It’s hot in the Bronx. Tonight, Chase Whitley will try to hold down the Blue Jays’ potent offense.
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alfonso Soriano RF
Carlos Beltran DH
Brian McCann C
Yangervis Solarte 3B
Brian Roberts 2B
Never mind the heat:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
i'm excited! A game I can watch!
Yeah, the heat hit here a couple days ago. Actually had to turn the AC on as the dogs were uncomfortable.
Now 18 game hit streak for Melky vs. Yankees.
[2] ac is on now in fact. I really hate ac but for complicated reasons I have to use it this summer.
I really want Whitley to be the real deal. Nice pitch kid!
Grrrr. My mlb.tv feed went haywire. Looks like it's back now. What did Joey Bats do? Flied out?
[5] pop up to second.
Yeah, for some reason I completely gave up on David Phelps ages ago, but I still have hopes for Whitley. They're records aren't very different. Something about watching them, or some stupid irrational thing, I dunno.
alright. Good job Whitley.
[7] well, we've seen a lot more of Phelps. TV fatigue?
I totally missed that Buehrle was going.
holla gardy! haha. Laughing at myself now.
[6] Oh, thanks. So two pops, that's good.
Heh, Jeter sure has a lot of infield hits.
nice! we'll take that.
Oh, or, RoE. Whatever.
Good start. Now cash them in.
Jeez, that was too close. Man he has a good arm.
[4] Fans were good enough for me, as I'm cheap. But Susie just wasn't able to find a cool spot.
that was closer than it seemed it should be.
Oh, come on. Baaaaaaad Gritner.
[17] yeah, fans have worked fine for me for years. But I have to keep windows closed now so no crosswind. Just gets too hot.
ugh brett.
Yay!
I was not exactly hopeful when Sori came up with two out, but hell yes.
Sori picks Brett up.
Shift that, bluebirds.
yes! Thanks Sori for saving us by driving in that run!
Oh, I get it. Beltran has taken Soriano's role.
Well, just the one run, but 25 pitches for Buehrle. And the Jays burned their bullpen last night, right?
Phew!
I've switched to John and Suzyn because mlb.tv was driving me nuts. John still can't quite believe this new 'shift' thing. "Ya know, Suzyn, you see the ball go through the infield, and then there's an infielder standing in the outfield!"
Oh, I meant, whew.
sigh. solarte needs some hits.
Excellent job coming back from 3-0 to a very good hitter.
Sure looks like the Yanks are going to need at least 4 innings from the bully tonight ...
it's sad how well he has settled down.
Not liking this development
nice pitch. one more sir.
Rats
Dammit.
I thought he was gonna get out of it.
What the hell does Larry want?
Shit.
very sucky. 74 pitches is also not at all good.
Dammit!
Okay, hold it together now, Chase. Two is still okay, but three is a mess.
ugh. Whitley seems to be falling apart.
Whew. A little lucky there.
Ugh.
Make that 5 innings.
ok phew. But Whitley can't go too much longer at all right?
Hey hey hey! Yes he McCann!
McCann could and did!
McCAN!!!
[45] Well, you figure he at least comes out for the 5th now.
Hopefullly, Joe doesn't have too long of a leash trying to get him the win ...
[49] yeah, seems like he'll have a high pitch count for him to get through 5. Which sucks obviously.
Looks like the bloom is coming off the Port Jervis rose ...
Brett ate his Wheaties.
Brett should share his Wheaties with his captain.
Get a double play here.
Uhh. Maybe not. Challenge, right?
For me, Whitley gets 10 pitches or 1 baserunner.
No challenge! Good. Yeah, probably out.
Out!
he's out.
Out.
[56] Are you way behind? Or did you mean one more base runner?
Well done, Chase Whitley. You're in line for a W.
well he made it through 5!
Good job Chase. Ice cream cone for you.
Good job Chase, now ... hit the showers.
[64] Why you!!!
Solarte is in a huge slump, but he sure does have an accurate arm.
Uh, you PLAY HIM FOR BELTRAN, you silly twat.
[28] Hahaha, hysterical.
You guys got an early heat wave? Still in rainy season here, 28C with 70,000% humidity. Morning rush hours extra sweaty and enjoyable.
That concludes the weather forecast portion of the Banter, now back to the peanut gallery!
I like Adam Warren. What a freaking slider.
[69] It is amazing how little I comprehend temperature when expressed in C.
I know that 0C = 32F, so I can guess that 28C is far more than it is in F, but I don't intuitively grasp what it would feel like, if it expressed in F ...
[69] Beautiful in southern New England. It was about 80 (= 27 to you) most of the day.
Sweet!
[69] Yup. But got a half inch of rain this evening. Saved me from having to water the garden.
[71] Yeah, you have to use it every day for a while. When you start thinking that 25 is comfortably warm but 20 is better for playing sports and 30 is hot... that's when you have it. (Or for Canadians, when you start thinking 0 is pretty chilly, and -10 is damn cold, and -20, better stay inside, eh?)
Wow, so Mr OK was definitely wrong when he claimed to have concluded the weather section!
[71] It took me almost 5 years living here to begin to get a 'feel' for it.
[74] That's about right! I've never felt -20..cannot imagine.
[71] I always thought it helpful that 16* C = 61* F
[75] Weather chat bonds us all. Over hear every morning in the office is 5mins of commentary about weather patterns, the new summer drinks, etc!
[76] I lived in Australia. Took me a couple of months.
Never went below 0C, of course.
Good job Adam. Ice cream cone for you too.
How about these Yankees stifling the best hitting team in the AL East! The Jays must feel cursed playing at YS. How many have they lost consecutively?
[79] Hey RI, when were you in Australia? My family spent 2 1/2 years in Melbourne in late 80's, running an Ogilvy office.
Steal ... THEN bunt.
There's been little mention of the score truck this year. A few miles logged now would be real helpful.
Now Gritner has to manufacture one!
( I love baseball cliches)
Oh goody.
A play.
So, yeah ... THAT FUCKING SUCKED!
[82] I was in Melbourne in 1993-94, and in Canberra in 2002-3. Not the warmest parts, but even Canberra rarely gets sub-freezing.
[83] right
Man, when did Jeter become such a lousy bunter? That's the second time in a row I've seen him pop up on a sac bunt attempt.
Well looky there, a single. Now cash some insurance.
DOUBLE FUCKING STEAL.
.!
Man, they are scared of Jose.
OK, it's Bautista.
Yay!
Gah!
[84] Baseball cliches! I was poking though an Athlon 2014 preview magazine the other night and under Victor Martinez it said 'He's always been a professional hitter' !!
Ichiro has a low GIDP rate, right? and a low K rate. So, good guy to have up here...
They'll come home on a grounder, not try for the dp.
But it's a 3-1 count, oh boy...
Walked him! Yay! Great RBI!
Walk almost as good as a hit!
Now how about a deep fly from Carlos and I can relax a little...
Well, Ball 3 was pretty likely a strike ... I'LL TAKE IT!!!
I don't consider that 'deep'.
DAMMIT.
A hit from McCann? Too much to ask?
Beltran REALLY needs to be PH for late and against LHP.
It is known.
Not too much to ask!!!!
Awesome. Star of the fucking game.
Triple for the catcher!
Awesome!
Good.
Betances can sit the fuck down.
I swear to god, there is nothing in baseball more satisfying than a 3-rbi double.
Well, a Mo called strike three, maybe.
Maybe.
Woo-hoo!
I really thought that was a flyout, and ten it just looked like Rasmus was running underwater
Now, a hit for Port Jervis.
Nice of Ramirez to make the Jays feel better.
Hate the shift
Betances? Give him the night off.
[110] Edwar Ramirez is back up???
[77] Hey, that's great!
Why didn't I ever learn that? I've been here more than 23 years and I still don't have a gut-feel for Celsius temps. And it's worse now that my iPhone converts instantly for me. All I know is that 38-40 is fucking-A hot. And 0 is freezing, but not what we would call "it's freezing out" in North Jersey. That's more closer to the F zero.
Holy shit that was a bad ass pitch.
So I'm heading to Citizens Bank at the end of July to see Giants vs Phillies. Anyone been?
Two innings last night, not as sharp tonight
[115] I prefer 20=70 rule.
Good call Al
Shame to waste Betances, but then again, it's always a pleasure to watch him work.
[118] I meant to link to [114], not 115...
[116] Nope. Should be fun, though. I really like Philly in the summer.
I'm going to Camden Yards in mid-July for the Yanks, my first time there.
[120] it's hard to believe what we're seeing from him. Pinch me; dare I say that DRob is valuable trade bait now?
[122] Camden is fun. First of the new modern parks. It's how old now?
[122] Camden is amazing, only current park I have been to. Bring a towel though, wipe up the BBQ and the sweat..
[118] Shit that's good, too.
It's comfortable 25 here today, which is 77, but if 70 is 20 it seems like 77 should be lower than 25...in my feeble mind.
I don't have to pay for electricity in my office, so I keep my AC at the un-eco PC setting of 23. Everyone thinks I'm nuts.
Second set of storms moving in. Satellite is done. Night all.
[122] we're heading to Pittsburgh for the first time. Excited to go see the Bucs at PNC Park.
[123] Keep DRob. Recreate that Wetteland-Mo Magic from '96?
[123] Hmmm.
I'm still hoping Betances will be a starter, so I wouldn't trade D-Rob.
Intriguing idea, though.
[124] It opened in 1992.
[125] I figured I'd eat crabcakes...
70F = 21C.
[126] 23?? I thought senior citizens didn't like the cold??
I'm a 30 man myself..keep it hot!
[125] Have you been to the Jake, or does that not count as "new" to you? ;>)
They have/had a space where you can see the game from outside the stadium and I snuck into the 95 playoffs by squeezing my skinny ass under that very gate. Charlie Sheen threw out the first pitch at that game.
[130] for crab cakes you must go to Faidley's in the Lexington Market. Kinda on the border of downtown Balto and da hood. Like eating crab ice cream...so good.
Waste of D-Rob. I don't like this at all. Now we have no good relief pitchers tomorrow.
It's just dumb. Girardi usually isn't this dumb. I'm sure he'll have some explanation post-game, but I know I won't be impressed by it.
[132] I generate my own heat, boyeeee.
However, happy for the W.
Nice, tidy win.
[135] I agree.
It must be take your daughter to work week. Girardi's daughter is cute mugging for the camera.