Man that line up is insane ... Cannot get used to it

One win, please.

Lyle fucking Overbay is on our team?

Hahahahahah!

Jesus.

Who the fuck are these people? Suddenly Nunez looks like a Yankee institution.

Just win the damn game

WTH? April Fool's Day is over. Please trot out the real lineup.

How many days until pitchers and catchers report next Feb?

Thanks for picking us up, Shane.

Really, Kaye, was he joking about the 30? Really?

This might be a good day not to try to swipe a base.

(Like most days, but it looks particularly bad today.)

Lyle Overbay!
Who'd a thunk.

Way to go, Lyle! We got a lead.

BTW, I heard John Sterling's HR call. "Wells rings the bells!"

Andy helps himself out.

27 pitches through three, despite four hits. That's godly.

[13] boooooo..... Unimpressive. Hey Lil' G! Huzzah!

Andy is a golden glove god!

Gritner!!!

I'm in NY, btw...

Brett?
Can't predict baseball.

Thelarmis, long time no c!

(And if you want, you can use "long time no c" as the title of your next composition.)

And if Cano does not simply Ichiro a few balls down the third base line to show teams their shift is meaningless, I think I might go broke on Scotch.

That's one way to beat the shift.

Yeah man, I've been promoting my new cd and getting ready for a huge festival I'm playing in 2 weeks!

Well, I'll have to make sure there are no C's, C#'s or Cb's in it, though I can always spell them as enharmonics. Latest composition is entitled "Skeleton Key" and is a Latin piece containing a West African and Afro-Haitian groove! : )

Youklis looks far less reprehensible and Ugly in pinstripes. Barely.

Exactly. And no, you may not just say "It's a B#, dude!" We know the difference.

Can't wait to hear skeleton key!

Dempster has thrown more than twice as many pitches as Pettitte.

[23] Barely far less?

Or maybe you just meant, 'bearable'. Which would be far less ugly.

Gold glove!

Skeleton Key will actually be years away. There is a brand new disc out! The Latin track is called "Gold Star" - a Ghanaian reference : )

[26] My comment makes sense to me. Let's just say his new laundry doesn't annoy me like his old laundry. : )

Andy's looking good then, huh??!

:)

40 pitches through four.

[30] Golden.

[31] Yeah, that'll do.

Gomes is that dirty bastard who broke Cervelli's wrist in spring training in '08. Never liked that dude.

[34] Yeah, he's a fucker.
But he won't play much. JBjr took his job.

RIP, Veronica. Thanks for helping El Duque get to the bigs. lol...

88 pitches through four. Welcome to the AL East, Ryan Dempster.

[37] And yet he survived nibbling the zone and having guys swing through his 80 mph slop. 7 k's. Bollocks!

Andy!!!

Damn. Andy. Man. At least something's working.

I thought it was Elliot Johnson who broke Brains' wrist. I could be wrong... That thing living on Gomes' face is atrocious, but he's a cancer survivor and Mr. Belth always dug him...

Okay, pronk him in.

Can't see comment #'s in the iPhone. Also, I have to scroll all the way to the top of the page to refresh. Add in the typing and this is a pain in the tuchus.

Youk is an XBH machine. Pronk is crazy strong.

Pronked him down and in ; )

[41] You are correct, sir. The next day Shelly Duncan came in spikes high on Akinori Iwamuri and Gomes charged in from the outfield. It was Elliott Johnson that took out Brains the day before. Love the google.

Strikes, please!

[32] Music to my ears. Though it's painful not to be able to see for myself.

Good work, Andy!

I will watch at least a fifth of the Yanks' games this year.

Nostra!

Holla!

Greetings all ... nice to drop in on a lead!

[47] I thought you said you were in Boston. It's on NESN.

David Ross was a really good backup in the Atl the past coupla seasons. I knew that was. Good pickup for the shit sox. We shoulda had him and muscle Martin.

Cult! Never did make it to LA last week... In NY now!

[50] Does NESN still have that beautiful brunnette reporter? She makes Jerry Remy's voice a bit more tolerable!

Aw hell.

Dang. Looks like we'll be seeing Mo tonight.

Its absolutely imperative we at least get Pettitte through the 7th. I really don't need to watch matchups tonight

Bollocks. Well, Jackie Bradley IS better than Mike Trout. And Willie Mays. Just ask Rick Suckcliffe.

Nice catch, Gritner.

The wood and the leather

[52] Yes Jenny Dell.

[58] Great. Am I traitor for swithcing to NESN? Turned on the Yes feed for Game 1, got 30 seconds into Michael Kay's hyper-dramatic speech about Mo retiring and had to flee.

Frankie goes to Hollywood!

[59] Hm.

Jenny Dell. Michael Kay.
Michael Kay. Jenny Dell.

No, you're okay.

Too Many Homers!!

Also, have we ever seen someone as fast as Gardner be as bad of an instinctual base runner? Is it even possible?

Wow ... Gritner and Brains going deep in the *same* game?

Pinch yourselves, gents, we must be dreaming!

[22],[28] Geez, you're kinda all over the map, aren't you... >;)

Wow, Andy's back out.

That's a beaut!

Doesn't The Hammer deserve some nails???

[65] Sure, good pitch count, and he hasn't had any stress pitches.

And he got some very friendly DPs.

As awesome as Pettitte has been, I may have to name Overbay as my player of the game, because lets be honest, I don't think Lyle has many more opportunities in him

Sheeeeeit.

Over at Baseball-Reference, The Alabama Hammer's "nickname" is 'Houdini'.

Fuck *that* shit.

Andrew. Eugene. Pettitte!

[69] You're surprisingly gentle considering this lineup. Spring sunshine or Buddhist acceptance?

Me heart Andy P.

Fuck *that* shit, indeed.

It's $70 to sponsor the Hammer's page for the year.

I'll totally do it for the Banter.

What should we say?

[72] It probably helps that that bitch Sandy isn't allowing me to watch the games as of yet

[72] There's background you have forgotten.

Mattpat and I are particular fans of Lyle Overbay, from wayback.

How about: Bronx Banter says: When you're The Alabama Hammer - Everyone looks like a nail!

[74] Oh no..your cable is still down from the storm?
[75] Isn't Overbay more suited for the Grit&Guts D'backs team this year? God I hope they lose 90 games..

[73] "It's The Alabama Hammer dammit and that's final! Not up for discussion, beat it, scram, vamoose, gits ta steppin', beeyout!" would be a good starting point...

[77] My house is still down from the storm. :) I'm currently in a YES-less hotel

Wow, I'm pretty geeked about Mo coming in now.

Let's GO MO!!!!!!!!!!!

Let's enjoy the moment, shall we?

Gotta go to Mo.

This one's in the can, fans.

Mo Time!

[76] That's good. I'd tweak it:

Everyone looks like a nail
To the Alabama Hamma.

Hm, is that right? At first I liked his name at the end better, but now I'm not sure.

BTW, they had a interview with Mo on NHK saying what it means to be a Yankee. What makes the Yankee experience unique, etc. It was cool.

God damn its great to see him out there

[79] Sorry to hear.

Ah, Mo.

That little shit!

He's just missing the outside corner.

Geez blue, this is Mo here.

One.

[86] Its really not that bad. I'll be back home soon enough

Johnny Gnome. Fucker.

Bleah.

Fuck Gomes. Let's go Mo!

Gomes tagged that.

Big break to his cutter.

Mo vs Jackie Bradley Jr. has all sorts of terrible lifetime movie feelings about it.

And there's an earned run.

But, the out is what mattered.

Exhale. Mo took that one nice and easy.

[97] Not worried.