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One Mo Time Around The Ballpark

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Tonight is the final home game of the season for the Yanks. Got to figure we’ll hear “Enter Sandman” for the last time–or at least until Mo comes back for Old Timer’s Day. Which begs the question–in the future, who will be announced last, Jeter or Mo? I think they’ll announce Jeter to get the big applause and then as the cherry on top, bring out Mo to his theme song.

Four more games. Let’s try to enjoy them for what they are–free baseball.

Ichiro Suzuki RF
Eduardo Nunez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Alfonso Soriano DH
Curtis Granderson CF
Lyle Overbay 1B
Zoilo Almonte LF
Brendan Ryan SS
J.R. Murphy C

Never mind the winter: Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Via: New York Magazine]

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98 comments

1 Chyll Will   ~  Sep 26, 2013 4:36 pm

My tough luck; I was invited to go to tonight's game by a friend from high school I haven't seen in a long time, but I had already promised another friend to help him out in Westchester today, so I had to turn the invite down. So what happens, my friend and I finish his business just now and he goes home and I'm stuck listening on the radio. I'm not mad, it just wasn't meant to be I guess.

2 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 6:11 pm

No more ten year contracts. Especially for someone on the wrong side of thirty.

3 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 6:17 pm

Yay, Murphy!

Is our long national Stewart nightmare over?

4 knuckles   ~  Sep 26, 2013 6:32 pm

I had tickets; couldn't get to town.
Woe is me.
Mo is he.

5 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 26, 2013 6:38 pm

I wish this was Michael Kay's last game.

6 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 6:38 pm

Holy Crap, I rather think this would be awesome!


Yankees manager Joe Girardi said he is "absolutely" considering letting Mariano Rivera in center field this weekend against the Astros.
Girardi isn't going to do it Thursday against the Rays because the game has playoff implications. Ideally, Rivera will play center field in the eighth inning of a game before staying in to get a save chance in the ninth inning, but there's no guarantee things will work out that. Still, it will be fascinating to watch, especially with Tal's Hill to contend with in center field. Sep 26 - 4:02 PM

From Sweeney Murti on Twitter

7 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 6:40 pm

[6] For the Andy start?

8 joejoejoe   ~  Sep 26, 2013 6:49 pm

Chicago papers are speculating about Dale Sveum getting axed as Cubs manager with Girardi being floated as a replacement. Sounds about right. Girardi is Northwestern guy, Cub guy, and would lend some credibility to a franchise that has been more about stadium improvements and cutting salary than winning. Although that sounds like the Yankees too!

9 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 26, 2013 6:55 pm

[6] Agreed. Wholeheartedly.

10 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 7:00 pm

[8] And Donnie's contract is up at the end of the season. He now has managerial experience in a major market. . .

11 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 7:13 pm

OK, not so bad.

12 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Sep 26, 2013 7:35 pm

I'm soft like old camambert, can't even think about not seeing Mariano anymore :(

Cano: that can't be true about him asking for $300million? Surely they know that's impossible..

13 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 7:40 pm

It was an opening bid. No one is going to give him that.

14 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 7:44 pm

Sure is nice to watch some who can really pick it at SS again ...

15 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 7:55 pm

Jeez, feels like 20-0 with the bats already in hibernation.

16 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 7:56 pm

Well, Nova knew that one was gone on contact ...

17 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 7:56 pm

hey, we have a hit!

a hit!!!

i could use a hit single...

oh, and we have a walk.

good offense!

18 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 7:56 pm

[15] Yeah, right now, the upcoming series against the Astros feels like a legitimate toss-up ...

19 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:02 pm

[18] By which I mean, we'll probably get swept ...

20 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:08 pm

[19] The Score Truck is out of gas on the Long Island Expressway.

21 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:11 pm

A baserunner.

22 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:12 pm

Uh, the answer is ... NONE.

Not a one.

Cano's not getting 10 years ... and he's not getting 300+ million.

Won't even be close, but, hey, best to try and move the discussion towards your side of the field ...

23 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:13 pm

And just like that we go to the 8th.

24 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:13 pm

FUCK-ING BOLL-OCKS!

Clap Clap Clap-Clap-Clap!!!

25 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:14 pm

dellin comin' in...

26 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:14 pm

[24] that's awesome, cult!

27 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:15 pm

Yay!

Dancin' Betances!!!

28 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:15 pm

C'mon, Dellin ... deal 'em!

29 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:16 pm

Kind of sad not to see Youkilis or Hafner in the final home game..

30 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:17 pm

Jeez, extra PFP in spring training.

31 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:17 pm

More like PRANCIN' Betances ... amiright????

32 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:19 pm

myers hasn't homered yet?

longo, either?

hmmm...

33 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:20 pm
34 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:22 pm

why is james loney all of a sudden good this year?

35 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:24 pm

Blergh.

36 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:24 pm

[34] Hell if I know, I watched him for years here in LA with the Dodgers and he was ... mediocre at best.

Damn Rays.

37 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:25 pm

Well, that's ... sub-optimal.

38 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:26 pm

11-1 in hits

39 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:27 pm

Mo!

40 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:27 pm

so much for a quick and clean inning for the kid...

41 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:27 pm

Let's all give thanks that Mel wasn't able to fix Mo the way he "fixed" Doc Gooden ...

42 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:28 pm

Well, all rise

43 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:30 pm

Surreal.

44 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:31 pm

ooh, i really hope i can find all of Mo's appearance online later...

45 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:31 pm

[41] Was thinking that too!
And...my iPhone keeps freezing showing the game..damn MLB Gameday!

46 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:32 pm

6 pitches.

47 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:32 pm

C'mon Mo, do this!

DID IT!

48 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:34 pm

So..Joba to mop up the 9th then?

(I joke to hide the tears..)

49 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:35 pm

There's a good start. Atta boy, Grandy!

50 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:37 pm

[48] Of course, we're going to score 8 runs here!!!

51 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:39 pm

Keep the line moving. If there is a Mo he will be saving the game in the 9th.

52 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:40 pm

[51] He'll be saving his own win!

53 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:41 pm

Getting a little verklempt here. Talk among yourselves, here's a topic, the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, Roman nor an empire.

54 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:47 pm

At least Zoilo won't have a chance to to something stupid while on base.

55 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:49 pm

I'm taking this for what it is, and yeah, I am DVRing this right now, but Mo in a game when the Yanks are out of it, well, it's not helping the sadness factor here.

56 JeremyM   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:53 pm

Sigh. Was hoping they could rally up a win for Mariano.

57 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:55 pm

Eh, this sort of sucks right now. And listen to Michael Kay trying to sound eloquent.

58 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:56 pm

Is there really a "Yankees Suck!" chant going around???

59 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:56 pm

Is, was, you know what I meant ...

60 JeremyM   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:56 pm

[57] This REALLY sucks right now.

61 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:57 pm

Mo's actually nervous.

Can't blame him.

62 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:58 pm

Nice fielding Mo.

63 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:58 pm

it really is amazing that we didn't score that inning. hard not to with the way it began...

64 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:58 pm

One more in The Bronx.

65 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:58 pm

Praise be.

66 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:58 pm

Hurray. Beautfiul!

67 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:59 pm

[58] are you freaking kidding me??? ugh.

i know there was a let's go giants chant over the weekend...

: (

68 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 8:59 pm

Dang allergies.

69 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:00 pm

Holy shit. This is like Brian's Song out there.

70 JeremyM   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:01 pm

What's going on? I can't watch where I'm at...

71 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:01 pm

Dusty. It's gotten dusty in here.

72 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:01 pm

The wife and I both in tears Oi!

73 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:01 pm

i can't believe i'm not seeing this.

every bit of it better be online later...

74 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:03 pm

[71] Very dusty indeed..

75 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:03 pm

Take a bow, my friend, you have *long* since earned it.

Bravo!

76 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:04 pm

It's so interesting the way ball players will leave a guy alone. Sometimes it's when he's slumping or when he's pitching a no hitter but even in this moment of celebration, after the hugs they are giving Mo his space.

77 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:06 pm

70) With two out, Andy and Jeter walked out to the mound and signaled for a relief pitcher. They were both smiling. Jeter said, "It's time to go." Mo gave the ball to Andy and hugged him and you couldn't see his face but he stayed in the embrace and soon it was evident that Mo was weeping. They hugged for a good while and then Mo hugged Jeter and the close up showed the tears on Mo's face. He walked back to the dugout and Joe G hugged him and you could see that Joe, too, was crying.

78 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:09 pm

matt daley? i thought the hamma was finishing it up...

79 JeremyM   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:09 pm

[70] Thanks. Amazing. I'm tearing up just imagining it, but I am kind of a sap that way...

80 JeremyM   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:12 pm

[78] I'm confused. It showed Robertson coming in, then it showed Robertson being relieved by Daley.

81 rbj   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:12 pm

And that's an afterthought.

82 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:18 pm

Mo was the last one in the dugout. A gang of photographers in his face snapping away. He stood up, walked to the mound. Stood on the rubber. Kicked the dirt in front of the mound, lost in some private moments that he was having in public. Then he bent down, dug up a handful of dirt and walked over to do his postgame interview.

83 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:19 pm

Mariano Rivera, ladies and gentlemen. Mariano Rivera.

:(

I can't even begin to process this but my god, I feel grief.

84 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:22 pm

[80] yeah, that confused me too.

i would've rather it had been the hamma. more appropriate, methinks. but whatevs...

85 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:23 pm

[84] Hammer's beat to shit right now, probably didn't want him coming in back-to-back ...

86 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:24 pm

I love you, Mo.

Thank you for *everything*. I miss you more than anything...

87 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:28 pm

Praise be.

Nothing else to be said.

88 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:33 pm

He'd like to say "Thank you!" on behalf of the team and himself and he hopes he's passed the audition.

89 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:35 pm

(In fact, ha! the line that precedes that line is "Thanks, Mo.")

90 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:38 pm

Had to listen on the radio driving, and just got home. It got "dusty" in the car; a hazard for others on the road.

Joe G. can hardly speak on the postgame without a constant catch in his throat.

A Yankee among Yankees. Top 5 of all time Yankee players, and we're blessed and privileged to witness his career.

91 Start Spreading the News   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:55 pm

We will miss you Mo....

92 jjmerlock   ~  Sep 26, 2013 9:56 pm

About as sad a moment as I've had in sports. Grateful. And sad.

93 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 10:06 pm

i kinda like this idea being bandied about of Mo *not* pitching in houston. just play some center field and call it a day.

hmmm, that could be kinda cool. no way tonight could be duplicated. anywhere, ever...

Thanks be to Mo!!!

94 bp1   ~  Sep 26, 2013 10:21 pm

[93] Agree 100%. What a moment.

Kinda funny, though, when Mo was breaking down on Andy's shoulder how Jeter had to adjust his cap. Such a Jeter thing. His day will come.

Geez - man - this is tough.

95 thelarmis   ~  Sep 26, 2013 10:23 pm

[94] i really hope there's full video footage of all this stuff online later...

96 Bronx Boy in NC   ~  Sep 26, 2013 10:53 pm

Whether you're a Kay hater or not, give him this: He had the sense to spend four solid minutes on the air saying nothing, letting the scene tell its own story.

Larmis, your idea about not pitching Mo in Houston is elegant.

And yeah, it got pretty damn dusty up in here. You can really see in these moments that it isn't a team breaking up. It's a family.

97 jjmerlock   ~  Sep 26, 2013 11:36 pm

Après Mo, le déluge.

98 thelarmis   ~  Sep 27, 2013 12:48 am

saw some highlights and my eyeballs started raining...

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