CC’s on the hill tonight against a tough team. He hasn’t been great recently but he’s still the Ace and I believe in him.
1. Jeter DH
2. Swisher RF
3. Cano 2B
4. A-Rod 3B
5. Granderson CF
6. Martin C
7. Chavez 1B
8. Ichiro LF
9. Nunez SS
Never mind those upstart A’s: Let’s Go Yank-ees!
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Never mind me. I'm just upstarting.
The O's draw the Red Sox, and the Yanks ge the A's. Aargh!
I remember CC having trouble agains the A's for a while, and he suspected that it was that he grew up in the area and put pressure on himself with lots of friends and fam in the stands.
CC needs to set the tone and shut them down or else they have to get Ichiro on the mound. Suzuki has done it all the last few days, and I believe he is going to add a No-No to his resume if we put him in as a starter.
Let's kick the crap out of those Athletics and their supporters!!!
No one can doubt that there is something wrong with Carston
Thank goodness, maybe not all that much
Well, that went poorly.
nice play ICHIRO!
bats are not looking good. parker does look filthy right now but i'd hope to see better at bats.
[7] They'll get him.
The change-up is so deceptive, but they'll catch on.
Yankees against a changeup artist is a terrible matchup for them.
I hope whatever is wrong with CC ends with the season. He's signed for what, another 4 years?
Got him!
[10] I know, eight batters, four strike outs, no hits. This has got to stop!
Good hustle, Eric!
Close! That lone replay before the break looked like he may have been safe.
Why does this feel like an early post-season game? Why do they ALL feel this way this year?
Ya' just can't predict.....
Never seen that.
Highlight reel!
Well well.
Can't predict baseball.
hmm
Guaranteed ESPY nominee!
Shoulda taken second!
You know Soriano would have made the play: he's an expert at untucking!
Eat shit, blue. That was shin high ya' blind bastard!
Two pop-ups and another K.
I don't know what's wrong with CC, but somebody has to do something.
I'm pretty excited by that sac fly, which is an indicator of my Curtis expectations these days.
Oh, not another strikeout.
Come on, CC, pull yourself together!
And another.
And yet another.
This is just awful. [3] it's indubitable: there's something badly wrong with him.
[28] Heh. He does have a BB.
I can't wait to see what Ichiro does on his third hit of the night. This is very entertaining.
[29] Yeah, but I'm going to milk this for all it's worth.
I feel like tonight was the best chance that trainwreck in Boston had of winning a game this weekend
Bollocks!
GET HIM OUT OF THERE NOW!
O's leading Boston. Still can't root for the Red Sox.
DFA CC
Number nine.
[35] I'm rooting for them. It's not pleasant. Because they really suck.
Okay, signs of life in Fenway... Come on, Dusty, whack one!
Man, that's not a good feeling.
[36] I'm in. Because [10] we can't deal with another four years of this kind of striking everybody out garbage.
[38] It's sad, really.
Yay, Dusty!!!
Sox tied it
[39] Speaking of sad: Jeter has 203 sad hits. I must admit that if my crystal ball had shown me a 203 in his future, I would have guessed it was his batting average.
[40] = [41]
[38] A walk and a hit in the same game! What a bum.
95 mph! Gas face!
RI... has you noticed it looks like CC has gained a bit of weight?
[42] I just don't understand why any athlete would keep going out and humiliating himself like that.
[47] In all seriousness, I have to imagine he finishes third in the MVP race, which is pretty amazing
Red Sox are fucking useless
[46] Hm, not really. Does you really think so?
Anyone notice how baggy and wrinkled CC's uniform is?
Really unattractive...
Pasta diving JeterNICE play by Nunez!
So that's what he can do.
Nunez really had to charge that.
Ruh roh
Thanks for jinxing the game, Kaye
Yes!
Uh oh.
Okay. Moving on.
[57] Oh, man, I am almost two minutes behind! I have to reload.
Nuney-y!
SB!
Tightrope time.
Hm, Sori.
I definitely would leave CC in for the ninth.
Dayam, Parker has some stuff. But CC came through, will Soriano? This has to be the most important appearance by Untuck this year. Crossing everything.
Whoa, adrenaline rush.
Oh, motherfucker.
What a fucking disaster
Are you fucking kidding me! Came up from the basement to that. Mother Fucker!
[69] Yes, exactly. Only possible description.
Aw shit
Yankees *really* need to win in the bottom of the ninth.
Goddamn Cocoa Crisp to hell.
Ugly
I was at that game in Oakland.
Yankees eventually lost when Joe decided to play MATCHUPS in extra innings.
i heard the scary fly ball out in the car.
then...i heard the scarier fly ball that wasn't an out...
MO
Bottom of the ninth heroics.
Yankees need to walk off here before Joe has a chance to start managing.
[72] Has there been a walk off this year, not counting extras?
Walk-off opportunity, is all it is.
D-Rob for the tenth if.
i'm sure it was mentioned earlier in the thread, but i guess cc had no problems throwing to coltrane.
[78] [81] that's what i was thinking.
Swisher's smile a little unnerving this evening.
we need to score off this little shit.
The home team is due for celebratory dancekapade. And by the way, Soriano. Way to fuck up one of CC's best starts of the year.
NOW he gets a hit! ; )
Steal?
I really don't fucking like this.
[86 ] Obviously CC's fault.
nomatchupsnomatchupsnomatchupsnomatchups
Granderson is heading for a BA in the .220's by years end.
Kurtis blow - the K-king. : (
[88] always. even when there's no one on base.
I'm kind of shocked we won 3 extra inning games.
nailed.
golden sombrero.
Okay, this is probably it. I mean, I don't like our chances of holding them with the rest of the bullpen. We'd have to be lucky.
That'll do.
[97] Holy shit! There it is!
YAHOOOOOO!
Can't predict baseball.
Coltrane turns around a kind of blue night!
fucking BEAUTIFUL!!!
A RUN SUPREME!!!
COLTRANE!!!
Oh FUCK YES. I didn't come round the comments cause I didn't want to jinx CC and then when Sori blew it I had to keep away, but now, NOW, RUSSELL!
[102] My favorite thing!
But..the O's win.
ball tumor won. still 1 game up.
rays with back-to-back games with double digit runs...
[106] But the Rays are toast.
Listen, if we stay one up on the Orioles while they play Boston and we play Oakland, I'll take that. The roles will reverse, and then we can gain a little breathing room.
[107] oh, i totally know. i just like double-digits : )
[and their offense has been cruddy...]
brew crew makin' a run at this thing! harvey wallbangers
[107] actually, it's rye toast.
Wait, why is it rye toast? Are they Jewish?
Oh, never mind, I get it.
Yeesh.
Hey, thelarmis, I am going to Madison, WI for Yom Kippur.
(Or anyway, during Yom Kippur, not for any atonement reason.)
Shit, I go to make some coffee and I missed the cherry. I thought it was gonna be one of those crappy extra inning games.
Woo-hoo.
So that's what 3 blown saves for Soriano, or is it 4. Mo usually blows 3 a year.....but almost never in the postseason.
[112] ooh, very lucky!
what's the beer i like from there? there were 2 really good ones, iirc. can't think of the name...
travel safely and enjoy!
[ps - i forgive you.]
justin maxwell has 17 homers for the 'stros. good for him!
[114] Oh, the one with the cow, right? Damn, I can't remember. It will come to me.
[116] i don't know if it was that was. man, it's on the tip of tongue! yeah, there were two of them. i might think of it, too, but let me know what you come up with!
there's a great beer on the gulf, in florida, called Grayton Pale Ale. might imbibe my first beer in two weeks tonight...
Hard to believe this team has a 6 game winning streak.
[117] New something?
[119] got it.
Lakefront Ale in Milwaukee. there was also Lake Louie, which was very good. the latter might be the one with the cow, can't remember...
i don't think i liked the one with the cow. the 2 i mentioned are different, both good. i like the lakefront better than the lake louie, but they were both fine brews.