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I wonder how that makes the chowdah heads feel.
I thought cole Hamels was hurt. What’s he doing no-hitting the Braves?
Being Cole Hamels…and dreamy.
Yes, I have a man crush on Cole Hamels. I have for a while now. I’m okay with it.
Mad fantasy stats for me
Bottom half of the lineup due up. It’s good to be confident in it again.
Swisher can’t stand home.
Swishahouse.
Oh, man.
Trivia = Johnny Damon
I was gonna go with ManRam.
But Damon makes sense.
….Ayayay.
Dammit Swish.
Horseshit. I’d be more annoyed if they weren’t winning.
dude he was back in time
thats not what he was called out for
Yeah dude I’m aware of that once they said it.
So if they loose this game by 1 run…..
…
Well that shit sucked.
Did he call him out on a push?
Yes.
You know, I kinda blame Thompson for the whole thing, what are you doing touching/leaning on him in the first place? Time hasn’t been called, stop taking his attention away from a live play.
Can someone tell Cano to pretend it’s the 2nd half of the season?
He’ll be fine. He’s still working the count great and I say that someone said his BABIP is like .059 during his slump
Well, his BABIP is gonna be low as hell if he’s just hitting soft ground balls. Sure, some of those are going to sneak past IFers from time to time, but it’s not like he’s smoking the ball right at people.
I can’t say that’s a push. It was more of a GO!
Actually that out was Rob Thompson’s fault cos Swish was otherwise safe.
Hey!
Cervelli with the hit!
Swisher is so overrated. He just cost this team a run and he didn’t even have the common courtesy to give a reach-around. http://www.dontvoteswisher.com
Hey, I dropped the “reach around” joke the other night, I want royalties.
But it applied more to this situation since the coach did touch Swisher. While you said it before me, yours was poorly executed relative to my flawless execution. For your sake, hopefully not your A game.
Mine was related to a gay joke about ARod.
Hence, my joke >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your joke
Anything related to ARod instantly becomes bad. He is a virus where anything he comes in contact with becomes infected. His name should be banned from history. I will only refer to him from now on as * . Try giving 110% next time.
/OAKTAG
OAKTAG
Congrats Frankie Baggadonuts.
Joey Baggadonuts is another of my favorite aliases.
Jorge who!?!?!111!!? Jose who!?!!?111/!!?!
Posada, Molina.
Never heard of them.
votecervelli.com
See Swish pretend to throw it in the stands.
What is up with the Jeet man. At least he hit that one well.
Well doesn’t count toward your batting average unless they fall for hits. Just ask Tex.
Wow. Trick question.
Those cheeky bastards.
KAY YOU TEH SNEEKY BASTARD!!!!
Michael Kay 1
Tommie 0
Mike 0
CC’s cruising.
Pitch count as of Huff?
Just over 50. Guthrie, for comparison, is on 70.
Ok very good. It just seemed like he was wasting pitches. So this “Needed” complete game fatcesa (I refuse to capitalize his name) called for might come in all good fortune.
49
49 through 4. He’s going the distance.
49 pitches through 4.
FanGraphs’ live graphs and logs rock.
http://www.fangraphs.com/livew.....=290508101
I realize this is super-late, but I just went back and watched A-Rod’s homer again…did anybody catch Joba’s reaction in the dugout? “F**k yeah!!”
Obviously, I thought the subsequent fist-pump was classless, however.
Joba Chamberlain has murdered baseball history.
And everything it stands for.
Until he goes to the bullpen!
I love seeing the CC that we saw when we signed him. All we need is Teix to warm up.
Psh. Giambi would have had that one…
CC CG? Please!?
Way to go burrell!!
Awesome. One of my dad’s customers just gave him two tickets behind the plate at Citi Field he can’t use on Wednesday. I know it’s the Mets but behind the plate is behind the plate.
Need someone to go with?
Yep, my dad.
CitiField is very nice, too.
Ironic that such a shitty team would have such a nice stadium. The Mets are like the Pirates East.
When I look at Citi Field on TV, I see Petco Park.
Citi Field is awesome too. That’s sick.
And: which Yankee shirt should I wear on Wednesday?
2000 Subway Series shirt. That’s what I wear whenever I go to a Mets game. Keep those fuckers in their place.
I’d like to have a picture of David Cone, Dwight Gooden, and Darryl Strawberry all holding up all their Yankee rings together.
Get this pic on a t-shirt.
http://twbsball.dils.tku.edu.t.....Bill21.JPG
Sheesh, that pitch was in the other batter’s box.
That was not a strike.
Looks like Teix’s OBP will drop now that they are throwing him strikes.
You mean to reference called strikes right? That wasn’t even close
No. I mean in reference to the fact that Al is back.
Gameday says that wasn’t a strike on Tex. It was way outside.
Gameday could be wrong though.
That looked in to a-rod
Man this ump has a strike zone the size of Texas.
Oh cut him some slack ump! It’s been a while you prick bastards!
Bill Clement is just tearing up Pena
That wasn’t a strike either. The ump must be double parked.
/makes topical joke about sightseeing in Baltimore.
Umpires are fucking idiots.
He’s a hater
OH CRAP AROD SUCKS AGAIN LETS DFA THIS TITTED BASTARD
Eh, not worth it. We’d just end up carrying another pitcher.
Uh, Jeremy Guthrie just pounded his glove as he’s down 3-0 in the 5th. I better fucking hear the egregious outcries that Joba had against him.
Wow, I could throw a shutout with that sort of zone
Last pitch to A-Rod: Not a strike.
Same pitch, same bad call
All yankee batters take one step towards third.
Both were way off the plate according to Pitch F/X
New Rule: If your team hasnt been relative in 10 years, you cant boo.
New Rule: If you confuse “relevant” and “relative”, you’re not allowed to make new rules.
New Rule: If you know what i mean after i confuse words, i can still make rules.
Pwned.
Heh.
OAKTAG
They have been relatively irrelevant though.
I like this rule.
But I think you mean Relevant.
just got home from baseball practice, anything exciting happen, i see it is 3-0, how is this so?
A-Rod 3 run jack in the first
First pitch A-Rod saw = home run.
wow iam pissed i missed it, what coach holds practice on a friday night. damn
When I was in HS, I had games on Fridays.
no game today, should have had the full day off
Back in my day, we played triple headers barefoot in the cornfields on fridays.
You guys played the game the right way.
and we didnt need no damn fetility drugs either.
And back then we didn’t have legs, we have stumps.
And those uppity nigras knew their place and didn’t try to mix the races against God’s will.
Whizzo’s watching on the computer; were the Teixeira and A-Rod 5th inning strikeouts outside of a normal strike zone?
Whizzo appreciates any illumination.
They were, by a wide margin
Very
ARod’s strike 3 was under his hands.
Drunken sailors usually have tighter strike zones.
Thanks, gents.
Don’t you mean:
“Whizzo thanks you, gents.”
Jeter practicing his LF on that putout.
Ty Wigginton has a fat face.
Oooooh, the breeze from that weak Ty Wigginton hack is soothing. Feel that whoosh of Maryland air, I love the smell of crabs.
Wait, that didn’t come out right. Forget I said that.
WHAT HAS SAID CANNOT BE UNSAID
Hey, it’s Chad Moeller! Woo!
All things considered, I would feel better with 3 more runs. Take some pressure off the bull pen.
Meh, you won’t see the bullpen tonight. It’s all good.
think you are right. CC is dealing with first pitch strikes and not fucking around like normal.
Man. Did I mention I love this CC?
Looks like A-Rod has made CC better.
CC looks fantastic tonight.
Blame Arod.
Apparently all Michael Kay wants in this world is for somebody to hold his juice cup.
(fighting the urge to say something snarky)
ignore him, that little dude rocked. I wish I had that many worries.
Seriously, that kid was awesome. Plus he was having just about the best time ever.
Is the game really so disinteresting that we needed that digression?
Eh, I can’t be too upset about that.
That’s what she said
8 pitch inning followed by a 9 pitch inning. Nice.
Two sliders at 80/81 respectively after two fastballs at 94/95 is not fair. I love having CC pitch for the Yankees now.
YES cameramen,
Thanks for not zooming in on the ballgirl there. I owe you guys.
+1
Ooo Burnett-Halladay in Toronto on Tuesday. That should be fun.
So glad that Burnett-Halladay no longer refers to who we have to face in the first 2 games of a series.
master and apprentice pitted against each other for the fate of the greater Scranton area paper supply
I like how they are showing the stalkers in the stands. Nice touch.
Bitches gone wild
That lady in the stands is going to kill Jeremy Guthrie someday.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
The cameramen knew they had to act. Now there is file footage for the trial.
Robbie Cano, whaddya know.
this zone is really expanding.
good hit by cano
witchcraft?
DFA New Yankee Stadium. Robbie can’t hit there, Swisher has no jacks there, bandbox.
IETC
I love that Melky is so locked in right now that they’re having a conference to discuss how to pitch him.
Melky spits hot fiya.
Is this the widest strike zone I’ve ever seen, or what?
This ump is wasted
Seriously what is with this strikezone
The umpire won’t allow the unintentional-intentional walk.
That lady is seriously freaking me out.
Have some more sloppy joes. I made ‘em extra sloppy for yous! I know how yous kids like ‘em sloppy!
Man even Melky’s outs are hit hard.
I’m just going to enjoy this while I can, just like pat does every night with his little “game”.
For the love of Mo MASN sucks
Wow. CC threw that near the middle. Is this ump for real
Watching the Celtics try to “defend” Dwight Howard is endlessly amusing.
What’d he do?
Basically just manhandle Paul Pierce.
“Basically just
manhandle Paul Piercebeing himself.”Fixed.
Anyone ever been to Lua in Hoboken?
Yeah. It’s not bad, definitely a place to check out at least once.
Cover?
I’ve only been there for dinner, never with the express purpose of consuming alcoholic beverages. Couldn’t tell ya.
Cervelli is no Molina with the glove, ball 1 was clearly a strike, but he moved his glove roughly to catch it.
CC is really attacking both sides of the plate. Sign of good things to come.
Damn, did CC get a little more hefty as opposed to the beginning of the year?
Serious question: how difficult would it be for a 290lb man to get noticeably fatter over the course of a month?
… Lmao. Owned.
Am I the only one that thought he lost some weight going into ST?
haha. I don’t know if you’re serious but that made me laugh. In ST he looked to have lost some weight.
Serious question: how difficult would it be for a 290lb man to get noticeably fatter over the course of a month?
Maybe Drew is CC’s stalker, like that crazy Guthrie lady.
Home pinstripes are slimming.
aCCe
Is that like bocce?
What’s that about, Accent? Just ’cause Mike’s Italian it’s gotta be about bocce? Uncool, man. Uncool.
(I fucking love bocce.)
http://www.instantcrickets.com
Oh, I thought you were trying to spell it like how Borat would say it.
Now say the SP improves right. Can it be safe to assume that the pen follows suit? I can’t remember a game this year where the SP was so great and then the pen came in and let it all go away. The pitching on most has been horrible. See: 2008 METS.
..Yeah, it’s like we thought the entire month of April was just practice.
I m either experiencing deja vu or they have done this before… waited around to start playing middle of the lineup batter got healthy
Honestly, aside from one swing, Guthrie didn’t have a horrible game.
No, not at all.
Too bad that one swing was pure pwnage bitchitude.
I’m not thrilled that he was able to settle down, but I’m disappointed every time the opposing starter doesn’t implode by the 4th.
As John Sterling says “You can’t predict baseball . . . ” /insert lengthy semi-coherent stream-of-consciousness ramble
“Here’s Jeremy Guthrie…just…an…awful pitcher. I mean terrible. He couldn’t get Suzyn out if he tried…but after that one pitch he just settled down. Color me surprised! You just…cannot figure baseball!”
With his fairly low pitch count so far, CG for CC????
I’m legitimately pumped for Cervelli on the team. I hope he can inherit the “AY, PASTA FAGIOLE” chants we used to give Giambi.
heh, “fagiole”.
Can he grow a Sal Fasano stache?
I love you, Johnnycakes.
I’ll be cheering about “Timpano.”
If you don’t know what timpano is, go watch “Big Night” (Dir. Stanley Tucci). It is epic.
Imagine Posada was healthy. This line up would be full of hits.
I don’t think we’ve seen Jeter leg out an infield hit this year. Hopefully that’s just my perception and not him losing a step.
so is kay an oriole fan now
Kay: “Even the worst players in baseball are just incredible athletes.”
*cough*JohnKruk*cough*
Cervelli is better than Molina, and actually has some upside. Seriously. He should have been the backup from Day 1.
No, he shouldn’t have.
*Face palm*
Let me guess… you saw it with your own eyes.
He hadn’t played above AA, and had only a few at bats there. I’m not too upset about him being in the minors.
Cervelli’s got a little hop in his step.
Would Molina have made it home on that one?
It doesn’t look like they’ll need that run, but I’ll take it.
http://www.VoteDamon.com
http://www.resigndamon.com
It’s rubbing off in the minors.
From @TrentonThunder “Jorge Vazquez can mash…how long will his next home run go? He has a grand slam as Trenton leads Binghamton 5-0 in the 5th tonight”
Jason Bay with another 3-run jack.
I’m looking forward to the Yankees robbing the Sox of him soon hopefully.
Don’t hold your breath.
You don’t think it’s possible?
I don’t really see it. I think the Sox reup him, and I don’t think we add a sizeable contract this winter.
I get it. I doubt the money is at concern but more or less the long term deal. But admit it. It would be totally sweet to steal him like we did with Tex.
I don’t see the Sox letting him go to free agency. Imagine that lineup without him.
If he does sign with the Yanks, I picture the Sox signing Holliday
Well he will hit free agency. He thinks that it is tremendous to do that and not for nothing the guy is a good player. He worked hard to get to free agency and deserves a shot at the open market.
If he does sign with the Yanks, I picture the Sox signing Holliday
Meh, I think both Bay and Holliday will likely get deals well beyond their actual production warrants.
Matt Holliday = Angels or Mets
He is Manny Ramirez.
Sorry but I have to do this. He is Manny minus the ‘roids.
HCG is not in the steroid drug class. It is a glycoprotein, big difference.
Stick around. You haven’t heard the last of this.
It’s typically used in conjunction with anabolic steroids, specifically after a cycle to restart the body’s testosterone production.
Either that, or Manny’s trying to get pregnant.
It is used in hypogonadism. Maybe Manny really does have a medical condition. Can we give him the benefit of the doubt right now like we did with * for so long.
It comes down to Occam’s Razor.
I believe both are equally as succinct reasons. I don’t know if Occam’s razor applies. Maybe I’m just crazy…
Jason Bay and Manny Ramirez don’t belong in the same sentence.
Jason Bay 09 OPS: 1.164
ManRam 09 OPS: 1.133
Where is Manny for the next 50 games?
For 2009 Bay > Ramirez
Can you argue with that?
They do belong in the same sentance, don’t give him God-like powers. Only look at this years production.
Right.
30 games>>>>>>>>>15 year career.
I said this year’s production. I would never question the career. I made that abundantly clear I was only looking at this year’s value in my numbers.
Don’t hold your breath.
Oh, I don’t know why I didn’t say this earlier and it’s way too late now but I don’t care because I love the line:
A-Rod told Jeremy Guthrie to go home and get his fucking shinebox.
JOHNNY DAMON
Wearing a hulk hand at a game is worse than wearing a glove.
Í dont want to rip on Teixeira because I know how much potential he has, but does anyone else think he could use a day off. Maybe just to get his head straight.
So it’s official. Talk about steroids in every Al AB.
Tex’s batting average >,=, or < Edwar’s weight
Still probably higher lol.
Tex would have to go 0 for his next 35 or so to get to Edwar’s weight.
Nah, Edwar’s about 170.
Wet.
Alright, everyone. What diabolical new meme is Oaktag?
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....nny-11420/
“Big Game” James Shields enters the bottom of the sixth with a three-run lead and then proceeds to give up a Jason Bay three-run shot and a JD Drew two-run jack. Can we please stop with the dumb-ass nickname?
Yikes. That’s bad news for my fantasy team.
Should I bring a sign that says “Oaktag” to the Mets game on Wednesday?
What does that mean?
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-373788
No.
Mets fans can’t read.
Why not just bring a sheet of Oaktag? That would be even funnier. Inside joke-Esque.
As long as you print your “Oaktag” sign on oaktag.
/Oaktag
CC means business.
Girardi promised him ice cream in the clubhouse.
Wow that was a pretty breaking ball
Sweeet!!! Sabathia the ace is finally here.
It’s too bad he gave up the 2 hits in the first inning, this feels like a no-hitter!
There is no way CC is letting Girardi take him out of this game.
Who’s pitching tomorrow? Adam Eaton?
I pity him….
Couldn’t ask for a better matchup for Hughes.
“No curtains here baby”
Cano coming out of it…
Ha Grit looks bored.
CC pitch count..?