I like this Dustin guy we have pitching tonight. Hopefully he pitches as well as his aw shucks personality appeals.

Kim just said on YES that Swisher has the highest BA of any switch hitter in the AL at 300. Dat true?

Chad over at Lohud ran into him at the R&R Hall of Fame today. I like him already!

That, and watching him blow away a few Mets back in June while at the stadium made him a fave.

Jack Curry is back! How can a baseball analyst take a vacation in the summer? Anyway I'm glad to see him because Bob Lorenz is as dry as a popsicle stick across the tongue without him.

That tower of theirs is a rip-off of the Municipal Building.
Just saying.

That Curtis has a pretty good arm.

This game is starting out sub-optimally.

[7] And grows sub-optimallier.

Yes, that was hardly efficient.

That was a strike

Can we score 10 runs tonight?

I might just turn this off before The Headache has time to insinuate itself...

I fear the most subbest-optimallest outcome.

does anyone get the feeling that the Yankees lose this game 7-1, the 1 being an A-Rod solo shot in the 8th inning?

I was gonna say that the umps sound like they're putting the squeeze on, but I can't see on the radio...

Goddamn, he almost botched that play.

I know they can't all be stars. But how is that this team has Gaudin and Mitre and Moseley at the same time? Do we really need more than one of them? No one at AAA can do a better job?

Miraculous.

Anyone know off-hand how many homers Alex has lifetime?

That could have been less optimal. Unfortunately, he's on pace to complete about three innings, but at least the damage has been minimalized for now.

I'll take it. Moseley kept his cool. He got the ground ball to Arod when he needed it, but I guess the dp was not doable.

How is that a change and not a curve?

That's the curviest looking change I think I've ever seen.

Come on, gritner.

.........

frankie - swinging on the first pitch? After 3 BBs? Somebody show Mr. Cervelli to the door.

Gazoo Brains probably should not have swung at the 1st pitch after the bases had been walked full. : (

Watch your lips.

I like this Curtis fella ...

Anyone think Little CC is a MLB 4th OFer? He does have a sweet swing and a bit of pop.

Normally I would cringe at the bunt in this situation, but Grandy now facing a LHP...

Good bunt. Come on, Teix.

And it comes down to A-rod again.

callin it

This has to be a tailor=made situation for #600, right?

[30] He certainly is not embarrassing himself. I agree he's got a sweet swing.

Well, assuming Perez can throw a strike ...

Fuck a duck. Thought he had it.

damn

and moseley settles into a groove....would be great to get the pen some rest, we're gonna need their best in tampa

I leave the room for a few minutes, with the bases loaded and ARod up, I come back and Cleveland is batting and the Yanks scored only one run. Dare I say...sup-optimal?

But, it looks like Moseley has settled down nicely.

True Grit!

Speedy, gritty, scrappy Brett Gardner!

[42] Gritty™ ?

[44] better see if David Eckstein has the TM on that. Cervelli, unproductive out.

#gazoofail

Cervelli may need to learn the bunt play.

[45] You're right. I thought that Eckstein was Scrappy™, but then I remembered that trademark belongs to Pedroia.

I don't know what the hell Joey Joe Joe's excuse for not bunting Brains there, maybe it was because the rookie was on deck. Bollocks.

[43] Gritner leads the 2010 team in NPoHBATY, Nice Pieces of Hitting by a TRUE YANKEE(TM).

This ARod fellow would hit more home runs if he weren't so selfishly obsessed with his RBI. Good fer nuthin' sac fly hitting piece of shit. BOOOO!

Grrrr....

The Yankees again seem to be playing with half a lineup, and I think to the quote I read on mlbtraderumors.com, that they don't want to trade for a bat because that would be a luxury.

Oh well. Maybe next inning.

[49] That's the thing with A-rod. For most players, a sac fly is much less selfish than a HR. But A-Rod knows that the fans, teammates, media...America...is waiting for #600. He just wants the attention. Selfish.

[51] yeah, and it's not like he tied the game or anything. Unclutch bastid.

Good job, Mr.Moseley. You might just finish five innings yet!

Once A-Rod found out how much attention his specially marked balls were receiving he decided to draw this thing out as long as possible.

That's a mighty fine double. Atta boy, Curtis!

[54] not a gamer, fails to grind, goes about his business the wrong way, doesn't play the game right.

I must be missing a cliche.

Granderson's SLG% continues to twitch!

Nice hustle..either an error or a Gritneresque double. Two base hit it is!

[56]oh, yeah.. he won't get his uniform dirty, too.

"Whaddaya Say, Al?!" - Judge Smails

let's go, dude. End this thing

[58] Refuses to take it one game at a time, looks past tonight's opponent, and of course, never, ever just tries to make good contact.

[61] He also doesn't look for a good pitch to hit.

[59] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsQ0LX4LZ6c

Anyone ever dominate the screen like this? Classic!

[61] never makes a productive out

Rats.

[62] That was an unusual at bat, because he doesn't go with the pitch, usually.

grrr....three hard hit balls, three outs, no runs.....

It's rare to see a 1-1 game that has been a battle of the bullpens since the second inning.

The way to stop the Yanks from scoring is to let them put two or three guys on with no outs each inning.

[69] Diabolically clever!

Six innings, maybe? Possibly?

this game is Moseleying right along

Gritty, gutsy walk.

Now RUN! (Though Santana looks like he has a gun behind the plate.)

Will the "speedy Brett Gardner" steal a base?

I bet Girardi PH for Curtis, pulls a double switch and moves Swisher into the field.

If its Santana, it must be an axe.

[76] his house is dark and his pots are cold

Swinging bunt!

Paging Marcus Thames, paging Marcus Thames. Marcus Thames, please pick up the nearest courtesy phone, you are being paged.

Come on, Girardi, this is the time to PH. Or to send Gardner. Or to do something!

Gardner! Unfortunately, Curtis has two strikes, but maybe he can make contact here...

Meh.

OK! We need a go ahead wild pitch here. Why break up the oh-fer in hits in scoring position?

STEAL HOME!!!!

Cap'n!!!

Yeah. A hit (and from Jetes)!

unreal! hit the runner - haven't seen that in a dog's age.

I'm a bit surprised Girardi doesn't go with Logan against the lefty right now. In any case, at 75+ pitches, Moseley got to be about done.

Wow...I've never seen the runner hit by a batted ball in MLB before! That crafty Moseley!!

Followed by the old screaming line out caught double play. Moseley is going deeeeep into his arsenal. I say let him finish the game!

Goddamn. 2 night's in a row thanks to Robbie's Rocket!

[90] That should be nights. D'oh! Still love me some Robbie.

Choo'd up at first.

Fucking Awesome!!

Finally...I thought there was an invisible shield tonight for HRs.

Nice. The two run lead distracts the mind from our two long national nightmares, #600 and the 8th inning.

[94] Only for A-Rod. ; )

A-Rod might get another shot in the ninth.

Something unwholesome about a "Cold Hard Blast" of the night. (a Coors tie in, for those not watching YES)

That walk gets ARod another AB. Very gutty and scrappy, Gritner.

Ooooh, and old-fashioned submarine style righty reliever.