wait a couple of days, the heat will come to you. Too hot to do anything today except lie on the couch, watch the Yankees and drink homemade lemonade.

1) Got a good recipe for that lemonade you can share?

Fuck Pelfrey. Hope they kick his ass.

It's simmering here in St. Louis. I'm really enjoying it, though -- still cool and grey in New England.

[2] Peel two lemons, then cut them up (to remove the seeds). Throw them in a blender, mine's got a couple of preprogrammed settings, I use the timed food chop setting. Then I blend in 4 cups of water and 2/3 cup of sugar. Pour into a pitcher and add another 4 cups of water (I use filtered water.) I like having the pulp in there, there's more nutrition.

Rule is 1 lemon + 4 cups water + 1/3 cup of sugar, not too sweet but does take away the worst of the sourness.

Nice catch, Brett!

4) Awesome, thanks.

Like the way Nova is throwing so far.

He's really keeping them off balance so far. Except for that hard line drive, of course.

Wow, nice backwards K.

Well DONE young man

Nice inning, Ivan.

(And a propos of nothing (other than good pitching, I suppose), I miss Andy.)

Jesus Christ.

Curtis!

Nova is a natural for a Sunday.

Cervelli? Dickerson? Small ball in order?

Don't tell Granderson.

Curtis is THE MAN!

Those fucking hands of his.

No way! I found the game on TBS just in time!

Fuck the HR. I want AJax back!

[17] Thpppppppp!

[6] Feel free, everyone, to experiment. Maybe add a lime or berries (strawberries?)

Vodka is strictly optional, as I drink this during the day and may want to do some woodworking in the evening, I keep it out. Tablesaws & alcohol don't mix well.

I guess Teix will never go to the opposite field? Those weak, topped grounders on outside pitches are not pretty.

What was that shit, Teix?

[20] Giambi 2.0.

Curtis kind of looks like Mattingly on those inside pitches, actually. Just such electric hands.

Good fucking hustle, Alex!

[22] Right, just what we need, a Giambi-like age 31 season from Teix. OPS+ up near 200? No thanks!!!

[25] Sigh. He can't do both and be even better?

[26] I know, it's unconscionable. Character flaw. Selfish, stubborn.

:-) We play this game every season, don't we?

Hahhaha

He deserves to be punished.

Severely.

I love watching Alex go after those! The way he just sort of threw has hands up. So futile.

It's endearing to see someone with all that talent show himself a little goofy now and again. Provided, of course, the situations are low-leverage.

[28] I bet Tex likes to be punished.

I don't understand why the Mets wouldn't keep Reyes. Is it that he's injury-prone?

[30] :)

[31] He is, and he'll be expensive, and will insist on a long contract. I think that's the only reservation they have.

Crud.

Why the FUCK did Martinez run back to second?

Crap.
Need a DP here.

Jeez, what a difference an inning makes. Although they aren't exactly crushing Nova.

[35] He thought Rob was headed to the bag for a throw? He did look stupid doing it.

[37] A hard single past a not-even-diving Jeter, a bloop and a hard line drive.

He's all right.

Damn it.

[37] What a difference a Bay makes?

Oh fer...
Cheap crap. But the runs still count.

bollocks inning.

He did look a bit excited, kind of yipsy.

Are you NYers watching TBS?

FUCK!

Fug.

[45] YES, why?

Oh, for FUCK'S sake!!!!

Jesus!!!!!!!!!!

They had him. Oy.

Nice high heat.

[45] Blacked out here.

[48] YES, not 'yes'?
Just wondering whether I'm listening to Ron Darling. I think so.

This isn't good.

That felt like a long inning.

[53] Third base!

Three small ball runs for the Mets. If the Yanks did both styles of offense depending on the situation...

[57] They'd win a hundred games.

Wos, Pelfrey's still just 27?

wow, i mean, not wos

Foul?

Fuck. 2 damn feet.

Oy, foul.

Why did Derek throw that ball?

Opposite field hitting just seems so powerful. It frustrates the pitchers, keeps the defense off guard, and just shows the skill of batsmanship.

Is Kevin Long losing control, or is he the reason everything is pulled?

That's what I was taught, that you had to turn right and not left...

How are you not on the same page? WTF!

[65] I'm telling you, I see other teams do it and it drives me insane. It reminds you it's actually possible, not some mysterious talent possessed by a select few.

Nice pitch, Nova.

Good work, Nova.

Good work, Derek.

[68] I know Ichiro is a class of one, but his skill of using his bat like a tennis racket is remarkable, and should be encouraged.

That's a stupid answer by Girardi.

[72] You don't have to tell me.

[72] I've been thinking a little about this, actually, about how there used to be .300 hitters and 30 homerun guys and they were only rarely the same guy.

It seems like what's happened is that being a high-average hitter, as a career path, is simply not available anymore.

I don't know, I haven't researched it or anything, but I have to think something's going on in player development somewhere where the art of playing pepper, etc., simply isn't taught as it must have been once.

[74] Not telling, agreeing with you. ✌

[72] And I always go back to Dave Winfield, who went from hitting .280 with 32 HR (or whatever his averages were) to hitting .340 with 19 HR.

He did that by changing his approach. Now, you can debate whether that was wise or not, but it shows you just how much potential control over such things these guys actually have.

[76] I know. :)

Was Reyes even running hard?

Oh no.

I saw that whole thing unfolding.

Ohhh, Jorgie.

[79] I know, I thought the same thing. Looked like he quit halfway down the line.

He might have made it had he actually reached the base on that "slide."

Nova's pitching another fine game.

Sure would be nice if the team could score some runs.

Enough of this shit, now. Let's get some fucking runs.

Horrible approach by the Mets. Three hits and no runs. This small-ball approach is just not enough. If they're going to get to the playoffs, they'll have to go yard.

Well that was a nice nap. Here's hoping the Yankee bats wake up too.

Ouch, Don. Get well. You too Gary.

Funny how every mediocre to poor pitcher pitches a surprisingly great game against us.

Excruciating.

Wow!

Fabulous play!

Jesus.

Major league ballplayers, ladies and gentlemen.

Nice performance, Nova.

Ok, come on now, Yankees...

Fuck, he'd better not bunt.

OWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

OMG.

Yeowch, Frankie.

Jesus Christ.
God, I hope he's okay. As if catchers don't take enough punishment.

Fuck, I thought that got him in the face.

Jesus, baseball is dangerous.

That really was scary. Could have been devastating.