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Feeling Glum?

It ain’t that bad, chum. Cliff’s got the preview.

Never mind the pity party:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

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1 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 5:15 pm

Did I *ever* pick the right time to go on vacation for a week and a half.

So glad I didn't have to watch those games.

In any case, I'm back now and the Yankees can return to winning.

LET'S GO YAN-KEES!

2 rbj   ~  May 16, 2011 5:57 pm

Well I'm certainly not sparkly bouncy happy. Plus it's fifty and has been raining all day.

3 randym77   ~  May 16, 2011 6:03 pm

Why is this game starting so early?

4 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 6:21 pm

Thank god cult is back. Man, it's sucked while you were gone! No more vacations for you.

5 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 6:40 pm

[4] Agreed!

6 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 6:44 pm

Shit. I thought Grandy got that one.

7 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 6:48 pm

Way to go, Nuney!

8 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 6:50 pm

[7] I love plays! When the other team uses them.

9 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 6:53 pm

[8] INDEED!

10 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 6:54 pm

Ha!
More plays!
I looooooove plays.

11 rbj   ~  May 16, 2011 6:54 pm

Location of the tag?

12 OldYanksFan   ~  May 16, 2011 6:55 pm

Is it an out when you tag the guy in the cup? Kinda seems wrong...

13 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 6:58 pm

Ugh. WTF has happened to Alex?

14 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 6:58 pm

[12] Injury to insult!

15 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 6:59 pm

That's right, keep throwing that 2-seamer to Rob.

16 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 7:00 pm

Well, at least Cornflake can hit from the right side ...

17 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 7:04 pm

YESYESYES!!!

NUNEY!

18 rbj   ~  May 16, 2011 7:05 pm

Yankees are allowed to do this?

19 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 7:05 pm

Wtf?

What time did the game start?

20 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:06 pm

Uh oh.
Nunez is going to get in trouble now, right? You're not allowed to do that with two out and the bases loaded, I believe.

21 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:06 pm

[18] Damn, I'm just too slow.

[19] 6:40. I know, right?

22 Shaun P.   ~  May 16, 2011 7:06 pm

Ahh... in play, runs. How sweet.

23 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 7:07 pm

Fisted.

Fuck.

24 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 7:08 pm

[21] What kind of horse shit is that? I missed an inning and a half!

25 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 7:11 pm

What is there left to say, really?

26 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 7:11 pm

JESUS CHRIST.

HOW FUCKING HARD IS IT TO MAKE A THROW TO FIRST?!?!?!?!?

27 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 7:11 pm

"We don't think this is who this kid is!"

28 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:11 pm

[24] Yeah, not sure. But same thing tomorrow.

29 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 7:12 pm

[27] ?

Girardi, I presume, on Nunez?

30 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 7:13 pm

[27] I for one, welcome our new DH overlord!

31 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 7:15 pm

[29] Joe Girardi's quote about Nunez. He's never, ever been able to throw, but the Yankees think he's better than this.

I don't know what fucking bizarre point the Yankees are trying to prove with Eduardo Nunez, but it needs to stop

32 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:17 pm

Luck of the Irish.

33 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 7:17 pm

[30] I really hope he wasn't *really* the sticking point in the Lee trade.

34 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 7:18 pm

[31] So far, it's Nunez 2 Tampa 0, even with the error.

35 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 7:19 pm

[33] Even if he was, that mistake prevented an even bigger one, so, I'm cool with it.

36 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:21 pm

[34] And he did make one very nice play, too.

(But he still sucks.)

37 Diane Firstman   ~  May 16, 2011 7:21 pm

CliffLee, Belth's least favorite adverb :-)

38 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:21 pm

Nasty pitch.

39 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 7:23 pm

[35] I think ultimately it was for the best because of Montero. But if it happened because the Yankees think Nunez is worth a damn, that's a horrifying thought.

40 Just Fair   ~  May 16, 2011 7:24 pm

No chance.

41 Diane Firstman   ~  May 16, 2011 7:26 pm

I look at Teix's .255/.380/.500 line, and I can help but think of the later years of Darrell Evans
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/evansda01.shtml

42 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:29 pm

[41] I actually think of Giambi that way, but looking at his BR page I see that it was just a few years.

43 Just Fair   ~  May 16, 2011 7:30 pm

Yee-Haw. Atta boy, AJ!

44 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 7:35 pm

Baseball is just brutal.

Brutal and unforgiving.

45 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:37 pm

[44] Words of wisdom, Lloyd. Words of wisdom.

46 OldYanksFan   ~  May 16, 2011 7:39 pm

Nunez throws from a different arm slot each time. He's a 'lazy thrower'. He can be fixed.

47 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 7:41 pm

[44] Life *is* pain, Princess, anyone who says differently is selling something.

48 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 7:41 pm

First Noble Truth: Life is suffering.

49 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 7:42 pm

Hey, look who it is! It's our old buddy!

50 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 7:42 pm

[46] NO,NO,NO!

Dontcha know? How someone looks in a SSS is *EXACTLY* predictive of how their MLB career will turn out!

51 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 7:43 pm

Oh, fuck.

I take it back.

52 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 7:43 pm

Wait, Damon has *7* homers this year?!?!?!?

53 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:43 pm

Hi, buddy.

54 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 7:44 pm

[46] The Yankees have just chosen not to over the last however many years.

55 randym77   ~  May 16, 2011 7:46 pm

Why do they always say lefties love the low and inside ball? Isn't it just as easy for righties to drop the bat head down and golf it out?

56 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:47 pm

[54] They've had other important things to do.

57 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:47 pm

[55] Great question, I always wondered about that.

58 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 7:48 pm

[56] Than develop minor leaguers in the minor leagues?

59 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 7:51 pm

[55] I've been asking that for years.

I almost asked it just now, in fact.

60 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:51 pm

[58] Minor issue.

61 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 7:51 pm

I don't like this Nunez' swing, either.

It's as long as the day is wrong.

62 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:52 pm

[61] I don't like the cut of his jib, either.

63 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 7:53 pm

hahahahahahah

64 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 7:53 pm

I want to see footage of Jorge Posada stealing third

65 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 7:53 pm

[54] Yawn.

Year GP Errors
2007 120 33
2008 92 19
2009 120 33
2010 144 15

Yeah, it's completely incomprehensible how the Yankees might perceive that Nunez might have figured something out defensively last year. How silly, right?

66 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 7:53 pm

[62] He's got a big nose too.

67 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 7:54 pm

[65] And at this juncture, isn't it pretty obvious that he has not?

68 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 7:55 pm

Man, that was close.

69 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:56 pm

The Rays' announcers are fussing that Jeter gets too much respect from umps. ("That pitch has been called a strike all night long!")

70 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 7:57 pm

[66] :)

71 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 7:57 pm

[69] Really?

72 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:58 pm

Hell yes. 9-pitch walk. Not as good as an RBI single, but if we can get Price out a little earlier it's a bonus.

73 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 7:59 pm

[71] Yeah. They aren't too bad -- they're enthusiastic. But they're slightly clueless.

74 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 7:59 pm

[67] Either you grasp the concept of SSS or you don't ...

75 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:00 pm

God, Curtis has some quick hands.

76 Just Fair   ~  May 16, 2011 8:02 pm

Hot FUcking Damn, Curtis! Love that man!

77 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:02 pm

YAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!

Right off the bat!

78 Diane Firstman   ~  May 16, 2011 8:02 pm

MVP

79 rbj   ~  May 16, 2011 8:02 pm

Curtis!!

80 randym77   ~  May 16, 2011 8:02 pm

Grandy is just unreal.

81 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 8:02 pm

Price is still throwing that damn 2-seam in the high 90s.

Hell yes! Love Curtis. THANK GOD FOR CURTIS.

82 NYYfan22   ~  May 16, 2011 8:02 pm

fuck yeah!

83 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:02 pm

FUCK!

Did you see him let that ball travel?

And then had the hands to turn on it anyway?

Goddamn!

84 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 8:03 pm

Woohoo!

85 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 8:04 pm

[74] He's playing like he has for his entire professional career save one year. How is that a small sample?

86 Diane Firstman   ~  May 16, 2011 8:04 pm

Dear Robbie ... please watch Curtis ...

87 Diane Firstman   ~  May 16, 2011 8:06 pm

Meanwhile ... I'd bet good money A-Rod's oblique/hip is bothering him

88 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 8:06 pm

And we almost have Price out of the game, too. Even if they just strike out next inning, if they could soak him for 15 pitches or so...

89 cult of basebaal   ~  May 16, 2011 8:07 pm

[85] I'll take that as, no, you don't.

90 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:09 pm

Yes, asshole, he hit a home run off you, stop looking incredulous.

91 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:10 pm

I adore Leiter.

92 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:12 pm

Wtf is that white shit that sprays up from the turf?

93 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:13 pm

Good job, boys.

Robinson Cano, ladies and gentlemen.

94 rbj   ~  May 16, 2011 8:13 pm

Is there water on that field?

95 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 8:13 pm

AJ is blessed today.

96 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 8:15 pm

[89] Clearly I don't. I don't understand why 2010 is a better representation of his abilities than the rest of his career.

97 NYYfan22   ~  May 16, 2011 8:15 pm

60 pitches through 5 innings? Get'em, Ace-J Burnett!

98 Just Fair   ~  May 16, 2011 8:16 pm

[92] I checked to see if Ron Washington and the Rangers just left town? They did not. ; )

99 Diane Firstman   ~  May 16, 2011 8:17 pm
100 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 8:19 pm

[99] Hey, that's what I figured. It looks just like the indoor soccer field junk when I watch my kids play.

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101 rbj   ~  May 16, 2011 8:22 pm

[99] Thanks.

102 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 8:22 pm

[98]Well, that's mean.

Although, ever since baseball covered up for Hamilton a few years ago, its probably warranted.

103 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:28 pm

Amphibious!

These two guys are a vaudeville act!

I love 'em!

104 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:28 pm

[98] Ooooh!

105 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:29 pm

Shit.

106 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 8:29 pm

This isn't good.

107 Just Fair   ~  May 16, 2011 8:29 pm

Ohferfuck's sake!

108 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 8:29 pm

Uh oh. AJ meltdown.

109 rbj   ~  May 16, 2011 8:29 pm

That got out of there quick.

110 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:30 pm

[99] Weird. Thanks, Diane.

111 NYYfan22   ~  May 16, 2011 8:30 pm

welp.. sorry to jinx y'ass, AJ. dammit.

112 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 8:32 pm

Schizo.

113 OldYanksFan   ~  May 16, 2011 8:35 pm

Jeter's range is horrible.

114 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 8:37 pm

Oh lord.

115 randym77   ~  May 16, 2011 8:38 pm

Sigh. AJ giveth, AJ taketh away.

116 Just Fair   ~  May 16, 2011 8:38 pm

Painful. Just painful.

117 NYYfan22   ~  May 16, 2011 8:38 pm

Swish didn't have a shot at that? (I'm watching the radio)

118 Marek   ~  May 16, 2011 8:39 pm

Geez, I check facebook for a minute and everything goes to hell.

119 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:40 pm

So we're going to lose this one too, is that it?

120 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 8:40 pm

Oh Christ, not Boone Logan

121 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:41 pm

[120] Who else?

122 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:41 pm

OH, JESUS CHRIST!!

123 Just Fair   ~  May 16, 2011 8:42 pm

Well you've come this far AJ. You may as well cough it up.

124 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 8:42 pm

This team really, really sucks.

125 randym77   ~  May 16, 2011 8:42 pm

Jesus Christ on toast.

126 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:42 pm

Can't anyone here (besides Curtis) play this game?

Of course.

And now we're losing.

Un.

Fucking.

Believable.

Except that it's not.

127 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 8:42 pm

Unbelievable.

128 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:43 pm

This team fucking SUCKS!

129 rbj   ~  May 16, 2011 8:43 pm

Crud.

130 NYYfan22   ~  May 16, 2011 8:43 pm

I blame myself. ugh.

131 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 8:43 pm

[127] Its really, really not.

132 Matt Blankman   ~  May 16, 2011 8:44 pm

This is starting to feel like a lost summer. Of course, I felt that way at this point in '09, too, so you never know. But I'm sick of this team.

133 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:44 pm

Now I'm just cracking up.

This is absurd.

134 OldYanksFan   ~  May 16, 2011 8:44 pm

No words... just... no... words...

135 Marek   ~  May 16, 2011 8:44 pm

Was a good April the worst thing that could have happened to this team?

136 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 8:45 pm

Now the offense should start rolling over and the defense should fall apart.

137 Diane Firstman   ~  May 16, 2011 8:45 pm

Hmmm .... 85 win team here ....

138 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 8:45 pm

Crowd is dead on.

139 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:46 pm

He's always "very good early on."

140 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:46 pm

*cracking up like a diabolical fiend*

What a fucking disgrace!

141 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:47 pm

I want blood now!

I hope Tampa scores ten more runs before this game is over!

142 Matt Blankman   ~  May 16, 2011 8:47 pm

If you lose command in the 6th inning, you're not a good starting pitcher. That is all.

143 randym77   ~  May 16, 2011 8:48 pm

I wonder if Dontrelle Willis has anything left?

144 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 8:48 pm

[143] No.

145 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 8:50 pm

Luis Ayala, Savior.

146 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:50 pm

I wish Girardi would go on a rampage after this game.

Turn shit over, crack some skulls, bark like a raving psycho...

147 RIYank   ~  May 16, 2011 8:52 pm

[146] Huh? Why, because AJ sucked?

148 NYYfan22   ~  May 16, 2011 8:53 pm

[146] agreed. This is a team that could use a little controversy. something for the writers to write about. Something Fox Sports and ESPN can really latch onto.

149 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:53 pm

[147] Because the team sucks and I just can't take it anymore!

150 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 8:54 pm

[147] We've also had error number 174675 in the last six games or whatever it is.

151 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  May 16, 2011 8:54 pm

They knocked out Price and AJ gave it up? I'm going back paperwork.
[45] RI Yank, you can't sneak a "Shining" quote in here without me noticing. Shelly Duvall no the stairs had better swings than A-Rod recently..

152 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 8:55 pm

[148] :)

I've just had enough! This team is making *me* feel like a barking, raving pyschopath and I'd rather the burden of feeling thus be shifted to the guy who's actually in charge.

153 randym77   ~  May 16, 2011 8:56 pm

I was just looking at ESPN's team rankings. Yanks near the top in hitting, mediocre in pitching, near the bottom in defense.

154 Diane Firstman   ~  May 16, 2011 8:59 pm

Oh Derek

155 JeremyM   ~  May 16, 2011 9:00 pm

So Nunez goes 10 pitches and tries his damndest, and Jeter hacks at the first pitch, like usual.

156 Just Fair   ~  May 16, 2011 9:00 pm

If Maddon had any sense he'd walk Curtis.

157 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 9:01 pm

What'll this be, five in a row?

158 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 9:02 pm

Its going to be particularly appalling when Farnsworth closes us out.

159 NYYfan22   ~  May 16, 2011 9:02 pm

ugh. John Sterling, you drive me nuts. N-V-T-S, nuts!

160 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 9:03 pm

[159] What'd he say now?

161 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 9:04 pm

Oh God.

162 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 9:04 pm

[158] *He's* their closer? Are you kidding me?

163 JeremyM   ~  May 16, 2011 9:05 pm

[157] Sadly, it will be six.

164 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 9:05 pm

Any particular reason the Yankees are bringing in the blow out relievers?

165 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 9:06 pm

[163] Jesus.

166 NYYfan22   ~  May 16, 2011 9:08 pm

[160] Just makes a flyout sound like it's going to be a HR. (although Curtis' deep out in the first I can understand, as it was caught at the top of the wall)

167 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 9:09 pm

[166] Yes.

168 JeremyM   ~  May 16, 2011 9:10 pm

[164] They could at least bring in Noesi for a look.

169 William J.   ~  May 16, 2011 9:11 pm

I wish there was someone to blame and get upset at, but as the season unfolds, it's starting to look like they just might not be as good as we've come to expect.

170 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 9:11 pm

[168] Five game losing streak we shouldn't be fucking around.

171 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 9:12 pm

Good work, Logan.

172 NYYfan22   ~  May 16, 2011 9:14 pm

Soriano still unavail? If so, does that mean Joba for the 8th?

173 JeremyM   ~  May 16, 2011 9:15 pm

[172] He's out until at least Wednesday. If you're wondering why they didn't DL him, well, who knows?

174 Just Fair   ~  May 16, 2011 9:20 pm

I feel more apathetic than angry. But what a goat fuck of a week...booooooooooooo

175 Marek   ~  May 16, 2011 9:24 pm

Two outs, no one on, hit a home run last time up? You know what to do Joba...

176 OldYanksFan   ~  May 16, 2011 9:25 pm

My God... this looks a little like 1965.

177 NYYfan22   ~  May 16, 2011 9:27 pm

[176] I'll take your word on that..

178 OldYanksFan   ~  May 16, 2011 9:29 pm

Christ! ARod has a .780 OPS.
Seven fucking Eighty!

179 OldYanksFan   ~  May 16, 2011 9:32 pm

Hoe does Gritner miss that meatball?

180 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  May 16, 2011 9:33 pm

Of course, 1-2-3 for fucking Farnsworth.

Insult to fucking indignity.

181 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 9:33 pm

Well then.

182 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 9:34 pm

This is a hopelessly bad team.

183 Diane Firstman   ~  May 16, 2011 9:34 pm

argh .... I'm gonna tell myself these are good teams they are losing to ...

184 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 9:34 pm

When the Yankees lose tomorrow, they'll have fallen to .500.

185 Mattpat11   ~  May 16, 2011 9:35 pm

[183] That's not encouraging at all. If this team is to go anywhere, they're going to have to beat good teams at some point.

186 Diane Firstman   ~  May 16, 2011 9:35 pm

Dice-K tonight... 4.1 IP, 5H, 7BB

(so, it could be worse)

187 Alex Belth   ~  May 16, 2011 9:44 pm

Wait, what did I miss? They were leading 5-1...Fuck a duck, this is bad.

188 Chyll Will   ~  May 16, 2011 9:51 pm

[172] There was a headline on one site that said Soriano still feels stiffness; good thing the doctors are looking into that because it's been well over four hours, but that's pretty much what the season has come to at this point. Just looking at the box score is TMI...

189 NYYfan22   ~  May 16, 2011 9:51 pm

[187] AJ threw 60 pitches of 1 run, 3 hit ball through 5 innings.

Then in 2/3 of an inning, he threw 41 pitches (2 of which were WPs) of 5-hit, 5-run ball to ruin is own victory.

190 Raf   ~  May 16, 2011 9:55 pm

[189] Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

191 Marek   ~  May 16, 2011 10:01 pm

[186] Sox mounting a comeback... maybe it couldn't.

192 Evil Empire   ~  May 16, 2011 10:08 pm

This team needs some serious reconstruction.....1-5 on a home stand! and then a loss like this. Maybe it's time to call up some kids like in 2005 (Cano and Wanger) and release a couple guys (Posada at least).

193 Raf   ~  May 16, 2011 11:04 pm

Boston wins... Dang

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