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These Guys, Again

Ever since Griffey and Edgar and Buhner and the Big Unit and the rest of them I can’t help but be irritated by the Seattle Mariners. When they’re good, that is. And when they’re bad, I don’t have the same kind of compassion I have for the Indians or the Rangers or Padres or any other hard-luck franchise. I mean, the Mariners have never even made the Whirled Serious, you’ve gotta have empathy with that. And yet, I don’t. Not since Griffey and Edgar.

The Yanks split the game-and-a-half in Washington yesterday and now are back for three agains the smokin’ hot M’s. Would be seriously annoying if Seattle comes in and walks over the Yanks, but you can see it happening, right? They played well against the Sox and are on a roll. Here’s hoping the Yanks don’t sleep or get put to sleep.

We’ll be her root-root-rootin’ them on.

Never mind the bum rush:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

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1 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 6:12 pm

Gee, what a great beginning.

2 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Jun 19, 2018 6:15 pm

ugly

3 rbj   ~  Jun 19, 2018 6:15 pm

I spent a year in Seattle, aside from the Kingdome being a shithole, I don’t mind the Ms.

I left about a month before they called up a hot prospect shortstop, iirc name was Alex Rodriguez. I wonder whatever happened to him.

Well this is not good

4 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 6:16 pm

Christ, the gloves on your hands ... THEY'RE MADE FOR CATCHING THE FUCKING BALL.

5 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 6:20 pm

The Ewing Effect!

6 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 6:23 pm

Nice recovery from Ze German!

7 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Jun 19, 2018 6:23 pm

not too bad giving up only 1

8 rbj   ~  Jun 19, 2018 6:23 pm

I’ll settle for only one run.

9 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 6:27 pm

Why do I have a feeling this is going to be a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG night for the Yankees offense?

10 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 6:28 pm

Oh yeah, 2 up, 2 Ks ...

11 rbj   ~  Jun 19, 2018 6:29 pm

Tied!

12 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Jun 19, 2018 6:29 pm

Stantonian in the Bronx

13 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 6:29 pm

Oops ... I forgot about Stanton's HULK SMASH MODE against LHP ... sweet!

14 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 6:53 pm

Well, that inning was nice.

15 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 6:55 pm

Why is the CC Sabathia bobblehead yelling?

16 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 7:05 pm

Ze German is coming, Ze German is coming!

17 rbj   ~  Jun 19, 2018 7:17 pm

Nice snag, Bird

18 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 7:24 pm

Bird seems to have his eye back at the plate ... that's a good sign the hits will start coming.

19 rbj   ~  Jun 19, 2018 7:26 pm

Hot diggity

20 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 7:27 pm

Helicopter Man!

21 rbj   ~  Jun 19, 2018 7:28 pm

Hicksie!

22 rbj   ~  Jun 19, 2018 7:29 pm

Love where it landed. Keep that ball in the bench

23 rbj   ~  Jun 19, 2018 7:40 pm

Nice pitch count

24 Boatzilla   ~  Jun 19, 2018 7:43 pm

Man, German is dealing. Bombers wheeling. Mariners reeling.

[kinda works]

25 Boatzilla   ~  Jun 19, 2018 7:53 pm

Frazier shoulda caught that! ;>)

26 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 7:54 pm

2 in 7 for Ze German?

I'll take that, especially after the 1st inning started ...

27 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 8:03 pm

LET'S GET READY TO RUMBELOW!!!

28 rbj   ~  Jun 19, 2018 8:04 pm

[26] every time. If he keeps this up, we may not need another starter. Or at least appear not so desperate that we have to give up too much

29 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 8:05 pm

[28] Depending what happens with Johnny Lasagna, we might just find ourselves full!

30 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Jun 19, 2018 8:19 pm

[0] Funny, but the M's are my 'non-Yankees AL Team to cheer for'. Loved the Kingdome and their old trident uniforms, Junior, Ichiro, etc.

31 rbj   ~  Jun 19, 2018 8:24 pm

Lasagna does have to be built up, so we’re looking for a fifth starter, not Cole Hamels.

32 rbj   ~  Jun 19, 2018 8:28 pm

Gleyber!

33 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 19, 2018 8:28 pm

Well, we don't need a 2nd baseman ... EVERYBODY GLEYBER NOW!!!

34 rbj   ~  Jun 19, 2018 8:35 pm

One

35 rbj   ~  Jun 19, 2018 8:35 pm

Two

36 rbj   ~  Jun 19, 2018 8:37 pm

And three. Great win

37 Boatzilla   ~  Jun 19, 2018 8:53 pm

Glad I cancelled my dental appointment to watch the game. Well worth it. Shit weather out, anyway.

38 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 5:42 pm

Lo! How the Kraken has fallen!

All the way down to 6th, behind GLEYBER!

Of course, trying to pull 9 out of 10 pitches and waving feebly at anything that wiggles down and off the plate will do that to you ...

39 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 6:03 pm

It's Johnny Lasagna time!

40 rbj   ~  Jun 20, 2018 6:12 pm

Lasagna night!

41 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 6:16 pm

Oh fer fuck's sake ... back to back IF hits.

Grrrrrr.

42 rbj   ~  Jun 20, 2018 6:21 pm

No damage

43 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 6:21 pm

That'll do!

44 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 6:29 pm

Ugh, double base-running blunders on that play.

45 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 6:45 pm

Little Miggy!!!

46 rbj   ~  Jun 20, 2018 6:46 pm

Nice snag, Miggy Jr.

47 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 20, 2018 6:52 pm

Bied is the word. Mist score Gary. At minimum.

48 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 6:53 pm

Damn. Revenge from the M's 3b.

49 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 20, 2018 6:54 pm

Wasted.

50 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 6:55 pm

#RISPFAIL

51 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:20 pm

Well that fucking sucks. booooooo......

52 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:21 pm

Well, that was fucking terrible.

53 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:24 pm

Why isn't anybody ready to come in to the game?

Nobody's even fucking warming.

54 rbj   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:24 pm

Not liking this

55 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:26 pm

Not bad, Kid. Garfield would approve.

56 rbj   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:26 pm

Yup this Lasagna is cooked. Shoddy defense didn’t help.

57 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:28 pm

Oh, I guess someone was.

Ok.

58 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:30 pm

Motherfucker!

59 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:31 pm

Sigh.

Can we fire Chasen Shreve into the fucking Sun?

60 rbj   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:32 pm

Crap

61 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:42 pm

This game is making me stabby.

62 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:42 pm

Sanchez is soooooooo slow.

Yet still faster than Bird.

Ugh.

63 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:44 pm

[62] Saw Pujols 'run' the other day..'like a dinosaur in a tar pit' (which was how one reviewer described the Black Sabbath rhythm section..)

64 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:46 pm

Geezer Butler and Bill Ward were no joke.

65 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:47 pm

Pujols, on the other hand, was the slowest baserunner in MLB last year, at least according to one article I read.

66 rbj   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:49 pm

Pujols slower than Miggy?

67 rbj   ~  Jun 20, 2018 7:55 pm

Welp, can’t win them all.

68 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 8:01 pm

[66] Oops, mis-remembered ... slowest non-catcher in baseball in 2017.

Only Brian McCann is slower.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sprint_speed_leaderboard

69 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 8:02 pm

[68] Nope, I *was* right, didn't update 2018 to 2017.

70 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 8:10 pm

NOT DEAD YET!

71 rbj   ~  Jun 20, 2018 8:10 pm

I approve of the Judge’s ruling

72 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 8:11 pm

[62] Per the link in [68], for 2018, Sanchez is at 25.7ft/s while Bird is at 24.9ft/s.

73 rbj   ~  Jun 20, 2018 8:15 pm

Still plenty of baseball.

74 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Jun 20, 2018 8:24 pm

Wait wait wait...Billy Connors was friends with Hugh Hefner? He dated SEKA?? He has a donky named El Duqye??? https://www.forbes.com/sites/wallacematthews/2018/06/20/late-yankees-pitching-coach-billy-connors-a-character-with-a-huge-appetite-for-life/#5a40a2542031

75 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 8:25 pm

[74] Dude, thanks for the link ... I'm totally posting that over at BBTF!

76 rbj   ~  Jun 20, 2018 8:35 pm

Crud

77 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 8:35 pm

FUCKING PATHETIC.

78 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 8:42 pm

Holder has a bit of a Phil Hughes face to him ...

79 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Jun 20, 2018 8:45 pm

[78] Hughesy is looking for a new team now, maybe time for a reunion?

80 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 8:48 pm

SYNDROME!

81 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:17 pm

“What are you worried about? I had to follow John Holmes.’’ Hey now! Lol... That was a funny article Mr. OK Jazz.

82 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:17 pm

There it is!

83 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:18 pm

KRAKEN!

84 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:25 pm

[81] The Sutcliffe story is pretty damn funny as well.

85 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:26 pm

Gary Goes BOOM!
[81] Yeah, who ever knew?

86 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:29 pm

Bottom of the 9th ... let's walk this sucker off!

87 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:31 pm

Yes, Cult. Lol... The firworks guy reloading was a good line, too. I wish my phone showed the comment numbers. 1st world problems.

88 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:34 pm

Right there. Shite!

89 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:37 pm

Sweeet!

90 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:38 pm

Ka-BOOOOOOOOM!

91 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:40 pm

STANTON GOES BOOM!

WALK IT OFF!!!!

92 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:40 pm

117.9 MPH

453 ft.

93 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:41 pm

[92] Ugly swing or not, he's got such easy power..453ft!

94 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:42 pm

[93] On a slider.

95 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:47 pm

[94] Why wasn't Diaz pitching, was he unavailable?

96 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:52 pm

From BBTF's daily game thread:

[quote]
31. What did Billy Ripken have against ElRoy Face? Posted: June 20, 2018 at 10:26 PM (#5696670)
As the rationality revolution advances across baseball, an interesting question (to me at least) is, what is the dumbest practice that is still common/accepted at any given point in time? I'd say that right now, the "use your closer in a tie game at home, but never on the road" has to be the favorite, no?
[/quote]

97 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 20, 2018 9:53 pm

[96] That was before Chapman came out for the 9th and Diaz didn't!

98 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Jun 20, 2018 10:04 pm

[96] Thanks! Wow..hard to believe managers still resist that.

99 rbj   ~  Jun 21, 2018 12:15 pm

Nice start for Sevy

100 rbj   ~  Jun 21, 2018 12:23 pm

And for the offense

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101 rbj   ~  Jun 21, 2018 12:25 pm

Miggy Jr.!

102 rbj   ~  Jun 21, 2018 12:33 pm

Must be a home run special today

103 rbj   ~  Jun 21, 2018 2:17 pm

Some insurance would be nice.

104 rbj   ~  Jun 21, 2018 2:42 pm

Thanks for running into that out.

105 rbj   ~  Jun 21, 2018 2:52 pm

That's one.

106 rbj   ~  Jun 21, 2018 2:56 pm

I don't need this to be an interesting ninth inning

107 rbj   ~  Jun 21, 2018 2:58 pm

OK, two.

108 rbj   ~  Jun 21, 2018 3:01 pm

Strikeout! Phew

109 rbj   ~  Jun 21, 2018 3:01 pm

Swept

110 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 22, 2018 6:08 pm

Awwwww ... Kenny's in the booth!

Enjoy it while we still can!

111 rbj   ~  Jun 22, 2018 6:13 pm

Hit and error to start things off

112 rbj   ~  Jun 22, 2018 6:36 pm

Nice catch, Gleyber

113 rbj   ~  Jun 22, 2018 6:53 pm

#obligatoryrispfail

114 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 22, 2018 6:56 pm

Stop starting off innings with man on 2nd. It's spooking the lineup!

115 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 22, 2018 7:06 pm

Fuck you, blue!

116 rbj   ~  Jun 22, 2018 7:34 pm

Bat

117 rbj   ~  Jun 22, 2018 7:38 pm

Or both

118 rbj   ~  Jun 22, 2018 7:41 pm

I’ll take it at one run

119 rbj   ~  Jun 22, 2018 7:58 pm

Insert yakkity sax

120 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 22, 2018 7:59 pm

When are they going to blow up this horse shit atrocity of a stadium?

121 rbj   ~  Jun 22, 2018 8:15 pm

[120] Not soon enough

122 rbj   ~  Jun 22, 2018 8:22 pm

Thank you for that out.

How are we losing to these guys?

123 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 22, 2018 8:24 pm

He should bypass the dugout and head up to the stands. Yikes.

124 rbj   ~  Jun 22, 2018 8:30 pm

Phew phoul

125 rbj   ~  Jun 22, 2018 8:32 pm

Double phew

126 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 22, 2018 8:47 pm

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck!

127 rbj   ~  Jun 22, 2018 9:05 pm

Just keep me on the DL the entire year.

128 rbj   ~  Jun 22, 2018 9:19 pm

Blegh. Second tough loss for CC.

129 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 22, 2018 9:20 pm

Fuck the rays. What a stale game.

130 rbj   ~  Jun 23, 2018 3:04 pm

Arrgh, a Fox Sports game. I wonder which announcers we're getting.

131 rbj   ~  Jun 23, 2018 3:13 pm

So it's Kay and who?

132 rbj   ~  Jun 23, 2018 3:15 pm

Eric Karros.

133 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 23, 2018 3:17 pm

Let's beat these damned DEVIL Rays!

134 rbj   ~  Jun 23, 2018 3:23 pm

Personal catcher. My ass.

135 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 23, 2018 3:23 pm

Jesus, the Yankees really need to tighten up their defense.

There was ZERO reason to throw home on that play.

136 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 23, 2018 3:34 pm

Bird is NOT the word so far.

137 rbj   ~  Jun 23, 2018 3:40 pm

Neither is Sonny

138 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 23, 2018 3:43 pm

Yeah, his CATCHER is Sonny's problem ...

139 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 23, 2018 3:44 pm

Sonny with a 100% chance of suck.

140 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 23, 2018 3:54 pm

HOW WILL THE YANKEES WASTE THIS LEADOFF DOUBLE???

141 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 23, 2018 4:02 pm

Out 1: Fly ball to LF; no advance.

Out 2: Shallow fly ball to CF; no advance.

Out 3: Ground out to 3rd.

Bravo gents, BRAVO.

142 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 23, 2018 4:02 pm

Fucking pathetic ...

143 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 23, 2018 4:14 pm

Wow, this game is making me STABBY!

144 rbj   ~  Jun 23, 2018 4:34 pm

I didn’t realize the Rays had revived Cy Young

145 rbj   ~  Jun 23, 2018 4:48 pm

Yeesh

146 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 23, 2018 4:49 pm

Fugh.

147 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 23, 2018 4:54 pm

At least Gray settled down and ate up some innings ...

148 rbj   ~  Jun 23, 2018 5:09 pm

Oy. Might as well be 40-0 at this point.

149 rbj   ~  Jun 23, 2018 5:16 pm

Might as well save the good arms for tomorrow.

150 rbj   ~  Jun 23, 2018 5:23 pm

Pheeew.

151 rbj   ~  Jun 23, 2018 5:50 pm

Well that sucked.

152 rbj   ~  Jun 24, 2018 12:53 pm

Finally got the lawn mowed. Been rainy the past two days.

153 rbj   ~  Jun 24, 2018 1:12 pm

This is not going well.

154 rbj   ~  Jun 24, 2018 1:33 pm

Jeeez, Neil.

155 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 24, 2018 1:42 pm

I've been checking the score to no avail for the last 90 minutes. Looks like it's been a real shit show.

156 rbj   ~  Jun 24, 2018 2:08 pm

Better

157 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 24, 2018 2:46 pm

Judge's at bats are gross.

158 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 24, 2018 2:59 pm

I like it! Kaboom!

159 rbj   ~  Jun 24, 2018 3:00 pm

Stanton ties it up!

160 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 24, 2018 3:17 pm

Hot fucking garbage this stupid fucking stadium.

161 rbj   ~  Jun 24, 2018 3:21 pm

Justmissed.

162 Ara Just Fair   ~  Jun 24, 2018 3:21 pm

Maybe they can capitalize on a TWO out double.

163 rbj   ~  Jun 24, 2018 3:22 pm

I hate the automatic walk. Throw four balls.

164 rbj   ~  Jun 24, 2018 3:35 pm

Five for five!

165 rbj   ~  Jun 24, 2018 3:38 pm

Groan.

Oh crap.

166 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 24, 2018 4:20 pm

Ugh ... Shreve warming ... need runs now.

167 rbj   ~  Jun 24, 2018 4:23 pm

scoring position.

168 rbj   ~  Jun 24, 2018 4:24 pm

I really, really hate automatic walks.

169 rbj   ~  Jun 24, 2018 4:27 pm

Jeepers

170 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 24, 2018 4:28 pm

So much for runs ...

171 rbj   ~  Jun 24, 2018 4:28 pm

DFA Shreve.

172 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 24, 2018 4:30 pm

So much for the game and the series ...

173 cult of basebaal   ~  Jun 24, 2018 4:56 pm

Ugh, what a shitty series.

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