So Jorge came to the park and apologized to Girardi today and talked to the press and is doing big time damage control. Good for him.

I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt. He deserves that much from us.

Posada is just damn lucky that the Yankees no longer have an old school manager like Billy Martin, Dallas Green, or Bill Virdon in charge. I would have paid to see their reactions to Posada's "I don't feel like playing because I'm batting ninth" attitude.

[1] What you said. He talked with Buster Posney on BBTN and apologized to all, including the fans. As far as I'm concerned, it's over.

Besides, we've got more important issues, such as where in heck is our Score Truck? Has it been hijacked by international terrorists? And for what purpose?

O Score Truck, Score Truck! Wherefore art thou Score Truck?

Kumbaya!

Oh, god, we have to listen to Bobby V's righteous indignation all night, now?

Jesus, there should be a law about making the games available on YES.

Could they NOT interview players 10 minutes before gametime (unless that was taped)

6) Could be worse. Schilling could be in the booth all night.

[8]

Rick Sutcliffe could be in the booth, and Erin Andrews could be on the field.

[8][9] Nightmarish.

Points taken.

They're putting the game in this tiny little box so they can show the roll call?

Am I the only one that finds the bleacher creatures very annoying? I absolutely hated guys like that growing up in Brooklyn..

Griity Gardner!

Nice play, Brett.

Jesus, we're going to start right up, huh?

What's the weather report for the Stadium for the rest of the night?

[13] Hahahah!! I went to college in Iowa (from Yonkers) because of people like that, too!

Bald Vinny's website is down due to maintenance.

Nice work, Freddie.

Well that was nice.

I sit in the bleachers and used to be in 39 in the old stadium, most of those guys are great and a lot of fun to watch games with but Vinny is sorta clownish...and he only started going to games in like '98, so he's not as legit as some of the others in the section, he just seeks out cameras more.

This is not a great at bat

Well, there goes the perfect game.

Oh God, a runner in scoring position

Holy crap!

Omg!!!

Do my eyes deceive me?

Whoa, a clutch hit!! Could it be..a Score Truck arrival??!

Let's all applaud again, let's all applaud again.

Hey, Mark,s got one of them thingies and Derek did a whatchamacallit!

"to shorten one's swing" is some newfangled crazy, meaningless term?

Wtf?

Well, A-Rod had to swing, because Christ knows what the ump is gonna call after strike two.

[28] And they put a vertical line on the scoreboard next to "Yankees"!

It all seems strangely familiar, but... it was so long ago.

Hmmm ... A-Rod should bat 9th ... :-P

ITS A HIT ORGY

[31] They get vertical lines sometimes. They struggle with the bendy ones

Has ARod ever looked this bad before?

[35] No, never. Only Jeter.

What kind of swing was that???

[35] Oh, good Lord, yes.

He's looked much, much worse.

Like when Torre hit him eighth, for instance. He was helpless up there then.

Of course. Fucking Ugly.

Cervellian (and I LIKE Frankie)

Swish bobbled again.

And fuck, here we go again.

Very eerie. Dejas vu.

It's insane NOT to Shift against Papi.

I'm sick of this.

Damn, nice catch, Curtis.

That is not an easy play.

Good work, boys...one more...

Access denied!

Good fucking work, Freddie!

Only 1 run? Not too shabby.

Exhale.

Yes, hats off to Fred.

Lucky to get out of that with just one run for sure.

No doubter. Word!

Curacao!!!

Excellent.

That thing sounded so sweet off the bat.

Save the bones
For Andruw Jones!

Sweet!

[55] You guys are always speaking Japanese here.

Way to go fat guy.

Good eye Russ!

Well done, Mr. Manicure.

This is a very erratic strike zone. Was big, now small.

God damn it.

Jesus, Gardner, that's awful.

Yay. Another play.

He needs to be fined for every lousy bunt.

What the fuck did he do all winter?

I'm proud to say we are the worst bunting team in baseball.

I'm pretty sure most of the Yankee at bats I always miss are Gardner's good ones.

I know, this is obviously a moral failing of some kind. Either Brett isn't trying hard enough or else he doesn't live a clean life. It couldn't be that he just sucks at bunting and Girardi should learn this and stop telling him to bunt.

[70] *cracking up* Exactly! He doesn't live a clean life!! He's off pig-fucking or something instead of practicing how to fucking bunt!

I love Granerson!

*APPLAUDING!!!*

HOW GRAND(erson)!

Curtis!
Crooked number!!!!

Curtis!

Hey, has someone discovered the undisclosed whereabouts of Score Truck?

[72] Not enough to spell his name right, though. Sheeeeiiittttttt!

i actually called that, here at home.

grandy goes BOOM!!!

[hi everyone.]

[76] Curtis had it idling in the back. He was like, "Those guys told me to bring it right here, where the hell are they?"

Lester is getting a WIDE plate.

[78] Did you set it up with a drum roll? Did you hit a rim shot for punctuation?
Where have you been, anyway? The Yankees are lost without you.

[71]
I'm not the fig plucker
I'm the fig plucker's son
But I'll pluck those figs till the fig plucker comes!

[78] Nostralarmis strikes again!

Curtis!!
Man, mlb.com TV is killing me, between every inning is the same wretched ExxonMobil commercial where they're trying to sound "green". EVERY half-inning..bring back the Money Store!

[81] no. but i did clap and pump a fist! i was finishing dinner. and word press didn't have me logged in (for some unknown reason). i'm at my kitchen table...

i've been insanely busy and it's gonna get busier. i'll prolly miss most of the 'dog days' in july/august...

A rim shot? Dude... this is thelarmis! Left hand accented double flamadiddle!

Sigh.

[86] Yeah, but I can't spell that.

Even Grit McDusty can't bunt!

[86] that's awesome! i administered performance midterms this past week at the music college. this kids were soooo nervous! i took points off for missed accents, flat flams and botched stickings (amongst other things).

it's funny - i sold A LOT more cd's at the school this week. i guess my students were trying to buy a good grade from me, haha! : )

[82] You're insane, RI.

What is that?

[90] Heehee!

[91] Tongue twister.
A friend of mine has a scotch tasting every year. Toward the middle he breaks out tongue twisters. So far nobody has been willing to attempt the Fig Plucker.

:)

just settin' up the dp...

"where they belong," orel? they should be contracted!

Ohh, what a beautiful change.

Did you see that swing?

[90]

Are your students "buyanAgradeable"

ugliest batting stance for the ugliest player.

[98] no, but one bought himself an extra week. he was gonna fail miserably. i'm giving him a makeup next week...

c'mon blue!

[84] with Scooter!

Why?

oh no.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

Crappidity!

Oy.

motherfucker

Jeez Louise. Youkilis is killing us.

I just heard waaaay too many cheers for that.

ugly fuckin' piece o' dogshit. : /

Youk is beating us on all three True Outcomes.

dammit, chief.

[109] ugly, uglier, ugliest?

[111] Well, those are True, I'll give you that.

I gotta say these announcers are a lot better than Miller and Morgan. Bobby V made a dumb comment about shortening a swing being newfangled but still.

Game of Thrones shows some graphic, gory, middle age style killings. Holy smokes.
Goddamn Fucking Youkilis!

[113] agreed. btw, i was in your home state last nite. played a nice little quaint festival outside b'ham (helena). hope you weren't hit too hard by the weather...

Thirteen Ks.

That's what I'm talking about.

Mattingly even only struck out 35 times.

holy late, weak swing, swish.

They're going to let Lester off the hook now with these awful ABs.

And Rod Carew hit .388.

swish looked awful in the ab...

Long fucking weekend.

[120] Too bad we can't just have Granderson leading off and everyone else batting ninth.

[118] hey buddy! i've got the dexter gordon box set coming this week. there's 1 album on there that's never been released on cd. i have the original vinyl - and put it on cassette ages ago - but now i'll own it on disc! : )

listened to some hank mobley on the ipod the other night. thought of you - remembered seeing a recent comment here from you (i wasn't around for the live thread...), of you listening to sonny clark on your ipod. i love sonny and his 1-handed solos, with all his flat-6th's!

[121] hey Alex: i just wanted to say that i really like the text in the main posts - the font, size and space between the lines. it's very "readable"!

[122] I'm calling my Lawyer!

[122] shit, I'LL bat 9th - for $72,000/day!!!

feh.

Get Joba up there .... yeah, I know its the 4th inning

[123] Hey man! Which label is that Dexter Gordon set? I'm going to get your solo-set as soon as we get sorted out in the new place, finally room for all my cds and records. Just bought Max Roach "Live in Tokyo" on vinyl too.

Will this slop never end?

Damn, Ellsbury and Saltalamacchia are not supposed to get on base. Like, ever.

Good work, boys.

haha, FUCK YOU, fidget mucker!

Pretty.

I didn't know little ponies could do that.

[133] He's the fidget mucker's son!

Remember Alex' karate chop?

Man, that seems like a lifetime ago.

[129] nice! and THANK YOU, man! no rush. whenever is good for you. i'll be linking my name here to the website as soon as my buddy can put audio snippets up. i hope i'll sell a few copies! : )

oh, just the BN box. i already own all the material, but i get Landslide on CD and it's a great booklet. i think there's another label that has a box set for Dex, but i'm just doing the blue note thing...

i don't have that Max, but Tony's "Live in Tokyo" 2cd set on BN from the early 90's is *fantastic*. that band of his was phenomenal.

"9 is too many .... (but Eight is Enough)"

DO NOT BUNT.

[136] out on Highway 61!

[139] Doesn't Rob Neyer look like the eldest son from Eight is Enough?

[138] Cool man! I'll contact you off line, as soon as your ready will be sure to link you up on my site too.

DON'T BUNT!!!

[140] damn you! [shaking fists]

did he keep his foot on 2nd?

[141] We'll put some bleachers out in the sun!
[143] He ha ho hu hi heeeeee!

That was basically a bunt.

[137] I had a student tell me Arod is bush last week and brought that play up to me. I told him he was 2 years old when that happened and quit listening to your dad. ; )

[142] i appreciate that, man! my email addy is at the 'buy cd' page of my site...

would be sooo wonderful for jetes to go yard here...

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!!!!!!

FUCK! and i was about to say: don't get caught stealing!!!

i bet if he kept running, it'd have been closer than the rundown...and he might have made it...

Sometimes the bear eats ou.

This guy is maybe the most exasperating player I have ever seen.

Blazing speed yet can't fucking bunt or steal.

Good. Good, another play.
Keeps the game interesting.

Speed does not = good base-running...sigh...

Gardner is useless.

[148] heh heheh.

[148] i had a student show up in a boston hat, the beginning of this quarter. i told him that's a sure fire way to fail my classes, no matter how good of a drummer he might be. he took the hat off and never wore it again! : )

[159] Beautiful. lol...

siddown, you fucking ugly piece o' dogshit!

Cano is NOT 35 and older and he's pretty nuclear to this team.

Jesus.

i fucking HATE that fat fucking liar. i've never liked him. even when everyone thought he was playful and cool.

he looks like florida evans with a terrible beard.

MotherFucker! booooooooooooooo

this is so ugly.

That kid's smile was great.

Do we score any more runs?

168) Yes. But so do they.

Agggghhh!

I really like that angle.

[167] yes, but his hat was awful.

Here comes another weak ab from Alex...

c'mon A-rod!

[173] that's the spirit!

[173] ok, but still! ; )

Alex is dogshit right now. Dogshit.

He gets one good swing per ab, fouls the ball off and then makes an out.

If Arod doesn't snap out if it soon, the Yankees are in huge trouble. His injury was the turning point in this season.

Any word on Chavez' foot?

holy hot blonde in the front row! : o

Logan to save the day!

I think ARod has hit the ball hard maybe 4 times since he's been back. He is totally lost.

wow. really nice catch!

I guess there is something he can do.

Ok, his speed does get him something.

Nice play, Brett.

Holy cow. Gardner, the human highlight reel.

That is the kind of catch that ends up sometimes braking the wrist on the glove hand ... nice going Brett!

Terrible AB. Terrible.

oy and vey.

Three strikes in a row.

God.

swishy gonna tie the game! (crossing all digits and eyes...)

They totally let Lester off the hook this game.

that was outside, blue...

Wait, a base runner?! Wow. This is amazing.

[192] and he still may...when he crosses the plate! : )

Way to go Andruw.

Go argue!

Get tossed out, something!!

Have the announcers finished fellating Lester yet?

Some funky strikes called during Jones's AB

Martin missed the good 2-0 pitch. He won't get another...

Why are the announcers so eager for the Red Sox to win?

huh. Ace w/ the obligatory boston beard.

He can't pitch to Russ. A Hit, a hit, my kingdom for a hit!

good ab, mussell!

[202] they always are... : /

dammit all to hell.

christ, gritner.

FUCK!!! : /

Why do we torture ourselves watching this shit?

WOW. Why the hell was he swinging 2-0?

Gardner is AWESOME

207) Cause we are "true" fans, i.e. dumb fucking morons. LOL

[210] :)

nice d-rob.

I just drove the Mrs. out of the room with my foul mood. I need to get a life.

That's a fucking strike, fuckwad!

oh!!! c'mon blue!!!

wtf?!

total fucking bollocks.

ugly, jr. needs to be sitting on the bench, struck out.

Why does Valentine keep calling him "TEX-shera?"

wheels falling off. this is ridiculous.

Way to hold him on D Rob.

Horseshit!

[217] i know. i actually thought this time he said: TEK-share-a

right down broadway. i'm surprised it was called a strike...

nice hook, kid!

OMG. pathetic.

speechless

Christ on a crutch.

all will be redeemed when we score 3 off of papelbon in the 9th

Can you shoot a dead horse?

omg. brutal.

this team can't play baseball.

STFU, Valentine. Stop mocking our third baseman you douchewad.

[227] Might need more than that, the way this is going.

[229] No. No it cannot.

ditto speechless. sitting alone in my living room rocking like Leo Mazzone.

that grounder to a-rod stayed down on the last bounce .... it wasn't "true" ...

If Garcia could have held on to a three run lead. I mean really is it too much to keep it under four runs on a night like this, Fred?

WHERE IS THAT PITCH?!?!?!

this umpiring is the fucking pits.

I CONFESS, only make it STOP!

Notice how they don't show a replay.

Hey didn't it fall apart in the seventh yesterday?

I wonder if Joe might get Rivera in the game in the 9th ... (could use him now)

Good work, David.

these announcers REALLY want the shit sox to win. they thoroughly enjoy reading the game summary.

finally.

Okay, enough of this negative shit. Comeback time!

christ, captain.

Jesus.
Nice ab, Derek.

tex really needs to tie the game here...

jesus fuck!

They're killing me.

They're absolutely killing me.

Nice job, Tex.

Someone unexpected will have to get a hit at some point. Meaning anyone besides Granderson.

Since that 2HR day, Jeter is 5-26

I am ready for some over-swinging by A Rod.

YEAH!!!

That's nice.

Some LUCK!

Now, COME ON ROBBIE!!!!!!

Time for Robbie to start hitting...

I will never ever ever understand neck tattoos...

I like Robbie's chances vs. Bard.

It's funny, they look almost as bad scoring as they do NOT scoring. LOL

I'd sure like to see Robbie square up a 100 mph heater. Oh, boy! C'mon, Cano!

c'mon future batting champ!

Just a base hit would be nice

Way to lay off that, Rob.

Good eye on the 1-1 pitch.

Can't imagine he'll give him a fastball here, do you?

Right. Exactly. C'MON SWISH!

Ok, HERE come the big-ass swings

Rats. Ok, Swish, you struggling bum. Get a friggin' hit for Mo's sake!

Stay within yourself Swish

I blame Swisher's struggles on his new wife ...

I just feel like Swisher wants to make up for the entire season thus far with a dinger here. Recipe for disaster

little HIT

Good eye, Swish.

1-1...

or a BB

1-2 and the faith is draining fast...

Jesus, nice cut Conan.

[272] Makes sense to me. : )

Nick, for god's sake you have two strikes on ye

THe chances of this working out are slim

motherfucker.

Obviously.

Man, was he tardy with that swing.

Puke.

I hate to say I called it but ... [269]

ok .... I need to sleep ... hope to wake tomorrow morning to a 9th inning walkoff

Montero's no fucking bigger than Salty. How come we never hear he's too big to catch? He doesn't look like he's hot shit defensively either.

Think Joba can make it through this inning without giving up a run?

Oh, and you gotta figure Jorgie will lead off the 8th, right?

Why not?

that's just dumb.

Evidentally not.

The Yanks pitchers will put all struggling batters back on track.
I can't fucking stand this shit.

Hey, let's have another! Because, again, why not?

Let me just check in and say this: the Yankees are awful.

Nice hanger shit head.

Our team really sucks ass.

Nice, Jorgie.

Thanks, Bard.