http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3zuwF15Ios#

Japan: where giant Sumo wrestlers, Yakuza gangsters and baseball all meet in a huge Nabe-pot of scandal!

http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2010/07/07/sumo-worlds-ties-to-gangsters-baseball-betting-have-long-legacy/

ack .... Thames in LF ..... keep the ball on the ground

Oh, Derek.

Holy shit, is that true?
27 straight games on base for Teix?
Damn!

The Sox score 2 in the 9th, but still lose 6-4, leaving the tying run on 1st with Ugly making the last out. That's 4 loses in a row for the Sox.

Beautiful double-play turned by Jeter.

Oh, wait.

Just an observation ...you don't see many African-American trainers in MLB.

[0] Meh. Flow is tight, but he's not saying anything you will remember. Pass...

[1] Did Bill James write that script?

[8] Hmmm... now that you mentioned it... hmmm... hmmm...

Not.

A.

Strike.

[8] Indeed, now that you mention it...

Great AB, Jorgie.

Ugh.

[8] Could be a byproduct of the numbers; I wonder about the number of African Americans in athletic training programs. SSS, but I didn't see many when I attended SUNY Brockport.

[12] Not surprising, if the ump is going to call pitches a foot off the plate

I missed that. Who thought they were going where?

[14] Cano and the HR derby

[13] I'm of the opinion that quite a few HBCUs have some qualified candidates that many pro sports leagues can recruit if interested. But it's not my realm of expertise, so I never really thought about it. My big brother, on the other hand, moonlights as a personal trainer and intends to open his own business when he retires from his day job. When I talk with him, we'll kick that question around a bit and see what he has to say...

This stadium is a travesty.

[16] It's an interesting topic, but I'm sure there are a lot of factors involved. It could be that many in that program choose a route that your brother took (going into personal training). I'd imagine that being an athletic trainer in any of the ML sports has to be a pretty competitive job.

Are there any HCBU's that are known for their athletic training programs?

A Jeterian play by Cervelli.

I jest, somewhat.

[18] Competitive with regards to applying to open positions

Wow!
How sad is it that it's gotten to the point where I'm surprised to see Derek hit the ball hard.

ding dong

Hey, Teix!!

[17] What's with the skimoy game thread..west coast time zone? boring A's team? parking-lot stadium?

Go Go Teix!

[25] I'm flipping between the game and Nat' Geographic's "Locked Up Abroad"

[17] What is the meaning of skimoy?

Ooops, I meant that for [25]

[27] Should have said "skimpy"..me bad typing while eat grilled sand-o-wich..

I'm too lazy to look this up: can the DH be moved to a fielding spot?

These are boring, late, quietly satisfying games for the Yanks, as they should be. For east coasters, by the third night after two five hour sleeps, we're toast. Lucky musician types get a pass.

After this week no more west coast trips.

[31] Love the west coast games, they go on til about 2pm here usually..then read the box scores & recaps, by then it's almost quitting time here at ACME Investigations.

Not sure how the A's are almost at .500 with that lineup..

By the way, I'm not so upset about trading Johan Santana for AJ Burnett anymore. The actual trade was:

I gave up Johan + Jason Bartlett + Victor Martinez

I got back AJ + Adrian Gonzalez + Aramis Ramirez

[18] Off the top of my head, i want to say Grambling State, but I don't know. That requires some serious consideration...

[30] Yes you can, but the pitcher has to bat.

Quite the Giambian throw there.

Oh, Alex.

It's been so long since we've seen him do that.

Another base knock for Jeter...now, can Swisher get that elusive triple?

Nope.

hey weeping and mp! doesn't look like too many others are still here. i'm just getting in. looks like aj was rather excellent!

shit sox got swept! wahoo!!!

nice inning for marte the parte!

a-rod, jorgie, dancers groin rust to bat in the 9th

41) I've been in and out of the game, listening on the radiophone through the computer. It seems like a relatively tidy game.

[43] Ma & Pa in fine form?

Gameday here off and on..

[41] I'm here! Was captivated by an episode of Locked Up Abroad. Guy got roped into smuggling drugs from Cuzco. Totally innocent (it was his companion that was caught), but was locked up for 10 months anyway.

Joba in to get some work...

hi raf! jazz tokyo, too!

9 pitches for joba and a road sweep!

now, we need at least 1 from the M's. gotta face the king and clifton, so it'll be a tough series. glad we swept this. we should still be able to go - at least - 4-2 on this swing...

[46] I have a great uncle Clifton..he's a bit of a craft lefty as well, though more of the house-builder type, not a pitcher..

[45] Time in a Peruvian jail..not sure that's happy thoughts on a sunny afternoon..

Exactly the series the Yankees needed against an awful team. Do it again in Seattle

Oh so late.

zzzzzzzzz....

That was the most *pleasant* series of the year. Niiiiiice.

Tough pitching ahead. Vargas - Lee - Hernandez - Bedard...

Hoping for the best

44) Don't know...I finally paid the $15 to get MLB At Bat for my iPad, so that i can stream all of the opposing teams' feeds. I haven't listened to Sterling-Waldman in weeks. It's truly wonderful.

[48] That was a 24-15 home team before we came to town. I think they're a pretty good match up for us, but I was very pleased with such a thorough beat down.

[49] ah, that's right - it's a 4 game showdown. well, let's shoot for the split, i guess... 3-1 would be rather ruling!

[47] clifton phifer lee. that's some name! i'm guessing 'phifer' is a "family" name, or something... the handyman at my old apt. complex is named clifton and he's helped out quite a bit at my new house!

MLB At Bat lets you get whichever feed you want? I imagine that would work on my regular Macbook at home too, right? $15 ain't bad..

Though a big "BOOOOH! to mlb.com for making you pay for the radio feed, it used to be free..

[52] If they went 2-2, I could definitely live with that.

These three were so nice, considering how late these games run...

53) I'm not sure if it works on the Macbook...I think that it's only available as an app for iPhone and now iPad. It combines Gameday features and audio, and you can stream video if you have an MLB.tv account. They also give you one free TV game each day, but it usually sucks (it's never the Yankees as far as I can tell).

Btw, hope you all are pouring in your votes for Swish.

He's the kind of guy that would get a good boost from going.

(wish Jeter was taking the four days off...)

[55] Hmmm..no iPhone or iPad here..will check it out for the 2nd half of the season. Only if they allowpost-season games too..though I can watch those live here, thankfully. Are there enough other feaures on AtBat that make it better than regular GameDay though?

Just woke up -- now I know how you feel, Mr. OK!
Good news to wake up to, even though I couldn't watch a minute of the game. (On the other hand, World Cup timing was perfect for dinner at the pub, and I was very happy at the result, too.)

Party on, Banterers. You're doing extremely well without me -- I'm so proud!

[58] Travelling on business, RIYank? Gameday ahoy!

[59] Indeed, but I am asleep during the west coast games. In England, so the games start at 3:00 AM my time and finish around 6. But the World Cup timing made up for it.