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Laughin’ at Clouds…So Dark Up Above

The Soggy Bottom Boys are at it again this afternoon. Dig this lineup:

1. Nunez SS
2. Martin C
3. Swisher RF
4. Rodriguez 3B
5. Jones LF
6. Montero DH
7. Laird 1B
8. Golson CF
9. Pena 2B

(gasp). Never mind the galoshes:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

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1 seamus   ~  Sep 7, 2011 11:41 am

i can't believe this lineup. i know the game went late but with aj pitching this is just an awful lineup.

2 ms october   ~  Sep 7, 2011 11:43 am

haha. wow. guess it's fittin for aj.
what do you even call this lineup - house money is too generous - maybe a train station cup of coffee lineup?

3 Sliced Bread   ~  Sep 7, 2011 11:50 am

I love this lineup. We're going to crush them.
3B and DH leading the way today.

4 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 7, 2011 11:59 am

3) Me likum how you thinkum.

5 rbj   ~  Sep 7, 2011 12:00 pm

Wait, are we back to spring training? Did I miss winter? Who won the 2011 World Series?

6 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 12:04 pm

Best... bench... evah!

7 Shaun P.   ~  Sep 7, 2011 12:18 pm

[6] Sure thing. And if the rain keeps the game from starting until, say, 4PM, you can sub in the regulars after the 4th inning!

8 ms october   ~  Sep 7, 2011 12:38 pm

wonder what swish did to "get" to start this game?
he's the only sucker that started last night too.

9 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 7, 2011 12:46 pm

Wait, what?
Wtf kind of lineup is that?

10 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 7, 2011 12:47 pm

Omg, was there actually a game last night? I didn't even bother to check, presuming there was no way in hell they'd play. It rained nonstop in New Haven yesterday.

11 monkeypants   ~  Sep 7, 2011 12:54 pm

Yikes.

I just luuuuuvvvvvv September call-ups and the 40-man roster.

12 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:11 pm

Wow, has it even stopped raining since the conclusion of last night's game?

13 Shaun P.   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:11 pm

[12] Was it still raining at the end of last night's game?

You all were troopers for waiting it out last night. I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer.

14 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:12 pm

[12] Ah, Michael tells me it stopped for about an hour ... about an hour ago.

Wheee!

15 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:15 pm

Well, that was fast.

16 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:17 pm

Cha-Changes from AJ!

17 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:17 pm

Nice start, A.J.

18 Jon DeRosa   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:18 pm

I wish I had some more time this AM, I was going to predict a lineup for today. I would have been close, but I would have missed Swisher for Dickerson.

But given they played at 2am plast night, this looks about right to me. Surprised there is so much hand-wringing over it.

19 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:19 pm

[18] You predicted Golson?

20 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:21 pm

Yeah, I can't imagine why they fell. /sarcasm

21 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:24 pm

[8] Hey, Michael Kay noticed, too!

22 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:27 pm

Yay-Rod!

23 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:27 pm

Gee up, centaur!

24 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:27 pm

Bunch of hobbits and a centaur. (No disrespect to Russell or Swish, of course.)

25 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:27 pm

[23] [24] Heh.

26 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:28 pm

Uh, Alex ... you missed a spot.

27 ms october   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:28 pm

damn prescient sliced.

28 ms october   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:29 pm

[21] uh oh - not so sure that is a group i want to be in.

29 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:31 pm

Boooooooooooo!

BUST!

30 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:35 pm

[29] John 11:35.

31 mhoward120   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:39 pm

Can we at least pray that the skies open up for a second and shoots a bolt of lightning right on the mound as the O's bat and finally relieves us of our long AJ nightmare?

32 mhoward120   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:40 pm

Well at least now AJ has a scapegoat

33 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:41 pm

Ugh. Teix gets at least the out, maybe the DP.

Well, I don't think I can do better than [30], and this doesn't look like a very fun game. See youse! Maybe the house money can pay some dividends...

34 mhoward120   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:44 pm

Where's Gil McDougald when you need him?

35 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:55 pm

I'm just going to pretend that whole sequence never, ever happened.

36 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 1:58 pm

It's good thing this is spring training, by the time the actual season rolls around, this team will be a well-oiled machine ...

37 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 2:05 pm

Could be a long afternoon. I'm leaving the office now, maybe by the time I get home things will look better.

38 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 2:19 pm

shelley duncanstein had a 2-homer game on sunday and has another one today!

i'm sure aj will see that and raise him...

39 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 2:20 pm

fuck you, aj.

there's just no way we can let this clown pitch in the postseason.

40 Jon DeRosa   ~  Sep 7, 2011 2:22 pm

[19] I just had every position player on the roster that didn't play last night.

41 rufuswashere   ~  Sep 7, 2011 2:23 pm

MLB gameday suggests AJ is getting squeezed (in addition to throwing wild pitches). Some pitches very much IN the strike zone called balls. True?

42 rbj   ~  Sep 7, 2011 2:26 pm

Hey, A.J. didn't give up a run that inning!

43 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 2:28 pm

Andruw Jones is fun to watch swing the bat ...

44 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 2:29 pm

Fuck YEAH, Jesus!!!

45 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 2:30 pm

[43] i agree. i wish i got to see the AB. i loved watching him hit here in Atlanta, and esp. field his position. he was unreal in CF...

46 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 2:32 pm

[45] He doesn't get cheated against a fastball ... ever.

47 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 2:41 pm

RAMIRO ... DONTCHAKNOW!

48 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 2:42 pm

Nune5!

49 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 7, 2011 2:46 pm

AJ you are a mental midget.

50 seamus   ~  Sep 7, 2011 3:09 pm

Somehow we are tied. I love it! Now we hook aj and we have a shot!

51 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 3:10 pm

[49] alex - thanks for linking the Singleton interview. it's a good read.

also, fun to see "schmeckle"! gene simmons uses that word regularly, on his show!

and, yeah, AJ. he's the walkin' dude. (anthrax reference)

52 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 3:12 pm

AJ: 6 innings, 106 pitches, 4 runs, 4 walks, 3 wild pitches, 7 k's, 1 homerun. 2 errors, 2 double plays behind him.

53 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 3:17 pm

jesus reaches on an error, takes 2nd.

tex into hit for laird. IBB...

i can't see the game, but i imagine there's been some ugly baseball played in the 15 hours, or so. sometimes it rains...

54 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 3:32 pm

laffey's really the first guy outta the 'pen?! first???

55 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 7, 2011 3:33 pm

I really hate having multiple lefties. It only encourages this

56 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 7, 2011 3:36 pm

God damned MIX AND MATCHING (TM) Not only does it up the chance of the chamber being loaded in bullpen roulette, it offers some god awful boring baseball

57 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 3:41 pm

[54] ah, loogy. i see. wasn't paying much attention.

now, i'm gonna make like the rest of you and get the hell outta here!

GO YANKS!!!

58 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 3:54 pm

HATE that sac bunt. No outs, gonna need more than one run to win this in all likelihood, leadoff hitter up... but then, I always hate the sac bunt with an actual hitter up.

59 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 3:55 pm

And whaddya know, leadoff double wasted.

60 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:10 pm

Nice frame by Robbie.

61 mhoward120   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:23 pm

Go Robbie go - but, as usual, Soriano pretty much blows.

62 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:28 pm

98 home runs on the season coming to the plate in the bottom of the ninth... I like our chances.

63 mhoward120   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:30 pm

I want pie!

64 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:37 pm

fuckin' hell.

from the gamecast box, strike 3 looked low and outside...

65 mhoward120   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:39 pm

Why the fuck weren't any balks called?

66 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:44 pm

[64] On TV it looked low and outside too. It would be nice if Robbie had just fouled it off instead of trusting the umpire, though.

[65] I know, right? Great camera work showed that every pitch to Granderson was a balk, and most of the pitches to Cano. Why did the ump mention it if he wasn't going to call it?

67 mhoward120   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:48 pm

I fear a 5-run outburst here

68 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:52 pm

Again with the leadoff walk. Bah.

69 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:52 pm

[66] thanks, marek.

yeah, me no likey the leadoff walk here. but i'll take that K right after.

now, i'd really like a DP...

70 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:55 pm

At least Robbie wasn't the only one rung up low and outside.

71 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:57 pm

Hey yose.
I never expected to see the end of this one.

72 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:58 pm

Good throw gets him. That throw almost put him on third.

73 mhoward120   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:59 pm

Happy to be proved wrong

74 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:59 pm

Great pitch,no doubt about that one.

75 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 4:59 pm

Hector Protector, nice job.

76 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:00 pm

if we don't walk off here, noesi should start the next inning...

77 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:01 pm

[76] No doubt about it. He's a starter. Supposed to be. He might go three if nec.

78 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:01 pm

[71] oh, you're here. i better go...

[75] ha. i like that!

79 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:03 pm

[77] yeah, i agree. ooh, i know how to say that in swedish! but i can't spell it. you'll have to take my word for it. figuratively, not the actual swedish word. 'coz, you know, i can't actually spell it...

well, let's hope he doesn't have to go 3. i'm preparing charts for work tonight and i really need to get things done before going soon...

80 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:04 pm

[78] Not room in this blog for the two of us? I know you weigh 280.

81 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:05 pm

ya know, there's a Zildjian cymbal called the "Swish Knocker".

i'd like one of those now. the baseball version. though the original is quite nice, as well.

82 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:05 pm

[81] a little late for that. i don't think there are any cymbals made for a-rod. but there sure are plenty of symbols.

hit one out, Alex. what the fuck, why not...

83 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:06 pm

[80] 281 lb. i had pasta last nite.

84 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:07 pm

[80] 280. wow. could you imagine that? that's actually exactly TWO of me!!!

85 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:07 pm

dear a-rod,

in order to hit a walkoff homerun, you actually need to hit the ball. make contact. or something. keep that in mind next time, will ya.

-thelarmis.

86 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:08 pm

This one goes to eleven.

87 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:09 pm

[86] funny. i'm actually going thru a ballad right. but it does get loud at the end. i might use that line tonite with the kids. they'll get a kick out of it! : )

88 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:12 pm

holy crap. this kid can't field to save his fucking life.

christ almighty. enough with the fucking errors!!! : /

89 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:12 pm

E, Nunez.

90 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:13 pm

Blech.

Nune5.

91 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:13 pm

DRIVEN!

20 feet past the infield.

Seriously, Kay ...

92 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:14 pm

[90] Nuñe6.

Oh, I don't like this IBB. I know it worked out last time. Geez.

93 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:16 pm

I hate being right.

94 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:16 pm

they have 5 stolen bases today.

yeah, i don't like this IBB, either. now, it'll be 7-4...

95 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:17 pm

how do you say...FUCK!!!

that's totally on the Binder. well, and Nune6.

96 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:18 pm

Lord, how fucking stupid can you get. This is unbelievable.

I feel like it's almost inevitable that somebody is now going to walk in a run.

97 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:18 pm

oh good, another IBB. this time to load the bases.

whaddya think - davis is gonna strike out SIX times today?

ugh. now the game's gonna get real ugly...and outta reach.

98 Shaun P.   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:18 pm

I know its really Nune5's fault, but . . . damn Girardi and his damn intentional walks!

When will he learn!?!?!

99 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:19 pm

I like being wrong.

100 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:19 pm

Geez, I guess I picked the right time to leave the room. It was first and second, no runs in, now we're losing?

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101 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:19 pm

[92] Eh, I like the way the 5 looks at the end of his name in this type font ...

102 mhoward120   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:20 pm

Now go quietly down like babies

103 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:20 pm

[98] It's the Reynolds striking out thing. It's so easy to picture him striking out, that when you imagine the situation you think, "Ok, pitching to Reynolds with two on is not so bad." I bet that's it.

104 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:21 pm

[101] I know.
I like to tell myself that at SS he's been much better than at third. Probably not true.

105 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:22 pm

tie it, kid!

106 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:22 pm

Patience please, Jesus.

107 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:22 pm

Wow, another low "strike."

108 Shaun P.   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:23 pm

[103] I could also see the logic, but my hatred of the intentional walk makes me say its a silly reason. I know Markakis is a far better hitter than Reynolds, and far more likely to make contact than Reynolds, but sheesh. Another baserunner = another potential run.

I'm sure the same was true with Davis.

OK offense, how about a couple runs here!

109 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:23 pm

WTG rook

110 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:23 pm

Oh Jesus not a pinch stand there.

111 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:24 pm

Good ab, kid!

112 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:24 pm

Awesome!

Oh, pinch runner. Uh. No. Not a good move. If the game were tied, maybe.

113 seamus   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:24 pm

Technically the IBB had no impact.

114 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:25 pm

[113] Not true. It brought Reynolds to the plate. He got the go-ahead hit!

115 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:25 pm

Oh, fuck.

116 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:26 pm

O*&*%^D$$

You gotta be kidding me.

117 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:26 pm

What an imbecile Michael Kay is.

118 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:26 pm

Damn. That sounded good off the bat.

119 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:26 pm

...

Montero couldn't do this?

120 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:26 pm

I have faith in Rob.

121 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:27 pm

[119] Not in the binder.

122 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:27 pm

[119] He can't score from first on a Cano double.

123 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:28 pm

[122] And Dickerson can? Flatfooted with one out?

I really don't think so.

124 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:29 pm

Damn, that sounded good too.

125 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:29 pm

Oh, Rob.
He almost got it.

126 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:30 pm

God, Kenny is a dolt too.
Girardi won't send Dickerson, because if he does Showalter will walk Granderson and pitch to Nuñez.
That is completely absurd.

127 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:30 pm

BOOOOOOO blue. He didn't offer.

128 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:32 pm

Hmm. Imagine if Dickerson was on second.

129 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:33 pm

Oh, no kidding, Michael, they will pinch hit for Nuñez? Ya think?

130 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:33 pm

and if we didn't have a pinch stand there, the game would be tied...

131 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:33 pm

[128] Now imagine if he was caught stealing.

132 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:33 pm

[130] Or lost. (CS)

133 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:34 pm

[131] Imagine we just left Montero in to stand there and do nothing like we did with Dickerson.

134 rbj   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:34 pm

Nerts.

135 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:34 pm

[131/132] you're no fun.

136 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:34 pm

Oh, man.
Andino is good.

Fuck. Good shot, Eric.

Damn. Nuñez and Joe combine for the L.

137 Marek   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:34 pm

Damn. This feels like the first half of the season.

138 thelarmis   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:35 pm

fuck. no reason to lose like that.

it's on nunez and gi joe.

morrow vs. wakefield tonite. GO CANADA!!!

later.

139 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:35 pm

Damn, all 3 outs were well hit, just to the wrong places.

140 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:35 pm

[133] I would have left him in. For the 13th, if we scored one but not two.

141 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:36 pm

Well, I for one am happy we put Dickerson in. All that standing around might have exhausted Montero.

142 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:39 pm

[133] Then he would have been on 2nd when the game ended.

143 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:40 pm

[142] The horror.

144 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:41 pm

What a miserable game to lose, after last night.

NuneE6. (the five does look better).

Martin couldn't get that run scored in the bottom of the seventh when Granderson was on third with one out.

And tomorrow...another miserable day game.

145 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 7, 2011 5:48 pm

[143] The point is to increase the chances of winning. Swapping a fast runner for a slow one (and Montero *is* one of the slowest guys on the team) is the right move to make there.

146 randym77   ~  Sep 7, 2011 6:09 pm

Why did the Yankees DFA Lance Pendleton?

He didn't even get a chance to pitch since being called up. Why even bother?

147 RIYank   ~  Sep 7, 2011 7:04 pm

[146] To make room on the 40-man roster. Kontos, I believe.

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