina and the Jays were out of catchers. Brian Anderson smoothly covered up for him.

259 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:26 pm

Hmmm ... last game I recapped was 14-inning Yanks/Jays game a couple of weeks ago ... now this .... eerie

260 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:27 pm

wow, my computer is usually waaay slower than the actual game. lately it's been the opposite.

i knew the game was tied before i saw it. ditto the 1st out of this inning. sucks...

261 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:28 pm

"You da man, God!"

262 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:28 pm

final at the fens. ugly avoided the shutout. o's win 6-1 !!!

twinks trying to comeback vs. tampon...

263 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:29 pm

[261] theology prof!

264 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:30 pm

Grrrrr.

265 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:30 pm

thankfully tex is a speedster

266 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:30 pm

Now, can someone explain to me why Teix hit it to the left side when there's no shift but hits right into the dragnet when there is?

267 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:31 pm

always comes down to a-rod.

do it, dude!

268 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:31 pm

[263] Heheh! The way Swish was chatting up the first base coach before remembering to look up at the sky pointing two fingers. :)

269 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:32 pm

yeah, 'coz tex was running there...

270 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:33 pm

[268] tex is saying hi to his maternal grandparents. i can relate as i was SUPER close to mine.

271 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:33 pm

Now what happens?

272 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:36 pm

ya know, i'm glad to be able to watch my pinstriped heroes on tv (a rare occurrence) , but i really wasn't wishing for free baseball...

273 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:38 pm

i'm sick of this bautista fucker.

274 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:40 pm

no word on Posada yet ... sigh

275 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:41 pm

whew

276 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:41 pm

i can't believe the crowd thinned. what is this chavez ravine?!

277 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:42 pm

jesus motherfucking christ.

this really sucks.

278 btimmermann   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:42 pm

Hey, I stayed to the very last out last Sunday!

279 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:42 pm

Wow.

280 rbj   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:43 pm

Bizarro, but I'll take it.

281 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:43 pm

whoa. that was not textbook...

282 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:44 pm

Major league baseball players who don't run should be excommunicated.

Go to any little league game, Jack. Anyone makes contact with the ball and everyone and their mother screams, "RUN!!!"

What part of "RUN!!!" did you fail to learn in little league?

283 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:44 pm

[278] : )

i hope for a similar end result here!

284 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:45 pm

one more, kid.

285 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:46 pm

Very impressive there, kid!

286 rbj   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:46 pm

Yes!

287 thelarmis   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:47 pm

atta boy!

288 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:49 pm
289 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:50 pm

Good job, Rob.

290 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:50 pm

Brains!

291 rbj   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:51 pm

I'd go with the bunt.

292 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:51 pm

Good bunt.

293 rbj   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:51 pm

Somewhere, Scooter is smiling.

294 Evil Empire   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:52 pm

Hey gang, anything exciting happening in today's game?

295 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:52 pm

A Brain Sac!

296 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:52 pm

Sprained ring finger for Posada ... no breaks.

297 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:52 pm

If only we had a good right-handed bat off the bench.

298 Evil Empire   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:53 pm

[293] holy cow, and hopefully enjoying a cannoli.

299 randym77   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:53 pm

[282] Recurring problem with Encarnacion. He's even been sent down for that crap. Doesn't seem to learn.

300 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:53 pm

I love you, Curtis, but you're killing us.

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301 Evil Empire   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:53 pm

ok question, if Gardner hits the ball into right field, do we dare send Cano?

302 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:54 pm

We don't want Shepherd's Pie .. we want Gard(e)ner's Pie!

303 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:55 pm

Wait, Thames was available to hit for Granderson?

304 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:56 pm

Or maybe Joe presumed they'd have walked him anyway?

305 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:57 pm

Nice ab, Brett.

306 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 4:57 pm

Umm, ok, but I'd rather see Pena bat than have seen Curtis bat.

307 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 5:00 pm

YAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

308 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 5:00 pm

pie for Thames!!!

309 rbj   ~  Jul 4, 2010 5:01 pm

Woo Hoo! Way to win it, Marcus!!!

310 randym77   ~  Jul 4, 2010 5:01 pm

Welcome back, Thames.

311 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 5:02 pm

we must have pulled thames out of the 3basement!

312 Diane Firstman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 5:02 pm

Phew ....

313 rbj   ~  Jul 4, 2010 5:02 pm

There's the pie.

314 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 5:03 pm

I like Marcus.
Can't catch a baseball to save his life but I like him.

315 btimmermann   ~  Jul 4, 2010 5:03 pm

Have a nice holiday. It's not like a Canadian team should win today anyway.

316 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 5:03 pm

[311] HEhehehehe!!

317 Evil Empire   ~  Jul 4, 2010 5:04 pm

Good win. It seemed like we were trying to give it away. Now let's go 5-2 out west and get to the break.

318 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 5:14 pm

[317] Sounds like a plan!

319 jjmerlock   ~  Jul 4, 2010 5:30 pm

What a ridiculous win. I'll take W's of any color.

I'd like to say that you had a terribly uneasy feeling Mo was finally not going to be unreasonably deity-like. But nagging feelings are just sort of pessimism, which, of course, you don't bring up if Mo does a regular Mo on their asses. But whatever feeling it was, when they had that hideous 2nd and 3rd and no outs and didn't get another one in, it certainly crossed my mind.

Because it's like the final match for full immolation, the final measure of awfulness and shaky overall play.

I always feel like an enormous baby crying about any aspect of the Yankees' play. I mean, can you imagine how much you would have to whine about if you were a fan of the Royals and the Pirates? The Yanks won the World Series last year, and through half of this season, have the best record in the major leagues.

But dang it, if this is the most excruciating "best record in baseball" team to watch I can think of. They are maddening.

The Jays, though - can you imagine rooting for that team? I have an unhappy feeling when I watch the Yanks play the Jays that the Jays actually look like a better team! The things they do to shoot themselves in the foot, though, are incredible. Encarnacion's rock was unconscionable.

I'm not thrilled to be facing them a bunch more times in the 2nd half.

And even I have to say that I did not agree with most anything either manager did in this game. I think Gaston gave us gift after gift.

320 seamus   ~  Jul 4, 2010 6:47 pm

[319] as a burgher, i have several friends who are die hard pirates fans. Honestly, they complain no more than we do. Yankees fans complain a lot.

321 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 4, 2010 6:53 pm

[320] 'Cause we care!

322 Matt Blankman   ~  Jul 4, 2010 8:54 pm

The image, Alex...Jasper Johns, no?

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