...and they still can't shake Lord Baltimore. "Who are those guys?"

Well, that's a lousy start, Ivan.

Blegh.

2 BP fastball=1-0, Oakland, nobody out.

Well this is terrible.

This is really crappy.

Three doubles in a row (wake up Robbie).

Dear Nova.
Leave that guy at third and let those by the only 2 runs you allow over the course of your next 7 innings.
Thanks.
-me

That's better.

Ichiro! Hot damn!

So...maybe Ichiro really can hit home runs if he feels like it!

Weird. A Rod picked off but the second base ump calls a balk.

Did Alex just score from second? Holy shit!

Tied up!

Nice slide!

Good throw would have nailed him. Good job by Swish directly Alex. And nice piece of hitting by Robbie.

Yay, A loud f-bomb from Blackley. C'mon, Irish. That was crap!

C'mon Andrew - give us a walk

3-0, Andrew. Take 2 strikes.

Many thanks, Andruw

Nice.

That was one clusterfuck of a first inning. Somebody tell Jeter this game is on pace for nearly 7 hours.

Ichiro is amazing.

i hope this Ichiro remains throughout the playoffs and helps lead us to the final victory of the baseball season!

now, steal!

Getting thrown out at third is anti-amazing, however.

oof.

Get a stick and kill it!

capitalize on the error, fellas.

Thanks Oakland.

Wow, the A's are playing a sloppy game so far.

Second audible f-bomb from Blackley. He's terrible today.

there ya go!

[31] i think he's doing just fine and should continue exactly as is. ; )

This just going to be an ugly game today.

Oh, yeah, this is going to be a long afternoon, guys.

Nova is terrible today.

i think it'll be better to stay emotionally detached from this game until the late innings...

o's up 3-1...

And Nova's day is done. Leaving the team in a tight spot, too.

Good job Clay!

Nice escape.

Top 3 Clays:
- Cassius
- Rapada
- Playdough

neither starter could make it thru 3 innings...

i guess we'll we be seeing a lot of David Phelps? if not, it'll be The Chief and D-Lowe...

o's game now knotted at three...

[42] Don't forget:

-Bellinger

Jeters range in down to 1 step.

[46] And, Henry.

My god, the Red Sox suck. In particular, their pitchers. Today featuring: Aaron Cook.

Raul!

But jeez, I wonder how the late innings will go today. Can Robertson and Soriano go?

Dino!

Sometimes you eat Raul and sometimes Raul eats you

[51] I think so (Rob and Sori), but there are a couple of innings between then and now, and they are looking verrrrry looooooong...

[53] Oh, very nice.

shit sox pitchers continue to suck.

6-3 O's

really good work from d-lowe to settle things down.

[56] Yeah, tip-of-the-hat to D-Lowe.

Okay, good. Derek's pitching got Derek back on track in the batter's box.

Blevins.

[that's fun to say]

c'mon robbie. make 'em pay!

Fug.

Maybe D-Lowe can take the boys home today.

[62] Doubt it. I'll be happy if he gives them this inning.

The Sox have rallied and trail by only one. How they manage to score runs with that line-up is a mystery.

It's match-up time!

Did Mattpat say he was going to this game? Maybe I imagined that. He loves the Match-up Game!

I miss Teix.

frick.

Blurgh

double frick.

[66] You aren't watching, right?
Grounder that Teix would have had, Rob probably should have stopped it from going into the outfield.

That play just now, shallow fly and Curtis tried to throw out Cesp. but the throw wasn't great and he probably wouldn't have had him anyway.

Ugh. Weak D this inning.

Another gift.

Awesome.
But why isn't Swish on second?

Okay, Kenny agrees. Just didn't hustle it out.

Ha.

Okay, so it didn't matter that Swisher didn't take second!

Also, the Red Sox tie it up. (But if they go to extras, Baltimore automatically wins, right?)

Alright.

I'm here.

Time for a win.

Oh, Nix will bunt.
Well, this is just about a break-even situation for a bunt, I believe.

shit sox tied it up.

our turn to take the lead in our game!

Nicely done, Nix.

RI - nope, not watching. not paying close attention, either. just checkin' in, here and there...

curtis better not K!!!

Wow, they raised their Win Expectancy with a successful bunt!

6-11-1 identical lines in the 'other' AL East game in the 9th...

[79] The Swisher "single" was a pop fly that the Oakland outfielders missed by committee, which is why I was annoyed that Nick didn't take second. But then HBP so it didn't matter.

holy crap, that is just fucking AWFUL.

sad news - cashman's dad died earlier today... : (

[via lohud]

worthless.

Oh, come on, Eric.

(Not you!)

BAAL. SAXBURY.

Score it?

That was a FUCKING error!

This is not a game I want to watch even once.

what a bunch o' bullshit.

Red Sox looking for a walk-off.
Pony pops out to lead them off.

BOOne

Biggest batter of the game coming up.

Cody Ross strikes out, two away.

BOOOOOOOOOne

Lavarnway strikes out, extra inning in Fenway :-(

Cespedes looked helpless.

Okay! Let's do this thing.

eppley > ross!

Andrew Bailey sets down the O's in the top of the tenth. Maybe the BoSox can end the Baltimore streak...

That was fast.

Mike Aviles is on with one out.

But Danny Valencia (???) goes down swinging on three pitches (he seems to be a September call-up, wow he can't hit at all).

it's seems like this moss kid is always up!

[103] he had been a starter for the twinks...

[105] Ah. Did they cut him? I mean, why is he on the Red Sox? He's not good at baseball.

Hey, Joba! Good inning!

Daniel Nava walks (sort of -- Brian Matusz got badly squeezed... and you know how painful that can be).

Well done, Joba.

Podsednik strikes out.
They go to the eleventh in Fenway.

Okay, here we go!

C-Dick!
C-Dick run!

wow. braves knock doc halladay out after 1.2 innings.

5 H, (1 HR), 3 BB, 7 ER, 51 pitches (3 K)

Here we go, time for some be-bop! Let's do it!

[111] oh, you!!!

i've been sitting on that one for WEEKS!!!

was just about to have fun for the first time today and you RUINED it!!!

here i go anyway:

C-Dick RUN!!!

: p

Orioles don't score in the 11th.

[114] Ohhhhh.
You can make a "Balfour" joke, how about?

I was half expecting a dropped ball there.

[113] more like hard-bop and post-bop.

[116] ah, i've made that one before.

i'm still mad.

i wonder if either of these games will be decided in a half-hour when i get back...

[120] They will.
But little Dusty pops out, too, to start the bottom of the 11th.

Not to start, sorry -- Ciriaco was already out, missed him. Two down, nobody on...

... and they go to the twelfth.

The Orioles are gonna win. I thought the Sox could pull it out, but now it seems inevitable.

Pearce with the spear.

Thank you, Fred!

NOW LET'S WIN THIS GODDAM GAME.

I'm getting tense.

Adam Jones doubles off Aceves to start the twelfth. Yep, here it comes.

And Jim Thome pinch-hits a double, Orioles take the lead.

Off the bag, blue.

And add another run on an Endy Chavez single. Oh well.

Now we have to win.

Bad call. But i don't think it mattered in that inning. Stomach churning, Birds winning, can the Yankees go the distance?

The Orioles really believe.
They are playing way beyond their talent.

Chavez scores, Orioles by three.
Okay, that's that.

Thanks for the out. Billy B can't be happy with the sac.

RIYank can't be happy with this IBB.

Argh.

God, I hate IBBs. I hate them.

"Here, we'll give you a free out!"
"Thanks! Why don't you have a free base runner in return?"

Sox have used 9 pitchers. and I don't know ANY of their names except for the 3 ex-Yankees.

Pearce for the save!

Steve Pearceixeira

Oh thank god.
Whew.

That's two for Pearce! The Yankees must score one little run NOW.

[136] You don't know Andrew Bailey? Tazawa? Those are their best two relievers. (And they're good, too.)

Miggy has just tied Hamilton in HR.

It's official, O's win.

Our friend, A Aceves, gave up 3 runs on 3 hits in 2/3rds of an inning.

[121] no, they won't!

well, of course, the O's will win...soon enough.

we really should be beating guys with the names of Blevins & Scribner.

Dammit.
We needed Ichiro on. Damn.

cabrera homered. triple crown lead!

[145] Blevins and Scribner, purveyors of fine tea since 1792.

[142] Miggy now on pace for the Triple Crown, and Hamilton is out for at least 3 games.

[142] didn't mean to steal your lines.

that's RI's job. ; )

Come on, Rob. Time to regain your swing.

ARod just missed it? By 20 ft?

Sigh.

Chief!!!

let's reward him now. thank you, please!

Pearce could win the fans hearts right now.

Guess not, Nuney instead.

Get thee to a Nuneyry!

Raul! Hustling double.

come on, coltrane.

do it again!

YES!!!

plate him.

NOW!!!

I HATE that play.

FUCK!!!

KKKKKKKKKurtis really needs to atone for that foul out to 3rd earlier...

This seems like the game that never ends.

let's go, Eric.

another gift.

cash it in!

Bloop single Eric.

C'mon Chavie! End this bastard.

I hope the ump is pissed off enough not to call another close strike for the A's.

Could be...

OK, time for Cap'n Clutch.

not a run, but not an out!

JUST WORK HIM FOR A WALK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Captain, My Captain. Win it.

live by the curve die by the curve

would be a nice time for #2's grand slam #2.

though i'd gladly settle for a run scoring wild pitch : )

Take one for the team!

WORK HIM FOR A WALK!!!!!!!!!

RATS!

Damn

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

god fucking damn it.

probably should not have swung at all...

Dang, Jeter swung at the third pitch, and the ump would have called that a ball. He should have taken the first strike in that AB. I'm no baseball savant, but didn't that seem obvious?

uh-oh...

hey, is phelps in the pen, just in case?

Shit.

sigh. The Yanks blew this game more fucking ways than I can count.

There it goes...

Fuck Girardi for leaving Freddie in there!

Crap.

Thanks for putting us out of our misery.

{182] See 173, 178

And Nova shitting the bed is at the top of the list. Goddammit!

They were all over Garcia, and it was just luck he lasted that long. How could Joe leave him in to face the heart of the order?

[190] see 169

fuck fuck mother fuck.

what a bunch of horseshit bollocks.

At this point, why not pitch a little BP.

sure, why the fuck not...

The Yankees deserve to lose today, because they should of won a lot of different ways and didn't.

Well you've got to start somewhere.

Hmmm.

Of course a hit last inning would have helped more.

Madness! Keep it going fellas!