What's the 'Masters'? TV documentary about Bird, Duke, Miles and Mariano? Surely not that non-sport 'Golf'?

LET'S Go YAN-Kees!

Wow Orel and Krukkie..the O's have a team of baseball players? Thanks for that. Not like the Yankees roster of jai alai & shuffleboard lazy millionaires. You fucking talentless idiots. Mute button please!

[2] The Red Sox have a team of pro video game players.

[3] Seriously, is there NO ONE in the production team to just stop them? I mean 'They got guys that just want to come play every day'..Jesus..

[4] Orioles also have professional hitters, guys getting paid to hit. Marlins have guys who are paid to play tiddly-winks.

I hate cliches and try to avoid them like the plague.

[5] I hear ya, they really get my goat. Wait, that's not a cliche..
I'm missing Kay and O'Neil. Caught a bit of yesterday's game..M.Kay had a baby?!?

Alright ... let's go Yewcoulis!

Uh, line drives please.

[6] Hadn't heard. Congrats to Kay.

BTW, why are the Yankees, or any other team doing off tomorrow, Jackie Robinson Day?

1.005 ops for Frankie?

kruk - boston has grinders who are baseball players...like pyouk used to be when he was in boston.

this is why they will win. they have baseball players! damn, why didn't the stein-brothers think of that...

[10] thelarmis, I caught that too..excruciating. What a total fucking moron, I can't take it yet this is the one game this week I can watch from home.

Tell us more about the Zakir Hussein gig you went to!

Nice job by Hiroki so far.

nice pitch, hiro!

[11] yeah, me too. except, i only have a few minutes more before heading back to the studio. this is the busiest week ever right now. waaaay too much to do...

zakir hussain = master/genius/best ever. great traditional Indian Classical concert with pandit shivkumar sharma on santoor. we had great indian cuisine before the show, too.

fewer, orel. fewer, not less.

hit a homer, pyouk.

if the infield dirt were the warning track, that would've been a homer!

[14] Wow that gig sounds amazing. I love the santoor. Maybe time for some music here with the game on in the background. Good luck in the studio.

Excruciating crew, as I see you have all been noticing.

Orel surgery.

if middlebrooks caught that foul ball, fruk woulda talked about his incredible range, how youk is washed up and that boston has the best fielders.

baseball players = gold gloves.

nixed.

more easier.

good one, fruk.

Nix got away with one there.

Wow, this game is boring as hell. Hiroki's pitching a gem, but I just can't get excited about this line-up.

There is really only one "must see" at bat for me. Canó, of course.

hiro!

Bam!
Hiroki reaches back for a little extra. Very nice.

Now, runs? Maybe?

boesch-Y!

[26] Now, runs? Pepto?

Evening boys.
Man.... this is one ugly lineup.
(Meaning, uglier than usual).

Whadda ya say, Frankie?

[24] And maybe Frankie.
Serious. He's raking.

this, i like.

Atta baby.

Here we go!

No patience. This guy refuses to walk.

gave it a ride...

first legitimate threat.

A run!

It'll do.

When Kruk is MC'ing, you hear more GREAT catches, more GREAT hitting and more GREAT running than anyone person can stand.

a run, a run, amok!

Jayson Nix, that will do. All you could really ask.

What The---

WOWZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOLY CRAP!!!

that was GREAT!!!!!

Aha!
That's more like it.

FLEA BITE!

Well check out Brett!

wells-Y!

I got so excited about that sac fly that I almost missed the Might Mite HR.

Not your father's Yankees.

[50] hahahaah! You can say that again!

Dang, Hiroki is just hiro-ic tonight. Mowing down O's.

[48] I just got the reference. "B-b-b-because of the metric system?"

This game is just speeding along.

Impressive getting Davis there.

I'm a fan of this Hiroki Kuroda character

It's still very early, of course, but Cervelli doesn't seem to suck as much as I recall. Hopefully he can keep it up a little.

[57] I haven't been able to actually *watch* him yet. He was the worst defensive catcher I've ever seen. If he can improve on that, we can live with it.

I realize am a bit cranky as the espresso ran out this morning but really, this may be the worst TV crew have ever heard. Have heard ONE insightful comment (from Krukkie!) in 7 innings.

[58] I'll take bad defence if he keeps hitting. Really, if he can just something well, I'll be stunned and very, very pleased.

59) What's a matter, you don't like hearing about "class and dignity in pinstripes." Gag.

Three more outs, Hiroki...

[59] I actually thought they made a few decent observations on some technical aspects of the game. But their editorializing and jocularity is insufferable. That and when they spent about two innings talking about the NBA. I mean, I expect Buck to be bored with baseball, but not former players.

[60] He plays a mean contrabassoon.

Long throw. Drat. Time to turn twoski.

[60] I'm really, really not a defense guy, especially because I think defensive metrics really suck.

Nunez and Cervelli have been some of my rare exceptions. There's "doesn't have a lot of range" and then there's "unusable in the field" Both fit the second category for me.

Poetry in motion!

Robbie is pure awesome.

Robinson Cano, ladies and gentlemen.

[59] I only caught the last inning but did Kruk really say he didn't think the Yankees all knew they turned a triple play. Is he that fucking clueless?

Does Kuroda go the whole way?

Theone advantage of having a relatively impotent offense is that the games move right along!

I suppose if anyone gets on they go to Mo.

Is Kuroda the best non Mussina pitching signing of the Cashman era?

[74] Should be non Mussina, non Sabathia, of course

Oh, ffs!

What is this sloppy-ass fucking defense?

[75] Mussina and Sabathia were no-brainers. Kuroda has been a wonderful surprise, and possibly the best of the lower profile signings.

[77] I was thinking that too.

And I do think he's without question the best of the lower profile guys

Old fashioned.

Atta boy, Kuroda!

A shutout. Nice game, Team.

So, the blue print for success: complete game shutout and power from Brett Gardner.

That was pretty.