My Little Groundout with the bases loaded to end the game in Wrigley.

Cool to see Stony Brook in the CWS.

i'm an honest abe fan.

[1] beddy beddy nice!

[2] joe nathan (jonathan) went to stony brook...

hmmm. yesterday was an off day and today we're facing a 1st place club. hope robbie's alright!

I clicked here and then Lohud. Here is the 1st paragraph.
"Robinson Cano is just fine, just getting a day off. Even with an off day yesterday, Joe Girardi said he felt like this was a good time to give Cano a precautionary day off against a left-hander who’s had some success against him. Cano is 0-for-9 with four strikeouts in his career against Gio Gonzalez. Jayson Nix is 3-for-7 with a home run."

[4] Phew.

[5] Double Phew!

Excited to watch Bryce Harper, though hope we win of course.

Hey, so Andy will pitch tomorrow against someone less than half his age.

Oh it's Al Leiter tonight..why no Cone?

Jesus Girardi..Cano is one of the best hitters in the league. 0-9 is NOT indicative of anything!! So no there is the pitcher batting as well as Nix instead of Cano. Silly move.

Loud crowd tonight.

Nice catch, Bryce.

Oh, him, yeah.

Hm.
Come on, Phil. Shake it off.

The Nats' announcers are spouting mindless, irrelevant statistics.

Huuuuuuuuuuuughes!

Nice job by Phil. I like the way he changes eye levels with the same pitch. Threw 94 mph down past Morse and then elevated 94 mph past him chest-level.

Boy, that's an impressive curve ball Gio has to go along with 96.

[17] It is.
The Yanks have to take their cue from Russell, I think. Wear this guy down a little.

Might be a long night for the hitters..

[14] RIYank, I just read the book "Scorecasting", think it would be right up your alley. Not sure I bought all of it but certainly was interesting. Lengthy bit on how "momentum" really doesn't exist, fascinating.

[20] Sounds good. Hm, it's cheaper in paperback than for Kindle. Maybe it will be my beach book. (I don't like the Kindle at the beach.)

[21] Last chapter on the Cubs (and why they never win) was great. And rough for any Cubs fans!

He's a little scared of Phil, understandably.

Damn. Just missed a homer. Good carry that way.

Make 'im pay, Centaur.

Well that was quite the rocket through the hole. ; )

Ha!

Huzzah!

[26] What a majestic way to move up to #6 on the RBI list.

I'll take it.

Bad arm in left. WTF is Alex doing? Oh, well. 2 runs is nice.

Oy.
But, got the run.

I blame A-Rod.

I've seen Bryce in a limited number of games this year. But I have seen him play all 3 outfield positions.

Hope I don't get in trouble for linking this: http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/15/bryce-harper-conservative-hero/

"Interesting" interpretation of Bryce Harper's skills! :)

Hoo boy.

When he the bater can't catch your fastball. Don't fucking hand an 0-2 curveball. STUPID!

DAMMIT. 0-2 fat pitch, hate that.

That's more like it.
Even without Rob! Who is that guy???

[37] I'll just pretend I didn't type that sentence. bater = batter, hand = hang. and he the don't go together. oi!

Come on, Jason, let's get on and clear Hughes for next inning!

Maybe dorky but I dig the Presidents Race.

Damn! We don't lose as much at second as I thought we would.

[4] yeah, whew! i was checking everywhere when this post went up, but there was no news yet. so i went to my studio for awhile...

so - is CC lined up to pitch Monday? i'm going to The Stadium. really wanted to see Andy. missed him here in Atlanta and will miss him again next week. CC would be great!

braves up 1-0 over ball-tumor, in the 3rd. chip 'fister' caray is as insufferable as usual. the 'info' on peachtree tv says: MLB Baseball - New York Yankees at Atlanta. the "Baseball" is redundant after MLB and i guess they're trying to get people to watch. stands here were packed Mon-Wed.

[44] thelarmis! Took part in a long "Tony Williams was amazing" chat yesterday, thought of you.

"Major League Baseball Baseball", that's funny.

[45] nice, man! as Vinnie Colaiuta says: "Tony Williams was the genius of the drums. He's my hero."

considering that Vincenzo is the pinnacle of drumming, that's high - and accurate - praise.

Cole Hamels is such a DickWeed for doing that.

[44] I think Nova should be Monday...

[48] according to lohud, nova is sunday. hughes today, andy tomorrow. hiroki just went, so i'm thinking it's CC.

i'd love it if it were Mikey Moose!

[49] Hey yeah! I lost count there somehow.

Geez, Phil had this turkey struck out on pitch three. Oh well.

7 k's thru 5 for hughes!

Ah, it all worked out! Phil is getting stronger, looks like.

79 pitches.

[50] there's a drummer joke in there...

I will never understand why when Hughes goes 0-2 he throws three waste pitches

[54] He didn't. He threw a strike on the third pitch, but it was called wrong.

tons of bad calls by the home plate ump in atlanta.

chipper up, bases loaded, 1 out. 3 walks preceded this AB...

double play.

oreo's now leading the bravos 2-1.

lotsa junk food here in hotlanta...

way to finish him off w/ the uncle charlie!

looked good on mlb "baseball" dot com.

I'm abandoning you and the Yanks, because saxophone son is home and we're going to catch some jazz.

enjoy, RI!

i'm goin' to catch some jazz in NYC tomorrow night : )

Great job Phil!

[37] Was he a master of the curve?

[45],[53] Listened to Lenny White talk about his idol on NPR last night, gonna groove his stuff on Youtube at work tomorrow...

wow, phil out-dueled gio! (or matched him nicely. however you wanna look at it...)

6 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 9 K, 1 ER, 107 pitches, 71 strikes

nice!

gio still in there.

c'mon andruw!

Wise move.

andruw's single drives gio from the game.

wise pinch runs.

brad "on the" lidge is in...

Dang, that's a jump.

the pinch stand-there steals second!

[65] eh eh eh ; )

Ah, man, Russ missed a fat one.

Way to hang in, Russell!

Way to work the count full.

will robbie be the pinch hitter?!

Nice. Now, bunt 'em over, and Cano pinch hits. Walk him and load the bases for DJ...

Actually Chavez, probably if he'll be walked.

Boy, Zimmerman is smooth, isn't he? Pleasure to watch that guy field.

What do I know, here's Cano. No chance they pitch to him. If they do, they'll regret it.

we better cash these guys in.

i was thinkin' chavy too. this is nice though!

c'mon robbie!

ok, it's time for #2 for #2!!!

Get it in the outfield in the air, DJ. NO DOUBLE PLAY DAMMIT!

Missed the 1-1 pitch. That was fat.

Full count. Oh, the drama...

wow, brian mccann running the bases like jorgie!

have to throw a strike

Indeed! Nickel and dime 'em to death, motherfuckers!

Yes!

wha happened? slow computer...

forget it. i see it now...

cool!

let's cash these 2 guys also.

go grandy!

In the air, in the outfield Curtis.

Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap

Nice fugging piece of hitting, son!

Curtis!

fuck yeah!

wish i could see the game...

Nice work by Epps and Rapada looking sharp too.

Holy Suds Batman!
AJax: .325 .408 .563 .971

So.... can someone tell me the different between NEW (very good) Highes and OLD (frustrating, inconsistant, no too good) Hughes?

It seems he's throwing more strikes, not nibbling but challenging. Is that it?

20 homers for curtis!

chief to pitch the 9th?

seems like it's been ages since he threw...

hello all. I'm at work and have been half-listening via mlb.com.

Any word on why Cano is sitting?