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Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Carlos Beltran DH
Brian McCann C
Yangervis Solarte 3B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Brian Roberts 2B
Kelly Johnson 1B

It’s our man Hiroki.

Never mind the heat:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Picture by Bags]

Takin’ it low and slow on a Sunday morning.

[Photo Credit: Viviana Peretti via MPD]

Yanks needed digestive relief after all. They were down 3-0 on the 6th when they scored 3 runs to tie the game. But David Phelps walked the first two batters in the bottom of the inning (he threw a 3-1 curve ball to the lead off hitter, Billy Butler), and you just knew that wasn’t going to turn out well. And it didn’t because Salvador Perez cranked a 3-run homer and that put the Royals ahead for good.

“Frustrating is a PG-rated word for it,” Phelps said after the game. “Pitching decent going into the later parts of the games, but it’s tough to win ballgames when you give up four runs in the sixth and seventh inning. It’s just frustrating. … I’ve just got to trust my stuff and throw something over the plate. I’m trying to make the game a lot harder than it needs to be.”

Bromo, indeed.

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) Diner Scene from two40 on Vimeo.

Final Score: Royals 8, Yanks 4. 

[Photo Credit: Peachridge Glass]

Yanks and Royals, Saturday Night.

Never mind the Bromo:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Via: San Diegan]

I’ve found myself watching Met games more often this season because I enjoy the company of their announcing team, especially Keith Hernandez. Ron Darling and Mex are smart, cultured guys as well as good baseball men. I don’t always enjoy the company of the Yankee announcers but I really like watching a game when David Cone is in the booth. (He’d be a scream paired with Mex, wouldn’t he?) He’s funny, has a student’s knowledge of baseball history, and is keen on the modern analytical part of the game, too.

Cone is what I liked most about last night’s game. Oh yeah, it helped that Brian McCann finally got a big hit, Chase Whitley pitched 7 innings and that the Yanks won, 4-2, but Cone is why I didn’t flip the channel.

Four games in K.C.

Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Brett Gardner LF
Carlos Beltran DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann C
Yangervis Solarte 3B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Brian Roberts 2B
Brendan Ryan SS

[Photo Credit: Harry Gruyaert]

Mark Teixeira feels funny.

Here’s Mike Axisa on the Yankees’ top pick in the draft. 

[Photo Credit: Simon Willims]

We’d seen this before. The offense not able to score. The bullpen trying to hold on to a slim lead. With the tying run on second base and one out in the 9th, David Robertson kicked a ground ball that was headed to center field. It looked to be a sure base hit. The game was going to be tied. But the ball knocked off Robertson’s foot and shot over toward first base. Mark Teixeira took a great angle to it and fielded it cleanly. Robertson sprinted to first and Tex flipped the ball to his pitcher for the second out. It was one of those plays that usually never turn out well for the fielding team. This time it did. Robertson struck out the next hitter and the Yanks had a 2-1 win.

Six strong from Tanaka. He wasn’t dominant. The A’s battled him with some long at bats. But Tanaka was good enough. Betances in the 7th, Warren in the 8th, and then Robertson in the 9th.

With a little bit of luck.

[Picture by Bags]

The Yanks turn to Masahiro Tanaka once again to stop a losing streak. This afternoon, they hope to avoid being swept by the A’s.

Beltran is back.

Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Carlos Beltran DH
Yangervis Solarte 3B
Brian McCann C
Alfonso Soriano RF
Brian Roberts 2B

Never mind the rain:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Painting by Wayne Thiebaud]

The Yanks had a 4-0 lead after Jacoby Ellsbury hit a 3-run home run but then the A’s scored 7 unanswered runs as they beat the hapless Yanks, 7-4. But the game was overshadowed by the news that Don Zimmer passed away. The Forrest Gump-like baseball character had a memorable run in New York during the Joe Torre years. He was something else.

Here’s Vin.

[Photo Credit: Linda Cataffo]

Time for the Yanks to get a win. Enough of this losing shit. I know they’re playing the best team in the league but still, they should have won last night. Now, go out and get a “w” tonight, fellas.

Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann DH
Yangervis Solarte 3B
Brian Roberts 2B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
John Ryan Murphy C

Never mind the odds:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

Screw off the top of a bottle of wine…

[Photo Credit: James K. Lowe via MPD]

Herge.

Man, and Hiroki pitched such a nice game, too. But then reality bite Dellin Betances in the 8th and Adam Warren in the 10th as the best team in the American League beat the Yanks, 5-2.

Quelle dommage, man.

“I think they’re frustrated,” Joe Girardi said. “I don’t notice them coming to the ballpark and having a different approach than they would have if they scored six or seven runs the night before, but I think they’re frustrated when they don’t come through. I think that’s the nature of the business, and that’s the competitive nature in guys. I think our pitchers have done a good job handling it. I don’t think we’ve seen them really get away with what they do, and they’ve given us opportunities to win games.”

[Photo Credit: Gordon Parks]

The A’s are in town for 3 games. The tough Oakland A’s. Our man Hiroki’s on the hill.

Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter DH
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Yangervis Solarte 2B
Alfonso Soriano RF
Scott Sizemore 3B
John Ryan Murphy C
Brendan Ryan SS

Supposed to storm tonight.

Never mind the lightning:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Picture by Bags]

Tarako Spaghetti? Yes, please. [Photo Credit: Andre Baranowski]

“Central Park” By George Bellows (1905)

Marc Myers on the making of “Whole Lotta Love.” 

Ah-hem:

[Painting by Antoine Renault]

Alan Taylor’s terrific In Focus blog features the 1964 New York World’s Fair.