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Rub it In, Why Don’t You?

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I went upstate last night to hang with my niece and nephew–my bro’s family–so I missed the game. Mercifully, it turns out. I checked the score on my phone, of course, but turned it off when it was clear this was going to be another hard-luck loss for the Yanks and another hard-earned, well-played, fortuitous win for the Mets.

The Hell you want to sit through that for? Okay, I came back later to see how it ended–more pain. But I wasn’t going to let the Yankees’ misfortune get in the way of our good time so I let it go at: Fey.

Anyhow, I’ll be watching the game this afternoon, root, root, rooting for the visitors. It’s all about Big Mike. That dude shows up, I like the Yankees’ chances. If he’s not, we’re looking at the Yankees’ getting their asses swept. Go up to Toronto DOA and oy fuggin’ veh. Maybe Jacoby can show up to play, hah? And maybe Bird gets into one. How bout you, Headley?

Thor is not untouchable but he’s also no joke. The kid can dial it up.

Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Brett Gardner LF
Carlos Beltran RF
Brian McCann C
Greg Bird 1B
Chase Headley 3B
Dustin Ackley 2B
Didi Gregorius SS
Michael Pineda SP

Never mind the open sores:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

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1 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:11 pm

This is nice. I mean, they aren't pounding it, but two base runners is nothing to sneeze at.

2 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:13 pm

Oh, yeah, baby!!!

3 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:13 pm

BELTed! Damn.
Puny god.

4 mhoward120   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:13 pm

Carlos is teaching us to do the mambo!

5 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:14 pm

That'll do, Carlos. Big Fly!

6 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:16 pm

Mighty fine start. Man, this kid throws smoke.

Up to Big Mike.

7 MSM35   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:17 pm

Wow, this young man brings it.

8 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:23 pm

Yeah, he hit triple digits on that one pitch to Beltran. But Carlos sent it back a lot faster.

9 Boatzilla   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:39 pm

Just tuned in. Up very late finishing proofreading work before a 5 day weekend holiday. Japan finally took a sensible approach and is jamming all these odd holidays together. Well, this was actually day 1, but we aren't going way until Monday.

Should I say away? Whenever I don't watch, something good happens. Missed the Beltran Bomb.

10 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:41 pm

Wow, very nice stop by Headley. That one looked like trouble.

11 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:43 pm

Nah, hang around. And proofread "Syndergaard", that's gotta be wrong.

12 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:43 pm

Good. Another zero.

13 Boatzilla   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:46 pm

Shite, we got to suffer with Fox? I hate these guys.

14 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:48 pm

Dang, nice catch. Jeez. Brett would have been on third base, huh?

15 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:50 pm

Damn fine catch.

16 Boatzilla   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:51 pm

[11] I just had to look up "disaccharides." We had it wrong in 3 places. It's a supplement brochure.

17 Boatzilla   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:52 pm

[15] We're gonna get to this guy. Get Alex in there at some point.

18 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:56 pm

[16] Sure, I remember, Nikos Disaccharides. Greek kid. Nice glove, no bat.

19 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:58 pm

Oh ferfuck's sake! Walking Curtis in front of this guy.

20 Boatzilla   ~  Sep 19, 2015 12:59 pm

[18] Nice!

21 Boatzilla   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:00 pm

These announcers might as well be on the Mets PR staff, ferfuckssake.

22 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:01 pm

3 scoreless. 55 pitches. We'll take it. Let's go Bats!

23 Boatzilla   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:01 pm

Me like Mike.

24 Boatzilla   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:03 pm

[4] "My grandmother never did it!"

25 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:17 pm

Hellz yeah.
Strikemout for Mike, Throwemout for Brian.

26 Boatzilla   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:18 pm

That's what I'm talking' about!

27 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:19 pm

Be nice to score some more runs.

28 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:20 pm

That'll do!

29 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:20 pm

Push it to 4-0.

30 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:21 pm

Damn and Didi got a good swing on that.

31 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:21 pm

Hackley!

32 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:21 pm

Shit. Misses the second fastball. Now you can see, Strikeout, Pineda out, and then Noah getting out of it...

33 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:23 pm

Maybe Pineda bunts?

34 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:23 pm

Brutal.

35 Boatzilla   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:23 pm

I've never heard announcers that were promoting one team as shamelessly and gleefully as this. Fox is supposed to be neutral, right?

"Had he been more squared up, I think he makes the catch." WTF? He totally misplayed it. He's always been a disaster in the field.

36 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:23 pm

If so, it has to be a safety squeeze. I mean, Pineda's not that good at bunting.

Okay, he's not bunting.

37 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:24 pm

Pick 'em up, Jacoby!

38 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:25 pm

Crap, what a waste.

39 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:25 pm

That is just pitiful.

40 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:25 pm

What a fucking waste of a triple.

41 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:25 pm

DiDi needed just a ground ball...

42 MSM35   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:26 pm

Wow, National League baseball at it's best. Can Ellsbury work the count a bit.

43 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:32 pm

This JP guy is like the Ryan Seacrest of baseball coverage.

44 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:39 pm

Bronx Bombing.

45 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:39 pm

#fuckyeah

46 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:39 pm

Fuck Yeah!!! Kaboom!!!

47 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:40 pm

Now we can forget about Didi's failure to hit a little ground ball.

48 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:42 pm

McCandyman! Happiness. But are the Yankees now only playing for the #1 WC?

49 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:47 pm

[48] Unless they sweep the Jays, I guess. In that case they'd have a shot to catch 'em.

50 Boatzilla   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:47 pm

See. I stepped away again and boom-boom.

51 Boatzilla   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:50 pm

It's going on 4:00. The wife may wake and give me shit….but I can't leave now.

52 Boatzilla   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:52 pm

Whiff this Candyass!

53 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:53 pm

Damn.
But, Pineda doesn't look bad. Just bloops.

I wanna see a K now.

54 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:53 pm

Granderson looked better in a Yankee uniform.

55 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:55 pm

Exactly!
Excellent.

Oh, too bad, I would have liked to see Mike finish the inning. But this is obviously a double switch...

56 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:55 pm

Whooooosh. The Gas Face. 2 more now!

57 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:56 pm

Pineda is still the best choice here IMHO.

58 Boatzilla   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:56 pm

Fuck yeah!

59 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:56 pm

[57] Lefties coming up. Match-ups.

60 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 1:58 pm

Uh.
Explain this to me.
Oh, Drew is out, right? That makes sense. And Headley is still in?

61 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:00 pm

Strike three Blue

62 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:01 pm

How can Smoltz be so alienating to the largest MLB fan base?

63 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:03 pm

Beli and Brian!

Why pull Big Pine after only 86 pitches???

64 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:03 pm

Not good.
Come on, Justin, ya bum.

65 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:04 pm

Walk the lefty. Atta boy, Justin.

66 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:04 pm

[54] i loved grandy.

67 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:04 pm

[59] Wright RH?

68 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:05 pm

so, the muts fans were chanting "let's go blue jays"? that's kinda clever, but fuck 'em!

69 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:05 pm

This ump.....

70 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:05 pm

WHAT???

c'mon, blue! that was strike fucking three!

71 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:06 pm

That's more like it.

Now just get this Lucas guy
Du-da, Du-da...

72 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:07 pm

Nope, PH for Duda.

73 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:07 pm

[68] I find it snarky, and anti home town. I wants the Mets to do well (except today, tomorrow and maybe the WS).

74 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:08 pm

Got 'im!

Very nice.

75 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:08 pm

strike-em-outs!!

76 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:08 pm

I love it when a plan comes together.

77 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:08 pm

[73] i'm with you.

78 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:09 pm

[76] now i have the a-team theme song in my head!

79 Boatzilla   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:09 pm

Mutha Fuck Yeah!

80 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:09 pm

Ok RI, I'll take a deep breath now...

81 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:09 pm

[67] Indeed, but Murphy and Duda.

Pineda's stats show a pretty sharp decline in the high 80s pitch count. It's not a big sample size, though, so it could just be an illusion.

82 MSM35   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:09 pm

Coaches, do the Yanks go with the big guys or save them unless it gets close.

83 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:13 pm

[82] Save 'em for now, definitely. Can't ask them to get nine outs with a five run lead, that makes no sense.

84 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:13 pm

so...i'd like to thank everyone again for your congratulatory posts last night. means a lot.

rbj - i loved the part about upper/lower case and bangs (!!!). here's the general gist of it...

if i'm on my laptop, i generally do everything lower case. i like typing and am pretty fast at it. i dig the rhythm it makes. having to stop so often to capitalize a letter throws off the cadence, so i usually just forgo that.

when i'm on my iphone, it automatically makes capital letters. it also usually changes words which is highly annoying, but that's another story...

when i email Belth, he hates that it's all lower case. he should be happy that i make paragraphs though! ; )

85 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:13 pm

[78] ha! Late to last night's game. Congrats on the new digs.

86 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:13 pm

DiDi cooling off lately. But my wife calls him GreGorgeous. She admires his perfect ebony complexion.

87 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:17 pm

[85] thanks, man! yeah, i saw that super late and replied, but it was a dead thread by then. would've liked it had the yanks won on my closing day...

[86] his skin is awesome. i'm the palest humanoid you can imagine. i love seeing complexion like didi's.

88 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:18 pm

Lotta strikemouts for JW.

89 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:22 pm

[88] and there's another one!

90 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:22 pm

Uhhhhh.

Oh, match-ups? Or WTF?

91 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:23 pm

Was that Bailey coming in? Just s a face for a second, and no mention from the Mets I mean Fox announcers.

92 MSM35   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:23 pm

Not really. He is trying to save pitches from Wilson.

93 MSM35   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:25 pm

Cotham

94 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:26 pm

Ah Caleb. Thou mustif pitch welleth.

95 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:27 pm

And Cotham gets his batman!

96 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:27 pm

CC really good this year? What rock have they been under?

97 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:27 pm

Nice! More runs in the top half.

98 rbj   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:34 pm

Finally, got the new tires.

99 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:38 pm

[98] changing tires upstairs bro?

100 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:40 pm

dellin really needs to pitch in a 5-0 game? jeesh.

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101 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:42 pm

Maybe Hirschbeck will open his eyes now.

102 MSM35   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:44 pm

Big guy needs work to stay in line. That's why he couldn't be a starter.

103 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:45 pm

Dang.
So the Mets have just gone through their full batting order without putting the ball in play!

104 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:47 pm

wait. why didn't he strike out?

105 rbj   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:47 pm

Aw rats, the streak is over.

106 Ara Just Fair   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:48 pm

Throw the MoDamn ball Headley. FFS!

107 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 2:58 pm

How nice of Joe -- just to give the Mets fans their money's worth!

108 rbj   ~  Sep 19, 2015 3:06 pm

Ah, my favorite, mix'n'match

109 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 3:06 pm

Joe wants to save Pazos's pitch count. Really don't want to let him get above two if you can help it.

110 mhoward120   ~  Sep 19, 2015 3:08 pm

Where's Gwynneth?

111 rbj   ~  Sep 19, 2015 3:15 pm

Hmm, not liking this development

112 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 3:15 pm

why is miller warming up???

113 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 3:16 pm

Oh my god. It's a Save situation, isn't it?

114 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 19, 2015 3:17 pm

Sweet Baby Jeebus, Joey Joe Joe has completely over managed this inning.

115 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 3:19 pm

No, it's not a Save. Tying run is not on deck.
So, yeah, I don't understand why Miller is in.

116 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 3:19 pm

Okay!

Nice easy game. Can't remember the last one we had, honestly.

117 rbj   ~  Sep 19, 2015 3:20 pm

Phew!

118 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 3:20 pm

nice win.

really need the blow jays to lose later.

119 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 19, 2015 4:06 pm

Gee, that was nice.

120 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 4:38 pm

Useless fucking shit sox.

121 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 5:51 pm

that's less useless.

tied up in the 9th, north of the border

122 MSM35   ~  Sep 19, 2015 6:03 pm

Saux!!!

123 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 6:08 pm

Aw my gawd!
Pawpi, and Pedrawya!
The Sawx ah back!

124 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 6:09 pm

definitely less useless!

125 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 19, 2015 6:09 pm

It's weird rooting for the Red Sox but that's just what I'm doing!

126 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 6:12 pm

Christ, they're closing with Robbie Ross. That bullpen is a nightmare.

But three runs, they'll hold, right?

127 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 6:13 pm

Are you guys actually watching the game? I have it on NESN.

128 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 6:15 pm

Unbelievable. I mean, quite believable. Joey Bats against Robbie Ross, Jr., it was one of the likely outcomes.

That's their closer. Man. We are lucky.

129 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 6:17 pm

Jesus Christ, shit sox!

130 MSM35   ~  Sep 19, 2015 6:18 pm

Hurts worse this way.

131 RIYank   ~  Sep 19, 2015 6:19 pm

Oh thank gawd.

132 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Sep 19, 2015 6:19 pm

Thanks bosox for beating blow jays!

133 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 6:20 pm

Fuckin hell

134 thelarmis   ~  Sep 19, 2015 6:20 pm

Oh good. I just saw the double...

135 Alex Belth   ~  Sep 19, 2015 6:38 pm

Red Sox Win, Thuuuuu Red Sox win.

136 thelarmis   ~  Sep 20, 2015 12:51 pm

Shit Sox back to being useless again...

137 thelarmis   ~  Sep 20, 2015 1:29 pm

back to being less useless!

tied up in canada.

138 thelarmis   ~  Sep 20, 2015 3:00 pm

Useful!

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