Game delayed for the moment. No ETA just yet.

:(
Back to slumber for a bit then, holiday here today.

Meanwhile Nats take a slim lead in the 8th

This game will be played, can't claim to be a weather expert, but looking at the radar map of Balto, the night should be clear after 8.

Wasn't that A's-Tigers game exciting? The last three inning were something. It shows that even if the A's bullpen has been perfect lately, all bets are off in the PS.

[2] Holiday here tomorrow too. Native Americans will not be celebrating.

I'm fairly calm and relaxed right now.

If Lew Ford in any way causes the Yankees to lose this game, I'm taking a four iron to the wall

hmm is this a weather delay or is it a t.v delay?

Tyler Freaking Clippard?!

[7] And Phil Coke earlier in the day.

See, Yankees can develop middle relievers.

(4) Haha, no debates about the merit of today's holiday here. It's 'Sports Day''! Seriously..it's Sports Day here, national holiday.
(8) Some great LastName AllStar Relievers in this playoffs. Balfour, Albequerque, Doolittle. Will Eric Plunk come out of retirement for an inning?

[4] Schmini Azeret - Simchat Tora ?! ; )

Gee, each team left 10 runners on? Who do they think they are, the Yankees?

Nats Win on 2 UnEarned runs. Lotta errors deciding games so far in this PS. Just about every game as a matter of fact.

Nats win 1st ps game !!! Must say as a yankee fan for 60+ years (really) living inDC means I love the nats. Hope the 2 don't meet in the WS.

[10] That too. Happy assembly.

psst [13] see [0]. he said nevermind the prognostications. :)

[14] my datebook tells me tomorrow is Thanksgiving in Canada. aye?! monkeypants will have to tell us how big a deal it is...

i have a full spate of lessons to teach tomorrow. starting early and ending in enough time to make it home for the game rain delay...

worst part about this rain delay is all the kids out there that just got fuckin weathered out of the game. My kid was all pumped up cause he could most-likely watch the whole game before bedtime. Now it's just another 8pm playoff game. Poor kid.

[17] I may not finish the game.

any word on ETA?

Tarp still on. Probably 15-20 minutes after the tarp comes off.

Still raining pretty hard in DC area

thanks guys. i'm debating cutting out for a bit. i need to head to my friends' house to feed his cats; it'll be a solid hour and a half round-trip...

So much for an early Sunday night. Dag.

[22] Wow! You're a good friend to make a 90 minute drive to feed cats.

[22] Better now than later, if this game starts in an hour, you'll be feeding cats at 1 AM.

8:40 first pitch.

[25] that's like noon to me! : )

[26] thanks, AB and well done on the Edmond Hall! i left a post there...

Glad its an off day tomorrow ; Columbus day for some, Shmini Atzeret for members if the Tribe....

[29] this tribesman has a very full day of work tomorrow...

fuck. why is angel hernandez on a postseason umpiring crew? he is sooo far beyond horrific.

GD Rain!. I blame Selig.

If Selig didn't come up with this po system, game would NOT be played. Hope nobody gets hurt.

Looks like its about to start. Let's. Go. Yank-ees!!!!

How is Cal in the booth???

[35] not good. at all.

i'm wearing my road gray thurman munson t-shirt! : )

Cal in the booth? Does that mean we get Posada in the booth at home?

Go git 'em Fellas!

So glad that the knee brace is not "a issue" - you illiterate Fox fuck

Cap!!!

CAPTAIN!!!

Way to go DJ!

[40] yeah, the article thing pisses me off, too.

Come around Captain!

ICHI!!!

FUCK YEAH!!!

Has anyone remarked on the fact that Buck Showalter is the 1st MLB manager ever to blow a 2-0 ALDS series lead?

Ichiro"!!

Dumb.

NO!!!

boo. crap.

That's a low IQ play. Especially that early in the count.

i was hoping for a big inning there.

are they changing "A-hole"?

2-2, does he go back to the hook?

[52] I thought it sounded like 'steroids' actually.

52). No, I am

Good pitch.

i thought it was a strike.

really letting them off the hook...

Eutaw street robbie!

Disappointing.

[54] i'm pretty deaf (for real), so clarity is a big issue for me. that chant makes sense...

[55] : )

C'mon CC!

[59] With CC on the mound, a picket fence on the scoreboard will be fine, but it's always better with 2.

Glad tex is back at first

very very nice!

Nice.

Like how cc is in the zone

Damn, with a 2+ hour delay, we're all a little excited. Adult beverages are a necessity (at least for me).

Torre used to say Game#3 was the most important game of a 5 game series. I understand why, but I wish Andy was Pitching the 'opener' at YS.

[67] canna do. full day of teaching tomorrow. plus, i have a lot of driving to do late tonite... (cats.)

Dinner done. Good 1st inning. Let's go Swish!

OBP!

And this seems like the best line-up for the Yankees all year.

seriously - why boo tex? the o's were never a major player in signing him. it's not like he spurned them.

I've been adult beveraging since about 1; skins, nats, rain, yanks

[69] A toast to thelarmis!

Damn, hung that one.

Man.... missed a cherry.

Teix missed 3 good pitches. At least no dp.

Nice play by Reynolds.

If I'm ARod (and maybe others) I sit on the Curveball.

Grandy hit it hard, no shame in that, good play by Reynolds.

Mark Reynolds. Kevin Millar's long lost asshole twin brother.

Dang, nice snag at first.

Russ missed one there. Shit.

All heaters. Now comes the soft stuff, yes?

At least the O's fans will have a use for those towels on Halloween after they cry in them.

Another cookie. Fuck.

Forty pitches in two innings.

Well, hell, this here's where everybody got to, evidently!

I was wondering why nobody else was in the other thread!

=)

[75] l'chaim! yeah, have one for me. i drank beer friday. next beer will be next friday...

seems like most of our hitters are getting just under the ball. this guy seems very hittable...

good job.

dude's super tall...

prolly woulda been a strike if coltrane caught it...

siddown.

Sit down, Reynolds! Great pitch!

Nice pitch, but this ump is not consistent with the low strike.

YES!

go cc!!!

Fucking Beautiful pitching.

Good.

Too early to gush on CC, but it's always time for the hitting.

I hate that fucking Mantle grave-robbing commercial.

What are you looking for Ichi?

Ugh, ball four. Tough pitch to lay off though.

[101] A high pitch count?

i really feel like we're letting this guy off easy...

he's over 50 pitches, but we should have a lot more than 2 hits and 1 walk.

fucking hell.

Oh Jesus Christ

motherfucking bollocks.

lew fucking ford? really?!

get an easy pop-up and double play.

NOW!

Almost pulled Robbie off the bag. Yikes!

OK, need a K here big fella.

fucking bullshit.

Shit.

Bugger fucking bullshit.

nate mclouth.

REALLY?!?!?!

Well there's one lead given up by the ace already. Fuck!

Dp helps

We can get those runs back.

OK boys, just like that the lead went away. And just like that you can get it back.

I'd like to see what the Yankees-and particularly Sabathia's- percentage of allowing wretched baseball players like Lew Ford beat them is. It might be confirmation bias, but it seems way too high.

In contrast, when we put a lousy player in the lineup, he almost always seems to play like a lousy player.

Ya think this is going to be easy? O's scored two, step by step.

Time to answer.

Good take, Alex.

Great AB by Arod.

Nice walk Alex.

Cano just seems to be swinging at everything.

117) I think he made a decent pitch to Ford. He made the mistake to Nate.

[122] Must be working, the guy is hitting over .600 the last two weeks.

why keep swinging at balls?

Got to throw him a breaking ball, now, right?

jesus fucking h. christ.

Wow. That sucks. Wha a rip.

Robinson crushed that, bad luck.

Nice slide, Alex. lol

Oof. I thought that was a linedrive DP.

This is much better

C'mon Cornflake!

Zero strikes to Swish so far.

I lost count of how many pitches shoulder high Cano swung at.

[130] For a man that's unquestionably a superb athlete, A-Rod often looks almost spastic out there. I don't really know how to describe it

I like the patient Swisher.

Another good take. Pitch count over 70

[134] The first few weren't *that* high, but clearly outside.

Little Bingo, Teix. Let's go.

C'mon Loaf Pincher ...

[137] Running Hammel out of the game on pitchcount rather than 8 runs may not be great

high pitch count, but supposedly the oreo's have a great bullpen. we should be destroying hammel...

DAMN SCOREBOARD!!!

get the lead...NOW!

Wow. Great to suck in 2seconds

Well, we tied it. But my God, he was out by six feet

WHAT THE FUCK are these clowns thinking on the basepaths. Christ!

YA DON'T RUN ON THAT OUTFIELD!

Well at least it's tied.

Well, that was ... awfulsome???

Nice hit by Tex, but he did not sprint out of the box. Should have been safe on 2nd.

[148] It was more good than bad.

i hope tex didn't hurt his calf on that...

The early games both had a runner score on a wild pitch. Just sayin'....

Yay and shit.

jesus christ.

don't cheer that! assfucks...

Were the O's able to submit a new roster after the play in game?

2 big mistakes already. Ya don't usually get away with that in the PS.

[149] dude just missed 30 games 'coz of a bad calf. he can't sprint!

[155] Yes.

[150] Awesomeful, then ...

Two stupid plays on the bases are the difference so far.

A little to excited, perhaps. Damn, why am I stuck with the E@#$ radiocast...

[158] Okay. Just curious as to what the new rules were

[159] Exactly.

Come on Big Guy. Hold them here.

Mark Teixiera: Graduate of the Jorge Posada Academy of Baserunning.

One out, good.

[165] Hey now, that's a low blow!

[167] Bernie Williams then?

[167] Yeah! He deserves a university...

CC didn't seem to want to do much with Reynolds.

Looks like, on a whole, ump gives inside and not outside.

[165] i was thinkin' that for that a-rod "slide"...

another nice inning for carsten charles.

That'll do.

Five Yankee runs please.

That Kerry Wood commercial would be perfect if they found something to replace french horn

[157] He was sprinting between first and second, but too late. If he's limited, then Tex should know to stay at first.

[176] That's the real key.

Has there ever been a good in game manager interview?

nate mclouth is a baseball player.

that explains it. thanks, buck.

Okay, this is a terrible performance against Jason Hammel.

jesus.

total bollocks.

[180] Must be Girardi's fault?

good lord - that girl in the t-mobile commercial is beyond gorgeous. : o

Lots o' zeros, Big Fella!

This is where everything went to hell last time.

Okay, its LEW FORD. GET HIM THE FUCK OUT.

[183] I don't gets the cable, but if it's the same woman they've used before, who looks a little like Catherine Zeta-Jones, then yes, she is "beyond gorgeous"!

=)

wow. nice dig, tex!

TESH!!!

Thank you Teix. Sit your ass down Buck you shithead.

Ideally without moving the runner to second though. Damn.

[187] yeah, i think that's the one!

and...angel finally made a good - and correct - call!

[187] Wasn't it Catherine Zeta Jones? Then they moved on to that vaguely Anne Hathaway looking woman

Oh Christ

Broken bat bloop to no man's land, check swing half bunt and now a seeing eye single. Bollocks, indeed! C'mon CC!

Why does C C usually come up short in the post-season for us?

I think he should stop throwing McClouth sliders.

Paint it black.

Sit. The. Fuck. Down.

he gone.

Tulo was hurt most of the year, wasn't he?

Sweatin' over here...

whew.

Great job, CC.

Martin with 2 huge blocks that inning. CC at about 60 through 5. That's damn good. He should be about warmed up by now FFS.

[204] Yep.

Let's go, Alex, put one in the fucking seats. Right here. Do it. Do it.

[207] Yep.

should not miss that pitch, alex...

[205] We've had catchers in recent years who wouldn't come close to blocking those.

fucking lame.

Wishful thinking.

3 chances to square up fastballs and Alex missed them all.

That 2-1 pitch was right down the middle.

Robbie jeez.

I'm a big ARod fan, but....
The guy is cooked.

You need to swing at every goddamn pitch. He's anxious. Jumpy tonight.

Cano needs a valium

He was tempted on that one.

even lamer...

Robbie loves the low inside pitch, so he's swinging at everything high.

Hits are good.

Cornflake!

Swisher not feeling the pressure.

Terrible AB by Cano.

I will say we have hit rockets with little to show for it. Meanwhile they've gotten every bleeder and bloop.

So will Grandy whiff, here? And if so, does he go down on three pitches?

OH, it's Mark, my bad.

I think Cano has swung at 11 pitches tonight

Two runs ebfore the O's pen may come to haunt us

Alrighty. 1 more hit fellas.

c'mon grandy. eutaw street!

[232] Only if it goes over the wall.

2 strikes. Oh, boy.

[233] thats [231]

Here comes le whiffe.

MF!!!

oh, jesus fucking christ.

fuck you.

Fuck. Shitbird.

Lucky Cunt.

I really don't like two runs in six innings again st a bad pitcher like Hammel.

1,2,3 inning here.

[240] Oh, that's what LC stands for.
If that ball grazed the wall before Davis caught it, who would know?

Damn. I really need to figure out while I actually look forward to this shit all summer.

Any particular reason Cano was basically playing on the bag there? I mean Yay, but strange

Wow. Alex said 'cunt'!

[245] The rare instance the Yanks have their infield positioned correctly.

[246] I'm telling his wife.

[247] I guess. I don't care if he was on his way to a piss break, frankly, but I wasn't expecting him there.

[246] Its kinda funny. Its the one word I refuse to say.

Shit. That wasn't even fucking hit hard either. Bastards!

Dear Fucking God.

[250] agreed, it's kinda like the N word.

GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!

jesus. i fucking hate this shit.

He was out.

[250] [253] those 2 words do not exist in my vocabulary.

ever.

Ha. Playoff drama at its finest. Atta boy, BIG FELLA!

WHEW!!!

fuck you, wordpress. does that take enough time?

Another broken bat on that Jeter error. No complaints about CC's game tonight.

Why do we enjoy this again?

Ok. Time for a crooked number

[260] Because it makes you feel alive? Live real time drama? Skills that only the extremely few possess?

I'd like to see some small this inning just to blow my mind.

That's a good start.

[260] Because the alternative is death? Or at least being a Mets fan ...

i wanna see ibanez go yard : )

Jeter had a hit to lead off the game, not a walk

[263] I meant small ball for what it's worth.

C'mon Leon ... they're asking you about your mother!!!

ack. c'mon raul!

Where's gardy ad a pt?

Whoot-whoot. Ducks on the pond.

i'll take back-to-back bb's!

now, i'll take some RUNS!!!

That's. A pinch runner

Baltimore radio feed going on a crowded train now..is the Banter mood somewhere between aggravated and apoplectic?

[262] [265] Oh, yeah. Right.

[275] I think we're somewhat calm, maybe leaning towards edgy

[271] Yo String, where Gardner at?

Huh??

Where Gardner at???

Jeter's bunting, right?

How high the moon O'Day?

I don't know if I've ever said this, but when I'm commissioner, that's a swinging strike.

Damn straight.

fucking bullshit, jete!

stop fucking lunging.

jesus.

obviously 80 feet outside...

dammit.

Ballsy. Leave it to The Captain.

Yeah, I wouldn't have done that. But okay.

Ballsy, two strike bunt by Jetes.

Well, wow ... that's a stupid fucking play ... but hey! at least Jeter pulled it off ...

Hey blue, a little outside?

outside.

League leader in hits is bunting.. Don't like it.

It's 90's strike zone tonight.

[288] That pitch, in to righties, out to lefties, has been called all night

Put it in play.

Good slide and he's safe methinks. That sucked.

fuck this fucking shit.

: /

Well, that just sucked balls.

That was the right play, wrong result.

That was stupid.

Boom one Alex

Alright. It's time for Alex. Because it's ALWAYS up to Alex.

well, a-rod can't hit into a double play...

fuck you, angel.

Eat fucking shit ANGEL you fucking asshole.

Smoltz bitching about the strike zone. Give me a break.

figures.

Alex. It always comes down to Alex.

Sigh.

We can't keep him in the middle of the order.

[304] smoltz is an assfuck. i can't stand that guy.

Hey Remember that time Alex homered in his first ab back in Baltimore?

Hang it up, Alex. You have a case of the Terminal Sucks.

Fucking Fuck. First pitch was the cookie. Never got a good one after that.

Shithead.

I understand why Alex is hitting third. I just think its stupid.

Forced to watch MLB.tv's goofy pick-a-camera-angle feed, since the game is not being televised here in Canadia.

I might have PR for Martin, since it's already the 7th inning. Oh well.

Cooked.

Good job having the man with 3300+ hits put down a bunt! I'm starting to move towards MattPat's feelings on JoeyJoeJoe..

Was Ichiro just trying to put the ball in play with a slap grounder or was he trying to hit? I'm following online and can't see the game.

Five More Years! Five More Years! Five More Years!

Please don't call me CARL Ripken?

Who the FUCK is CARL Ripken?!?!?!?!?

[315] He's a bad manager, but I'm not sure that's his call. A-Rod 3 solely to split up the lefties is though

So would cal frikken ripkin say anything else?

[316] With two strikes, I would imagine he was trying to get the ball to right side.

Finish him!

315][318] Give Jeter's extreme groundballness and his recent scuffleness, I was not too upset with the bunt. That said, if you play for one run, you might want to PR for the speed duo of Martin-Ibanez.

So balto fans chanting. Yankees suck. Are they triple a or mlb?

[309] i was actually thinking about that when he came to the plate, didn't comment on it though...

whew...

Take your time Robbie. Yeesh!

[323] my datebook says tomorrow is Thanksgiving in Canada. is it a big deal?

[323] And what does that have to do with CARL Ripken???

[329] He called him Carl again?

[328] Not really..some of the trappings of American Thanksgiving but otherwise just a standard public holiday. We made a turkey and fixins' today.

[329]Ooops...[319], that is.

3-2 again. Ugh.

Don't walk Andino

Just plain NASTY!

siddown, fool.

no doubt!

[331] thanks, man.

He's consistent with his calls, and not horrible anyway. That's all you can ask.

He just said that's little off the plate but the last fucking inning you said a worse pitch was a strike. Eat shit Smoltz. Christ!

good work, CC!

Clap Clap CC Clap Clap!

One of CC's better playoff games with us. One of those Angels games might have been better, but not much else.

Rolling over on the outside pitch. Terrible Robbie.

the 3 days have cooled robbie off : (

C'mon Robbie.

'brandon' arroyo has held the giants to 1 hit thru 6. 4 k's, 0 bb's, 75 pitches. 4-0 red stockings...

tbs must be reading the banter! ; )

Hey let's not point out a terrible caught looking. Let's send it to the studio.

c'mon grandy, give us a 2-run lead!

Gran-dy! Gran-DY-GRAN-DY!

C'mon, boy-o.

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

Smoltz is excited over that one.

There's only so many ineffective innings we can put up and hope they don't score in the bottom half.

And whats more, we can't be far from mixing and matching.

Grandy was owned there, he looked as lost as ever seen.

would be cool to steal a move from their playbook and win a 1-run game in extras.

that said, i prefer to tear jim johnson apart in the 9th and win handily in regulation...

[352] sickening.

leadoff double = doubly sickening.

[i think i'm gonna be sick...]

Fastballs low and away.

The nice thing about the goofy mlb.tv pickacamera feed is that it's like being at the game: no replays, no cutting to the studio, etc.

However, it was not so nice to watch that leadoff double.

Yankees have no one to blame but themselves here. Couldn't hit a bad starter, ran themselves out of innings and looked lost against the bullpen

CC!!!

Or that. DAMN! 2 more!

2 down!

Tex!!!

WAHOO!!!

let's win : )

Oh, baby! Onions!

CC earned his keep tonight

You can't expect anything better from an Ace. That was surgical. CC did the job, can this team score one run, now?

I really think they'll go with CC in the 9th. Then go batter to batter.

That'll do!

COLTRANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GIANT STEPS, BABY!!!!

MARTIN GOES BOOM!!!!!

Now score about 5 more. : )

M U S C L E !

OK Boys!!!!
9th inning. CC or Sori?
I leave CC in but have Sori warm.

gritner...

Girardi really should have pinch run for Martin back in the...oh...nevermind.

I guess that's why you don't PR for Martin in the 7th inning [323].

(371) My Favorite Things

Me wantee more.

coltrane's BABIP was historically low this season. no one mentions that.

and fuck you smoltz with the "unfortunately..."

However, surely you PR for Ibanez here.

wait...no pinch stand there?

No Gardner to pinch run and then play left?

THERE YOU GO!

Enough with the damn bunting from the guy with 216 hits!!!

Sori's been great but anyone miss Mo right about now?

Plays!

bunting again?

sooo much better!!!!

FUCK YEAH!!!

score more. many, many, many more!!!

Yay!

The Cap fists the O's in the arse

OK. What's next in this sequence?
43, 33, 24, 24, 21, 19 ?

this is much more betterer : )

c'mon Ichi!!!

Why not have Gritner run?
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

There is a Mo!

!!!!!!!!!

you couldn't have rolled it there!

ok, double steal!!! : )

Swinging bunt. Does that count as a play?

It's about time we got some luck.

A little quiet in 'ol baltimore? With a two run lead, Soriano will pitch...