Masahiro on the hill against the dread Dallas Keuchel down in Houston tonight. Matt Holliday gets the nod at DH.
Dude, Yanks in the ALCS. How cool is this?
Never mind the beefsteak:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
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Masahiro on the hill against the dread Dallas Keuchel down in Houston tonight. Matt Holliday gets the nod at DH.
Dude, Yanks in the ALCS. How cool is this?
Never mind the beefsteak:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Picture by Bags
Categories: 1: Featured Game Thread Yankees
Psst, Yankees, I’m not asking for a birthday present, but if you want to get me one, may I suggest a victory?
Yeah, I'll be forty in a month. They won it all three weeks before I was born, so some symmetry would be nice.
Oh, goodie. Buck and Smoltz. Mo, help me. At least I've memorized the 4 different channels to find the game. Go Yankees!
I keep thinking about 2009. I was 34. A lot happens in 8 years. Holy...
Here we go
Here We Go!
Let’s go Yankees!
That's a strike.
get green up
I guess I was a tad overly enthusiastic canceling spectrum. I turned it off today and Direct TV installs tomorrow. So my Yankee game will be on the radio on my phone. The silver lining is Fox Sports 1 wouldn't work anyway.
Let's go Yan-kees!
(9) Scott Proctor should be rested.
Joe Buck is worse than Kay at fly balls
[2][3] Geez I turned 50 back in January. And I even got an AARP letter in the mail.
[11] circle of trust
[13] 53 today
[12] i definitely thought it was gone off the bat, but then i'm not there
[15] happy bday
Thanks
Not a strike.
JoeBuck & Smoltzie..not so awful yet. Saw on YTube the other day Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola though, two masters.
Don’t like all these Ks...
Happy Bday, rbj! Pour out a fine dram or two
[21] Thanks, and if you say so
HBD, rbj.
i love that beli's ops is .666 \m/
like kei igawa's era!
happy birthday, rbj!
Weak tea.
nice, gritner!
here comes the judge!!
Atta boy, Brett!
Happy Birthday, rbj. Nice hit the other way, Brett.
Gritner! Thanks, ara and thelarmis
And iyasu
that was fucking LOW!
dammit. strike two was ball 4.
Not even close. Fucking Bollocks!
WTF was that strike call!
Judge overruled
Judge is lost but he's also getting f'd by the umps.
At this point I wonder how much the latter is informing the former.
how is supposed to NOT strike out every at bat when his strike zone is that big? total garbage.
Keuchel can go get bent. Arging about that pitch. They are all low. Fucker.
[15] bobby abreu!
i'll be reggie jackson in december.
37) In that mid season slump he was still getting about 2 or 3 pitches to hit every game, recognizing them, putting good swings on them and just missing. So far apart from the game against Minnie he is not even really getting fat pitches to take a pass at. He'll be OK. Think he'll do better vs. Verlander.
[40] I’ll be Reggie next March!
[42] I'm celebrating Mo all year and into the summer. And Jackie, of course.
Masahiro's pitches look sharp, expression and posture composed.
Painted.
what are you looking at??? : /
I'm over this dude and his beard. Fuck!
If I tried a split like that now, I’d be in traction
Big pitch here.
i'm tired of these appeals when it's not even close.
Yikes that's a great play.
well, that sucked.
Um don’t discount Judges D. He’s already robbed a homer this post season
How much more fucking muddy can they make the infield? Holy Christ.
Hit one for teens!
bruno mars with a base knock!
left it up...
Come on Hicks
Thank you. Starlin is darlin'
Dammit!
Just missed.
goddammit. that was close. fuck.
hicks gave it a loooong ride...
[56] Hah!! That’s funny
408 ft..1 ft too short
Evenin' all!
Damn that tiny tot and the big part of the ballpark in that last inning.
ball is not flying out to center tonight.
[53] to be fair, all he had to do was go back and jump a little. but he is a very good fielder in general.
So frustrating.
Damn, he’s fast
that's a bang-bang play.
Masa's miffed.
[62] looks a lot like him. a lot.
[63] cuuuuuuuuuuuuult! hey, man :)
stop the booing. the throw overs make sense here.
little fast bastid.
Shit.
Shite.
fuck.
I'll give Smoltz this, he's solidly behind Sanchez as a catcher.
FUGH. GRRRRR. Hanger from Tanaka.
this guy is annoying
Need a DP here
Shit
Modammit
Meatball.
fucking crap.
Shit.
Hanging splitter.
Dammit, Tanaka.
The Yanks were going to have to score at least 1 anyway. Let's go!
Good mojo. I did't know Beltran's an Astro.
Good start.
Salt Peanuts
Holliday looks cooked..
An MVP error!
haha! hell yeah! let's do something with this.
Hah!
Take that Tiny Tot of Terror!
double steal!! [i kid, i kid]
MVP!
[91] Guess that should be Tiny Tot of Error!
Now make them pay for that E.
[91] tiny tot of error!
[94] yup! great minds [96] : )
unproductive out.
that shit's low, blue. FUCK YOU!
Damn... Dallas is threading the needle.
Just outside?
Good job, blue.
Nasty.
Ugh, Brett
Ugh.
That was the worst pitch!
The AB.
Those first two pitches weren’t strikes
hit a 3-run jack here, judge. shut this shitty crowd up.
DK treating the strike zone like a bubble. Just going to keep pushing it until he finds the breaking point.
[108] correct.
FUCK.
STOP CALLING THAT BALL A STRIKE.
early and high.
I guess looking to right field is not in the cards.
That curve has a steeper drop than it looks to Aaron.
F!
Oy,
motherfucker. that was a perfect throw.
Might as well challenge
How in the fucking world did he not score when it was 3-2?
SON OF A BITCH.
no way this is getting overturned.
That was not close. Poor send, there.
Replays inconclusive.
[120] Short fence, great throw, hard hit ball.
Not enough to overturn
Could Bird have taken any longer to round third base? Like he was running in quicksand
Oh. It was Bird.
Blinded by chalk.
(Lack of) speed kills
That was Tino-esque running there.
still don't see where or when he gets tagged, that call could have gone either way
That was a nice hit by Judge anyway.
terrible send though with bird running. really stupid
Nah, I'm okay with the send, that was a very, very good throw.
[133] Yes. Plenty of innings left.
i honestly don't think that was such a great throw. a strong arm gets him easily there
Left fielder threw 97 mph.
[138] really? never mind, then
That's what the broadcast said.
whew.
my eve finally caught up. just in time for another K.
Infuriating bullshit.
that's DVR
Yes, get into their bullpen
Motherfucker!
Astros just playing too well right now
i don't understand how we can have a dallas keuchel and still so many people think you have to throw 98 mph to be a good pitcher now
Way to stay with it.
Throw three pitches, I think he said.
Zoinks ... Tanaka was about 6 inches from ... well, do pitchers wear cups in the majors?
I know I never did when I pitched ...
Get someone up, just in case.
[153] Ha. Me neither.
Doesn't look like he's wearing a cup. Risk vs reward of no cup is heavily the latter.
Beltran looks like Voldemort these days.
Nervous here..
Curveball? What is Smoltz talking about?
Get him, Gary. Throw him out.
beltre never wears a cup. remember when he bought it down there? ouchie!!!
[156] nah. dp coming.
ok. nervous now...
Oy vey
That'd been a strike on Judge, ASSHOLE.
fuck you, blue!!!
that was a STRIKE!!!
[163] i was *just* about to type that.
Keuchel been getting that call all night!
Damn!
sit the fuck down.
GREAT PITCH!
good. let's either get to a tiring bearded fuckface or their bullshit pen.
tanakasan shows why he's great. how about some runs?
That horror themed recap was pretty cool. Pissed me off at the same time.
Best the beard!
Come on, Greg. Commit crushery.
Jesus Fucking Christ. Swung at ball 5 and 6.
well, this pretty much sucks.
Fuck. You KNOW he's throwing it in the dirt with two strikes.
Anything from the DH position? You know, where your only job is to hit?
They can’t touch him. Looks like a game 1 loss..how’s the Astros pen?
all they need is devenski and giles tonight. those guys are good. beyond that, not so much...
check out RAB for lots of amazing info. that site fucking rules!
[180] I read their game recaps usually, missed the preview this AM though.
Free Clint Frazier!
i would've kept tanaka in. his pitch count was low.
damn, is he slow!
I'm glad Carlos is still playing, and that he grounded out.
Not a thing you can do about that.
crap. i wish he were as slow as beli...
Good job, ex-Yanks.
good. now let's score some motherfucking RUNS!!!
At least it wasn’t Dallas Braden
Yikes . 50/50
Gritner toughs out a walk.
Ok, Judge we want a reprieve
tie the game, judge.
[182] Not on the roster ... good thing we brought 45 pitchers ...
good eye
inside
Make him throw strikes!
[195] Thanks. I didn't know. Ugh.
hey, look at that - two strikes.
[197] Been calling that one all night.
count even
Just read the thread. Been watching, but not Bantering. Looks like the Score Truck and the Bat Rack got left in Cleveland.
Man, Holiday was a great idea. I guess he's living up to his name.
Swing at a strike.
runner in scoring position. and he has real speed!
unproductive out
Gary: you got this. Giles is a chump
Well struck ball. Twicetonight by Judge. Turning the corner?
c'mon, sanchize.
Launch it, Gary.
[208] I caution you with the words of the immortal Winston Wolf, but, yes, signs have been positive this evening.
Groove one for Gary.
Winston Wolf..any relation to Warner?
Didi!
[213] The Cleaner.
Didi makes contact, we just need a single..
good walk. i don't like that gary is out of the game though.
Not a strike. X2.
[213] Only to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NlrgjgOHrw
That was not a strike!!!!
[213] I wonder if anyone else remembers him His big complaint was calling it the fair pole.
DD is GG, I believe.
Pretty fucking please. With sugar on top.
That one was juicy.
Crap, that was a pitch he could drive.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
Cmon Didi!
[219] ugh, I hate Tarantino
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit.
Ugh squared
fucking crap
So....curveballs in the dirt all series. Fucking Bollocks!
and now lettuce is our catcher. ugh.
[226] Get in line behind me, but Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown are all outstanding.
So we lost Gary, just so some pinch runner could stand on first for 2 pitches. There's absolutely no logic there. Even if DiDi got a hit. Gary's not that slow.
That's a strike.x3
The case of the 3-run snatch litigated by Castro, Hicks and Bird, LLC.
Way to mess up your bat twirling hissy fit.
[232] What the fuck happened to you, man. You used to be beautiful.
i'd prefer gary be in the game too, but i guess i can see the logic. gary IS slow. if didi hits a gapper, RoTo is most likely scoring and gary probably isn't. also, only 1 inning left so gary prolly won't bat again. still, i'd rather have gary in that lettuce...
[232] Agreed.
total waste of a really good tanaka performance.
of course.
Tiny Terror Tot is PISSING me off already.
[232] Blah. J Brown was ok, probably cause he didn’t write it. P Fiction one of the most overrated films of all time, other than Samuel L. I found it terribly boring.
Boat, Gary is slow! A happier by Didi and it would have been tied.
Altuve is the player the media pretends My Little Pony is
I used to like little people. Other than my little pony, obviously.
3 outs left to work with.
LET'S GO YANKEES!
Bird, will you hit a three-run homer?
[243] Those are clown takes, bro!
;)
Pulp Fiction is one of my all time favorites. My wife says she hates it but is always quoting it. Different strokes.
[248] I could harp on for hours about RD and PF.
[239] Inglorious Basterds is very good, IMHO. (and don't forget he wrote True Romance).
Hateful Eight is absolutely unwatchable though. I'm glad I never paid to see that rubbish. I could only stand about 5 minutes of it at home.
[248] Self admitted film snob
4 hits....that’s not going to do it.
Bruno Marslin Castro
[251] Agreed on IB, and TR's a gem.
wow. we've only been shut out twice in 386 postseason games. damn. let's keep that intact!
Shut out 2x in 386 playoff games. Holy shit.
craplin. crapstro.
All these Astros fans pretending they like baseball when all they care about is local HS football...making me cranky
I used to beat my neighbor in some early 90's video baseball game by throwing nothing but curveballs out of the zone. He never learned.
this sucks. let's go back to cleveland.
I didnt expect to win tonight
[252] Once again, get in line behind me.
[258] My sister lives near Dallas. 3 kids in HS. They get all jazzed up for the games . Ugh.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit.
goddamn motherfucker.
one more fucking miserable out.
Well..at least Gilesy is throwing a lot of pitches so maybe will be tired tomorrow
[258] Eh, Houston gets a pass from me this year ... might have heard, they had a little dampness recently?
It feels like I am a watching a team of Alphonso Sorianos. Tons of free swinging but could hit a homer at any time. Hope but usually agony.
late on that pitch.
Yes!
[262] I don't think he means what you think he means. ;>)
Word to Big Bird.
Yeah I’m going with a Verlander coughing up a hair ball tomorrow, wait?
[267] ouch, true.
Bird Lives!!!!!
ME HEART BIRD!!!
Dammit, wish there was a man on for that.
i said to my wife and daughter: hit a homerun, birdman.
he hit it to birdland!
2-1. still alive. not shutout!!!
Well, as I said, everyone's talking about the....well this guy!
Fuck yeah. Do not go gently.
don't make an out.
get on base. how 'bout a CI?!
brutal.
Good night, Banter.
Damn, night all
Bummer.
I've never seen so many shitty at bats.
Ellsbury has been terrible for a month. Again
Jeezus, Ellsbury. Try a tennis racquet next time.
The upside is that their closer is burnt until game 3 and their bullpen isn’t amazing. We need to work Verlander.
See y'all tomorrow.
Go Yankees!
Bah
This is best of seven though and I'm willing to chalk this up to our post comeback comedown versus HOU having three extra days of rest and their ace on the mound.
That said the Yanks have numerous holes in their lineup at the moment. Need a visit from the score truck soon.
Go get em tomorrow.
Such a frustrating night. Sanchez had a good pass at the 2-0 pitch in the 8th. Felt like that was the game right there. Good job by Bird to avoid the shutout.
Hoping they can jump over Verlander tomorrow.
Time is a human construct that has a depressing effect. As individuals, we cannot escape death. But there is a place, even in urban environs—where the clock ticks louder and the gears grind harder—where one can be free from all that.
The one I'm thinking of is the baseball field with game in session.
Watch a game, or play or officiate. It frees you from time and personal demise. Experience community and be in love and passion.