Our man Hiroki vs The Wonder Boy and his gang of Angels.
Brett Gardner CF
Ichiro Suzuki DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Lyle Overbay 1B
Alfonso Soriano LF
Curtis Granderson RF
Eduardo Nunez SS
Chris Stewart C
Oy, with these Angels. Even when they’re a lousy team, I still don’t like ’em.
Never mind the Halo’s: Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: John Kingman]
Nice n easy.
BTW, the banana tosser now says he didn't mean for it to be racial:
http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_23844386/giants-apologize-orioles-adam-jones-banana-thrown
"Poulides, 42, said he grabbed a banana off a catering cart and hurled it toward the field in disgust at the Giants near the end of a 10-2 loss at AT&T Park on Sunday. The banana apparently sailed toward Jones, who tweeted about the incident after the game."
Yeah, you're mad at your team so you just happened to grab a banana and throw it towards a black player -- on the other team.
[2] Why don't they ever throw cherries or grapes? I frickin' hate bananas...
Scioscia is a raging douche. Ah..... now I feel better.
Clutchy Gritty Gardner!
[3] Love bananas, lots of potassium -- and radon!
Can the Yankees win one Kuroda game this year 10 - 0? Is that so much to ask?
Nobody has ever thrown a knish at me. Or, I dunno, matzoh. I guess that wouldn't be a very aggressive act.
[7] What?? And waste all those runs?? They need them for the Hughes starts.
That's not a hit! E4 for fuck's sake!
Yankee Win Expectancy is now (one out in the sixth) at 72%.
(Since we can't pull ahead by getting runs, I figure gaining WExp by getting outs will have to do.)
There's another one. 75%.
77%
Dang, just foul.
Come on, Rob!
Okay, acceptable.
Centaur time! One last hurrah, ya big lug.
Sunnuva...
Oof, not what we wanted Alex.
I watching in Lake Forest, Orange County, CA, with my die hard, bleed Angel red, big sis and family. However...no one seems to be interested in the game. I am watching alone. They are usually parked in from the big screen and very vocal. Times have done changed.
Thanks, Josh!
Meet A-Rod.
Kaboom!
Yay!
Grandy!
That was cool -- for those not watching YES, Cone was saying, "You lose track of how close this game is, I mean, it's one-nothing--two-nothing [as the ball leaves Curtis's bat]..."
I ♥ Kuroda. Soriano, however, has to call off Nuney on that pop up.
Hiro!
Awesome. What a freaking stud he is.
[22] Paulie O'Neill fwiw.
[17] But watching Trout is worth it! He's amazing. That Pujols contract though..wow. Who would have every thought it could get worse than the A-Rod one?
[6] mmm... radon...
Boone???
Interesting. . .
[25] Oh, jeez that was Paulie?? I'm not paying close attention.
Well isn't that lovely.
[27] Yup. Not life threatening, but background radiation.
Want Mo.
Yeah, me too.
C'mon, Boone! Get an out.
[32] Oh yikes..don't mention radiation..seen the latest news from Fukushima over here? (shudder...)
Booooooone!
Okay, now GIDP and end this mofo.
Boone plus D-Rob.
This works for me.
First time went into moderation (WP didn't like the word F#kushima so will try again:
[32] Oh yikes..don't mention radiation..seen the latest news from over here? (shudder...)
[35] haven't seen the latest, but not good.
Goddam that was strike three you blind fuck.
Buckle in for another potential nut punch.
AND THAT WAS STRIKE FOUR!
Shit.
(Pitch f/X had both of those pitches in the strike zone.)
MOTHERFUCKING GARBAGE. GAH!
Jesus F Cripes.
Let's see a little 6-4-3 bingo here.
Yeah, that IBB is correct, I have to confess.
[32] Bananas...
[38] Sorry, bro. I saw news about that a couple of weeks ago and passed it around. Not good for you or our west coast bredren it seems (and eventually us all the way over here).
Whoo-hoo. 1 more.
NAILED.
Funny the things YouTube mobile app won't let you see that a desktop PC will... well, not that funny to me.
C'mon, DAVE!
Here's to you, Mr. Robertson. Phew.... : )
NAILED!!!
D-Rob. Stepping into The Role.
D-Rob got it done! Barely, it was ball four. And Kuroda gets the win.
[53] Coo coo cachoo!
Houdini strikes again. That was satisfying.
My sis finally showed up when I was screaming at the last strike and said, "You're actin' like it's the last game of the World Series."
Well, I might as well.
Gotta admit, maybe not dominating, but these Yankees can be exciting to watch. Us fans have to adjust expectations.
Good fuggin win.
59) And good pernt. This season has been kind a cool.
Great ending!
Just saw a headline "K.Youkilis still hopes to play this season". I honestly forgot he was even on the team..
Just heard an incredible stat about D-Rob on the post game. He has retired the last 25 batters he faced when the bases are loaded, since 2011.
[62] Holy shit.
But in fact, not that surprising.
So that makes the IBB even better :-)