Comments on: No, No: Like This

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:49:55 +0000

[8] oh yeah, i laughed my ass off! : )

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:43:13 +0000

8) yeah, but if, say Swish, dis something like that and cost the Yankees a run, I’m not sure we would have been laughing about it, or happy at him yucking it up. That said, at least Melky’s booboo wasn’t the diffense in the game, so in the end no harm.

And it was funny.

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:41:01 +0000

9) girardi said that the addition of berkman, especially, and kearns would allow him to give guys full days off rather than half days. I’m not sure if that’s the best way to employ his new toys. On the other hand, aRod could use a day off the way he has been going the last few days. So long as we don’t get Cervelli and Peña in the same lineup, this doesn’t seem like the worst move.

By: kenboyer made me cry

kenboyer made me cry — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:02:25 +0000

[9] The bench is certainly strengthened today. Arod seemed ready to burst after watching Tex’ and Cano’s bombs, and he probably needs to sit out for part of this game.

When the situation calls for it, he’ll hit today, as will Gardner who is also not in the starting lineup either.

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:34:57 +0000

A-Rod not in the line-up today … at all.

Can Joe afford to do this against the Rays? Why not wait till tomorrow, against the Jays?

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:06:09 +0000

[7] Geez. I mean, if you can’t laugh at that, what can you laugh at?

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:20:15 +0000

[2] excellent! : )

i love seeing mikey moose get some respect!

[3] yeah, i watched it live. soon thereafter, he and hinske were yukking it up in the outfield, which rubbed the announcers the wrong way. that was some throw!

By: Cliff Corcoran

Cliff Corcoran — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:05:45 +0000

[3] I’m impressed this wasn’t ruled an inside-the-park HR: http://bit.ly/bR8TrQ

By: jjmerlock

jjmerlock — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:51:14 +0000

Boone Loogan? See – you’re getting so close to Loone Bogan. You know you wanna go there…

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:44:48 +0000

1) yeah, I’ve really enjoyed the last two games, despite the outcome of the game yesterday. Good baseball between good teams.

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:41:04 +0000

Oh my, did anyone else see Melky’s throw tonight??

By: Cliff Corcoran

Cliff Corcoran — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:36:57 +0000

And one more thing (clearly thelarmis has taken over my mind tonight): if you missed it in my twitter feed: Kerry Wood is taking 39 with the Yankees. He’s always worn 34, but that’s Burnett’s number. By jumping up to 39, #35 remains unused since Mike Mussina’s retirement. I don’t think they’ll ever retire 35, but it seems to me they’re clearly honoring Moose in a subtle way by keeping 35 out of rotation for a spell.

By: Cliff Corcoran

Cliff Corcoran — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:34:35 +0000

Maybe it was because I was able to unwind a bit with the deadline having passed (busy week at SI for me: seven articles!), but I got into this game in a way I haven’t gotten into a Yankee game in a good while. Really excellent contest with the right kind of late drama/result. Robby freakin’ killing it, and, yo, Alex, Joyce may have styled his homer something serious, but did you see where that ball went? He earned it on that one. Quality ballgame.

Oh, and he was nothing tonight, but Lance Berkman really is going to be fun, for his personality and goofy reaction shots in the dugout if nothing else. Crazy eyelinered fat Elvis. Good stuff.

Oh, and I found a pro for the Kerry Wood deal: now he has to shave that crap off his chin.