Would welcome all the productive aspects of Mase in yo Face! once again in NYC, minus the deviant stuff; rest in peace to the O.G. ... Interesting if Yanks are actually transitioning and rebuilding their core through their farm (a big plus) or just showcasing their chips for a trade for veteraniness (not so good). It would make their past two years more palatable and give us something to look forward to, but I remain cynical until proven otherwise about a real change in philosophy.

It does seem like they might be showcasing. Why did they ship Flores down and bring Mase up? -- Flores was playing well, I thought. Showcasing when you're leading the division seems odd.

And away we go.

Long single.

Oh, it's those Yankees.

Limited damage.

Strikes out

Alex! It'll be a line drive in the box score

yet another headley error. this one got him on the palm of his right hand and he's hurting.

ugh.

Oy.

U.S. Women's soccer is on. Fox.

crud.

really needed one of them strike-em-outs there...

holy fuck.

crushed. 5-1. chase really needed to catch the freaking ball. routine grounder, no funny hop or anything...

Ugh x 2

glad they took Big Pine out of his routine.

jeesh : /

Hey, Team.
Rough inning there for Pineda, huh?

Wow!

That was some shot!

Look at the kid!

And look at his family!!

Yay!!!

MASE!!!

i called it too : )

Mason dixoned a home run!
Welcome to The Show, kid.

Mase the Ace! Congrats Rookie!

it was a no doubter. i was diggin' the leadoff walk too...

great smile, kid!

his little brother was going nuts in the stands!

Funny route. But that ball was smoked.

i thought mase was here for his defense. bad route, kid...

Wtf is wrong with Carlos? I keep seeing balls fall in front of him that he seems to have a shot at.

where was that blue???

Big Mike is human after all.

That was just good hitting.

Nice catch, kid.

The Kid getting his work in.

Flores would have caught that. Time to take Carlos out behind the barn and talk to him about having a rabbit farm . . .

Just what the doctor ordered

[11] That's what I've been watching. The first half is a pitcher's duel.

[31] Carlos has been running carefully to the line on anything hit there, ever since he banged into the wall at Tropicana Field last year. He's simply gun shy.

Aw, calling the kid back.

Kid Williams. Has a nice ring to it.

Dammit!

Game getting out of hand.

U.S. - Sweden still nil nil at 63 minutes.

Ouch head to head collision, Swedish woman escorted off. Gotta be at least one concussion.

Bench Tex! First error in 109 games!

Night all

Bases loaded, no outs in the first and not even one run. Figured this game was doomed from the start.

Blergh.

Just tuned in (and rapidly tuned right out), but did Girardi beat us twice with one awful game. I mean, how deflating was his mismanagement of the Nats series? Knowing how pivotal it is to start a stretch without your all star closer off with a win, shouldn't Betances have been in for 4 outs? And if he couldn't go 4 outs, isn't that all on Joe for pitching him the game before?

I'm pretty pissed off.

Then again, I'm pissed off more often than your average human being. Or even your not average human being.

[46] Indeed you are!
However, you're right, that decision to burn Betances in a blow-out was so bad it's baffling.

Good soccer match, anyway. And the way I figure it (nobody's said this on tv), the draw puts our ladies through to the next round. Australia and Sweden play each other, and there's no way they can both pass us even if by some amazing feat the Nigerians beat us.

Really excellent game in Fenway, by the way. The Red Sox scored five in the first, got a nice 8-4 lead, and then the Blue Jays batted around in the seventh before the hideous Sox bullpen managed to record an out. They put up a nine-spot and lead 13-9 going to the bottom of the ninth.

[47] As I said on my facebooks (my English friend calls it that), not the result the USWNT wanted, but probably the result that they needed. Beat Nigeria and go top of the group, which is important.

But still a deeply unsatsifying performance by the women. That's what I was up to before flipping to YES.

Showcase, baby! Yanks are gonna make some really shortsighted trades soon! Torii Hunter, please pick up the blue courtesy phone...

Seems like an ugly game all around.

[49] Hi jj. For some reason I always read your name as jmjbullock..which is funny for so many reasons.

I have, on occasion, been compared to J. Jonah Jameson