Nah, he’s still the King right this minute, ain’t he?
The Yanks send Ivan Nova up against Felix Hernandez tonight in Seattle. Meanwhile, Verlander goes against Beckett up in Boston.
Should be good…
We’ll be rooting: Let’s Go Yank-ees!
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I'd have to go back and look, but I'm almost positive this was the title you picked for a King Felix/Randy Johnson game about five years ago that wound up being a great duel.
Hopefully it ends the same way
I love watching King Felix pitch but hope he's not on his game tonight.
Beckett-Verlander looks rained out, that would have been a good one too.
Tremendous game going on in Minneapolis.
Seventh inning, the teams have a combined two hits. And let's just say they do not have the same number of hits as each other. If you see what I mean.
Going to the eighth inning, actually.
Ohhhhh.
No no-no, double broke it up.
Still a shutout duel. A dual shutout.
They go to extras still scoreless.
128 pitches for Weaver.
Burnett: "Those guys in the bullpen are there for a reason"
I have no idea what reason that might be
Bottom of the tenth, the Twins load the bases with one out. Scioscia brings an outfielder onto the infield... And Valencia lifts the ball over a remaining outfielder's head to win it.
[8] I love when the Angels lose.
Whaddayaknow!!!!
DONCHAKNOW!
Damn, Robbie's hands are quick.
Jeter hitting Felix in the arm may have been his greatest contribution.
Singleton and Cone are a pleasure to listen to.
I am still so bummed at last night's loss, I'm monitoring this game on TV, but not really watching it.
Figgins looks like Willie Randolph.
[14] Absolutely. The only thing that could make them better is if Jim Kaat came back and joined them.
[17] So weird you should mention Kaat, I was just thinking of him myself.
Well, Kaat was fantastic. He and Singleton really were the cream of the crop when they were there.
Honestly, for all the gruff the Yankees get for having 700 announcers, the only analyst they had recently that I thought was just awful was Tino. Even O'Neill is getting better.
Kay is in a class all by his own.
Damn.
[16] Ok, that's just weird. I know exactly when you had that thought, because I thought the exact same thing.
OH NO. ADAM KENNEDY! WHERE'S BOONE LOGAN?
[19] O'Neill might not be the greatest announcer of baseball, but he's great fun in the booth.
Sheer pleasure to listen to, at least in the doses that we get of him.
[23] Exactly. He's fine in the Phil Rizzuto mold.
[21] Yeah, really? Something about the way he carried himself, kind of his strut or something, and profile, I think.
[23] [24] Absolutely. You can almost hear him calling Kay a huckleberry when Kay razzes him.
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[24] And, frankly, he takes the piss out of Kay a fair amount, which is a nice bonus.
[25] Mostly I find the resemblance in their faces ...
See you later, Rickey
STOLEN BASE KING!!!*
*of the Yankees
Wow, SB king. How 'bout that.
Ohh, fuck.
Wow.
From the outhouse to the penthouse in one play.
[28] Oh, absolutely in the face. Could be Willie's son.
I <3 Grandyman
Teix!!!
TEIX GO BOOM!!!
BOOM!!!
[32] At least he got Granderson to second. Posada would have found a way to get them both out.
BoomBoom Teix! Down with the King!
WHOOHOO!
[38] That's the benefit of benefit of being the EVIL *EMPIRE*.Emperors outrank mere Kings ...
Wow. I figured A-Rod had more games played with the Yankees than the Ms, but I thought it was kind of close.
If Olerud stays healthy do the Yankees win it all in 2004?
Long boring story about A-Rod in Seattle..
Think we covered this before but wonder if Singleton and Cone go out after the game? Cone for sure, Kenny probably listening to Lou Rawls and drinking a glass of wine in the hotel.
[43] Man, I'd love to buy Cone beers just to hear all the stories you just know he has, but can't tell on air ...
That'll do, I guess.
Didn't Vida Blue end up on California?
[44] I want to ask him if the bullpen story is true, but I'm afraid to hear the answer.
Wow.
From the Outhouse to the Penthouse in one play.
Hopefully, I'm not going to keep repeating this all night ...
Jeter's having troubles
[48] Well, now all we get is the fucking Outhouse.
Should have kept my mouth shut.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
It mentions the Pontoon, it gets the hose!!!
"Where is Sidney now?"
I'd assume a bar
This sucks
Well, this game has gone backwards in a hurry.
Ballgame.
If the pattern holds up, now that the Yankees blew the lead, they won't have a representative AB for the rest of the game. Felix finishes it up with nine strikeouts in the last five innings.
This feels like a Boone Logan game.
[57] Ewwww.
Last night felt like a Boone Logan game, tonite feels worse.
Meh.
21!!!!
21
Okay fellas, we don't *have* to take pitches for the sake of it
Jack Cust! World's most boring baseball player!
Fitting for this rather boring game..
Robbie knows he's slow, right?
Alright ... I'm calling a "Cletus Clou ... SERIOUSLY, WTF WAS THAT?!?!?!?
Oy.
So Dodger Stadium is on fire
[66] That's news to me.
Its all over twitter. Evacuated part of the upper deck
[66] Guess Frank is going for the insurance money ...
That seems to be the top theory
[70] Maybe McCourt finally burst into flames and his doubleohImean wife took over...
Fugh.
JETER OWNS THE KING
He can't get it!
Grandyman, bitches.
Non-Bautista MVP!
Does Eric Wedge think that looks good?
[77] I like it. It's Gooseriffic!
[78] Gooserrific!
[77] OMG it's hideous. I love it!
Is it $1 beer night at Safeco?
Dear Joba
Try not to suck TAINT.
KTHKBY
Me
Joba should no longer pitch in Seattle
That was scary
Phew.
That was SCORCHED.
Oh fuck
Well, this shouldn't last long.
[87] It's lasting long!
Seattle fans: A-Rod left 10 years ago, time to get over it.
It's just not their year.
The worst part of this loss is now Girardi will be even more terrified of Adam Kennedy, which means MORE BOONE LOGAN