Well, that was a ton of fun last night, right? A big come-from-behind win. Homers in the 9th, John Sterling extra excitable. And why not? There might not be many of these this season. For one night, our guys gave us a reason to smile—9 to 7 was the final. Then, this afternoon, another walk-off—on a passed ball of all things—and more funski with a 2-1, win. Pineda was great and the Big Three were tough, tough, tough.
Bombers head out to…San Deigo tonight…because baseball is weird. Okay, so the Padres. Whatever.
Never mind the sunshine:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Ah west coast late night games. At least it's the even more sad sack Padres and not the fat squirrel Mike Scioscia
My strategy worked. I had, with all my heart (well at least 85%) decided to give up on the Yanks this year after "RainGate."
Now after having won two-straight with Gatorade and all the trimmings, they are dick teasing back in again. I guess I'll never learn.
TB
Don't know if there's going to be a new game thread, but 10:40 is too late for me. Have to take the dogs to the park in the morning (they've got a great contract in exchange for that whole unconditional love thing) then errands and some yard work.
Indians Blue Jays game was crazy. Plus they've got a 1 pm start tomorrow.
i think it was obvious that solarte was gonna do some damage. i imagine he's far from finished this series...
i hate seeing my pitchers (attempting to) hit.
this season, i hate seeing most of my hitters hit.
rbj with the rbi!
3-1
rbj with the wheels! that's 15 stolen bases.
(if RI is reading, i'd like to clarify that's for the season thus far and not tonight. 15 SBs after one at-bat would be impressive. probably even a record of some sort.)
yes, brett, that was indeed strike three.
fuck shit piss hell.
of course, some guy named Schimpf just hit his first career homer in a huge ballpark. what the fuck happened to Vivaldi? i guess the summer is just not his season...
after giving up 10 homers in june, he starts off july in tater fashion.
some guy called Jankowski is up now. has to go yard, right? yeah, has to.
wait, he bunted. why bunt with that name? you passed on an easy homer!
my jokes are awesome.
don't worry, i'll be here all night.
if your name is myers, it's pretty obvious you're gonna strike out on 3 pitches. ok, fine, 4.
rea pronounced ray.
tex batting .193
who's the guy on yes w/ singleton? lorenz?
i don't think it's lorenz...
shift on. big puffy cheek full out swing.
tex gets hit by a pitch. ooh, fastball on the elbow. my guess is he'll be out until the all-star break... of 2019.
beli most likely sitting this entire weekend.
mccann most likely popping up to ALEXEI.
then, a lame ass fucking double play. this "ray" guy keeps falling behind hitters. our hitters keep making outs. our pitcher keeps giving up runs. the house drummer for the banter keeps typing bollocks to no one. i'm going to get another beer...
here's solarte. gotta be a homer. right? right.
young yangervis works the count to 3-1. now, full.
works a walk. just as good as a hit. a homer is a kind of hit.
vivaldi looks like pavlano on the mound, but wears willie's number.
gives up homers like phil phranchise.
hey, look at that - a tailor made double play! we got one out only.
this melvin guys looks *exactly* like BJ. in fact, i've never seen such a doppelgänger in my life.
either way, both of them just got picked off by the hottest season on the mound.
hey, look at that! vivaldi allows the leadoff runner to reach base.
schimpf doesn't even get a golf clap for his 2nd a-b.
watch him get a curtain call for his 2nd homer...
has any rookie ever received a curtain call for a strikeout?
now is as good a time of any.
how will vivaldi fare versus the pitcher?
rea skeiys a pop up.
hey, senior league!
vivaldi leading off the inning. wahoo! FUCK the national league. free out, few pitches, major injuries, boring as fuck.
first pitch weak groundout for rbj.
Cy Rea. how many pitchers have the yankees faced this season whose ERAs were over 5.00 when they began the game and under it after facing our weak ass overpaid excuses for hitters? i bet it's A LOT!!!
another leadoff runner for the friars.
this kid looks like khalil greene. remember him?
BOOM!!! there it is.
2-run homer for wil myers. he should get an extra run to buy another "l" for his name. or, simply for how much he crushed that.
bye-bye .500.
hey, let's leave him in. sure, why not.
there's solarte. nice effort by rbj. shoulda had it. $153 million doesn't get you what it used to.
NOW, nathan is done for the evening...
mullee? i hope he gets to bat for us. with a name like that, in this park, he'll hit a homer!
i guess i should let you all know that mac hit a homer.
Winnie in the house!
hicks sounds good on paper. not so much on the baseball field.
play ref everyday...somewhere. he should be rotating from rf, 2b, 1b, 3b.
fuckin' halos. woulda coulda shoulda...
solarte - single, double, walk, run.
boomer wells in the house too!
myers steals second. bad throw from brian. man on 3rd.
solarte about to add an rbi to his ledger.
did yangervis ever have a two walk game with the yanks?
oh, yay. swarzak coming into pitch. my night just keeps getting better!
oh, joy. good game for brian behind the dish. at least the run scoring on this passed ball isn't a game winner. this game was lost in the 1st inning by nathan.
big mac's beard is super silver. forgot he was the hitting coach for the friars...
the gritty one has looked baaaaaaaaaaaad lately. charleston's a cool town though. savannah's probably a little better...
hey, a nice little easy 1-2-3 inning.
for those of you not watching - all of you - the yankees were batting...
alright, everyone. i'm glad you all hung around. here it is - the final three outs.
to the top of the 9th we go at petco. the fun never ends!
get your predictions in now...
hey, look at that, it's Matt Thorn-Ton. but...he has a *massive* beard.
really? you're gonna boo alex that hard, but accept mcgwire as your hitting coach?
ha! alex gets a hit through the shift, the crowd cheers, a run scores. 1st and 2nd no out in the 9th. 7-3. unbelievable!
even crazier - a-rod just tied winfield on the all-time hits list. winnie's in the ballpark. 19th place. guess who's next on the list? yup, mr. padre himself. i mean, you can't make this shit up!
ooh, that was low ump.
let's go, didi!
nice fucking hit, didi! damn, dude.
alex shoulda scored but, you know, he's old and stuff. 2nd & 3rd, no out.
tying run at the plate. but it's hicks. might as well be a middle relief pitcher. wait, beli's on deck!
run scoring groundout.
7-5, man on 3rd, 1 out.
here's beli. i hope we don't lose 7-6...
funny how the rodney trade is looming large.
wow. ANOTHER wild pitch/passed ball run!
7-6, no one on, 1 out, beltran up.
hit a homer, hall of famer!
goddamn, i LOVE that motherfucker!
beltran with a *beautiful* gap double. was able to jog into 2nd. apparently, we can't pinch run for him. stoopid NL rules. put in a pitcher or romine. or chris gwynn. fuck.
dammit. beli on 3rd. two out. if gritner gets carlos home... ALEX IS PLAYING THE FIELD!!!
please tie the game. please tie the game. please tie the game.
HUGE "let's go yan-kees" chants going on. i fucking LOVE that!!!
i want another wild pitch. or passed ball. or balk.
get the run home!!!
fuck. we lost. no alex in the field.
only thing saved is our negative run differential.
had ellsbury scored in the first inning, as he certainly should have, we would've tied it in the 9th...
ellsbury did have another catchers interference. his 7th. almost had 8. that's the record.
for a season, not a game.
Castro's batting third tonight and Nova's pitching. Feh.
I'll tune in for as long as I can, but no promises.
Ugh, Fox game
Halos coming through tonight at the Fens! They've dropped a TWENTY spot on the shit sox!!! Still in the 7th. Laptop started. It's 20-1 and the 1 run was unearned.
I'd love for them to drop to .500 and below and for their top hitters to fall off the leader boards. I'd also like Manfred to contract the team. If that won't happen, at least demolish that little league ballpark.
My wish is that Fat Liar gets busted with PEDs before the season is out. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.
Fox Sports 1 apparently. I haven't tried to get it via the MLB package on Roku. Will try in a few...
Pomeranz is having a good season...
Of course, Markus homered. 20-2
Ichiro now 11 hits from 3000
Nope. I can only get the game on FS1.
Ichiro! Rocks
He's got 500 stolen bases, right?
I'd like to see a highlight reel of his batting practice homers. I think Boggs was pretty prestigious at that too.
3 pm Monday for the hot dog eating contest. Four letter network
Don't know about the stolen bases.
Halos got the run back. I'm happy it was unearned - means the shit sox made an error! I hate the bottom of the 9th in beantown, but I'm liking the 19-run lead. NINETEEN!!! Let's hope the run diff stands as is. I'd like a quick 1-2-3 frame.
505 stolen bases. Double digits every year but this. Only 7 so far
505 SBs! He reached the mark this season. Awesome.
Ha! Yeah, he'll definitely get to double digits this season. Very cool.
Strike out Nova. Ok, that's just as good. I hate pitchers running the bases.
Halos threatened in the 9th, but some unknown Boston outfielder was the only "pitcher" not to give up a run.
I'm tapping out. Night, thelarmis.
Cheers, rbj!
Of course, the shit sox threatened in the 9th. They always do. I hate that. 3 singles , no runs.
21-2 final !!!
lotsa batters fouling balls off themselves tonight.
i missed the part when they compared solarte to headley, since the trade. pretty similar at the plate.
i've got this game on mute and am listening to metal \m/ once the phone is charged, prolly gonna talk to my old college roommate. we tend to catch up around July 4th for whatever reason...
damn. nice catch by kemp.
nice play by solarte, but he's definitely safe. that review HAS to be overturned.
shouldn't take this long. the ball wasn't firmly in the glove. on top of that, the tie goes to the runner. he was clearly safe. it was a bad call to begin with and an easy one to overrule via replay. this is a farce.
call it correctly and quickly. let's fucking go already. jeesh!
finally. what the FUCK took that goddamn long? oh great. all that and nova's at the plate. fuck the national league. this is bollocks.
rbj with the leadoff double. that's better than schimp's 2-out double.
i'd like a steal of 3rd and a fucking RUN!
gritner bunts him over. i hate that. but, wait...solarte can't handle it and it's a hit! brett should jet over to second to take away the double play. i hate that castro's batting third tonight...
rbi groundout. gritner on second. i really want him to steal 3rd.
The Tolo beat Arrieta tonight. 43 years old!
halos:
cron 6-6, 5 rbi
perez (who?) 5-5, 6 rbi
first time since 1936 that two teammates had (at least) 5 hits and 5 rbi.
pujols - 5 rbi
trout 'only' had 2 hits and scored 3 runs. bum. trade him!
hey, headley - remember those 115 rbi in san diego? how bout revisiting that now?
didi's batting like .380 vs. lefties this season. how bout that?!
shit sox committed FOUR errors tonight. i love it!
what?! how'd he miss that tag?! fuck.
janokowski this time. i think he's out. let's see another angle. ok, a better angle. fuck. i think he missed the tag. fuck you, castro!
they're reviewing it anyway. i wonder how long this will take. this'll. thistle.
btw, castro was on his familiar side of the bag, so this isn't a "he's a new second baseman learning the angles" kind of thing.
holy crap. they called him OUT! no way. wow.
we MUST win this game.
of course, nova walks the next batter after the gift out.
huh. GI Joe bringing Dellin in with 1 out in the 6th. nova only threw 77 pitches. 4 outs for betances, 4 for miller, 3 for the chapped man?
myers steals a base. kemp drives him in with an "excuse me" check swing double. FUCK!
WAHOO!!! nice fucking play at the plate. go Ref!!! way to tag and hold on, Romine. i love it! no need for replay on that. still a tie game. whew!!!
what?! they're reviewing it. bollocks. he was OUT!!!! out Out OUT. a million times out. there's no doubt.
[bj had a nice hit to cause all this ruckus...]
yup, he was out dammit!
leadoff walk. ARGH!!!
Hey Thelarmis, ever feel like you're talking to yourself. ;>)
Sorry, I've been avoiding the dreaded PC. I spend all week staring at it, frying my eyes, so I just watch the games on the iPhone on the weekend.
I forgot some shit at the orafice so I have to go into Ginza now [groan]...but this game has shit sandwich written all over it.
Nova looking fantastic, but gets G.I.Joe'd out of the game.
Betances is human.
The Yankees line-up not worth the price of admission.
Ref has the play of the game IMHO.
Catcher stealing. Fuck me and the horse I road in on.
I hate these announcers. Too smug. I think I got the San Diego feed, but it's a good picture so I'm afraid to change it.
Boat!!! yup : )
my fam calls it the "orafice" too!
yeah, why is Nova out of the game???
nice hook, dellin!!!
i have the game on mute and am listening to metal. (shhh, don't tell Jazz!)
Boom.
That's the Dellin we know and love.
[104] No worries. My lips are sealed. Anyway, he makes fun of the Rolling Stones, which to me is sacrilegious.
Nice walk. ;>)
damn, that was a nice DP by Wil(l)
[106] well, i'll be joining jazz in making fun of the stones!!! i have to play two of their tunes on a gig later this month. ugh : (
Fuckin' Hellsbury.
Blowin' bubbles at bat is ice cold.
crap. that woulda scored a run.
identical 1-6-0 lines. both teams have even left 5 men on base apiece.
[110] i like it. don't tell rbj! ; )
[111] castro, man. he got lucky on that lazy tag before. i hate that he's batting 3rd tonight. i get that there's no beli or a-rod and that didi is a lefty, but the latter is batting like .380 vs. portsiders this season!
That was not the outcome we were expecting Mr. Castro.
Dude, it's been real, but I gotta roll.
It's a bout 9000 degrees out, but at least I can wear shorts and flip-flops today.
Get some runs for us.
rock on. it's about 10,000 degrees here in hotlanta!
i'll do my best. love andrew on the mound. don't love the leadoff man on...
nice play by torre/reyes to get the lead runner.
wait. why is headley out? i missed that...
gotta get solarte. for some reason, bj owns andrew...
wahoo! nice work, andrew.
now...RUNS!!!
headed to the bottom of the 9th, knotted at uno.
i fucking HATE the national league. too many double switches...
oh, fuck. and there it is. GI Joe and his fucking binder. how can he NOT know the upton *owns* miller. first pitch of the bottom of the 9th - walk off homer. we're gonna get swept by the lowly padres. total fucking bollocks.
Looks to be a well used game thread.
Promising start, how will the Yankees blow it this time?
i was just about to post a note to all my faithful readers that even though i *could* watch and report the game, i don't think i will.
of course, we're threatening early. i'll stick around for this offensive frame, but will only check in occasionally throughout the game.
[124] easily. tex double play, then a strikeout.
well, there's the tex strikeout. now, the dp...
K. non deep fly ball.
I predict a ground ball out
this team is quite boring. wish there was a double steal...
he'll swing and miss at a ball...
And a K.
Amazing that we have no faith in the offense. And get rewarded for it.
k'd looking.
here comes chad green. there i go...
of course the shit sox are about to score in the double digits today...
At this point I'll take a run producing DP
chad green pitched great in the 1st.
i missed our unearned run, which scored on a double play ball.
of course, green struck out to end the inning and now has to pitch...
of course. it was only a matter of time.
solarte goes oppo and it's a tie game.
goodbye again!
Promptly given back
4 out of 6 outs via the k for green.
That's weird. He was in the box, foul, dead ball.
Didi did did!
Good start for Green today.
And as soon as I say that . . .
Double play! 1-6
Did with the leather too. Though that makes my back hurt
so...
chad green kicked some serious ass. rbj has 2 hits; gritner a walk and stolen base; hicks with 3 hits (!), and tex with 3 strikeouts...
the big 3 for the 7th, 8th, 9th. hoping for the best...
oh yeah, and of course, didi with the big homer!
Nova who?
leadoff hit against dellin. frick.
double frick. two singles. of course, this one was solarte.
we're going to lose.
DP still in order
and, of course, the dp possibility is now gone...
no andrew. it's swarzak as the 8th inning guy today.
awesome.
Chad was going so well, why is Joe such a slave to the binder?
a strike 'em out!
3-2 breaking ball and it was a beauty.
Phew
another strike em out. whew.
more runs, please!!!
Mark! #400
TEX!!!
that had to feel good.
i keep a list of switch-hitter homeruns and records. he's in impressive company.
oh good, he got the ball! he was psyched as he rounded first.
brian shows bunt, gets plunked. it was reviewed and everything.
speed on the basepaths!
oh good, andrew's up!
hicks works the count 3-0 and they intentionally walk him. his 4th time on base today.
torre/reyes and his "mustache" up.
alex with a helmet on!
won't get the chance to bat. tease...
alex could've hit for t'reyes with headley taking over at 3rd.
uh-oh. man on first. don't pitch to BJ!!!
Whew!!! struck out upton. exhale.
he's really tall and super skinny. upton, i mean. i guess andrew is too.
wil with no batting gloves. full count...
walked him. andrew is pissed at himself.
go ahead run at the dish.
You aren't helping your trade value, Andrew
andrew keeps falling behind...
he's not sharp. they're all overused.
of course, solarte is on deck...
Pheeeew!
whew. 26 pitches for andrew. nice play, tex!
3-1 headed to the 9th
alex at the plate!
How about an A bomb?
9 pitch a-b, but a groundout...
rbj with a stolen bag
nice! a gritty base hit.
4-1
TEX!!!
a no doubter. 6-1 yanks : )
lotsa love for the pinstripes there in SD.
sit chapman down!
quackenbush grew up a yankee fan : )
i think that's tex's 42nd multi-homer game. i believe mantle is the only switch-hitter with more (46)
I'll take that
Come on, Zak
Modammit!
of course, swarzak gives up a 2-run job and now chapman has to pitch for the save. nobody out...
Ok, two down
There ya go!
game over.
yanks win!
Thelarmis, was that really Teixeira's 400th homer of the season?? That has to be a record.
It was indeed, RI! And, it was his 42nd multi-homer game of the season, giving him (at least) 84 homers at the halfway mark. I'm pretty sure that's a record, but I'll have to look it up and get back to you.
11-pitch 1-2-3 1st for Lame Game James