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Borough to Borough

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The Mets steam into the Bronx riding high. They’ve won 11 in a row and have given their fans reason to cheer. The story line goes time is ripe for them to take the town from the Yanks. And it makes sense the way things go in cycles and all. The Yankees have played some decent ball these past couple of weeks so this could be a well-played series.

It’s Pineda vs. deGrom tonight.

Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Brett Gardner LF
Alex Rodriguez DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann C
Carlos Beltran RF
Chase Headley 3B
Stephen Drew 2B
Didi Gregorius SS

Never mind the noise:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Credit: Rene Groebli via MPD]

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1 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 3:53 pm

And Bernie retires tonight. Throws out the first pitch.

2 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 5:44 pm

I'm excited. I even have a beer riding on this series. You know, to make it interesting.

3 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:08 pm

Bernie. :)

4 coleman42   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:11 pm

Grandy!

5 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:13 pm

Man, Big Mike just made Lagares look silly.

6 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:14 pm

Nice inning.

7 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:14 pm

Nice first inning

8 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:14 pm

Well that was an impressive start.

9 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:20 pm

Nice hit, Brett.

10 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:22 pm

He's just getting under the ball lately.

11 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:22 pm

They couldn't fill the moat seats even for a SubwaySeries against the first place Mets?

12 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:23 pm

Did somebody say beer?!

13 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:24 pm

Yaaayy! Tesh!!!

14 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:24 pm

Yeah, baby! On the board!

15 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:24 pm

I like the Mets fans section, it's like a European soccer match with both teams having parts the stadium. Japanese stadiums do that too.

16 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:24 pm

[11] I know, right?

17 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:25 pm

That's daBoom, daGrom!

18 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:25 pm

Teix Message!

19 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:26 pm

McCann Can Too.

Not exactly belting deGrom around, but I'm liking this a lot.

20 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:32 pm

I love me some Pineda.

21 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:32 pm

Damn, a sharp inning for Pineda. A couple hard hit balls but nice to get three outs with so few pitches.

22 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:33 pm

Dayum.

I was a little distracted by Bernie, and the first two batters hit the ball hard, but Mike can dazzle, he really can.

Who was that Jesus guy again?

23 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:34 pm

Argh, [22] pretty much repeats [21]. Except I added a Jesus reference.

24 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:35 pm

[23] :)

25 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:36 pm

Omg, Bernie is at the Manhattan School of Music?

Damn.

26 coleman42   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:39 pm

[25] As Mel Allen would say: "Well, how about THAT!"

27 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:39 pm

Amazing.

Thelarmis, do you have any retired superstar athlete students?

Also, what was that NYY 51 guitar pin? Did they give those to everyone who bought a ticket? I want one.

28 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:39 pm

I missed Bernie!

Pineda for Montero..a Cashman smash victory.

29 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:40 pm

Now that was a time to flip underhand.

Not when you're deep in the hole at short trying to turn two.

30 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:42 pm

Oooh, nice pitch.

31 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:42 pm

Mow 'em down, Mike.

I'm really enjoying this game.

32 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:42 pm

Time for work, go go Team!

33 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:44 pm

Oh, man. I was sure Nieuenwhatsy was going to K.

34 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:44 pm

Nice.

We still have the lead.

35 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:45 pm

Good enough.
No more bid for immortality this game, but he still looks dominant.

36 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:46 pm

Pineda signed a 1 year desl to avoid arbitration for this season. So does this mean the Yankees will have to break out the big bucks this winter if he stays healthy?

37 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:47 pm

Yaaay!!!

Yaayayyyy!!!!

38 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:48 pm

Jacoby!

39 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:48 pm

RBJ!!!

40 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:48 pm

Laser homer.
Atta boy, Snozzberry!

41 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:49 pm

that was a SHOT! beautiful line drive.

i missed Bernabe...

42 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:49 pm

You know, I don't like when Kay says "skied" when he really should be saying "lined."

43 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:50 pm

[41] You did. It was nice to see him.

44 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:50 pm

[25] is he studying there? i didn't go to school there, but took some lessons with my private teacher at the school. it's an *amazing* music school!

45 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:51 pm

Fuck.

Why did he try to stretch that?

46 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:51 pm

Feels good to get off the schnide.

47 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:51 pm

[44] He is!

48 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:51 pm

Jeez, Brett. That was not bright.

49 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:51 pm

greedy gritner. bad brett.

50 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:52 pm

You have chosen....poorly.

51 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:53 pm

[27] not at the moment. i ran on Open House at my music college earlier this year and apparently there was a former NFL player in there. i think he played recently. some type of lineman, not a superstar...

52 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:53 pm

I would like to be as good at anything as, say, Didi Gregorius is at baseball. Bernie is as good as Bernie at two things.

53 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:53 pm

[47] very cool

54 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:54 pm

i really wish brett was on base and there were no outs.

55 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:54 pm

Another one!!

TESH!!

Yaaayyyy!!!!!

Fuck you, Mets! Fuck you!

56 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:54 pm

Mark 2.0!

57 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:55 pm

Whoa.
Double down Mark.

58 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:55 pm

Damn, that was really nice hitting.

That was really impressive, bringing his hands in like that.

59 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:55 pm

Fuck yeah, Teix!
That live action angle is such a tease.

60 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:56 pm

[52] Laughing. Indeed.

61 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:56 pm

FUCK YEAH!!!

*crushed* good lord.

wish it was a 3-run job...

62 Alex Belth   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:57 pm

Dese be some hard hit baseballs.

63 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:57 pm

nice hit Mac.

64 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:59 pm

Double steal!!

HA ; )

65 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 6:59 pm

[56] [55] Tesh 2.0!

66 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:00 pm

"McCann will stop at third..."

Yeah.

67 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:00 pm

Leiter notices a game plan well executed: looking fastball in and staying middle of the field on off speed pitches.

68 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:00 pm

6-0.

69 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:01 pm

first out degrom got this inning.

70 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:03 pm

Didi, you're no Mark.

71 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:04 pm

Dude pitched three games, gave up two runs, now this.

72 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:05 pm

All right, keep it steady now, Mike...

73 Alex Belth   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:06 pm

Tonight is one you, Pineda. Stay Strong, Hoss.

74 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:06 pm

Wow!

Great play, Didi!

Let's have more of that, please!

75 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:07 pm

He has good range. No doubt about it.

76 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:07 pm

He does.

77 Alex Belth   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:08 pm

Filth.

78 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:08 pm

Ohhhh!

Fuck, what a pitch!

79 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:08 pm

[36] Ara, I think he has another arbitration year.

80 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:10 pm

Another nice inning.

Atta boy, Mike. Atta boy.

81 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:13 pm

I'm going to have another beer.

Anyone else, while I'm up? I only have Sam Adams and Long Trail.

82 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:14 pm

Like that!

That wasn't "skied!"

"Skied" means that a guy has ample time to camp under the ball.

That was lined!

83 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:14 pm

[81] yes, please! i'm going to have my first (of many) tonight.

i'll be drinking Red Hare Gangway IPA and Anderson Valley Spring Hornin' IPA.

84 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:14 pm

[81] Long Trail, please!

85 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:15 pm

Brett is hitting .311?? Doesn't seem like it.

86 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:16 pm

bout to head to the local tavern with my girls.

GO YANKS!

87 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:19 pm

Wow.

Nice hitting and nice play.

Can't believe Murphy got to that.

88 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:19 pm

L'chaim!

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89 coleman42   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:19 pm

[85] Maybe he's getting his hits in the games you're not watching?

90 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:20 pm

[81] Sam Adams for me.

91 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:20 pm

Just turned the game on. wow.

92 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:21 pm

Almost, Brett. I thought it was going out.

93 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:22 pm

Oh, man. I guess ascii art is pretty font-sensitive.
How about this one?

Yeah, better.

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94 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:22 pm

[89] I guess. I've seen ten or eleven, I believe.

95 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:23 pm

Okay, time to bear down, Mike.

96 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:24 pm

Oooh, nice 0-1.

97 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:26 pm

Oh, nice!

Fuck yes!

98 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:26 pm

Plawecki plowed!

99 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:26 pm

One more...

100 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:27 pm

Nice work, Mike!

Nice work!

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101 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:27 pm

Yeah, Mike!

Excellent. Very happy.

102 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:27 pm

Phew

103 coleman42   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:29 pm

Nasty Strike/ball ratio - 50/10!

104 coleman42   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:38 pm

Always liked Granderson

105 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:39 pm

Ha, Met player got tossed.

106 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:42 pm

There goes the shutout.

107 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:42 pm

Hm, pretty cheap run.
Was it a WP or a PB that moved Grandy to second? (That is, was the run earned?)

108 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:42 pm

That's Brett's second less than stellar throw home this week. : (

109 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:44 pm

WP, so ER.

110 Mattpat11   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:45 pm

[109] Do passed balls count as an error?

111 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:47 pm

[110] They do, yes.

The whole thing doesn't exactly make sense to me. If you score because of a WP, you didn't "earn" it any more than if you score because of a PB. But I guess the point is to hang the run on the pitcher if the mistake was one of his pitches. (Not if he makes a fielding error, of course.)

112 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:50 pm

The Mighty Didi.

Good range, though. He does have good range.

113 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:56 pm

Another nice inning for Pineda.

114 coleman42   ~  Apr 24, 2015 7:57 pm

Big Mike putting the Mets in their place

115 coleman42   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:02 pm

Ugly mustaches. Wish they hadn't mentioned that...

116 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:04 pm

Ha!

117 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:04 pm

Heh, speed kills.

118 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:06 pm

[115] Speaking of which -- I suspect Jon Niese got thrown out for poor facial hair judgment. When did he grow a redneck beard?

119 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:07 pm

Sucks for the Mutts to have their AAA club in Vegas.

120 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:08 pm

More Keystone Mets!

121 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:08 pm

Hansel was nibbling.
And history teaches us that that isn't going to work out well.

Okay, maybe technically it isn't history.

122 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:10 pm

FFS, Teix. Do something! ; )

123 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:14 pm

Hm, this kid is good. Good fastball.

124 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:17 pm

I had them put the game on at the tavern. They're Yankee fans here tonight, coz we're playing the Muts.

125 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:17 pm

Balls. What a waste!

126 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:17 pm

Dammit!

127 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:17 pm

Boo, Beli.

128 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:17 pm

There was no chance Carlos wasn't going to strike out.

129 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:18 pm

Hm.
Not that we needed the runs, but you hate to fail to score when you had the bases loaded with nobody out.

130 knuckles   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:18 pm

Damn, was hoping they were about to hang some truly crooked numbers on the Flushing Nine. Guess we'll have to be content with admiring Teix's hot streak and Pineda's dealing cheese.

131 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:20 pm

[124] Hey, thelarmis. I saw your comment along with the others a few days ago. Thanks. Young lady, though. So the future Yankee ss or cf will have to come from elsewhere. : )

132 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:24 pm

Bravo, Mike!

Clapclapclapclapclapclapclap!

133 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:24 pm

Damn fine job, Michael!

134 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:25 pm

GG, kiddo.

135 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:25 pm

Clappity-Clappity, Pineda. You da man,

136 knuckles   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:27 pm

Nice little quality start there, Michael.

137 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:30 pm

Lagares is Chasened!

138 coleman42   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:31 pm

Amazing performance. That might be the highest strike-to-ball ratio I've ever seen from a starter.

139 Alex Belth   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:32 pm

Exactly what the doctor ordered from Pineda. Well done, Meat.

140 coleman42   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:34 pm

[138] 78 strikes, 22 balls.

141 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:38 pm

Didi beat Duda!

Reminds me of Camp Town Races.

142 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:39 pm

Wow, Dodo needed a trick bounce to get a hit...

I'm on my iPhone so I can't tell comment #s, but congrats again Just Fair! My little girl is sleeping on the bench of the booth right now. We had a baseball catch in the park this weekend. Sooo happy for you, man!

143 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:42 pm

One down

144 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:43 pm

[141] And now Duda grounds out to Didi.

Subway Series All Night Long...

145 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:43 pm

Just foul, phew

146 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:43 pm

Whew.

147 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:44 pm

Shoot

148 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:44 pm

Tex usually picks that.

149 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:44 pm

Hm. E5, huh?

But Teix should have had it.

150 coleman42   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:45 pm

Shreve chased them!

151 RIYank   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:45 pm

Ballgame!

152 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:45 pm

Great win, Team! Let's keep the train rolling!

153 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:45 pm

YANKEES WIN!!!

154 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:45 pm

Yes!

155 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:46 pm

Night all.

156 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:46 pm

Great start to the weekend. Cheers, all!

157 knuckles   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:47 pm

huzzah!

158 thelarmis   ~  Apr 24, 2015 8:51 pm

If this game was against the Shit Sox, we'd be in the bottom of the 4th inning now.

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