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It’s Eovaldi, Take Three. And our first look at Shane Greene in a Tigers uniform. 

Jacoby Ellsbury CF

Brett Gardner LF

Alex Rodriguez DH

Mark Teixeira 1B

Brian McCann C

Chris Young RF

Chase Headley 3B

Stephen Drew SS

Gregorio Petit 2B

Never mind the cold:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Credit: Christer Stromholm via Kvetchlandia]

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1 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 21, 2015 3:30 pm

Kay ranting on YES about going the other way. Evidently the front office wants it and they brought in the new hitting coach (at least in part) to accomplish it.

I didn't realize this was such a big issue in the organization.

2 MSM35   ~  Apr 21, 2015 4:06 pm

Ted Williams was the first to endure the shift. After he retired he said he would go opposite field if he had to do it over again. He berated himself for being so stubborn. He still hit .330.
Listening Tex?

3 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 21, 2015 4:21 pm

[2] Thanks for that, it led me to this interesting piece filled with nice little nuggets:

http://joeposnanski.com/the-boudreau-shift/

4 thelarmis   ~  Apr 21, 2015 4:38 pm

dinner = my wife's world famous chicken chili! having some now before i head out to work. i'll miss the game tonight...

i thought shane greene wasn't pitching in this series? it was supposed to be "lobstein." hope he lobs a few. maybe even dodo can get some hits...

GO YANKS!

5 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 21, 2015 5:35 pm

[4] Yum!

6 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:14 pm

Wow!!

What a nice hit by Teix!

That was pretty. And productive.

7 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:14 pm

Mark!

8 coleman42   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:21 pm

That Petit bobble was an error. Maybe my standards are too high?

9 Mattpat11   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:26 pm

[8] Maybe the Yankees now play under Little League World Series rules.

10 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:27 pm

Lobstein? Is Jack Klompus in the bullpen?

11 coleman42   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:28 pm

[9] come to think of it, Petit is kinda petite...

12 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:28 pm

It is windy here today.

13 coleman42   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:29 pm

Maybe he eats gobstoppers.

14 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:32 pm

You know, I know we've talked about this before but I just love how Paulie has established himself as a modern day Scooter in the booth. He's so endearingly goofy.

15 coleman42   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:33 pm

Lobstein is lobbing those balls, 79-80mph.

16 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:34 pm

That is a gorgeous rainbow.

17 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:34 pm

Dropped on purpose

18 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:35 pm

Man, Drew is hitting a buck fifty-eight.

19 coleman42   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:36 pm

1929 is the answer.

20 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:37 pm

[19] Well done. :)

21 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:39 pm

(14) I'm not sure..still seems Paulie plays the 'dumb jock' routine a bit too much..

22 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:44 pm

Is it just me or could that ball have been caught with a decent route?

23 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:44 pm

[21] Yes, true.

24 coleman42   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:45 pm

[20] Thanks. And...Yanks were first team to put numbers on uniforms.

I agree with Jazz on O'Neil, he can be a bit too "cornpone," as we used to say. But he's gotten better on his game prep/research.

25 Mattpat11   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:54 pm

And now no one can hit "Kyle Lobstein"

Last week was nice.

26 Mattpat11   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:56 pm

I swore for years that the Yankees were the worst positioned team in baseball. Was that another sign of that?

27 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2015 6:57 pm

(25) As a member of the 'Ridiculous Family Name' club, I can openly mock my fellow member Kyle Lobstein!

28 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 7:26 pm

Now the Tiggers announcers are using Core Four to describe Miggy and the next three hitters.

29 coleman42   ~  Apr 21, 2015 7:27 pm

Yanks excelling at DPs last 2 nights

30 MSM35   ~  Apr 21, 2015 7:32 pm

Gosh, there are a lot of outs in this lineup.

31 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 7:47 pm

[29] A-yup.

Sigh.

32 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2015 7:48 pm

Tigers radio guys laughing incredulously at how the Yankees org is treating A-Rod regarding the milestone chase..what a laughingstock.

33 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 21, 2015 7:56 pm

Gone!

34 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 7:56 pm

Chris Young! Some insurance.

35 coleman42   ~  Apr 21, 2015 7:57 pm

Hard to bench Young with 4 HRs

36 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:01 pm

That was real nice.

37 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:02 pm

And another! Drew!

Psst, hey guys, you might want to hit some with men on base. Just a suggestion.

38 coleman42   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:11 pm

We'll take what we can get.

39 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:11 pm

Weird. Raining in Detroit but clear skies in Toledo.

40 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:13 pm

Oh, my least favorite game: mix n match.

41 coleman42   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:15 pm

Hard to bench Drew with 4 HRs.

42 coleman42   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:19 pm

We like Al Alburqurque

43 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:19 pm

That's the third time in two game a Tiger pitchers has thrown a ball over a Yankees head. And coincidently they've all been the same guy. Not saying it's deliberate, just that I've never seen that before.

44 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:21 pm

[42] Such a cool name.

45 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:22 pm

The bullpen is the Tigers' soft underbelly.

46 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:30 pm

Wow, this Tigers radio station is hysterical. Their lead-in music between innings has been Rush, Joe Walsh, Lynyrd Skynrd, and that Life Is A Highway song. Serious white-boy-rock heaven..it's Detroit, can't they get at least one Motown song in there?

47 Alex Belth   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:31 pm

OK, keep it together now.

48 RIYank   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:33 pm

[45] Weren't they supposed to be good though?

49 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:37 pm

[46] Hahaha!

50 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:37 pm

[46] Detroit has a high minority percentage of the population. It's not reflected at Tiger games. I've been there. Hockey can get away with that, baseball, not so much. Still, yeah, Motown appeals to all.

51 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:39 pm

[48] Starting pitching and offense, adequate defense. Local sports radio laments the BP.

52 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:44 pm

"Steven Drew may be Gregorius' equal defensively. Maybe not as much range, but..."

53 Alex Belth   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:58 pm

Dellin looking better.

54 coleman42   ~  Apr 21, 2015 8:59 pm

Now THAT was a breaking ball

55 RIYank   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:00 pm

Glad we have Betances.

56 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:03 pm

Just woke up. It's good to be the boss.

Observations:
Drew is making it hard for us to hate him, but I'm not sold yet.
Evaldi is the real deal.
Chris Young should be playing every day. Or, keep getting sick Carlos.

57 coleman42   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:05 pm

[56] Good summary

58 RIYank   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:08 pm

No Save for you, Mr. Miller!

59 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:09 pm

[56] Slacker..I was doing the 'uchimizu' in front of my house at 6:40 today.

Eovaldi..not sold on hiim yet..hasn't he been in the bigs long enough to not need more 'seasoning'?

60 RIYank   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:11 pm

Damn, good night for Chris Young.

61 Greg G   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:13 pm

Drew and Young. Mantle and Maris? I thought Alex ran into one too. I saw Drew giving him pointers.

62 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:13 pm

[46] Historically Skynrd has more in common with "black music" than white country. They started out playing primarily in juke joints featuring entirely black audiences. The Stars & Bars was forced on them by MCA marketing people. Hence the irony in the song "Working for the MCA." "Sweet Home Alabama" was also meant to be ironic.

However, that doesn't account for the lack of Motown. ;>)

63 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:16 pm

[46] Paulie was just talking about Smokey Robinson and Motown!

64 RIYank   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:17 pm

Dang, that was a good pitch.

65 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:18 pm

[62] The Band's drummer, blanking on the name right now, too tired to look it up, called Muddy Waters the king of country music. Memphis was a cross roads. Damn shame that we have to narrowly categorize music and attach baggage.

66 RIYank   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:19 pm

Okay, so Chris Martin. Huh.

67 Mattpat11   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:20 pm

Does this guy have like an unusually long neck? There's something funny looking about him.

68 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:20 pm

[59] You would be vilified in California! Water will be the new oil, my man.

But, I'm not looking forward to suyu and this Tokyo summer. Weeze gonna roast.

69 RIYank   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:20 pm

[65] Levon Helm?

70 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:21 pm

Levon Helm. How could I forget his name?

71 RIYank   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:22 pm

Nothing's easy.

72 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:22 pm

That's a fair ball?

73 RIYank   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:22 pm

[58] Wrong, dummy.

74 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:22 pm

[63] Cool!
[65] Absolutely. I heard a great song by Al Green & Lyle Lovett other day, some compialtion of Soul & Country artists singing together. Was excellent.
[68] It's already getting humid..afternoon beer consumption recommended.

75 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:27 pm

OK, Alex Belth, posts on mixing musical genres. Fight the corporate departmentalism!

76 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:28 pm

Um, this ain't good

77 RIYank   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:28 pm

Hmmmmmmmmm.

Okay, let's end this sucker now.

78 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:29 pm

[65] Hey, that's good stuff for my marketing class, except I my tastes are probably too old for my students. How about Deborah Harry introduces hip hop to white America?

79 RIYank   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:31 pm

Oy.

80 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:31 pm

Oh dear...

81 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:31 pm

Uh-oh, I shoulda stayed in bed.

82 Mattpat11   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:32 pm

Crap, I left the TV to make cookies and just naturally assumed the game was over.

83 Greg G   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:32 pm

It's Miller time! We had the tools, we had the talent.

84 RIYank   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:33 pm

Okay, well, it's a W, it's a S, so, all good.

85 coleman42   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:33 pm

Whew

86 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:33 pm

Yay!

It's nice to win.

87 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:33 pm

[78] Rapture?

Don't care for hip hop. Rock, R&B, Blues my mainstay.

Yes! Early morning, night all.

88 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:35 pm

[78] That's not all Debbie Harry introduced to a generation of youngsters..

89 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:36 pm

[87] Yes. First song with "mainstream play" every to feature rapping. She was a friend of Fab Five Freddy.

90 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2015 9:37 pm

[88] Don't get me started. [Jute Suit Wolf Whistle from Bugs Bunny cartoon}.

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