It’s gunna rain tonight. Let’s hope they get the game in. The Mariners have lost 634 games in a row which means they’ve they’ll take two-of-three from the Yanks, right?
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher DH
Russell Martin C
Andruw Jones RF
Eduardo Nunez 3B
Brett Gardner LF
We do the cheering:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photograph by Drew Medlin]
The Yanks they have the cure for what ails ye! Who's pitching, cuz it's gonna be a tough loss for dem yeh.
The radar map sure doesn't look promising right now.
There are some NASTY pockets of rain in the area ...
Delay.
The Red Sox have sent JD Drew to the BS DL. He's suffering from a terrible case of suckosis. Said Tito, "We've known for a while that JD Drew kind of sucks, despite all the new-fangled statistics that Theo pulls out of his ass to justify paying way too much for 'im. But now it's official and we're putting him on our Fake DL. What did we say, some kind of shoulder thing, right? Yeah, that's as good a fake reason as any."
I went to Induction Weekend in Cooperstown. Bruce, were you there? I've now been to Cooperstown several times (four, I guess), but this was my first Induction Weekend. It's... more crowded. It was fun, but on the whole I think I like the quieter days better.
From LoHud:
UPDATE, 7:47 p.m.: The update is that there is no update. Still a tarp on the field. Still no word on a first pitch. The rain hasn’t fallen very hard in the past hour, but the radar is a mess. I’ll be a little surprised if they play this thing. If they’re waiting this long, it makes me think they’re waiting for that first little outburst of rain to send everyone home, but I honestly haven’t heard a thing. That’s just me guessing.
[4] I hope Crawford's contract turns out as well.
Now they say the game will start at 9:00.
Check out the Radar. I don't see how they can get this one in.
[9] Well, they could get this one in ... if they were willing to wait another couple of hours, but 9pm?
Seems dubious to me ...
This has trap series written all over it.
BTW, anyone else buy Der3K Jeter on iTunes? Looks interesting
[10] Well, here's it's 9:03 and we have baseball, color me surprised ... AND wrong.
Oh man, Ryan is *so* sporting a "Megan's Law".
TESH!
Whoa! Teix liked the delay.
Woof. That was a blast.
?guestlove from the Roots is sitting behind home plate, pick in fro an everything.
Not so sure about that
Oops. Safe. Clearly.
Well, that's nice, but can we PLEASE welcome our Robot Umpire Overlords SOMETIME soon?!?!?!?
C'mon Fat Freddy!
Hard grounder here: throw home? or try for the DP?
Ah well. Academic. Mute.
Wait, did he shave that thing in between innings???
Wow, what a throw! Very impressive.
[25] Who?
Oh, Ryan, got it.
I have to admit I wasn't paying attention earlier.
[28] I swear he had a "Megan's Law" 'stache in the 1st ...
Sunuvabich.
Kid still has a little juice left after all.
As is only appropriate, little AROD overcomes little Jeter ...
[29] What's a Megan's Law mustache?
Jeter with the tater!!
Oh, man, the A-Rod jersey kid gets the ball from the Jeter-jersey kid. There's no justice.
Grandyman, nice stroke.
[31] [33] Hm. Appropriate but unjust?
[32] Megan's Law = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan%27s_Law
It's not perfect, but this picture kinda sums things up:
http://www.fangraphs.com/not/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/brendan-ryan-Reuters-DL.jpg
[35] It reminds me of Matthew McConaughey in "Dazed and Confused": That's what I like about high school girls ... I get older, they stay the same age ...
[36] Except for that fact that the "Megan's Law" 'stache ain't talkin' 'bout High School girls ...
[35] Ouch..that is cold.
I'll be damned. I was with Kay until they showed the replay. But Paul was right, that liner was not hard. (Belth got that right, too.)
[38] Gonna wear it? Gotta bear it.
Bad call methinks.
One-Eyed Lucy!!!
LOVE that Jethro Tull song!
Oy.
Yeah, this does look like a team that's lost 15 straight.
Oops, *another* one goes the Yankees way.
Tough one, though.
[41] And you are correct.
Sheesh, bad enough to be on a historic losing streak without the umps helping out your opponents.
Hooray, Eduardo Scissorhands!
Atta boy, Brett!
GRITTAY!
Oh, Mariners......
Now THAT looks like a team on a 15 game losing street ...
Oh lord.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Seattle Mariners.
Ooooh. Teix is heating up.
Smoaked.
It really is nice to see Jeter hitting the ball with authority
Do we really need to mix and match with two outs in the ninth of a seven run game?
[55] ... and at 11:30?
I guess Joe would like to have Logan available tomorrow. That must be the point of this switch.
Go get him, Kid!
Okay, I can accept this.
Oh, MLB debut for Garrison, that's the point. Okay.
I would love to see an asterisk on his back.
Word. Love a debut.
0.00, baby! Best pitcher in baseball! Now we just have to get him enough innings to qualify for the leader board.
Royals score 2 in the top of the 14th at Fenway! Can they hold on?
Royals held on! Big win in Fenway for them!