"A New York Treasure" --Village Voice

What, Nu? Again

Ah, the Yanks and Astros play for the American League pennant. Just like it was drawn up. Sure, the Astros should be able to wipe the floor with these Yanks but stranger things have happened.

We’ll be here rooting.

Never mind the hangover:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

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1 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 4:17 pm

Goddamn Verlander. The Michael Myers of the Yankees universe.

2 mhoward120   ~  Oct 19, 2022 5:37 pm

Kinda feel that we're almost playing with house money tonite.

3 rob_smith_51   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:18 pm

Who took Hicks' place?

4 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:35 pm

[3] Oswaldo Peraza is on the roster. Also added -- Montas and Weissert.

5 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:36 pm

Let’s go Yank-ees

6 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:37 pm

Carp in the lineup. Let's go Yanks!

7 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:38 pm

Stanton in left. carpenter dh

8 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:40 pm

All right, Team, here we go.

9 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:44 pm

Hi, Team! I was supposed to teach one more lesson right now, but the student cancelled and I got paid. So, I'm around for the whole game.

LET'S GO YANKS!!!

10 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:45 pm

[9] Lesson, schmesson!

Never mind the bollocks--let's go YANKEES!

11 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:46 pm

[9] nice.

12 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:46 pm

I was really excited to see Peraza on the roster and was ready to kick the fuck out of these fucking fucks, but then Boone went ahead and put IKF back as the starting shortstop and I went back to full on pessimism.

Is Cabrera sore from the collision with Hicks? If not, why isn't he or the other Oz Kid starting at short??? FUCK!!!

13 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:46 pm

Can always rely on Tony Meatballs to take one for the team!

14 mhoward120   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:46 pm

I don't think any of the 2017 cheaters belong in baseball

15 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:47 pm

[10] I'm on the laptop right now, so I can actually see the numbering system!

Well, lessons don't teach themselves and my bills don't pay themselves either, so I need to teach A LOT!!!

16 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:48 pm

The racist was off the bag. Make them pay!!!

17 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:48 pm

Ha, Altuve

18 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:49 pm

That's not a strike, Blue

19 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:49 pm

Verlander doesn't need your help, blue.

20 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:51 pm

They just said altuve has struggled at the plate. That means trouble. Donaldson looks stupid every at bat.

21 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:51 pm

What a waste. At least he threw over 20 pitches...

22 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:51 pm

We’ll, at least got 21 pitches

23 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:52 pm

That was fugly.

Fucking JD.

24 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:52 pm

Padres up 8-4, bottom 7

25 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:52 pm

Not a bad thing to make Verlander work a bit, I guess. But here come the most important three outs of the night. If Taillon gets through this first inning without yielding a run, consider it a win.

26 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:52 pm

Just a heads up - I plan on bottoms up on the early side tonight. Cheers!

27 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:53 pm

[25] I was thinking the same thing. Jamo can do it!

28 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:53 pm

I guess D-Rob's calf is better. He's on the LCS roster and pitching @ Petco

29 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:54 pm

Smoltz just fucked up Shin-Soo Choo's name and called his surname Chin. Oy and Vey.

30 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:54 pm

sit down, little fucker!

31 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:55 pm

Glad we got that schmuk Altuve on 1 pitch

32 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:56 pm

[4] Peraza doesn't have that second 'o'. He's just Oswald.
(I always think of that line from Annie Hall, when Woody/Alvie says he has a headache "Like Oswald in 'Ghosts'".

33 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:57 pm

Um, that's not good.

34 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:57 pm

Wait until they start with the ball finding you...

35 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:57 pm

Why the hell is Stanton in LF?

36 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:57 pm

Holy fuck, Stanton's out there? I didn't realize.

37 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:57 pm

[32] I was just emailing you. Deleting now!

I texted cult and messaged evil empire to invite them to the banter tonight.

38 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:57 pm

I fucking hate the astros.

39 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:58 pm

(Not that that was a catchable ball...)

40 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:58 pm

Great start, we got 21 pitches on Verlander.

Not great Stanton in left. Oh, well.

41 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:58 pm

[32] Great line!

Yes.

42 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:58 pm

stanton is out there, because left field is smaller in houston and that way carpenter can get a full spate of at-bats.

would be better if one of the Oz Kidz were at shortstop.

really needed to keep Pena off the bases, in front of yor-gone...

43 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:58 pm

Points up ... this!
Evening all, wish I had more hope, but yanevaknow!

44 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:59 pm

I'm really pretty fine with walking Alvarez there.

45 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:59 pm

[32] (It's Alvy's first wife.)

46 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:59 pm

I’m worried about Taillon..

47 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 6:59 pm

cult is gonna stop by! : )

48 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:00 pm

This didn't take long.

49 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:00 pm

IKF is playing..???

50 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:00 pm

HOLY FUCKING WOW WOW WOW!!!

51 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:00 pm

Holy shite!

52 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:00 pm

Oh, my god -- Judge!

53 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:00 pm

All rise!!!!

54 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:00 pm

MVP!!! Superman Judge

55 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:01 pm

Wow! That's how ya do it.

56 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:01 pm

[49] Please don't remind me : (

57 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:01 pm

HOLY FUCKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!

58 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:01 pm

Now get the 3rd out please.

59 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:01 pm

That's probably as big a play as you can make in the first inning of a seven-game series.

60 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:01 pm

Aaron Fucking Judge!!! He is absolutely astounding!!!

61 mhoward120   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:01 pm

Best Catch EVER

62 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:01 pm

JUDGE!

63 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:02 pm

Wow.

Aaron motherfucking Judge, ladies and gentlemen.

That was miraculous.

64 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:02 pm

only 15 pitches. easy peasy ; )

65 rob_smith_51   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:02 pm

Lots of hard hits, but ended well.

66 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:02 pm

That was Jeterian.

67 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:02 pm

That's a shut down.

68 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:03 pm

Ok! Always the toughest inning for our guy

69 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:03 pm

Well phew

70 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:03 pm

I don't think you can really measure how huge that play is.

If that gets past Judge, two runs score, it's a double or a triple, the stadium explodes, and Taillon starts thinking about his first inning troubles. Boone probably even gets someone up in the bullpen. Such a huge play.

71 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:04 pm

[56] It's the old Boonie, "we gotta stick with our guys" philosophy.

72 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:05 pm

[70] Yup.

73 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:05 pm

8-5 now in SD. Hoskins with a solo job, to match Machado's off High Socks For Hope

74 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:06 pm

dammit. Here's Harry!

75 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:07 pm

I hate to tell everyone this.
I've come to the conclusion that Taillon is not as good a pitcher as Verlander.

I'm sorry! I just have to be honest, and I thought you would all want to know.

76 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:08 pm

[75] You may be onto something there...

77 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:08 pm

[75] LIES! Well not exactly lies...

78 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:08 pm

That pitch wasn't close. shut up.

79 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:09 pm

What???????????????

80 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:09 pm

WOW!!! HAHA!!!

81 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:09 pm

Hell Yeah!

82 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:09 pm

Bye bye Bader!!!!

83 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:09 pm

Holy Harrison.

84 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:09 pm

BADER!!! WOOH!

85 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:09 pm

Harrison BABEr!!!

86 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:09 pm

Just for fun, I'll ask again -- Monty who?

87 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:09 pm

YAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

88 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:10 pm

Did you guys hear John Sterling predict that home run before Bader came to bat?

89 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:10 pm

Ba Ba Bader! AmaZing

90 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:10 pm

Here's Oswaldo. I mean, Oswald. Oh...fuck. : (

91 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:10 pm

Bader! Great trade.

92 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:10 pm

I'm just wild about Harry!

93 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:10 pm

[90] what a jerk you are. I was all about IKF all along!!!

94 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:10 pm

ok IKF. I'll take it!

95 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:11 pm

Izzy!

96 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:11 pm

(75) #analysis!

97 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:11 pm

Can't wait till next season when Judge and Bader are battling in the home run race all year long.

98 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:11 pm

[93] Hahahahah!

99 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:12 pm

Verlander..gotta admire him for throwing like he did this season at 39, but we’ve got his number tonight

100 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:13 pm

Not sure why Verlander is getting the '95 Braves strike zone.

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101 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:13 pm

Meanwhile, Verlander with 38 pitches to get four outs thus far.

102 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:14 pm

Hank, is Eric Gregg’s ghost in the yard tonight? Saw that Liven Hernandez game clipngoing round the other day, wacky wild stuff!

103 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:14 pm

[99] I'm even more impressed by the Kate Upton bit... : o

104 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:14 pm

Get him over 50 pitches in 2 innings....maybe?

105 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:15 pm

I really like Trevy and hope he starts getting clutch hits again...

106 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:15 pm

[103] No doubt. (*J*)

107 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:15 pm

Send Izzy?

108 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:17 pm

I’m 48 and yet players at 39 seem so ‘old’…why is that?

109 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:17 pm

Pitch count rising, well done even if they don’t score

110 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:18 pm

[108] I know, right?!

111 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:18 pm

Darling begging for strikes. Asshole.

112 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:18 pm

Damn it. That's two in a row.

Shorten up, Gley. Those are great pitches to smoke into right.

113 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:18 pm

Well, a run is good.
We'll need more, methinks.

114 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:18 pm

[104] close enough.

115 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:19 pm

A successful inning, and not just because of the run. Good to see that pitch count climbing. Taillon's pitch count doesn't really matter, but it would be nice to get Verlander out early.

116 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:19 pm

[111] I know!

It could have but it wasn't, Ron!

117 Evil Empire   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:20 pm

[0] I wanted to play Houston. The Yankees can't be the Yankees again until they beat the Astros in a postseason series.

Didn't we have almost the same issue with the Los Angeles Angeles of Anaheim California before we finally vanquished them to get to the series?

118 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:21 pm

I like their leadoff batter making an out on one pitch. Keep it up!

119 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:22 pm

One pitch, one out.

Yes.

120 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:22 pm

[111] Darling has been sooo bad this postseason

121 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:23 pm

[117] I prompted you with a private message, but don't think you saw it. Glad you made it here!

122 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:23 pm

[117] When did we beat them? I have no memory of that. I only remember 2002 and 2005. Did we finally beat them in '09? Was that it?

123 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:23 pm

[113] CULT!!!

124 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:23 pm

[117] I guess it was, if it got us to the series.

125 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:24 pm

The Astros have a "Chas" on their roster?

126 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:25 pm

[123] Howdy, Nostra!

127 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:26 pm

⬆️ Hi cult! My daughter asked me th other day’ ‘Daddy why are American boys in the movies always named Chad or Todd or Troy?’ ‘Because, ‘Murica, baybeeeew!’

128 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:26 pm

Verlander started the game with a post-season ERA of something like 13. But Taillon's was 20.

129 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:28 pm

god fucking DAMMIT

130 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:28 pm

Fuck.

131 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:28 pm

Gary Pettis? From the Angels Gary Pettis?

132 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:28 pm

Oh you gotta be fricken kidding me.

133 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:28 pm

Dammit..who is Martin Maldonado?

134 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:28 pm

Well, Judge can't get everything, I suppose.

135 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:28 pm

crap. he's been hit hard so we'd been lucky this far.

136 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:28 pm

Fuck.

137 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:28 pm

[131] The very same.

138 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:28 pm

Nerts

139 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:28 pm

Like I said MOAR RUNZ!

140 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:29 pm

We got machete'd

141 rob_smith_51   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:29 pm

Man, with 2 strikes...

142 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:29 pm

If only Gleyber had been looking to do that.

143 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:29 pm

Altuve is gonna find the tracks.

144 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:29 pm

[143] stop that!

145 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:30 pm

You guys didn't think this was gonna be easy, did you?

146 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:32 pm

need a short leash. Is German available? Or did they outcast him?

147 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:32 pm

Ugh. BIG batter here. gotta get Pena out. can't face yor-gone with runners on...

148 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:33 pm

Gotta get this guy

149 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:33 pm

Peña the Correa replacement, yes?

150 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:33 pm

[146] german is around. i'm surprised he didn't pitch in the LDS. he was rather good for several innings at a time down the stretch. hasn't pitched in ages at this point...

151 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:33 pm

[149] yeah. somehow, there was zero dropoff...

152 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:34 pm

Is anyone warming in the pen??

153 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:34 pm

whew! JD/Rizzo!!

154 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:34 pm

[152] they should start now...

155 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:34 pm

Phew. Feels like a win to get out of that inning.

156 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:34 pm

Phew.

157 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:34 pm

phew!

[150] he was our best pitcher for a while I thought.

158 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:35 pm

Cannot overstate Rizzo’s D

159 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:35 pm

Whew! I’m still confused about IKF playing though, and Donaldson batting 5th..

160 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:35 pm

Friars tied up the NLCS. Musgrove starts in Philly for Game 3.

161 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:35 pm

[158] yup.

[159] yup.

162 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:35 pm

Whew > Phew you guys ⬆️

163 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:36 pm

[159] Donaldson batting 5th has been vexing for months at least...

164 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:36 pm

As Tom said to Greg when Greg tried to break up with him in the "panic room" in Succession, I don't like this feeling that you're making me feel, Jameson. It's not a good feeling.

165 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:39 pm

At least Judge is putting wood on the ball.

166 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:39 pm

[164] That's funny.
I was just feeling a low, growling gurgle coming up from deep in my digestive system.
It's bubbling up just as we get out of that inning.
It tastes like... I'm pretty sure it's hope.

Yep. It's hope.

Harrison Homers. Judge robs.
Anything can happen. It's baseball!

167 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:39 pm

It's good Judge is making contact, at least.

168 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:41 pm

[166] I'll leech the hope off you, then.

I prefer that feeling.

169 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:41 pm

Have I shared my nickname for Stanton on BB before?

170 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:41 pm

Darling disappointed again.

171 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:42 pm

Fuck OFF, DArling.

172 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:42 pm

[169] Please...

173 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:43 pm

did NOT look like G went. these damn checked swing calls

174 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:44 pm

That was a laser.

175 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:44 pm

wooo-hoo!

176 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:44 pm

Stanty!

177 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:44 pm

Stanton!

178 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:44 pm

Rope! Must plate both!

179 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:44 pm

that was LACED! Wish is went out, wish it scored Rizzo. Can't fail here. Need to plate them BOTH!!

180 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:44 pm

G!!!!!

181 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:45 pm

Maybe they shouldn't have thrown that same pitch that he just threw in the timeout.

182 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:45 pm

I'd prefer is Oswaldo and his pooka bead necklace were up

183 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:45 pm

This is your moment, Josh. Don't choke.

184 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:45 pm

Here comes a non-competitive strikeout from Donaldson.

185 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:45 pm

[172]
Frankenstanton.
Because his lower half, his upper body and head all seemed to have assembled from different bodies and never seem in synch when he swings.
His ass goes one way, his arms and shoulders another and his head sits in the middle going I am pulling the strings, I AM pulling the strings!!!

186 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:45 pm

JD, you fucking SUCK!

CHILL. THE. FUCK. OUT!!!

187 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:45 pm

Worthless.

188 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:45 pm

fuck you, josh. take him out and replace him with the kid.

189 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:46 pm

Jesus, Donaldson sucks anymore.

190 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:46 pm

Horrendous AB from JD

191 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:46 pm

And there it is.

192 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:46 pm

wow JD sucks.

193 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:46 pm

So does Oswaldo play 3rd?

194 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:46 pm

Sigh.
Probably JD can't bunt.

195 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:46 pm

[185] Ha! I love it!

196 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:46 pm

[184] proof you CAN indeed predict baseball.

197 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:46 pm

Omfg.

Thanks for nothing, asshole.

Nice AB.

198 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:47 pm

we need to get rid of JD & IKF this offseason. both signed with us for next season, methinks.

199 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:47 pm

[193] yes.

200 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:47 pm

not a strike, blue.

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201 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:47 pm

Oh my god. That is NOT a strike.

202 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:48 pm

Jesus, Verlander gets a gigantic strike zone.
Like he needs it.

203 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:48 pm

Carpenter is another black hole. This lineup is sus as the kids say.

204 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:48 pm

Not even close, Blue!!

205 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:48 pm

Carpenter looks like toast.

206 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:48 pm

did boone say the kid isn't playing today and ikf is? sore from the hicks collision? or, does he just wanna lose?

207 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:48 pm

[196] You can predict Donaldson.

208 rob_smith_51   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:48 pm

Carpenter seems to miss those low breaking balls a.lot.

209 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:49 pm

Oh man.

210 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:49 pm

fucklander

211 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:49 pm

That Donaldson AB really annoys me. Guy had won an MVP, why is he up there with Zero plan against an all timer like Verlander??

212 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:50 pm

So if Verlander pitches inside, as long as it doesn't hit the batter, it's a strike. Okay, got it.

213 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:50 pm

Fuck you Ump!!

214 rob_smith_51   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:50 pm

I thought he was going to pitch a low breaking ball, too, Matty!

215 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:50 pm

Um, that pitch had been called a ball earlier this inning.

216 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:50 pm

I'm beginning to think that porn 'stache is not at his mid-season form best at the moment.

217 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:50 pm

That really sucked.
Six pitches to Carp, not a single one of them in the strike zone. He laid off five balls... but unfortunately two of them were called strikes.

218 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:52 pm

[211] You're exactly right. In a game like this -- a playoff game -- you'd think he'd go up there with a plan to hit the ball in the air. But he's an idiot. I feel like his problem is that he still thinks he's an MVP. He still thinks he's a threat to hit the ball out of the park every time up even though that clearly isn't the case. He needs to get his shit together. But we've got him for -- how long? Two more years after this?

219 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:53 pm

But here's the good news -- 66 pitches for Verlander through three innings.

220 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:54 pm

Another one pitch one out.

221 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:56 pm

[220] It's amazing. Has he done that each inning, for the lead-off guy? Maybe two pitches in the second?

222 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:57 pm

Good 10 pitch innng

223 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:57 pm

Efficient inning for Jameson.

224 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:57 pm

[218] He needs to but he won't.

The motherfucker can't even be bothered to run the bases like it matters.

Make adjustments at the plate? Devise a plan of attack?

Please. Dude's got more important shit to do.

225 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:57 pm

And now Darth Bader is coming to the plate again!

226 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 7:58 pm

Nice and easy.

Good work, Taillon.

It's all you, Harrison Bader!

227 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:00 pm

[224] Oh, that makes me SO mad, but that's on Boone-y for not benching his lazy ass for a week after the second time.
First time is ... this your warning, run them out until they ARE gone, or I'll bench your ass for a week.

228 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:00 pm

How does he call that first pitch a strike? A high curveball that never falls back into the zone. This is a travesty.

229 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:01 pm

[227] No fucking kidding.

(Just to be fair, though, I did notice he hustled at some point last night. I can't recall when but I was surprised and noticed it.)

230 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:02 pm

Omg.

231 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:03 pm

stop calling balls strikes asshole

232 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:04 pm

Dusty Baker gives great interview. He actually said something.

233 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:04 pm

we look terrible and the ump isn't helping. fucklander fucky fuck.

234 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:04 pm

From Gameday, this ump is giving out strikes like candy to babies.
Is it *that* obvious on TV?

235 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:04 pm

Both Harrison and IKF got shoulder-high called first strikes.

236 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:05 pm

[232] You're ahead of me. Just seeing Dusty now.

237 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:05 pm

[234] Yeah it is.
But it's gratifying to get the confirmation from pitch f/x, I have to say.

238 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:05 pm

(Also? Dusty is ageless. He looks exactly the same as he did when he was with SF.)

239 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:05 pm

[234] obvious-er.

240 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:06 pm

Verlander will throw 3 nine pitch innings and see the 8th.

241 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:06 pm

what a waste of at-bats that inning. beyond terrible.

242 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:07 pm

[240] that's as obvious at the balls called strikes.

243 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:09 pm
244 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:10 pm

STANTONIAN!!! siddown, you fucking racist.

245 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:11 pm

Astros up. Tighten that zone!
Yikes. Great nab.

246 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:11 pm

Great catch

247 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:11 pm

Big G.

248 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:12 pm

[243] laughing

It's nice to hear Sterling laughing at himself.

249 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:12 pm

I hope G's hand is alright.

250 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:12 pm

THe catch you guys refer to is still in the future for me!

251 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:13 pm

And there it is!

Nice catch, indeed!

252 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:13 pm

My M.O. for homers and wins is ... when i'm watching the game on my mlb app - which is most of the time - i then hit the audio and wait for it to catch up, so i can hear sterling's call

253 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:15 pm

Don't fucking walk him!

254 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:16 pm

[252]
Now why would a man like yourself subject your self to something like listening to Sterling call ANYTHING???

255 rob_smith_51   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:16 pm

Stop walking batters!

256 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:16 pm

apparently, boone preferred a righty (ikf) as opposed to a lefty to face fucklander. um, ok. WHY???

also, said that if the yankees are to succeed, they need IKF to be a part of it. um, ok. WHY???

257 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:17 pm

Wouldn't be surprised if this is Taillon's last batter, either way.

258 rob_smith_51   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:17 pm

[254] I am not a fan, but he has been doing it a long time.

259 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:17 pm

Shoot, walking the terrorists at bedtime didn’t work again.

260 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:17 pm

3 cheers for I. K. F!

261 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:18 pm

[254] oh, it's fun on the homer and win calls! plus, there's a limited time left for it. plus, when it happens at home, i always play it to my wife and/or daughter, and they really enjoy it! : )

262 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:18 pm

[260] i poured my first 'cheers' a few minutes ago into an interlocking NY yankee pint glass!

263 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:20 pm

Yikes, could have been an Achilles’ tendon slice

264 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:20 pm

Good job staying focused, Izzy.

Nice play.

265 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:20 pm

ooh, i just realized ... i'm gonna be in NY for the first two games of the whirled serious.

266 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:20 pm

Remember how Jeter used Bob Sheppard's recorded announcement after he passed? I'm sure we'll be hearing Sterling's "Yankees win! Thuuuuuuh Yankees! Win!" in the Stadium for years to come.

267 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:20 pm

top of the order. 80 pitches. 3rd time through.

LET'S GO!!!

268 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:21 pm

[266] that'd be cool!

269 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:21 pm

[258] Badly. He's one of the most annoying announcers I've ever heard. Throw Waldman into the mix and the Yankees radio booth is nails on chalkboard awful to me.
I wouldn't let them call out for a cab for me.

270 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:21 pm

It's a shame that these announcers are so busy gushing over Verlander that they don't realize Taillon has matched him thus far.

271 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:21 pm

[261] That thought (that he's reaching the end) is starting to occur to me. Pretty soon we won't have John Sterling to kick around anymore.

272 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:21 pm

Every time I see a Draft Kings ad I think of Pete Rose. The MLB is the very definition of hypocrisy. Fucking bullshit.

273 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:22 pm

jeter tweeted out 'on to houston!' yesterday.

274 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:22 pm

[272] same here. i fucking HATE it. and, i always fast forward through those annoying ads on the Jomboy Media baseball podcasts I listen to.

275 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:23 pm

IT IS HIGH, IT IS DEEP ... it's caught 5 feet before the warning track.

276 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:23 pm

Fucking horse shit. Verlander will show up at YS in 20 years and still dominate the 2042 lineup.

277 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:24 pm

[271] yeah, he's an institution. i'd prefer ruocco, but he's too busy. i'm not a fan of justin shackil. he's not bad or anything, he's just not good enough...

278 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:25 pm

[275] yeah, that sucks balls. i stopped getting excited until he says: it is GONE

279 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:25 pm

We are getting killed by his offspeed slop

280 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:25 pm

Dang. That was his pitch.

281 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:25 pm

Gleyber is killing me.

282 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:26 pm

this up sucks.

283 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:27 pm

[271] You think I won't still kick him once he's gone?
Whenever I had a game blacked out on MLB.tv?
I'd listen to the other team's radio feed. They couldn't be worse.
Well maybe Hawk Harrelson, but ...

284 rob_smith_51   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:27 pm

[272] Never liked Pete Rose, but I see your point.

285 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:27 pm

Tonight’s booth isn’t too bad. I’m thumbs down on Sterling/Waldmyn..
This ump is total trash!!!

286 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:27 pm

the nerve damage in my pinkie is flaring up. it's why i can't capitalize when i type much.

i'll have to move to my phone or stop posting. i don't use the keyboard much anymore because of this and need to type out some other long-winded stuff later...

287 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:28 pm

Even at the time it felt like those early opportunities might loom large later on. And here we are. I blame Donaldson.

288 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:28 pm

(283) ‘Put it on the boarrrrrrd YES!’

Yankees can’t compete if Verlander gets these calls. It’s a siagrace

289 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:28 pm

Man, Judge does not do that often.

I can't remember the last time he just popped up like that.

290 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:28 pm

[286] that sounds painfully annoying.

291 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:28 pm

Fucklander.

292 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:29 pm

The top half of innings are a waste of time to watch and the bottom halves are stand on the ledge stressful. Oi!

293 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:29 pm

[290] it’s nothing compared to what you’ve had going on!!! But, I do need to be careful so it doesn’t affect my work…

294 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:30 pm

[286] Oh, man, so sorry to hear it!

I hope you're not in too much pain. :(

295 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:30 pm

[284] Gotcha I. Never liked him either, but he is one of the best who ever played the game. For instance, I hate Metallica, but I respect the hell out of them.

296 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:31 pm

[272] yup, no reason now not to put Shoeless and Rose in.

Mantle was banned from baseball for a while merely for being a greeter at a casin0.

And this site does moderate certain words.

297 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:31 pm

[286]
That sucks, my right pinky is operable, but numb, probably from an elbow thing interacting with a car accident broken right arm that never healed right.

298 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:31 pm

I can’t listen to the Royals radio announcer. His voice/accent is terrible. And, every ess is the most pronounced shh sound, it makes me cringe something ‘fiersch’

299 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:31 pm

siddown, little fucker.

300 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:31 pm

[293] it does sound rough for drumming. Sucks to lose work which I can vouch for. You don't wanna risk that.

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301 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:31 pm

Justin Verlander is a good pitcher.

302 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:32 pm

Always good when Altuve is out

303 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:32 pm

Great. Right before the scary guy

304 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:32 pm

See what happens when you play your young shortstop?!

305 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:32 pm

Can’t let Tailonn gave Alvarez. CAN’T!! How is Boone not prepared for this?????

306 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:33 pm

Uh-oh. Schmidt is the first guy outta the pen to face Alvarez???

307 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:33 pm

My bad, Boone was ready. But Schmidt..?

308 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:33 pm

3 cheers for Tallion. Helluva job.

309 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:33 pm

Just walk Alvarez. Even if the next guy hits a three-run bomb, that's still the right move.

310 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:34 pm

[297] I had a weird shooting pain thing that would o fro my hand into my elbow for a while. Elbow issues make me nervous but that at least is in check for now.

311 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:34 pm

[292] as always, we’re on the exact same page and state it the same way

312 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:34 pm

[296] Yeah there is on the latter (from the first sentence).
Rose is not dead yet.

313 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:34 pm

Yup, pull Jameson.

314 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:34 pm

[308] yep jams did well! sorry to doubt him.

315 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:34 pm

[297] oh, man - I’m so sorry to hear that. I know how it feels and it’s no fun.

316 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:35 pm

[308] You're right, Boat. I'm sure that thirteen outs and one run exceeded the staff's expectations. This was *almost* a throwaway game, and he kept them in it.

317 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:35 pm

I've already had 3 cups of coffee. Must stop now.

318 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:36 pm

[300] I have to worry about 4-mallet marimba playing too…

319 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:36 pm

Pretty good job, Jamo

320 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:36 pm

[318] Four-mallet marimbas make no sense to me. I don't know how you guys do that.

321 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:37 pm

Is a quick, easy DP too much to ask for? Pretty please!

322 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:37 pm

Yeah I don't think that was right, IBBing Alvarez.
Bregman is a good hitter.
I don't like it.

323 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:37 pm

Never like IBBa..Alvarez great but he’s not Barry Bonds

324 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:37 pm

Load 'em up. Make it extra exciting.

325 rob_smith_51   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:37 pm

[295]. Pete Rose was 448th in history in OPS+. I was surprised he was that low. I didn't think he was in the top 100.

326 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:37 pm

I guess Loaísiga isn't up today. This would be his spot.

327 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:38 pm

[320] there are a few folks who play 6 mallets now! I can’t fathom that

328 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:38 pm

That is NOT a fucking ball. Jesus christ.

329 rob_smith_51   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:38 pm

That was a strike!

330 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:38 pm

Hey, Blue - FUCK YOU!!!

331 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:38 pm

That was a strike

332 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:38 pm

Eat shit, blue.

333 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:38 pm

This ump is hilarious. What's he smokin'

334 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:38 pm

[327] what? impressive.

335 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:39 pm

Ok - now the DP. On the first pitch

336 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:39 pm

Yeah that's one reason. That's one reason not to IBB Alvarez.
Yeesh.

337 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:39 pm

Ara, got your wish

338 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:39 pm

we're in trouble.

339 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:39 pm

So.

Here we are.

340 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:39 pm

Comments coming too quickly, can’t keep up.
Hate hate hate this ump but also the IBB was wrong.
Btw, Pete Rose the most over rated player in mlb history

341 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:40 pm

This announcers are irritating. How is it a good at bat when he didn't swing at a strike but it was called a ball? Unless he's a jedi controlling the umpire's mind, he had nothing to do with that.

342 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:40 pm

make up strike?

343 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:41 pm

Nice pitch.

Gutsy pitch.

344 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:41 pm

The Ump Scorecard on Twitter is going to be Must See

345 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:41 pm

"The strike zone is getting bigger and bigger..." Except when actual strikes are called balls.

346 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:41 pm

MONEY!

347 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:41 pm

Look. At. Clark. Schmidt!!!!!!

348 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:41 pm

Georgia Boy does it!!

349 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:41 pm

[345] exactly what I just said. I mean they even commented on it!

DoUBPLE PLAY!

350 rob_smith_51   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:41 pm

Huge play!

351 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:41 pm

Boom!!!!! Love it!!

352 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:41 pm

What a DP

353 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:42 pm

FUCK YEAH.

Sorry.

354 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:42 pm

YAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!

355 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:42 pm

[334] yeah, I won’t even attempt it. 4 is enough!

356 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:42 pm

Wow ... Gameday is BEHIND!
They didn't even show the 1st pitch before you guys saw the GIDP.

357 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:43 pm

[334] I have one more very short 2-mallet video in the queue I’ll post before the year is out or early next year

358 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:43 pm

So my phone is about 15 seconds behind the actual action.

359 knuckles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:43 pm

Huge double play. Of course, it wouldn’t have been necessary if this ump could recognize a ball vs a strike.

360 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:43 pm

Could it be...
do you think Clarke might be... Superman???

361 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:43 pm

The nation would prefer a scroll of Banter comments and David Cone snoring more than these fucking ass clowns in the booth.

362 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:43 pm

[356] that Is lame. Shouldn't lag that far behind.

363 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:44 pm

[357] oh cool. So happy I can watch those again. Life restoring!

364 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:44 pm

[355] My son was in the drum pit in marching band for four years, and I was always amazed by the kids on marimba.

365 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:45 pm

[356] [358] no access to tbs tonight? I’ll be able to watch tomorrow night from home as well

366 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:46 pm

[363] I am sooo happy about that for you!!!

367 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:46 pm

[364] Nice!

368 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:46 pm

What is Donaldson even doing?

369 rob_smith_51   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:46 pm

That was horrible, JD!

370 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:47 pm

Bench Donaldson. Play both of the Oz Kidz!!

371 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:47 pm

What would it to take JD? And then how quickly would he be back int he lineup?

372 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:47 pm

Brave showing, JD!

A brave showing.

373 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:47 pm

How is Fucklander real? Ugh.

374 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:47 pm

Attached boy, Josh. Maybe let the beer vendor hit for you. And for your info, darling, fucklander is going 7.

375 rob_smith_51   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:48 pm

I like Donaldson at 3rd. Too bad they don't have a designated fielder.

376 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:48 pm

Whew, I was really worried that Donaldson was going to hurt himself. It's a good thing he didn't swing the bat at all, much safer that way.

377 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:48 pm

Is Douchelson the least liked Yankee since…whom?

378 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:48 pm

I threw my last competitive pitch forty years ago at age twelve, but I'm fairly confident I could strike out Donaldson right now.

379 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:48 pm

I think that should count, just coz

380 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:49 pm

[376] I was thinking the same. It's like when we used to have to watch Yankee pitchers hitting in National League parks. You just wanted them to keep their bat on their shoulder and not get hurt. Same with Donaldson. Just sit down and get your glove.

381 rob_smith_51   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:50 pm

[377] Arod, Clemens, Ardolis?

382 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:50 pm

insane

383 knuckles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:51 pm

[377]
Pavano
Kevin Brown
Ellsbury

384 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:51 pm

Verlander is still pretty hood

385 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:51 pm

[381] I like all those guys better than Donaldson. At least those guys were good. And I never had a problem with A-Rod.

386 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:51 pm

Donelson and Carpenter. 6 easy outs per game.

387 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:52 pm

What's going on? My feed just went to a commercial break after Carp K'd.

388 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:52 pm

I don't dislike Ellsbury. He was a bad signing before the ink was dry, but whatever. Pavano? I've blocked that out. I don't even remember what I thought about him. Kevin Brown? I don't know.

Donaldson reigns supreme in my book.

389 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:52 pm

[384] He's good at pitching.

390 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:52 pm

Oh, end of the inning. Doh!

391 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:53 pm

Well, these innings are torture.

392 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:53 pm

Yeesh. This will just make Firing Boone and hiring Mattingly that much easier.

393 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:53 pm

[387] That's what we call the "end of the half inning".

394 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:54 pm

[377] German is up there too

395 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:54 pm

The asshole racist can go fuck himself. I hate Houston

396 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:54 pm

[388] I've totally blocked him out too. He was the one that gave us like ten starts in three years, right?

God, when even was that? Was that like in the Raul Mondesi and Rondell White days?

Those were some really dark times. I really didn't enjoy those teams very much.

FUck.

Goddamn it.

Fuck.

397 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:55 pm

Fuck them. All of them.

398 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:55 pm

[389] See, I told you.

399 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:55 pm

Damn…isn’t Gurriel like 50??

400 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:56 pm

[392] I don’t think Mattibgly is a good manager at all. Definitely don’t want him. Gotta get rid of Boone…

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401 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:56 pm

[395] I'm glad someone else remembers that about Guriel, by the way.

402 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:56 pm

Aw crap

403 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:57 pm

I'm not sure how this is one Boone. I guess you could argue that he's the one who puts the lineup together, but this game looks very different if the Yankees do something with guys on second and third and one out.

404 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:57 pm

[401] I’ll never forget. Every time I have to look at that piece of shit, my stomach ties in knots. He needs to rot in hell before the end of this series.

405 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:58 pm

It's not what you want.

406 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:58 pm

Did I mention that I hate all of them?

407 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:58 pm

Sigh.
Well, it was a nice dream while it lasted.

408 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:58 pm

A guy named Chas? Really?

Bringing Clarke in was so dumb. And, I imagine no one has been warming up???

409 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:58 pm

can't let mccormick beat us. this is ridiculous.

410 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:58 pm

No blame to Schmidt here, guy was a lifelong minor leaguer now Yankees expect him to shut down one of the best teams in baseball? Feel for the guy

411 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:58 pm

sigh

412 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:58 pm

Double crap .

413 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:58 pm

[403] I agree. Bad ABs by Donaldson. Carp has lost the magic.

414 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:59 pm

[408] they said Trivino was last inning. Not sure if he stayed up...

415 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:59 pm

The problem is not Boone, the problem is that the bullpen has been absolutely ravaged by injuries. Clarke Schmidt should not be in that spot, but who else? I feel awful for him.

416 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 8:59 pm

Jeez, maybe TBS can just go blow Verlander in the dugout now? Would
Be faster then the endless cuts to him the dugout for rest the game

417 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:00 pm

Well, and also... the bullpen isn't really that good.

It looked SO good in June. But it wasn't really.

418 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:00 pm

Does anyone remember the GoT scene with The Hound and the chickens.
Right now I want to be the guy who the Hound stabs into own dagger, OVER AND OVER AND OVER again.
Ugh.

419 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:00 pm

Nine outs to get something together...

But remember, this wasn't a game the Yankees were supposed to win. This was the gravy game.

420 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:00 pm

[414] I’d have preferred Trivino there. Clarke is more for length. German would have even been better.

It’s still a close game, but … they have a great bullpen and we’re gonna get swept.

421 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:01 pm

Check out Lou’s ‘stache!

422 RIYank   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:01 pm

Michael King, he was the real deal, so yeah that injury was very costly.

423 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:01 pm

A free out. Thanks Maldy.

424 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:02 pm

[422] yup. That’s when I said the season ended.

425 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:03 pm

[416] I was thinking the same. This is why all baseball fans everywhere hate all of the postseason announcers. We're used to listening to our own guys calling our games from our team's perspective, but then we get to the postseason and once the other team takes a lead, the announcers start gushing about them and putting everyone into the Hall of Fame. I get it, but it's still tiresome. I mean, I know Verlander is a Hall of Famer, but how many times tonight have they told us that?

426 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:03 pm

I am grateful JD can still contribute in the field. THat's important.

427 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:03 pm

Yep to all of that.

428 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:04 pm

Sit down Buzzer Boy, ya fuck, ya.

429 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:04 pm

nice work Trivino.

430 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:05 pm

Alright, fuck it - let’s break their hearts. And, by that, I mean Darling and the other guy. Frenchy is pretty innocuous. Doesn’t add a blessed bit of baseball value though…

431 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:05 pm

No shame losing Game 1 with the travel and facing the greatest pitcher/competitor/mustache ever to take the mound. Let’s get ‘em in Game 2

432 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:06 pm

This game was went down the shitter when they the 5 and 6 hitter could not even foul a ball off with men on 2nd and 3rd. Donaldson will hit for the cycle before the Yankees ever beat Verlander in a playoff game.

433 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:06 pm

[431] Wait up, I ain't hear no fat lady signing.

434 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:07 pm

[431] I'm surprisingly unbothered by all this. Winning this game would've been like stealing, but if we don't win... I still feel good about tomorrow and about the rest of the series.

435 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:07 pm

[431] Jazz - if I can watch a certain documentary in the coming weeks, I’m gonna be emailing you about it!

436 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:07 pm

(433) I’m grumpy..need a small espresso before lunch methinks

437 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:07 pm

So are they gonna show Verlander with that shark dance thing three times an inning, or just once an inning?

438 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:08 pm

Yeah, in general, I’m less stressed and worried about this game than I was for Judge hitting 60/61/62 and the ALDS.

439 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:08 pm

[433] Wait up again, Montas is warming up. It's over.

440 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:09 pm

[439] I bet the announcers just harp on his PED suspension…

441 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:09 pm

(435) Mysterious! Assume a music doc..?

442 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:09 pm

This might irritate some people, but here it is. Watching Verlander dominate over the past four innings is better than baseball being over. The Yankees so easily could've lost to Cleveland, and then where would we be?

443 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:10 pm

Hey, let's talk about Verlander some more!

444 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:11 pm

Peraza could have done that. And a whole lot more!

Oz & Oz should be our left side tomorrow

445 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:12 pm

these guys have abandoned calling the game

446 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:12 pm

[441] yes!

447 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:12 pm

[442] agreed.

448 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:13 pm

What are you looking at, dude?

449 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:13 pm

Trevy is probably cooked from a long year catching. Didn’t he recently have another baby boy too? Probably hasn’t been sleeping much, if that’s the case…

450 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:14 pm

You'll swing at the next meatball, dude.

451 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:14 pm

[442] laughing

And then where would we be?

452 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:14 pm

[445] they sure have. Game is kinda over and they don’t know much about baseball anyhow. If they’re gonna keep talking about Fucklander, can they just talk about Kate instead? With pictures, preferably!

453 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:16 pm

[431] Oh man, that's an interesting baseball thought experiment.
Who IS "the greatest pitcher/competitor/mustache ever to take the mound"? Not sure it's Verlander, he's not the leader in the 'stache competition, for sure.
And how much do you weight each category???

454 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:16 pm

Uh oh, MontASS in.

455 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:17 pm

Keep this kid off the basepaths

456 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:17 pm

That definitely keeps him off the basepaths

457 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:17 pm

[454] perfect.

458 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:18 pm

Choo-choo!

459 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:18 pm

The smart thing here is to let Montas finish this game, no matter what happens.

460 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:18 pm

Montas. Worst move ever in Cashman's long and storied history about bad moves.

461 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:18 pm

yep Montas still sucks.

462 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:18 pm

Well this is fun.

463 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:18 pm

Jeebus

464 GaryfromChevyChase   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:18 pm

Staying up to watch because I am stupid

465 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:19 pm

The mustache discussion is more interesting than what's happening on my TV right now...

Sparky Lyle?
Al Hrabosky?
Jack Morris?

466 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:20 pm

I think Jack Morris, hands down.

467 knuckles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:20 pm

Where does Houston find these guys? Correa leaves and they replace him with someone bigger and better and younger and cheaper.

468 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:20 pm

Could you imagine having a young, stud shortstop? What about two?

Now, it’d be impossible to have both on the postseason roster at the same time. If you’d be so fortunate, what would you do? Well, of course, play your stopgap shortstop who is both offensively AND defensively challenged that was just benched because he wasn’t good enough to beat a lesser team. FUCK!!!

469 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:20 pm

Well, not supposed to win this game anyway.

470 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:20 pm

⬆️ Rollie Fingers? Gorman Thomas? George Scott?

471 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:21 pm

[460] I wanted Castillo sooo bad. Then again, not for both Volpe AND Peraza (plus)

472 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:22 pm

[459] only at 12 pitches! ; )

473 Ara Just Fair   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:23 pm

Hopefully my field trip tomorrow to the pumpkin patch goes better than this game. Peace out, y'all.
Outlander!!!!!!!!!!
GODDAMN HIM!

474 knuckles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:23 pm

Hrabosky
Rollie Fingers
Bobby Grich
Alvaro Espinoza
Davey Lopes

475 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:25 pm

Davey Lopes a great choice!

476 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:25 pm

[470] Hm. I was thinking only pitchers. I've extending, then there's only one choice -- Reggie Smith, circa 1977.

477 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:25 pm

So I just noticed that it's only 4-1...
But I don't remember the Yankees' last basehit.

478 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:26 pm

GOOSE you silly kay-nighits!

479 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:28 pm

HOW IS THAT A STRIKE?!?!?!

480 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:28 pm

Gleyber is fucking killing me.

481 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:28 pm

omg this ump

482 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:28 pm

That pitch was in the dirt.

483 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:28 pm

It was just above his ankles.

HE'S SIX FOOT FUCKING SEVEN!!!

484 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:29 pm

Darling with some insight on Judge -- "I wonder if the umpires have trouble adjusting to his strike zone."

485 knuckles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:29 pm

Fck this ump.
I cannot wait til they’re all replaced by cameras and robots.

486 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:29 pm

if you throw the pitch to the catcher, as the home team, and the away team doesn't swing, it's a strike. ooh and aah, even it's a foot out of the zone. fuck everything and everyone!!

487 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:30 pm

wait. so that was a ball? the one at his ankles? so, what about the earlier pitch? FUCK!!!

488 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:31 pm

and, now - what are you looking at???

i will have no problems rooting for either national league team to sweep houston.

489 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:31 pm

[486] the pitches should be on the big screen with the box so people can see. People can't see but react anyhow. It's absurd.

490 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:32 pm

As a teacher, I'm a mandated reporter. I feel like I need to call Child Protective Services to report all these kids I see in the stands being indoctrinated to the Cheating Cult.

491 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:32 pm

I genuinely don't understand Gleyber.
He shows not only that he's capable of going the other way, but of doing so with authority. He's legit dangerous when he does that. So why does he mysteriously stop trying to do that? Really, I just don't get it.

His whole swing changes. I don't know how to account for that.

492 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:33 pm

[489] YES!!!

493 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:33 pm

[490] I stand with you.

494 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:34 pm

Okay, Rizzo!

495 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:34 pm

TONY MEATBALLS!!

496 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:34 pm

RIZZO!

497 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:34 pm

Ratzo!

498 rbj   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:35 pm

Meh, I have to drive my parents hither and yon tomorrow.

499 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:35 pm

If only to stop the announcers' love fest.

500 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:35 pm

If Stanton hits a Stantonian Shot (TM), it counts as 3.

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501 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:35 pm

Bravo, Ratso.

Bloop and a blast time.

502 knuckles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:35 pm

Rizzo will not go quietly into that good night.
Rage, rage, etc.

503 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:35 pm

[499] well, they certainly weren't excited about it. they'd rather get all hot and bothered about fucklander on the bench.

504 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:36 pm

[503] So true. It didn't fit the narrative they've spun themselves into.

505 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:36 pm

[498] enjoy the time with them! i'm going to visit mine next week. and again, with my full family (wife/daughter), next month. can't wait!

506 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:37 pm

i'd say tie the game now, but JD is up...

507 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:37 pm

And just when I was beginning to feel hopeful, here comes Donaldson.

508 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:37 pm

should pinch hit with oswaldo!!!

509 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:37 pm

[507] exactly.

510 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:37 pm

Nice hit, G.

THere's the "bloop."

Redemption time, JD.

511 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:38 pm

Another bad call!! That’s low

512 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:38 pm

Low.

513 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:39 pm

hey, blue - FUCK YOU!!

514 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:39 pm

Fuck this ump

515 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:39 pm

THAT'S FUCKING LOW!!!!!

THAT IS FUCKING LOW!!!!!!

516 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:39 pm

Can't believe that pitch 9 feet out wasn't called a strike.

517 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:39 pm

Was that just a quick camera shot of about 20 Asian nuns in th bleachers…?

518 knuckles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:40 pm

Why is Dusty wearing black rubber gloves when it’s the umpire that’s getting away with murder?

519 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:40 pm

bring the rain. PLEASE!!!

520 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:40 pm

All right, way to hang in, JD.

521 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:40 pm

Any time you work a walk with THIS umpire behind the plate...

522 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:40 pm

Great AB by Douchelson, even with the ump hindering him

523 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:41 pm

[518] Zing!

524 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:41 pm

NIce AB, JD.

That was clutch.

525 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:41 pm

Knuckles, that’s hysterical!

526 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:41 pm

How many times did he walk in that at bat? 3?

527 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:41 pm

Carpenter - regain the magic. Pressley can be erratic.

528 knuckles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:41 pm

Finally a decent AB by JB.

Do you give Carp the chance or no?

529 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:41 pm

[517] That, indeed, was incredibly odd. A night out for the convent to cheer on the cheaters.

530 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:42 pm

[518] knuckles - you need to bring back your old comic strip and draw that one up!

531 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:43 pm

Just saw this. Did you know that the Padres' five-run rally was triggered when Austin Nola singled off his brother Aaron? It'll be an interesting Thanksgiving...

532 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:44 pm

peraza on to run for JD. will he play 3rd? i guess he'll be at short, IKF moves to 3rd...

533 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:44 pm

(529) Eapecially as we know he Good Lord is a Yankee Fan..

534 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:44 pm

[531] yes!

535 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:44 pm

Forcing Baker to bring in his closer for four outs is at least a minor win. But Carpenter could still do something here.

536 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:44 pm

Man, that was fugly.

Damn.

537 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:45 pm

c'mon, Carp. lay off the bendys

538 knuckles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:45 pm

thelarmis
You may be the only person on this planet that remembers those.

539 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:45 pm

Jesus.

Dude cannot see the baseball.

540 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:45 pm

carpenter is not reading the banter in real time.

541 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:46 pm

[538] you guys are my online family!!! : )

542 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:46 pm

[540] I'm sure he peruses the thread postgame.

543 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:46 pm

that SUCKED

544 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:47 pm

K Sombrero for Carpenter tonight..that’s ‘not what you want’

545 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:47 pm

sigh

Still. Bloop and a blast.

546 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:47 pm

Carp just looks bad. Hasn't had a hit since July? I mean that's a long time to sit and expect him to just hit.

547 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:47 pm

[542] too late.

[539] close eyes. swing at heater. hit ball far. win game.

548 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:48 pm

I loved what the porn 'stache was doing earlier in the year, but, he's not coming close to competent right now.
Sombrero time.

549 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:48 pm

[546] exactly. why isn't cabrera in this game? if he's not injured or hurting, boone should be fired and Bam-Bam should manage the rest of the series.

550 knuckles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:48 pm

Gah
I don’t know if there are enough AB left in this series to get Carp in a groove again.
He was a grea pt story when the Yanks were absolutely feasting on everyone, but he’s not going to come back and deliver our lineup from famine.

551 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:49 pm

[546] Indeed.

552 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:49 pm

[546] There was a real sense that the Yankees had caught lightning in a bottle with Carpenter this summer, and in the back of my mind I always worried that it wouldn't last. So it shouldn't be surprising that the long layoff seems to have let that lightning back out of the bottle. Look how long it took Stanton to find his swing again.

553 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:50 pm

wait. a 2-run game, and castro is in? still no oswaldo?

i hate this.

554 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:50 pm

Why is IKF playing third??? Did I miss something?

555 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:51 pm

JD would have made a MUCH better throw. put BOTH Oz Kidz on the left side.

556 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:51 pm

Man, Izzy.

557 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:51 pm

Oh, did they run for him?

558 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:51 pm

[552] Yeah I felt much the same way. It's rare to just be back in the zone immediately after an injury.

559 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:51 pm

i'm tellin' ya - oswaldo is hurting from the hicks collision. there is no other explanation.

560 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:52 pm

[557] yes

561 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:52 pm

rizzo is a badass. the kid had more time. he'll find it fast, if given the chance...

562 Boatzilla   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:52 pm

Castro? Did Boone bet on the Astros?

563 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:53 pm

And here we go...

564 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:54 pm

castro looking good. wearing #30. so glad Willie threw out the first pitch yesterday at The Stadium. i've always loved him. wish he had more coaching/managing chances in The Show. there must've been some shit we don't know about. seems like he's been blackballed from getting a gig. still has that great smile and disposition.

565 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:55 pm

i think one of the new mlb rules is that if Master Bader hits a leadoff homerun in the first game of a playoff series on the road, it counts as 2 runs. i could be mistaken, and it's actually 3 runs. i mean, it's like saying extra innings begin with an automatic (not a ghost!) runner on 2nd.

why do i adore this sport/game so much...

566 knuckles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:56 pm

Someone needs to be telling Bader right now to just get on base.

567 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:56 pm

Why do I feel a 1-2-3 and out coming up?

568 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:57 pm

[564] Aww, I'm so sorry I missed him! I didn't get to my seat until the bottom of the first. That would have been great to cheer for him. He was one of my faves as a kid. Wore #30 in little league.

569 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:58 pm

[567] because you're prescient

570 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:59 pm

we're getting killed with bendy pitches and haven't seen mcculers.

571 knuckles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:59 pm

Also, is Rizzo the first Yankee to reliability and effectively choke up with two strikes since Posada and Matsui?

572 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:59 pm

fuck off, blue.

573 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:59 pm

16K

Man. It's tough to win if you can't hit the baseball.

574 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:59 pm

ok, that's it. bench IKF for life. that was worse than JD.

575 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 9:59 pm

Bench IKF again please. I just don't want to watch him anymore.

576 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:01 pm

He did not "sneak" a fastball by him; he nailed the inside corner.

577 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:01 pm

[568] same here! i need to find video. i just read about it. he's the first major leaguer i ever met. i remember everything about it at The Stadium and his amazing autograph! sadly, it got lost in the move from Queens to Long Island, along with a picture of Mookie Wilson and me...

578 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:01 pm

It's better this way. It makes me hate them more, which will make the eventual series win all the sweeter.

579 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:01 pm

Well that's that.

580 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:02 pm

That's Mr. Falafel to you, sonny!

581 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:02 pm

not for nothin', i'm glad to have had a good reason and the opportunity to be back at the banter with all of you! hope to see ya tomorrow night!

maybe our fearless leader AB will show up!!!

582 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:02 pm

Tough game, let’s get them tomorrow!

583 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:02 pm

[580] exactamundo

584 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:02 pm

Alright, see y'all tomorrows.

585 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:03 pm

[578] ha!

586 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:03 pm

[584] yay!

though, my pinkie is not happy about any of this...

587 knuckles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:04 pm

Cabrera must really be hurting if you don’t PH him for Trevino with the top of the order coming up.

588 Hank Waddles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:04 pm

Looking forward to tomorrow!

589 thelarmis   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:05 pm

[587] yeah, we really need some 411 on this. i'll be checking twitter in a bit.

590 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:13 pm

[587] yeah good point

591 jaynek   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:13 pm

good night all!

592 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:19 pm

[581] Hear, hear!

593 knuckles   ~  Oct 19, 2022 10:35 pm

Last comment for evening. I don’t like to applaud mediocrity or anything but with Verlanders performance tonight, the umps asinine-Ness, and disparity in rest days, this could have easily been a blowout. Still time to steal a game (or two?!?) in shitsville and go back to the Bronx approaching full steam.

594 Evil Empire   ~  Oct 20, 2022 1:09 pm

[121] Thanks! I'll try to be around later too

[122] Sorry for the late response -- Yes, the Yanks beat the Angels in 6 games back in 2009. That's why I knew we were going to win the World Series.

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