big Knicks game, too.

And Los Knicks are pouring it on right now...

local sports radio has been ripping the Pistons for getting blown out by the 76ers Saturday.

Another good start.

Aw crap

Oh fer FUCK'S SAKE.

I swore the Yankees shifted last year because everyone else did. Nothing to do with a player's tendency or spray charts or anything. It was just OH SHIT EVERYONE TO ONE SIDE!

Alex, did you mean "Let's try giving up a first inning homer again"?

Brett Gardner went up there looking to work a walk. Old Jorge Posada trick. Hated it when he did it.

A hit!

[9] A least a Gritner walk holds the promise of turning into something useful on the bases ...

and that's all.

[9] So does a ball smacked onto that stupid ass hill in centerfield. There was no good reason to take those last two strikes, particularly strike two.

Sod off, Dex Fowler!

Oh jeez.

Can't wait until spring training is over and the Yankees start playing their regulars.

This is starting to get embarrassing.

Man, I hope I'm wrong, but I have this bad, baaaaad feeling that the Loaf Pincher is going to put in an historically bad season at the plate this year ...

Kuroda looks pretty good.

A run or two sure would be nice.

I'm going to try and not Dead Horse it this season but damn, it'd be nice if we had one of the best players in baseball still on the team at 2B..

Good to see that Sorry Sori has shown up to start the year ...

[21] Awwww, c'mon, you can't hang out on BB unless you've got a dead horse to beat into glue!

Run, Gritner, run!

Remember 2011 when Gardner used to steal bases?

[25] good times, good times.

Hey is that a pulse in the offense?

[21] I second that emotion : (

If Ellsbury ever gets on base we can see if fast guys just standing around waiting for the inning to end is now Yankee policy

Les sigh.

Hey is that a pulse in the offense?

Nope ...

We got to see Kelly Johnson piss and moan about an outside strike and then get all pissed off after running to first. Whoo-hoo.

OK, so plenty of game left, Kuroda is dealing…I feel a win coming on...

Hiroki Kuroda taking on the other team all by himself. This is oddly familiar.

Nice rip, McCann.

Have to say, Jeter doesn't seem to be limping or otherwise impaired when he's running, which is something ...

[35] Its more than something, I think. It could wind up being very important

And now no one can hit fucking Jerome Williams. Jesus Christ.

Thanks Mark.

Les double sigh

[36] It could. I hope it does.

I can't be certain, but I'm pretty sure the Yankees are the worst team in baseball.

Holy crap, did the Astros send Mark Teixeira up there?

[41] Old, slow and boring.
At least Tanaka's starts will add some excitement on this end.

Good thing the Yankees have such an awesome farm system. . . Oh, wait.

Well Hell's Bells. 1st and 3rd.

Pinch.

Hit.

Roberts came to play tonight.

I would have liked to have seen Gardner on second so maybe he could have scored on that, but Brett Gardner doesn't steal bases any more, so what can you do.

Another nice Kuroda effort wasted by an anemic Yankee offense. There's something oddly familiar about this scenario.

Knicks are now in 8th place. Hope the Yanks finish higher.

[46] Thanks!

I saw quickly on Gameday 'Yangervis Solarte replaces Kelly Johnson' and really did think that the Astros were at bat.

Fucking Bollocks!

Grrrrrrrrr.

Well, this looks like it's going to be a fun season.

Shit, Johnson coulda done that

Neighborhood play.

Yangervis..he's no True Yangee..

[55] I *hope* this doesn't turn into a Ben Francisco thing where we keep bringing in right handed human beings BECUZ RIGHTIES HIT LEFTIEZ.

Go or No?

OH FOR CHRIST SAKES STEAL THE FUCKING BASE.

Yeah! SB.

Is it some kind of Yankee team policy that you can't run until two strikes?

Oy yev.

Wait ... the Astros just used last-night's closer again tonight ... in the 7th inning???

Bring me my fainting couch!!!

[62] Gardner gave him the disease.

[65] Well he doesn't steal bases at all any more, so it shouldn't matter

Looked like a nice little cutter from Phelpsy there ...

Of course.

That one ... not so much.

Oh good, Yankees losing to a AAA team.

The Astros lineup is too potent.

I'm not entirely sure what the urgent need to get Kuroda out of the game was, but it probably doesn't matter.

Lady year's catchers coulda done that.

Holy dog shit, Teix! Swing at a strike next time. Oi!

This is a particularly atrocious showing.

You cannot be bleeping serious. The same freaking pitch draws four swings and misses. This looks delightful.

Ditto the 1st basemen

You know Soriano wanted to swing at that.

I am not in panic mode. As long as the pitching is good they will hit enough to win. But I really hate Phelps as a relief pitcher.

[73] Stewart would have fallen down

Disgusting.

Its actually kind of funny.

[79] I'm more annoyed that if they wind up in a dog fight humiliating themselves (and make no mistake, these two losses are an embarrassment) against the worst team in baseball can loom large.

Girardi's "reloaded roster"??? More likely, his "loaded diaper".

This is just riveting TV

Let's hope we don't suffer ... Corporan Punishment!

Le sigh ...

This is not what I wanted to see after 6 months of anticipation.

At least they out hit the Astros. 10 k's frighten me. Tex had 3 and bad defense. Ouch.