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Second of four tonight in Oakland.

Never mind the sunsets:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

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1 rbj   ~  May 20, 2016 8:53 pm

Gonna tap out tonight. Gotta take the hounds to the park in the morning. Strong contract, what with all that unconditional love.

But damn, Miggy hit a bomb to straight center at Comerica. And that's a big park.

2 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 9:31 pm

Rickey!

bad call at second. we should have two on, no outs...

3 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 9:37 pm

jesus, tex. that was *terrible*

70 pitches for gray...through 3 innings.

4 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 9:40 pm

jesus christ, torre/reyes. dumbass!

5 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 9:45 pm

another missed opportunity in the infield. we're just giving them extra chances...

6 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 9:48 pm

good goin', cc!!

7 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 9:53 pm

remember when castro was good earlier in the season?

8 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 9:56 pm

must tie the game here.

9 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 9:58 pm

good job, torre/reyes.

failed safety squeeze. next pitch: 2-run triple!!!

let's plate him now.

10 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:00 pm

rbj - 1st pitch swinging = catcher's interference. i think that's his 5th of the season! he thought he had one the other day too.

wild pitch!!!

3-1

rbj on second with 1 out. gritner at the dish.

11 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:02 pm

i must say, i do like sonny gray's stirrups.

i also still dislike crisp very much. that said, i'm happy he didn't catch torre/reyes' hit!

12 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:04 pm

wait. we have a ballboy with a full beard???

13 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:07 pm

wow. gray has NO command or control, and vogt has having a tough night behind the dish.

i want more runs!

BELI!!! a 2-run double for my man! i'm glad crisp is old; he would've caught both of these a few years back.

5-1

gray out after 3.1 and nearly 100 pitches.

14 Ara Just Fair   ~  May 20, 2016 10:07 pm

I like it. Nice play, coco.

15 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:10 pm

tex really needs to go boom here...

16 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:10 pm

nope. tex now below the mendoza line!!! : /

17 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:11 pm

[14] i like company! : )

18 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:17 pm

i've always hated coveli crisp. he's now selling his TEN MILLION DOLLAR home resort. it has indoor trees, a lagoon with a waterfall, two-sided fireplace, chef's kitchen, 18,000 (!!!) square feet, and...oh, by the way, a fucking baseball field! goddamn. must be nice.

he bought it for "only" $7 mil. and is looking for $10 mil. good lord.

19 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:19 pm

CC looks really good and his hook is pretty great!

20 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:22 pm

this pitcher is boring. ; )

[wish RI were here...]

21 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:22 pm

gotta cash in on that error.

22 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:28 pm

wow. the a's are baaaaaaaad at defense. i mean baaaaaaaad!!!

i bet they have all mansions though...

23 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:29 pm

bollocks.

24 Ara Just Fair   ~  May 20, 2016 10:33 pm

I fucking hate coco crisp. Fuck him.

25 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:35 pm

crisp flies out!

can't stand "coco" and "mookie" and, especially, Fat Liar!

26 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:36 pm

cc's hook is awesome tonight!

27 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:37 pm

6 k's for the exceptionally large man.

he's cruising...in his hometown in the cold. me likey!

28 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:40 pm

brett the jet!

29 Ara Just Fair   ~  May 20, 2016 10:41 pm

Sweet!

30 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:43 pm

oaktown defense!

beli has 3 doubles tonight!!! about to crack the Top 50 all-time.

31 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:50 pm

1 pitch, 1 out for CC in the 6th. 83 pitches.

32 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:55 pm

another K for the guy who will hopefully be tallying his 100th career win in pinstripes!

33 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:56 pm

another lovely curveball!

34 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 10:58 pm

8 K's for Black Sabs!!!

beautiful game, big man. i hope your fam is there to see it.

welcome back : )

35 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 11:00 pm

i like hicks. glad he's getting to play daily. hopefully, GI Joe keeps him on the field next week and beyond...

36 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 11:17 pm

god, i hate crisp's stance and stoopid finger flapping.

37 Ara Just Fair   ~  May 20, 2016 11:17 pm

The Big Fella looked good tonight. Praise be to the A's.

38 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 11:18 pm

yates gives up a run scoring 2-out double.

6-2

39 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 11:27 pm

wow. tex looks *terrible*

40 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 11:30 pm

torreYES! nice play, dude.

made up for the error...

41 Ara Just Fair   ~  May 20, 2016 11:41 pm

A 2 out miracle. Hot damn!

42 thelarmis   ~  May 20, 2016 11:52 pm

3 in a row!

43 Ara Just Fair   ~  May 20, 2016 11:53 pm

Smells like a Fiday. Cheers, y'all.

44 Boatzilla   ~  May 21, 2016 2:01 am

Nice "crisp" win.

Sorry I couldn't join you, Maestro. Watching on the iPhone over coffee and meusli, on a lazy (for me) Saturday, avoiding the Wrath of Wife upstairs. When I said "good morning" she said "I"m busy." Didn't want to even risk bringing my laptop down to check the Banter.

45 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 3:09 pm

I guess no new game thread.

46 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 3:11 pm

URP alert

47 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 3:19 pm

Nice snag, Torrey

48 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 3:31 pm

Rats, a hit

49 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 3:39 pm

Manaeical.

50 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 3:45 pm

Good try Teix.

51 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 3:46 pm

Not enough to overturn

52 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 3:48 pm

Crap. need a DP

53 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 3:49 pm

Uh oh.
Let's just keep the ball in the park now, Hiro.

54 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 3:50 pm

Wow. That was a biiiiiiig K.

55 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 3:50 pm

I'll take the K

56 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 3:51 pm

Man, I'm nervous now, Davis.

Whew! Nice job, very nice.

57 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 3:51 pm

Phew

58 Ara Just Fair   ~  May 21, 2016 3:52 pm

Headley is going to give me me a heart attack eventually.

59 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 3:57 pm

Hah!
Seems like that kind of thing happens to us a lot more than, you know, in favor of us.

60 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 3:59 pm

Teix almost puts us on the board. Damn.
Try again, champ.

61 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:00 pm

I'll take that!

Okay, loaded up nobody out. Let's not squander this shot.

62 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 4:01 pm

We gots something going.

63 Ara Just Fair   ~  May 21, 2016 4:01 pm

Let's go. Big inning! Bases juiced. No outs.

64 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 4:03 pm

Base hit!

65 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:03 pm

Okay, nice! Can't believe Castro didn't score on that though.

66 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:04 pm

Grrrr. Too short. Dammit.
Just one hit please.

67 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:04 pm

I mean, one more hit.

68 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 4:05 pm

Sac fly. I'll take it.

69 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:05 pm

I'll take that.
So Khris Davis doesn't have much of an arm, huh?

70 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:09 pm

Full count means Teixeira has a chance of scoring on a single...
I'd also accept a walk here.

71 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:11 pm

Hey, look at that!
That was extremely satisfying.

72 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 4:11 pm

Ref!

73 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 4:12 pm

[71] Indeed.

74 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:17 pm

That was cute. And Starlin is tall!

75 kenboyer made me cry   ~  May 21, 2016 4:18 pm

Unusual to cheer the REF, but big ups to ours.

76 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 4:18 pm

Nice shut down inning.

77 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:19 pm

Beauty!
Tanaka back in the groove.

78 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:19 pm

[75] Kill the ump, long live the Ref?

79 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:22 pm

Ooooh, good wheels!

80 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:23 pm

Hm, I dunno. I thin probably he's out. But enough to overturn?

81 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:23 pm

Yep. Damn.

82 kenboyer made me cry   ~  May 21, 2016 4:26 pm

Tex' game face looks particularly sad these days

83 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 4:27 pm

Oopsie

84 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:28 pm

For some reason I remember that last year the A's had the best defense in baseball. They look like crap. Did I remember that wrong?

85 kenboyer made me cry   ~  May 21, 2016 4:29 pm

Beltran must remain the regular DH, only occasionally playing OF. What does that mean for Arod?

86 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 4:29 pm

Rats. I wanted more runs

87 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:30 pm

Mighty Carlos has struck out.

88 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 4:39 pm

Ruh roh

89 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:41 pm

Shoot.
Hicks would have nailed him. :-)

90 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 4:42 pm

Phew, only one.

91 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:43 pm

Tanaka owns Khris Davis.

92 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  May 21, 2016 4:43 pm

Hey guys, just found the game on MLB, Oakland feed. Are the Yanks getting better or are the A's aweful?

93 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 4:45 pm

just getting home from work.

i see you guys couldn't keep the shutout in tact.

harrumph!

94 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 4:45 pm

[92] A's lead the league in errors, plus they have twelve guys on the DL, so . . .

95 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:52 pm

[93] We don't do anything in tact, you should know that.

96 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 4:52 pm

2 pitches, 2 outs!!

97 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 4:53 pm

Ah, Tanaka-san

98 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 4:54 pm

I have to admit, though, I never thought I'd be called tactless by a drummer.
Man.

99 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 4:54 pm

Tanaka!

Amazing how close his name is to Tanana. Minus the Frank part...

100 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 4:55 pm

[95] I wish you got to see Dull throw the other game. Let's just say his pitches weren't sharp. Maybe he'll be an Oaktown Bullpener today...

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101 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 4:56 pm

[98] Life's tough, ya know? Does it soften the blow if we go with percussionist instead?

102 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 4:58 pm

torre/reyes/yes!

103 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 5:00 pm

Good job, Starlin.

104 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  May 21, 2016 5:00 pm

Love that Castro is getting hot agsin.

105 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:00 pm

yeah!!!

106 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:04 pm

tex swinging at a pitch around his eyeballs.

107 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:09 pm

nice play, headley.

108 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 5:15 pm

Carlos is hot.

109 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:15 pm

beli threading the needle. 8 hits already in this series!

110 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:17 pm

bermuda is nice this time of year.

111 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 5:20 pm

Yeah, I'm going with the A's are bad.

112 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:21 pm

let's plate both of these guys.

A's are super sloppy this series!

113 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 5:26 pm

Oy. Brett.

114 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 5:27 pm

Stop swinging at that pitch

115 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 5:28 pm

Consonants has a good change-up.

116 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 5:30 pm

Humph.
Not a bad swing though.

117 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 5:36 pm

Yeah, sometimes the shift works.

Goody goody!

118 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:36 pm

nice positioning, starlin. (well, infield coaches.)

that frame was good[y].

119 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  May 21, 2016 5:36 pm

Duck just in time!

120 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:36 pm

[117] goodly goody was godly.

121 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:37 pm

at least the indians got a hit...

would be beyond wonderful if Fat Liar got busted for PEDs this season!

122 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 5:38 pm

Thelarmis, we saw Danny Valencia and Jake Smolenski this inning. The wrong one is Jewish.

123 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:39 pm

If Big Pine is gonna have such a high ERA, I wish he'd take a page out of Igawa's book and have a heavenly 6.66 instead of 6.60.

124 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:40 pm

[122] ha! yes, i think that about valencia every time i hear his name.

Jacob Smolenski - huh. Max Scherzer is another...

I'm headed to Queens soon for my niece's bat mitzvah.

125 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 5:40 pm

Smolinski. Sorry, Jake.

126 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 5:42 pm

Oh, nice! Queens must be the bat mitzvah capital of the world.

I'm heading to New Haven for my brother's fiftieth birthday. Well, next weekend, not shortly.

127 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:43 pm

tex is now triple slashing 191/296/284

128 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:44 pm

[126] i imagine it is. 50 is a nice round number! i can't believe it's on my radar...

129 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 5:46 pm

Ah Goody for the ninth

130 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 5:46 pm

There's something nice about those single-roman-numeral birthdays. And L is the last for pretty nearly all of us...

131 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:47 pm

wait. why the frick is chapman warming up? stoopid save rule?!

jeesh. bollocks!

132 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 5:49 pm

One down, but a loud out.

133 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:50 pm

let's get two real quick.

134 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 5:51 pm

You know Goody wants a dp. Finish this!

135 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  May 21, 2016 5:51 pm

Chapman. Really?

136 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 5:52 pm

I hear percussion.

137 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 5:53 pm

Two down

138 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 5:53 pm

Okay!

139 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 5:54 pm

Three down!

Time for the Preakness

140 RIYank   ~  May 21, 2016 5:54 pm

GG all!

141 thelarmis   ~  May 21, 2016 5:55 pm

Wicktory!

alright, family time. pizza, beer, love.

4 in a row. drive for five!!!

142 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 5:55 pm

Well, the last couple seconds of it.

No triple crown this year.

143 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  May 21, 2016 5:55 pm

Oops. Missed the end to watch the Preakness. DP?

144 rbj   ~  May 21, 2016 5:59 pm

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