Yanks turn to old reliable C.C. Sabathia tonight. Boy, you can see this going south on him quickly, looking old and feeble, the Indians beating the snot out of him. Revenge. Old wounds. All that old salt shit. But you can also see him keeping out boys in it as they try to survive Kluber and somehow find a way to steal this goddamn game.
Biggest one of the year.
Never mind the shadows (or the odds):
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Picture by Bags
Prepare to be Klubotted.
Forgot how much Kluber owns the Yanks. Will just make it sweeter!
Let’s Go YANK-EES!
Let's Go Yankees! Down with the klube.
sox getting smoked again? Holy moly.
Hell fucking yes!
Gary!
Oopsie!
Hmmmmm...more pitches.
C'mon, Hicks!
Shit! If The Big Fella can throw a 1,2,3 first inning that would be optimal.
38 pitches for Kluber in that inning -- possibly more important than the two runs. They're using the Pedro formula!
And by the way -- when you think the game starts at 2:30, and you check in to find that Sanchez has already homered and the Yanks already have a lead -- that's kind of awesome.
Barf. Total whiff.
Turn two here.
Jesus Fucking Christ.
Ruh roh.
No freebies, Gary.
Nice job, CC.
Shit.
OUCH! I've done that about a dozen times in my life.
sucks but he's out
That is a gigantic kick in the bollocks.
I'd be surprised if Cleveland didn't challenge the challenge.
Can someone give me a quick summary of what just happened? ESPN's GameCast is kind of quirky, and I didn't get MLB.tv up and running in time. Looked like there was a review of some sort?
Humpback liner to Didi who jumoed and caught it. When he landed he dove towards 2nd to try to double up runner who promptly rolled his ankle terribly and would've been safe but was in so much pain took leg off bag and Didi still had glove on him.
Frazier error leads to runs and then takes bat outta Judge's hands. Weak.
that was a perfect throw but jeez what the heck is he doing running?
Maybe this'll be the first 1,2,3 inning from a Yankee starter.
I dunno, maybe Joe figured Judge would strike out again and wanted to reset the at bat for him?
Otherwise, I got nothing ...
C'mon CC ... Can we please get a decent start from SOMEBODY???
why are we seeing 1/3 of the pitches from behind the catcher?
Sigh
Jeebus
Fuck. Castro shoulda had that. We're fucked.
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooo, Fucking hell.
Here comes the bunt.
[31] I hate that -- it's like they feel like they need to get fancy in the playoffs. It happens with the NBA also. Everyone knows the best way to show a game. Just keep it simple.
Espn's gamecast and box score now fucking suck. Why change it right before the playoffs begin? Sooo stoopid. And why make it impossibly terrible??? : /
And there it is. They'll keep piling it on. It'll be 6-2 before ya know it.
I hate cleveland.
We're about to get tonked by Bubba Gump.
Keep,working from behind. Works out real well.
Dodged that one.
C'mon CC ... ONE MORE.
This stupid asshole is going to hit a 3 run double.
And ... EXHALE.
Could have been worse
Yes! I'm typically stress free and happy at 6 on Fridays. Oi!
This is really beginning to remind me of the late 90s, before the Yankee-Boston rivalry really blossomed again. There was a time when the Cleveland series almost seemed like a bigger deal. The Red Sox aren't going away, regardless of what's happening in Houston, but Cleveland is gonna be around. And here's something odd -- somehow I really can't stand their fans. I don't feel that way about Boston fans, for some reason. But Cleveland? They kind of make me ill.
GO. TO. RIGHT FIELD.
Swing the fucking bat. It was an obvious strike.
Whaddya waiting for blue, you miserable asshole.
Fuck yeah! Castro made up for it there
Starlin ties it back up
Viva Castro!
70 pitches already
Viva la Castro!
Perfectly placed bit by Bird. How bout a 3-run job right now?!
That was definitely outside, asshole
And by the way -- Greg Bird. That's all.
HICKS!!!
And did I mention AARON HICKS?????
You've been Hicksed!
He klobbered that orb!!!
Someone just got Klubotted.
Hicks!
BOOM GOES A-A-RON!!!
Hey cult: I kinda nostra'ed that! ; )
Klobbered.
Dear Big Man CC,
Please make this lead stand up.
Just waking up in mountainous Yamagata Prefecture in northern Japan..I miss anything?
Neh. Clean game all around. No scoring. Kinda boring. ; )
The broadcasters couldn't be calmer. Had this been the tribe, they'd be jumping outta their skin and losing their voices.
Fuck everyone, GO YANKS!!!
They're not sure how to respond when what they see doesn't fit the predetermined narrative.
[48] i don't have anything against their fans, other than that guy who used to drum, but i really hated the 90s indians team. i think mostly because of the mascot but also because they were really good.
Whew
I feel really bad that Tito is upset by the strike zone. I wonder how that feels?
Finally, we get a fucking call.
Indians and their fans should be accepting of that and expecting a lot more to even things up.
[73] The drummer is still there, banging away. He's been doing that for more than twenty years now.
[77] wow, i didn't realize that. i hate that guy. no offense to the drummers here, just hate him.
No offense taken! Now, if it were marimba, then we'd have a problem... ; )
Yeah, CC!!
All-Starlin play!
[78] I hate which ever asshole can be heard on the MLB broadcast mics "war-whooping" (even though it sounds more like ululation) before every pitch ...
Hey all! Nice start!!!
[82] I’ve been hating on that hard here
Great at bat Didi!
The bird the bird!
Bird joins the party
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH WELLA ... BIRD BIRD BIRD, BIRD IS DA WORD!!!
I know it looked foul but poor Sterling missed the call entirely. Wake up, Grandpa!
We just need C.C. to get us 3-6 more outs.
[82] yeah, him too. ok, these fans suck.
I was outside with my wife going over our house construction and fucking missed it. Goddammit!!
[91] They even threw in a completely bizarre and gratuitous "Yankees Suck!" chant while EE was being called off the field ... Like somehow the Yankees were responsible he twisted his ankle ... Tha Fuck???
I think I would've preferred Headley in that matchup. Guess it doesn't matter...
[93] haha, i think it was like how dare you challenge that call when our guy got hurt on the play? which i kind of get, but he was clearly out. i don't understand how the umpire didn't call him out, he left the base.
[93] But it's Red Sox fans who are responsible for the infection of "XXX SUCKS" chants into our sports ... so they're simply the worst.
Hell yeah, Carsten Charles!
Bird Lives!
Wow, Astros with an old school asswhoopin on the Sawx.
C.C. not much longer surely?
Yes, the whole Yankees Suck chant is repulsive and the fault of the scumsucking cheat sux fans. May they all rot in fucking hell.
[98] As long as he's getting outs ...
Take that, Bubba!
CC is cruising. 11 in a row. Excellent pitch count. 5-run lead. Definitely send him back out and try to steal another inning, maybe more. Save the pen.
Hmm CC is on a roll, send him out for the sixth?
Alright ... have the pen "stirring" when CC comes out for the next inning, but let him pitch into light trouble (pull him after the 2nd batter reaches base).
Nice hit, Todfather
Definitely send CC out for the 6th. Shouldn't even be a question.
Crap
What the hell is that roaring sound that accompanied the hits? Really really bad.
Damn, cc
Wait ... Green's been up 3 times now?!?!?
QUIT. DRY HUMPING. HIM.
Take him out now!
Getting Green up and down 3 times worries me, if he ends up coming in.
Hmmm, I'm not paying attention to who's coming up, but I would've kept in the big man for another batter.
Right move. Good job CC
This is random but the CLE radio guy just said ‘Ken Hawk Harrelson, now there’s a HOF announcer’ Huh??
Oh, crap. I didn't realize the 3 separate warmups...
Sterling as I was driving home: "Well, Suzyn, you just can't figure baseball."
[115] HOF of horrible ...
Chapman warming up in the 6th?
Chapman up?
Uhhhh, Chapman up?
O.o?
Chapman??
OF COURSE HIS STUFF ISN'T AS ELECTRIC, YOU FUCKSTICKS ... HE'S WARMED UP 3 FUCKING TIMES!!!!!!
YOU JUST FUCKING MENTIONED THAT!
AAAAAAAAARGH.
My wife walked down and started talking right before that. I'm blaming her! But, she just cooked me dinner...
D-Rob warming
Oh, christ ... Joey Joe Joe's gone nuts here.
CC can't look and the drummer dude is there...
Put him away
Fuck you, blue
Ruh roh
Hit the bat!!!
Jeez, blue.
Is it reviewable???
Why not review it???
Fuck no
Yup, I just knew that was coming
That was obvious.
what in all fucking fuck?
Lindor....damn
Fuck. You. Joe. Girardi.
Not reviewing that play is the equivalent to letting the midges torment Joba.
Should've kept CC in, should've reviewed the HBP, should've taken green out.
Girardi really screwed that up. Chad clearly didn’t have it. And that prior batter was out. I have no idea why they let that go.
[141] True ... but I'm mostly pissed at his bullpen mis-management right now.
There is NO excuse for not reviewing that play. I was thinking about the grand slam — wasn’t Girardi???
A fireable offense for GI Joe.
the entire coaching staff should be fired immediately. this is really inexcusable.
Our bats better not go down meekly here. (They will.)
[144] it's always Cleveland.
I'm going to look at this through rose-colored glasses and say that we still have Kahnle, Betances, Chapman, and Robertson and this is why we have them.
There's one meek out.
There's the second meek out.
Sorry I missed it, what didn’t Joe challenge?
Yup. 3 meek outs. Easy call.
Miller in the 8th, Allen in the 9th.
HBP - ball hit the knob of the bat. That loaded the bases. Then Lindor went boom.
[153] Because a more important moment might somehow come up.
Thanks!
I’m off to see a film about the ancient libraries of Timbuktu in Mali..and may have Gameday open on my lap. Keep the faith youse guys!
[155] and would have been third out because gary caught it
Gump this Bubba!
NAILED!
He obviously went around. Deal with it and sit the fuck down.
[157] I'm told thumbs down is somehow the proper way for a Yankees fan to say "cool" so thumbs down.
Hammered
That would've been a called strike had the momentum not moved Gary's arm.
NAILED!
6 outs
How about not going down meekly this time?
[166] I'm down with that.
I would say a 1-2-3 inning on 9 pitches constitutes going down meekly.
Chapman for 6 outs?
I hope the Hamma starts this frame and knocks em down quick-like.
Bruce's power is scary here
Screwed up the timing and missed most of the fun today. Wish I'd done that on the first game.
So Kluber shit the bed? Who knew? The Sanchino is back.
When do we see Chapman?
Yup. Sure is scary.
I fear this is a bridge too far.
Kahnle hasn't allowed a run since September 1st.
Joey Joe Joe is going to ruin this.
Yup. Called it.
Fuckitty fuck fuck!
I would've preferred the leadoff walk.
Yep I think that was too much for d-rob
Shoulda seen him sooner I see. Sorry for bringing the bad luck.
Why the fuck didn't we review that HBP?!?!?!
Same with that game when Didi had that weird slide into 3rd. He was safe...
Nice catch, Didi. Not that it matters, we're gonna lose 11-8...
I would've taken 8-8 in the 8th at 8am this morning. So fuck it. Let's win
Ok, let’s go belly to belly and hit gouble digits
Oh look, Kahnle retired both batters he faced ... I wonder if he could have done that for three?????
I’m feeling kind of ill.
A baserunner!
Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!! To first!
No pinch runner?
Good thing we don't have any pinch runners on the fucking roster.
[187] We have none. Well, except Ellsbury, but he's our DH.
Oh, good. We gave up an out.
Just got home to the TV. Did these announcers orgasm half as hard for any of the NYY home runs as they did for Jay Bruce's? Why do I feel like I know the answer?
Did they even acknowledge the fake HBP and the effect it had?
All I hear from them now is tsk tsk, the Yankees blew the lead.
Why the small ball with Judge and Sanchez coming up. Don't give away outs here.
I just want a double here, Judge
We didn't bring Frazier or Wade, so ... Yay?
[191] You should have heard them for Lindor's GS ...
[191] no. because it's obvious. yes but then they forgot about it later.
[191] Well, we did. Girardi completely blew the inning and then the lead. Frankly, they should be ripping his ass non-stop.
71/10 K/BB for Joe Smith. What a name!
These Indians play VERY annoying defense.
Passed ball, WP, balk, I’m open to any of those
Manfred should really say something about the obvious anti-Yankee bias on the booth. I mean, this MLBN after all...
Not a k though. Modammit
How did he not swing at that???
We are so losing this game...
[197] Oh, no question. Just curious about the slant in the booth.
Why was Judge first pitch swinging there? Sigh.
I think I'd rather watch the cubs-nats game than watch the walkoff
Oh great. The midge game was 10 years ago yesterday.
[201] Shrug. I listen to about 10% of what they say anyways ...
Stop fouling off pitches and strike out already
And Joba just officially retired the other day
Finally. Took 9 pitches instead of 3.
[201] We don't need the announcers sympathy. We don't need help from the Commish. We're The Bombers. The Evil Empire. Fuck the rest of baseball.
A quick DP, please
We're bombing this game
I feel old. Ten years ago?
Well I believe ten years is what’s needed for a full MLB pension.
Siddown!
Una mas
Shut up and siddown, Ramirez
WOW!!! And, whew.
Three!
Free post season baseball.
Stop complaining Ramirez. You got smoked.
Viva La Castro!
Phew.
Hey everybody ... FREE BASEBALL!!!
Starlin!
[215] is there a Bronx Banter pension?
Come you Fuck-O’s, time to score a run and then put an end to this, win it ugly and move on!
I'd rather have won in regulation so I could be free of baseball (and agita) and go on a damn beer run.
(That was some play by Starlin and Didi.)
Jesus, guys, that didn't take long. What the hell?
At least run up the counts a little before you fail
Remember when we made Kluber throw 70+ pitches in less than 3 innings? Good times.
[223] There was, but someone made bad investments in Blackberry and wiped it out. I have no further comment
Run into one Conrad.
Atta Bird
Hicks - hit another homer, man
I like the hit. But we need runs. Now!
Woo-Hoo!
I’ll take that.
Now, a WP, PB or balk.
C'mon Hedley!
One hit...just one hit. A looper, a flare, a Texas leaguer, Something. Anything.
There's always the old take off for second, stop halfway trick. :)
I am down with any run scoring scenario here
Clearly low. Shut up, crowd.
I see it now...the dip shit announcers see kind of disappointed that the Yanks have a small rally going.
Yeesh
One of us had better start throwing
Sigh.
Weak ass motherfucking bullshit
I’m still feeling ill, by the way.
1 down
Two
girardi is really an ass. if that had been romine telling him to challenge, does anyone doubt he would have?
Lots of fastballs from chapman clicking in at 99
What an idiot! Hold the ball!!!
Speed in scoring position.
Now they're making shit up
Doesn't Brett Weber (or whatever his name is) have a say in the replay?
Toss the camera man
Review the HBP and we're not in this position...
You expect that from a drunk fan. But a working professional who influences the game like that needs to have the world come down on his head, hard.
[254] They're not listening just to the players, they've got people reviewing the video and calling down to the dugout.
Toss the Yankee manager! Toss the Cleveland fans!
[256] Manage the bullpen as if you're not sniffing glue and we're not here ...
Do we lose on chapman's first pitch now?
Deck this Gonzalez guy no one's ever heard of. He spells his first name wrong, so he deserves to make a quick and easy out! :)
Thanks to the letter k for the out!
Chappy did his job.
Nice. Still want that camera guy doxxed, famous, fired, sad. Fucking hell.
Or, maybe I should b me thanking the letter cee!
Great job Chappie!
11. Insert Spinal Tap joke
Need to take it now. I gotta to to my daughter's school festival.
Dave Schoenfield on ESPN is calling this "The Girardi Game".
I don't understand why he wouldn't challenge something like that. Anyone have a clue.
Now that's irony
I will definitely take that
WOOOOOOOOO!
That's what I'm talkin about! Spell our name correctly and that doesn't happen. ;)
Oh dear.
I can play this out in my mind.
Gardner bunts Torreyes to 3rd.
Judge K's.
Sanchez ... doesn't.
Dude. Waaay too close RoTo.
Um, Toe . . .
Yer shittin me
FFS Toe, don't get cute.
Un-fucking-real.
If this gets overturned, it's devastating. And, if yore gonna bunt him over, keep Frazier in. His defense is really good.
Fuck. We're doomed.
Long drive to the Jersey swamps. Torres, never heard of him
We don't deserve to win.
He was out. I always hat the pinch runner. Send a guy in cold. I bet odds for a mistake are higher than not.
[280] superb point. Edgar Martinez can go second to third on a bunt. Right now, I mean.
[282] we, thank god, are not joe girardi. the team deserves a manager who isn't a moron.
No you're not, just throw Judge breaking shit away ... it's like catnip to him, he'll swing at shit you couldn't hit with a fucking boat oar.
Unreal
[286] yep
Sigh ... that should have gone a LONG way.
That wasn't close
Please give us the lead, Sanchize.
Boo-Ya!
God don't send him. Don't get cute
Low and outside. Stop griping.
Judge walks ... Sanchez up ... c'mon Gary ... CIRCLE THE SQUARE!
First pitch looked good
Why is he not at 2nd!
Sigh ... that was ANOTHER pitch that should have been gone.
Judge should have gone because the catcher "already showed off his cannon"?
[297] questioning Smoltz, not you
Bollocks.
This isn’t helping my blood pressure
Gotta run. Hang in there guys. I've got faith.
Now who pitches?
Chapman ... again?
Dancin'?
Buckle up
Well, here's Dellin. Facing Lindor. Jeesh.
Nice and easy though!
Blood pressure, stomach, head, mood. None are in good shape...
Another nice and easy.
One more, please!
Good Dellin showed
Good job Dancin'
C'mon guys ... let's do this!
Beautiful inning for DB! Gotta send him out again
trying to be upbeat about this, we can still win, etc etc. but realistically the manager gave this game away and is a huge liability going forward.
Betances next inning or Severino?
Come on Bird. Be the word.
[312] Well, Joey Joe Joe's not usually such a dumpster fire ... everybody has a bad day at the office every once in a while ...
[313] Betances.
At this rate, Cubs Nats is going to be over first, despite starting 2.5 hours later
Complete and utter pathetic bullshit.
I guess there are TV crew wants to show us the strike zone box, and times when it doesn't fit the narrative
Betances. Then...Warren?
... are times when the ...
[319] Exactly ... I much preferred the Fox setup yesterday, where it was always ghosted into the screen.
[322] as if on cue!
by the way, these fans really are horrible. anyone see that chief wahoo sign "not in my teepee"???
[324] I keep thinking about the people who have to sit near the drum
[...and just like that, I miss Freddy Sez.]
Nice, Didi
Nice catch. Didi!
I'm sorry. "Here's the man"?
I've been away but watching on a friend's glitchy streamed feed on his tv. OiI
Nice Dellin
GREAT job, Dellin!!
Wow ... Betances is Dancin' ... do you risk another inning?
I’d give DB a thirdinning
What are you looking for?
Jesus Christ. This is ridiculous
Sure, why not. Fuck it. Three Dellin back out there.
That was inside, asshole ump.
Selling short on Torreyes jerseys about now
Still Dellin. I'm cool with that.
Did the vendors stop selling beer in the 7th?
I'm about to pour my first (of many)...
Why in hell is that photographer still around?
That is a fucking strike.
DP here.
Leadoff walk with lead to our loss.
[341] seriously
[338] selling even shorter on Girardi's. They need to fire him.
Hmm, he’s tiring
Yeah, he's gonna score.
Nope, safe
Fuckin Ajax
Ouch!
On the bright side, at least the shitty umpire got hit.
Check for concussion
Fucking fuckers.
They fucking deserve to lose.
Fuck Girardi
Fuck you, Girardi. This is the defining moment of your managerial career.
See yall sunday
And there it is.
All because Girardi didn’t challenge a HBP. Not on Dellin, on Joe.
Night all. There is vodka to be drunk
Fuck shut piss hell.
Congrats Indians ... Joey Joe Joe Shabadoo, Jr. handed you an invitation ... and you ran with it.
Booze time. Night all
This is on GI Joe
First beer now being imbibed
I'm about 2 bottles of wine into it ... ain't helping that much.
Well, off to watch the USMNT, at least they managed to hold a lead tonight.
Girardi blew it in a big moment but doesn’t have the balls to admit he screwed up. Pathetic.
Plenty of blame to go around but I blame Torreyes most.
I don't think Frazier needed a pinch runner. That's on GI Joe
Worse than the Midges?
[370] i've been debating this with friends. i say yes. midges was bad but at least you could say, hey, crazy stuff like that happens. here, there's just absolutely no excuse not to challenge the play, especially when your star catcher is telling you to do it. i just can't believe it.
371) Looks bad that Joe G couldn't just call his gaffe what it was. I guess it is hard to own up to that. But it was a boner. That said, Green still needs to make that pitch, ditto Robinson. And Chapman and Betances were impressive. So was C.C. So many good performances, but this will be a memorable loss. Self-inflicted. Torres mistake was brutal. Frazier looked like he wanted to murdalize the poor kid.
Reminds me to De Niro in COPLAND: "You had your chance and you BLEW IT."
Ugh, man.
[372] yeah, i see all that, but we're talking about a tiny sample size of 27 outs per team. everything that happened happened, they should have made their pitches, they should have hit in the late innings, they shouldn't get picked off, all true. but realistically this game comes down to that one pitch, where the umpire has to back up his team and challenge the play. i don't know if it's worse than the midges, but it's really, really bad.
anyway, i'm not sure i'll be around on sunday so i just want to say, in case we lose, thanks for keeping up this blog and letting us all vent. i haven't been around that much the last few years because i've been busy and the yankees haven't been much fun, but i always enjoy coming by for the games.
[373] manager, not umpire, duh
This was definitely worse than the midges. That was some bizarre natural act. This was a 5-run lead and we were in control. This was an oversight that was thought out. Correct action declined. A fireable offense. The replay clearly showed it hit the knob. The hitter didn't even act it out. Total bollocks. Fuck you, GI Joe.
About this problem have already been solved a lot of times.
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[375] Worse than that ... Sanchez KNEW it hit the knob and ran over to the bench to tell them to challenge ... Girardi had TWO challenges to use ... his excuse was beyond pathetic ... this was his Ewell on the 1st day of Gettysburg moment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldveHUc5vUs
That was a bad, bad loss ... one that very well might stain this year and several to come ...
[368] No. Just no. The blame starts and ends with Girardi.
[377] Don't know if anyone will come back to this thread, but thanks for being insightful and saying Ewell/Day 1 and not fashionable and saying Longstreet/Day 2. :)