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[Photo Credit: Jane Mingay]
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May 3, 2026
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“Country Church” By Paul Gauguin (1879)
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Go Figure
Maybe the Mets and Yankees should trade ballparks. After whipping Yankee pitching but good on Monday and Tuesday the Mets were shutout for the past two nights in Queens. Last night, the Yanks won an improbable 1-0 game in which both starting pitchers made their big league debut. Chase Whitley didn’t get through the 5th inning but when he left with 2 outs in the 4th–with 2 men on base–he hadn’t allowed a run. Guy threw strikes, nothing overpowering, but he had a good changeup. Oh, and he got a base hit his first time at bat.
He was relieved by Dellin Betances who retired Eric Young on a ground out to Solarte at third base. In the dugout, Whitley was all smiles, as was his pal, David Phelps (which reminded me that I don’t recall ever having seen Phelps smile before).
Betances pitched 2 more innings and struck out 6 batters.
The Yanks scored their run when the Mets failed to complete a double play in the top of the 7th which left Brian McCann on first base with 2 out. Alfonso Soriano doubled to the gap in left-center and McCann scored. That was it. The Yanks had runners on second and third in the 8th with just one out but couldn’t get a run in. Adam Warren struck out 2 hitters in the 8th but also walked a batter and allowed a base hit. David Robertson relieved him, struck out David Wright, and then pitched a 1-2-3 9th inning to give the Yanks a series split.
Final Score: Yanks 1, Mets 0.
It should be noted that the Mets starter, Jacob deGrom, was mighty impressive. He has the easy cheese of a young AJ Burnett and is tall with longish hair sort of like Jered Wever. Anyhow, the Mets have an enviable stable of young pitching, man, and before long it could well be the Mets as the Kings of New York.
[Picture by Bags]
Bye Bye Baby
Couple of kids making their big league debut tonight.
Chase Whitley goes for the Yanks.
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann C
Alfonso Soriano RF
Yangervis Solarte 3B
Brian Roberts 2B
Chase Whitley RHP
As expected, Beltran to the DL.
Never mind the aches and pains:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: Hari Roser via MPD]
Trouble in Mind
Beltran and C.C. and the Big Ouch. Young or old–in this case, old–players are falling like flies in 2014.
I wonder what the Yanks can expect to get out of their two veterans. I like ’em both. But who knows how often they’ll be on the field this summer.
[Photo Credit: Jonathan Daniel/N.Y. Daily News]
Enough Already
C’mon Masahiro. Time to put an end to the losing streak.
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann C
Alfonso Soriano RF
Yangervis Solarte 3B
Brian Roberts 2B
Masahiro Tanaka RHP
Never mind nuthin’:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Picture via: Comically Vintage]
Taster’s Cherce
Alex Balk on how to cook a fuckin’ steak.
Found this post via the dope tumblr site kateopolis.
[Photo Credit: Andrew Scrivani]
Where & When: Game 51
Welcome back to what has become perhaps a needed distraction, Where & When. Hopefully the team won’t fall underneath .500 tonight, and if they do let’s hope they can float long enough until reinforcements arrive. In the meantime, let’s ponder the past yet again and find out what this is all about:
There is an important distinction about this building, so tell us what building this is, where it’s located, when it was built and as a bonus, how long it lasted and what the distinction actually is. Show your math as well. A frosty mug of your favorite root beer if you have the where and when practical answers with notes, and I’ll upgrade it to a root beer float if you get the bonus question. The rest of us will get cold cream sodas in a can. So you know the drill; have fun and I’ll see you in the game thread (maybe)!
[photo credit: Detroit Photographic Company (Wikipedia)]
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!
"This ain't football. We do this every day."
--Earl Weaver
--Earl Weaver