Andy Pettitte’s final regular season start at Yankee Stadium comes on Marian Rivera Appreciation Day. Nobody does self-congratulatory schmaltz like the Yankees. But still, for one afternoon, I’ll play along since it’s for a good cause–giving thanks to a peerless career.
It’s gorgeous in the Bronx. Blue sky, no clouds, autumn chill in the air.
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Alex Rodriguez DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Alfonso Soriano LF
Curtis Granderson CF
Eduardo Nunez 3B
Mark Reynolds 1B
Brendan Ryan SS
Chris Stewart C
Never mind the preamble, enjoy the festivities and:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
The opposing pitcher is missing a couple of "t's" and an "e" in his surname.
The Greatest Of All Time is missing an "o" at the end of his name, in the above preview...
GO MO!!! GO ANDY!!! GO YANKS!!!
Go Mo!
It's like a mini-Old TImer's Day.
They're getting the band back together!
My woman's sick, so we're at the doctor. Is the pregame ceremony being aired on tbs? I sure hope so...I'm dvr-ing it. If not, I hope there's full video online later...
Metallica Live is bit over the top. lol... Whatever...
God this is corny. But okay, fine...
Which is gonna be higher - the # of Yankee hits or the # of times Eli Manning gets sacked?
Wow ... It's STILL going?
I just watched 20 minutes of the RM match ... This is a bit nuts.
Bloated even by pompous Yankee standards.
Can we have a game now
Alright, that's all out of the way, let's win the damn game.
6 sacks and counting
David Pinto pointed out that in binary, Andy is going for win # 100000000.
Is anyone else feeling that Andy could pitch a perfect game through 8 innings today?
[15] Hm, and then Mo? Now that would be something.
Reynolds!
Kablammo!
Let's get base runners for the next one though.
Atta boy, Robbie. 3-0 single
[20] Yeah but then no homer.
Come on! Base runner, then homer! How hard can it be?
[21] Patience, RIY, patience.
Imperfect.
Past perfect.
[23] This way Mo can enter for the save. Much easier to bring someone (or five) in in a no hitter than a perfecto.
Shit!
Fucking Bollocks!
I just thought about not seeing Robbie in Pinstripes after today. I might need a drink.
Now a home run please.
Curtis is struggling.
Andrew. Eugene. Pettitte.
Golden God
Double steal!!!
Runs, please!
C'mon, Vern!!!
Nice.
Base hit. Thank you, please!
It always comes down to Vernon.
I'll be satisfied with a single. Even a sac fly.
Yeah, that was more likely. Fuck.
I actually called the whiff on the curve. My bad.
Boo, Vern.
Mo damn it!
Those were 2 useless at bats. Shite!
What a bunch of fuckin bollocks.
ClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappity
We'll miss ya, Andy!
Andy.
Where's weeping?!
Thank you Andy!
C'mon, Hamma. Nail 'em all for Andy!
Really hoped that Andy would have gotten the win today. He has never had a losing record in his career. This would be a terrible way for that to change.
Ugh.
Wrong kind of hammered.
Fuckitty.
Goodbye Andy. Goodbye Mo. Goodbye 2013
Robertson hasn't been quite right recently.
Well, here comes Mo, sure wish it was for a save.
Good call by Girardi, though.
Nice catch, Curtis!
2-run minimum.
Let's hope Mo gets the W and Andy's record stays in tact. I imagine he'll get another shot against Houston next week...
There's a start.
Promising start.
Good start
The Z-man is back!
Smart. Another good move by Girardi.
Yup, you have to PR for the Centaur here.
Let's go Robbie!!!
Robbie!
RIPPER!!!!!
Whoo-hoo, Robbie! Now don't fuck it up!
C'mon, Sori!!!
Bang.
I was just thinking, "Yeah, try to sneak one of those curves past Rob inside again."
Really.
GET. THIS. RUN. IN.
Shit.
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Grrrrr.
Noooooo!!!!!
Fucking brutal
What a huge mistake by Almonte.
UnFUCKINGbelievable.
Awful, just fucking awful.
Curtis, what the fuck are you looking at?
"I don't think umpires realize what one pitch can do in a count..." Yeah, they probably do, Paulie.
Awful
This is the worst I've seen Curtis, I think. He just looks helpless.
Mo fucking damn it!!!
Sigh.
The outlook isn't brilliant.
Kind of sums up the season that inning. Drat.
Holy Moly. Agonizing to the very end.
Sigh.
I hate that kid like he plays for the shit sox...
After Panda's double, I figured we'd lose. Actually, it was when we didn't score the frame before.
But then I was feeling pretty good with those two hits...
Now, Ryan can't even field the ball. And Robbie was a little shaky getting up and now a bad throw. Keystone cops fail.
OK, good.
Now fucking *win*!!!
Nice.
Bloop and a blast here fellas.
What a kick to the nuts. Mo Speed Mo and Andy.
That's the ballgame.
Fuck and Shit
Well, at least you picked the right headline, Alex.
Exit light, indeed ...
[8] Nine hits to seven sacks. NY Giants are Mo damn awful this year.
What I enjoy about baseball holds true in backgammon as well. At any and every moment fortune can shift. That bottom of the 8th inning - men on 2nd and 3rd - 1 out - just get in one run - two would be great - it could actually be the beginning of their rise toward another go at the post-season! This is the end and yet could be the beginning of a new era! It could be with every roll waiting in the cup - every ball in the pitcher's mitt. Andy was great again - hard to see him get upset when he saw Joe comin ' to get him - he woulda gotten out of it without letting that man on second get home! He knows it and I know it too. I don't think Joe G is Joe T and that may be the difference between now and 1995. I moved to New York in the Fall of 1994. I don't know what the City will feel like without Andy or Mo on the mound. I guess it's got to suck a little bit more before it gets better again. Great to see Bern, Paulie O and Jorge on the field. Those were the days, huh? For now ... I'm just glad Bronx Banter is still here. Peeeeeeeeeeace. Thanks to Al and the gang.