We'd be ripping our hair out if this happened to us.

here's a fun note ... I believe kenny's son chris is doing the game on ESPN

[73] Well, you bring up Charlie Parker, and Miles, and Count Basie. Gleason is to TV what those guys are to jazz.

Love the clip btw.

Crawford better not use that stance on the Penitentiary Ball Team.

[87] That noise obviously wasn't bone.

[103] Guilty!

Curtis Mayfield was so under-appreciated.

Is Hughes going to get the hook this inning?

[102] Chris & Ken are not related (but they do have some common territory)...

nice pitch!

I've seen the Yanks get screwed just as badly, if not worse, on espn games and they do not dwell on it like this.

niiiiice pitch.

[107]

oh .... my bad!

OMG, it's getting close to 100 pitches! Even though Phil had one hiccup. 100 pitches!!11!!1!!

Uncle Charlie causes Jelly Legs!

pleasenotRoyceRingpleasenotRoyceRing

Where the hell was that pitch?

[114] Jobber

I think we all saw that coming

wtf!

Sorry to be late to the show, but I was eating dinner when Jeter was up. The boys (K. Kennedy) on the TB broadcast team are calling for instant replay. Anyway, the ball hit flush off the knob of the bat and went in play. Jeter was thrown out at first... while he was 120' from the bag.

Great acting job.
We have finally found out what 2010 Derek is good at.

OH FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!

GODFUCKINGDAMMIT.

FUCKFUCKFUCK.

he owned hughes tonight

dammit. karma's a bitch.

Yuck. Hughes grooved him one.

Can we get to Benoit and Soriano?

There really is something galling about losing to Dan Johnson

[103] Gleason was sort of jazz fan in fact...

Boy, Dan Johnson is fated to be a hero tonight or something? Damn...

I think, perhaps, Phil Hughes should not pitch to Dan Johnson if we play Tampa in the ALCS.....just a thought.

Who is this Johnson guy and why is ruining my evening?

[125] He was the MVP of the international league.

From ESPN:
New York Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte is set to rejoin the rotation on Sunday. Manager Joe Girardi announced the plan for Pettitte before Wednesday night's game against the Tampa Bay Rays. With his return, Javier Vazquez will shift to a long relief role.

Hughes pitched well, but this is a disappointing start in the long run. Four runs is too much.

For some reason this game has the "feel" of a game we are going to win. I cannot explain this, but I feel confident.

[129] And a fringe major leaguer.

Dammit.

I stepped out during the top of the inning and missed US scoring runs.

I get back and witness THEM scoring runs.

FUCK.

Good thing I went out for booze ...

Efficient Joba.

[134] I think you need to leave again

I am really, really frustrated right now. I'm just not enjoying these games.

I didn't want Hughes pitching to that fucking guy again, although I don't know how strident a complaint that should be.

Fucking Jorge giveth and taketh away.

That crucial third pitch, if Jorge doesn't do his damn come out of the crouch for no reason thing, does it get called a strike?

It was a strike, according to my eyes and pitch fx.

I'm too tired to muster up true rage right now, but bleeping bleep bleep bleeping bleep.

Blech.

[131] Story of his second half.

Don't worry, Kearns will be up fourth next inning to strand some more runners.-

[131] He pitches himself into stupid situations.

[90] You were right the first time, fool...

[131] It really is too much. I don't give a damn about how good he looks or how nice that curve ball to Longoria was - four runs is four runs in less than seven innings, and it is simply not good enough.

I could really like Longoria, btw, if it wasn't for that ridiculous mullet. I find it extremely irritating.

You know what could make this suck even more? If Maddon drags Girardi into another game of bullpen roulette

Dan Johnson (31) is from the Oakland organization. He was a sluuger in the minors, witha career OPS of .904. In MLB, he has been a disappointment, with a career OPS of .762. I think all his HRs this year might be against the Yankees.

Fuckin A.

[141] It's northern FLA. The mullet still works.

[144] Is that why they all have taint brillo on their chins???

[143] He hit one or two against Boston as well. Guess he hit a big one against them back in 2008 to wrap up the East.

[130] Javy shifting out of the rotation is certainly a big relief...

All right, MR. Thames ... announce thy author-i-tai

[143] I think he has a few against Boston

[144] I just refuse to acknowledge that that's ok anywhere on the planet.

No one else annoyed with Jorge coming out of the crouch and turning 1-2 into a 2-1 count? Just me? Ok.

[142] He'd really be a master if he could do that from outside of the dugout (he got thrown out two innings ago)... I think Joe can do bad all by himself now.

[150] I hate any time a catcher comes out of the crouch. Seems like Varitek was the first guy I saw do that, which makes it even worse. So I'm with you, 100%!

[143] eh, Johnson's over 30 so if he's a major league starter he should've made it by now......maybe Dan Johnson is to Phil Hughes what Shane Spener and Kevin Maas once were to the Yanks --- lightening in a bottle

I missed the sequence. Was Berkman pulled first, or was Choate pulled first? Thames looks totally lost against right-handers.

[150] Well... we all love Jorge...

Could the Yankees have two slower people on the bases?

[150] Agree with you on mullets. They, like spandex, need to be regulated.

OK Kearns, do something.

try not to k here kearns.

[154] berkman first for thames.

0-2, Kearns is cooked.

Is Tampa's closer available for the FOURTH night in a row? I wonder who closes if Maddon won't go to him.

Jesus Christ Austin. What the hell were you waiting for?

Guess Swisher is still hurt. Kearns has basically cost them this series.

sorry, I have no faith in Curtis here either.

[164] Me neither.

This team is in a LOT of trouble.

swisher!! brett!! come back NOW!

[138] Prescient.

40-man roster and we've got Kearns and Curtis swinging their wet noodles. I would've at least chanced Miranda there.

well, look on the bright side, Jeter can't lead off with a double play.

[168] I so wanted to be wrong there. Last night I was whining about Golson's defensive abilities and we saw how that turned out!

I can't argue with the need to make sure Swish and Gardner heal properly. But man it has to be tough to let Curtis bat there. It certainly felt that way.

[152, 157] Thank you. I feel at least minimally less frustrated now.

Although this game still feels like getting run through with a hot poker.

I hate their 20,000 fans.

I have a lot of hate to spread round, though.

This feels like a bad idea.

[172] Even without using those two, Kearns and Curtis shouldn't have batted in that inning.

[171] And yet you were so likely to be right.

Do they close with Benoit, who I think has pitched two nights out of three?

I guess they have some other options, as well, including sticking with Balfour.

[175] I think I'd rather see either one of them over Miranda. He feels like the Andy Phillips of a new generation

A quick scan of his game log indicates that Soriano hasn't gone 4 games in a row this year. I guess Maddon can't resist going for the throat, and I can't blame him

But Soriano pitched Sunday in Toronto, and the last two nights. He also pitched on the 10th, so that would be 5 games in 6 days.

Granted he's only thrown 28 pitches over the last three nights (only 5 last night) but he's still had to warm up too. Should be interesting.

Let's see...16 games/6 game lead over Boston. Not likely, but the Yankees have nothing wrapped up.

[173] I'm just frustrated. given the payroll disparity, how the hell aren't the Yankees owning the low rent Rays.

[172] If you look at my post [4] in this thread, I think the division is a really tall order, regardless.

And yet that doesn't stop me from making tortured noises over here.

[179] Now, to play Devil's Advocate, Girardi infamously took his foot off the gas around this time last year and it wound up working out.

Now, I think last year's team was good enough to overcome Joe's playoff crap and I'm not sure about this one, but I guess we'll see.

[180] Cost of living is higher in NYC

[174] By giving up the lead, they massively increased the likelihood that Joba could handle the 8th. So there's that.

No one but me seems interested in the fact that Tampa's closer is pitching for the 4th night in a row, but I hope the Yanks get him into deep counts, foul off pitches, etc. This reminds me of a few years ago when they did that to K-Rod.

So anyway, if they wear him out in the 9th.....

[182] The Yankees didn't take their foot of the gas until the division was won.

If the Rays had a bigger lead, Jeter would be plunked for real.

[185] Oh, I'm interested. I hope the Yanks win and Soriano's arm falls off.

[186] That's not true at all. We were handwringing over the division last year as we were resting people left and right.

[188] Excellent. It's the first time he's pitched four times in a row this season....You just never know with baseball

wow, Jeter should've walked there....

WOEFUL at bat there from Jeter.

Argh, that was a God awful at bat.

I'm trying to figure out if I;d rather lose here or have Jome Run Javy give it up.

{194] The jorror ... the jorror ...

Ball four

I want a good old fashioned mugging in the Bronx next week. Maybe we can get the Baseball Furies and the Warriors to join up.

I think it goes without saying that the Yankees need to sweep Baltimore, right?

[189] Our memories are vastly different. Yankees did not let up last year.

Why is Soriano allowed to run his hand in the dirt?