Alex Balk on how to cook a fuckin’ steak.
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April 6, 2026
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Gruesome, Isn’t It?
The Mets don’t have hitting, they can’t score runs but on Tuesday night they continued to batter the bejesus out of Yankee pitching. This time it was to the tune of 12-7 as David Wright got 3 hits and Curtis Granderson and Daniel Murphy hit home runs. The Mets have a six-game winning streak over the Yanks dating back to last season.
The game took forever and even Zach Wheeler couldn’t pitch through the end of the fifth to earn the win. Although there was plenty for Met fans to cheer about the game took on a sleepy feeling for its final hour or two.
A low point for the Yanks is a highlight for the Mets.
The two teams move to Citi Field and the Yanks turn their lonely eyes to Masahiro Tanaka.
[Picture by Bernardita Arís]
Whadda Ya Got?
Let’s face it, apart from Tanaka, who’ll start tomorrow night in Queens, the Yanks starting pitching is outmatched for the rest of this subway serious. And even Tanaka’s gotta lose sometime. Wouldn’t it sum up a losing streak for the Yanks if Tanaka’s first loss in forever came against the Mets?
Right?
On the other hand, I’m excited to see what kind of fight the Yanks have in them. The team is being squeezed by injuries but still have not a terrible lineup.
It’s up to the bats to do the heavy-lifting for a minute.
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira DH
Brian McCann C
Alfonso Soriano RF
Yangervis Solarte 3B
Kelly Johnson 1B
Brian Roberts 2B
That’s a half Good, half-Ass lineup if I’ve ever seen one.
Ah, never mind the gloom and doom:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Here Comes the Pain
Ivan Nova is done for the year. Michael Pineda is done for awhile and who knows if the guy will ever stay healthy (I doubt he will). C.C. Sabathia is on the DL and now Carlos Beltran may join him. Ichiro couldn’t go last night and neither could Shawn Kelly. Some of this is just what happens–guys get hurt, young guys, pitchers, doesn’t matter. But the Yanks have a lot of old guys so you can’t be surprised when their seniors’ get hurt.
Right now, the team is a hurtin’.
Our feelings were hurt by the end of the night as Hiroki Kuroda and bullpen could not hold leads of 4-1, and 7-4, as the Mets rallied for a 9-7 win.
Ouch.
The last insult came when Kyle Farnsworth almost shit the bed in the 9th inning. The Yanks were down by 2 and there were runners on first and third (and the only reason Mark Teixeira only made it to first on his drive to right field is because he’s hurting too). Brian McCann ripped a ball that looked ticketed to right. It’d be good for an RBI and another first and third situation. Except Lucas Duda made a sweet pick and started the 3-5-3 double play to end the game.
I’m sure Met fans expected Farnsworth to blow it. Yankee fans expected him to blow it, too.
So it goes.
Final Score: Mets 9, Yankees 7.
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Very Serious (Like a Peek Frean)
Time for this dumb thing again.
This year the Yanks and Mets will play a couple of games in the Bronx and then a couple out in Queens.
Tonight gives our man Hiroki vs. our old pal, Bartolo Colon.
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Carlos Beltran DH
Brian McCann C
Alfonso Soriano RF
Yangervis Solarte 3B
Kelly Johnson 1B
Brian Roberts 2B
Never mind the horseshit:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
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Taster’s Cherce
Food 52 show us How to Make a Vinaigrette Without a Recipe.
Tough Mudda
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mom’s out there!
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
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Swing Low
Maybe C.C. is broken. I will say this–he allowed 3 home runs last night and none of them were cheapies. They were all bombs. Yet despite the long ball, Sabathia did keep his team in the game though he didn’t end up with a decision. Still, the worry has been there and it remains–will the Big Guy come around? Not to his old self, of course, but to a new self. You can see him working through it.
We’ll be rooting for him, of course. In the meantime, the Yanks lost 5-4, but hope to win the series this afternoon.
[Picture by Bags]
I Remember the 35 Sweet Goodbyes
Just as some lovers will always have Paris, C.C. Sabathia always has Milwaukee where he once pitched his ass off for half a season. C.C. made his name in Cleveland and will pitch for the Yankees for a long time but his brief stay over in Milwaukee saw him at his best.
We can only hope the comfortable surroundings bring good things tonightski.
We are also treated to the defensive stylings of Brendan Ryan. Welcome back, dude.
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Brett Gardner LF
Carlos Beltran RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann C
Yangervis Solarte 3B
Brian Roberts 2B
Brendan Ryan SS
Never mind the sausage race:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
A Bend in the River
We’ve seen it in almost every one of Masahiro Tanaka’s starts–the moment he bends but does not break. Last night, it came in the bottom of the 6th inning. The Yanks had a 4-0 lead and Tanaka had only given up a pair of singles over the first 5 innings. But he allowed back-to-back doubles to start the 6th and then a single. Now, the score was 4-2 and with a man on first Tanaka fell behind Aramis Ramirez, 3-0. Ramirez took a called strike and then fouled off the next 5 pitches.
Here was the game. If Tanaka loses the battle with Ramirez, maybe the pitchers’ night is over. Instead, on the 10th pitch of the at bat, Ramirez hit a hard ground ball right to Derek Jeter who converted it into a double play.
Bend not broke.
Tanaka struck out the first man in the 7th but then allowed a couple of base hits and this time, his pitch-count over 100, Joe Girardi replaced him with Adam Warren. The Yanks got a strike ’em out, throw ’em out double play to get out of it. They added a run, and so did the Brewers. The big hit was a 3-run home run by Yangervis Solarte as the Yanks beat the Brewers, 5-3.
[Photo Credit: Jan-Pieter ‘t Hart via MPD]
The Big Ragu
Tanaka Time. And homeboy gets to hit tonight.
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Derek Jeter SS
Carlos Beltran RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann C
Yangervis Solarte 3B
Brett Gardner LF
Brian Roberts 2B
Masahiro Tanaka RHP
Never mind the ‘brats:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
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