Aug
14
Game 116: How about another win?
ByThe team’s on some kind of roll of late, and last night only emphasized that point. A-Rod‘s out with back spasms, but the lineup is still redic. Here’s the starting nine:
Jeter, SS
Damon, LF
Teixeira, 1B
Matsui, DH
Posada, C
Cano, 2B
Swisher, RF
Hairston, 3B
Melky, CF
And on the mound, the en fuego Andy Pettitte.
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The Mason Williams Watch
The Yanks are going to win tonight.
LETS GO YANKEES!
i hope alex comes back fresh tomorrow
Can we smack Rowland-Smith? YES!
Would be nice for the W ahead of Mitre’s start
Anything could happen in 3 innings of the Sox-Rangers game, but if the Sox lose, this is another perfect game to widen that gap.
fuck
I seriously just want to bury the Sox, so we can coast to the playoffs and get all our patos en una fila.
I know, I want to see the ESPN crew trying to cover their tracks when we are up double digits in the loss column
Baxter, you know I don’t speak spanish.
‘Ducks in a row’ seemed so lame, I had to spruce it up.
BTW-I’ll be posting in Spanish tonight, and since I now know that you no habla espanol, I will be making fun of you all night, usted gran maniquí.
heh, im fluent pinche cabron. your babel fish translations will have no effect on me.
I really like the architecture at the Texas Rangers’ Stadium. It has an eclectic mixture of old and new elements and the stands have an interesting assymetry to them. Every time I see a game there on TV, like the BoSox/Rangers game tonight, I admire the stadium’s design. One of my favorites along with Camden Yards.
Yup, gotta love Arlington. The best part is the folks who get to run onto that centerfield lawn for Hr’s. Always wanted to be part of that mad rush for a Homer ball.
Although, that bitter old man in the front is annoying.
Shit – Big Papi just tied the game at Texas.
Yeah, bring in a guy who throws 85MPH… don;t bring in Feliz who can toss 1.1 innings of 100MPH BALL!!
must have been takin’ those special vitamins, that he bought at his local GNC.
These late night games are growing on me.
I like the sense of camraderie in us staying up so late to watch them
I second that. I stayed ’til the bitter end last night. Only got 4 hours sleep before heading out to work but the fatigue was worth it. I took a 90 minute nap tonight, so I’m ready to go again.
I liked how the market moves slowly (globally) the morning after late playoff games!
Sí, somos un equipo de bastante tonto gansos.
Que quarterback que firmó hoy con las Águilas es un monstruo, y espero que se golpeó la cabeza cuando juega.
Que pasa?
….
Podemos comprender.
Pero, pienso que sabes esto
You have some verb tense issues.
Lo único que me hace usted es tensa.
You gots to use the subjunctive
Espero que se golpee o golpearas la cabeza….
*golpeara
Pffffft
Una escuela de español que no lo son.
I hope by the end of the season, we can field a lineup of nine guys with more HR’s than Big Popout
this feeling of luxury just doesn’t feel right. maybe that comes from being a Knicks fan.
Andy won’t need more than a couple runs tonight.
Still feelin that?
El Artisto, que es con el español?
RAB es un sitio que se usan el íngles!
No mas! Estamos teniendo más!
¡Viva la revolución!!!
Damn, Pettitte is really pumping up his K/9 ratio recently.
Andruw motherfucking Jones!
ANDRUW JONES!!
I figure Andrew did something good. Fill me in, folks, M’kay.
Hope we get a win tonight for Andy. The man has been robbed way too many times the last month of deserving victories.
Ryan Rowland Smith’s starts havent been terrible. Rowland’s thrown a couple 7 inning efforts and a most recently gone 6.2 against the Rays. This shouldn’t be a laugher.
great AB by jete to work this guy
man jeter would’ve had ball 4, but hey, its all good.
Good to make him work and see his arsenal jetes
damon sucks against Lefties.
Awright – Rangers jump back ahead of the Sox 3-2 in the 6th.
Espero que los Red Sox encuentran a Neftali Feliz.
this will go on for all night, huh?
rowald-smith don’t play. This guy works very very fast
I hope we see some mo’ Matsui magic tonight
what an at bat by tex!
Good Eyes Tex. Here comes the Mr. G moment, Godzilla.
Lester is dealing.
Yay, I’m up for another night, lol.
I may be quibbling but I can’t believe Jeter didn’t get the drive of the game last night on his homer, which was sick.
I was too tired watching the game to type that at the time.
It was definitely a BOMB!
Ortiz is crying foul with media. He is saying that media is saying stuff without getting to know him. Wouldn’t it have been nice for him to not create this phony santa personality and not cheat?
That Yankees Taurus is pretty fugly.
oh look ichiro with a hit it amazes me he ever goes hitless
Ichiro is too good.
He’s never had a season of less than 200 hits in eight years. He’s already at 169 hits this year. Too bad he played in Japan so long or he’d be going for Rose’s career hit record.
well ichiro does what ichiro does best
pettite should’ve done what cc did to him. Throw everything on the outside corner
not a good start
cmon Andy, get out of this.
damn this is not a good opening
cmon andy, we have to win this game, mitre is pitching tomorrow…..
Four fastballs in a row? come on.
god, please give us a DP.
Amen. Just thinking the same thing.
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Dang… Giants RB rookie Andre Brown lost for the season. That hurts RB depth alot. I’m really not a big Bradshaw fan. He’s too small and is he really a burner? I really wanted to see Brown this offseason.
Is that the guy who gave himself his own nickname this offseason?
NO idea Zack. Nickname or not , Andre Brown could’ve beaten out Ware for that third spot on the depth chart. This is a loss that’s gonna hurt if Bradshaw isn’t a quality performer.
2 runs on 20 something pitches, not ideal but it’s certainly not night-ending.
this doesn’t belong here.
fucking A
1-0 mariners
Dude, Andy, estoy en la casa de mis padres. No puedo, ah, yell si ud. tira como mierda.
TIRA LA DAMNED PELOTA!
Si! Lo que ha dicho!
fuck.
cmon Andy
Andy should have simulated a first inning before starting tonight at Safeco.
arg
2-0 mariners on FC
Lets hope the hitters came to play tonight.
Griffey’s status is just sad now. It’s kinda reflected in Kenny’s enthusiasm when he said “well give him an RBI!”
Brutal start
HUUUUGE K for andy
TEH PETTITTE!
GET SOME!
damn
that cuttah is nastay
phew. you can take your hitter’s strike zone and ….
Anyone have the Yankees history against Roland-Smith, as in stats against and W-L record when he pitches?
baseball-reference.com should. You can do pitcher/batter splits and all kinds of stuff.
“Rowland-Smith has made five appearances and pitched 10 innings in his career against the Yankees, who have collected 13 hits and eight earned runs against the lefty.”
Thanks guys
Let’s go OFFENSE!
PETTIE IS SMASHING TEH GATORADE COOLAH!!!
roid rage? oh wait, this is what is called as being a warrior, right?
That’s because ANDY PETTITTE’S A STAHTIN PITCHAH!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrZSM–5T4o
ATROCIOUS!!!
Wait, I was supposed to say that en Espanol.
ANDY PETTITTE ES UN LANZADOR DE INICIO!!!!
ATROZ!!!
That’s an effing HR.
Hmm… Anyone think it was over?
oh you best believe that’s a dinger.
POSADA calling a timeout
i love baseball
I know! Posada is HBIC.
Man, not another one of those Safeco Field cheapies.
It was a popup carried by the wind obviously. Either that or steroids.
2 runs on 20 something pitches, not ideal but it’s certainly not night-ending.
thats a homerun for sure
It was _on_ that yellow line, so I guess that’s a double. I think that’s the right call.
Over the yellow line.
It’s a homer!
Eyesight fail! Actually I thought the rule was that it’s a homer if it HITS the yellow line, not CLEAR the yellow line. My bad.
homerun
I love how one ump has to stay on the field, as if anarchy would be unleashed if they all left.
ietcvm
just a tiny part of the top of the wall?
double
AHHHHHH!
OMFG seriously?
NVM.
WHAT THE HELL???
A DOUBLE???
ARE THEY BLIND?
Hate to say it, but I think it’s the right call. It hit the yellow and stayed in the field of play (I believe the skip it took on top of the wall is irrelevant once it hit the line.)
No, that’s the right call. It hit the line. I figure that means it’s still in play, as the ball bounced back onto the field. If it’d bounced _over_, it’d be a homer. If it had hit on the green above the line and bounced back in, it’d be a homer.
+1
Mas uno, para aquellos de nosotros con fluidez en español.
That’s too bad for Posada. Cano’s got to lift Pettitte here.
Doubles =(
Fuck Umpires.
bah, thankfully we have robinson cano to drive him in. oh wait…
Is it like football where there has to be conclusive evidence to overturn? I’m wondering, if that was called a homerun initially, would it have been upheld?
The ball hit the yellow line. That’s as conclusive as it gets.
Okay, so forget the second question in my comment. But I’m curious about the first. I would imagine that some replays may not be able to provide precise “evidence.”
i’ll take a man on 3rd 1 out.
At least Cano moved Posada to third, it’s the least he could do.
Did they even review it?
Yeah, they did. And they got it right.
I know it showed it hit the yellow line but in another shot the frame before it it looked like it also hit the wall on top. May just be the bias in me, but eh nothing we can do now.
Yes
Posada knew he needed a homer with Cano following him. “Please, don’t put me in scoring position!”
Dan Bard is ruined thanks to Damon and Tex.
Bard: “You mean the Rangers have a pitcher who could throw 100 mph too?”
i’m a big fan of this development.
Poor Bill Simmons!
Kyle Farnsworth had a 100 MPH fastball, too.
swisher has a swagger when he walks.
Please no DP!
He said it “I wanted to see if he was proud of his stuff”
Take a drink. It’s mandatory now.
no DP Jerry
nice eye swish
Rowland-Smith NOT proud of his fastball. D:
Wow, the squeeze with Posada at 3B. That is bold.
lol. ill take it.
Nick Swisher went in hard to second base?… he didnt even go into second base.
Jose Lopez just sucks hard at second base.
Hustle!
yay!!
one run scores
2-1 mariners
Woohoo! nice play Lopez…got lucky there or else I would have been pissed.
Nice slide by Swish, nice hustle by Jerryey.
I take that back. Swish didn’t do much of anything there.
The Yankees just got lucky to score a run.
Lopez just cost his team a run.
I’d love a double in the gap, Melky
oh well, we got a run scored! on to teh second!
Por que mis padres piensan que es una bueno cosa para mantener la temperatura cerca de 0 degrados?
Es friggin’ agosto y estoy frio!
Tu padre está loco
hace frio aqui!
Keep taking pitches down the middle Seattle, i’ll pay you.
damn that was a filthy K
we might actually have an advantage tomorrow.
no not really
really? luke french inspires confidence?
mitre does? toss up maybe
you have to take the offense into account.
Call me crazy, but I could enjoy an entire game with the camera just on the resting pitchers in the dugout. I love seeing their reactions.
bounce back I like
YEAH! GET SOME!!
Andy won’t need more than a few runs tonight.
You STILL feelin that?
4 ks through 2? i’ll take it
i love “aggressive” hitters.
I Like how Luke French lands you Jarrod Washburn. Amazing.
lets go offense show this aussie how american baseball is really played
Damn it Ichiro
i’m not impressed by the rolandsmith fella. we’ll win today.
oh man, do i regret writing this.
damn ichiro and his unlimited range
on to teh bottom of the 3rd!
man i thought that would have been a hit.
Even watching Ichiro catch routine fly balls is fun.
Ever see him take batting practice? That’s a treat.
It’s strange how pitchers sometimes mirror each other in games. I don’t mean duels, but roughed-up innings followed by 1-2-3 outs and then the other guy matches it.
Mike Lowell Owned by Home Plate Umpire Marvin Hudson.
junk. i hate this guy.
ichiro and his damn great hitting
Can Ichiro just retire and go into the HOF already?
Ichiro’s bat is actually a magic wand. Bastard.
This guy gonna call an inside strike on the Mariners… or what?
andy is getting fucking squeezed
come on andy get it together.
thank you jesus for that popup
the corpse of griffey better not do anything.
How’s he batting 4th?
Andy has no command tonight.
he has command, just almost a non existent strike zone
strike zone the size of beltre’s testicles
before or after the tear?
LMAO – So scary but so funny.
great pop up andy
NICK THE QUICK!!
HOUDINI!!!
ON TO TEH 4th!
Phew!!!
the looks on hairston and jetes were epic
i loved that
Can we get some Frank Francisco Magic?
this game feels like the mariners are up 7-0 for some reason
cmon yanks
jesus christ. this ump needs to get the beltre treatment.
oh I get it this is a joke ha funny wtf ump
Chris Bosio – other no no
Yup, you’re correct.
wiki’d
texas blowing it.
NEFTALI FELIZ FTW!!!?
frank frank is scaring me. bring in neftali!!
I agree, just make Neftali a closer for the rest of the year.
Frank Francisco, what the fuck are you doing?
Way to Frank Francisco. Dang. Too bad Neftali is not available.
damn it. I’ve never even heard of this schmuck
rail his ass the next time through the order please?
Here we go… The Yankees really have to disrupt this guys rythm or something.
Can’t complain at this point, though.
Woodward K’d. come on frankie boy.
How about this for a crazy managerial decision – Francona just put Buckholz in as a PINCH RUNNER.
OMG. Flashes of Wang (RIP, at least for the season).
Clay Buchholz is pinch running!
Seriously though, I hear he is damn fast.
he just got gunned down at the plate – YES!
He needed to be fast to avoid getting caught stealing..oh wait!
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWW WHAT A PLAY IN TEXAS
whatwas it??11!
Buckholz almost fell down rounding third – great play by Texas
What happened?
Pedroia lined one off the Left Field wall. Bucholz was at second and held up in case the ball was caught. The ball bounced off the wall, Murphy gunned a throw to the relay man. Buchholz almost fell rounding third, and the relay man hit the catcher with a great throw and Buch was tagged out while sliding.
The Yankees should do that sometime have CC Pinch run knock the ball out of the catchers glove.
Amazing play in Texas. Clay Buttholez was pinch running and got thrown out at home for the tying run!
Buchholz is a dumbass
can’t believe he tried for home
laptop stealer isn’t a baserunner.
Should of gave a laptop in his hand, and said go.
Why was buccholz running in the first place?
He pinch-ran for Varitek on 2nd.
cuz grampa tek is slow.
they had him pinch run for varitek
But still, they didnt have anyone else faster than V-tek and isnt the future of their franchise?
nope, they already used everyone off their bench except kotchman
WHY DOES GAMEDAY HAVE TIWTTER ON IT?!?!?!?!
cmon andy, one more strike
PICK OFF!
PICKED OFF! TEH PETTITTE!
WHAT A PICKOFF!!!
Texas blew it!
Edited by RAB: Easy with the slurs.
Victor Martinez, you suck
crap! shit fuck shit
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Great at bat by Victor Martinez.
Frank Francisco you suck. Sweet name btw.
Fuck Texas
Nice choke job by the Rangers.
screw you vmart.
victor martinez saves the sox
5-4 sox
Papelbon will blow it…
Dang V-Mart doubles and there now sox are leading…
damn Texas why you have to go and do that.
mother fucker stick to throwing chairs francisco you pos
And this is why Mariano Rivera is the best closer ever. THings like that almost never happen.
Texas is pathetic – They gave this f’ing game away.
jason bay singles
6-4 sox
Damn fouls
games not over yet. although frank frank tried his damnedest.
It’s over now – 8-4
just gave up 2run shot to jd. 8-4
game over now.
jesus christ. he gave up 6 runs.
unfuckingbelievable – BoSox 8-4
fucking a
JD drew with a home run
8-4 sox
Drew homers, now 8-4 Sox. Frank Francisco is shitting the bed all over the place.
Since when do high change-ups induce outs?
Love the reaction of the Red Sox… haha, so pumped over being in second… how cute?
Well now they are in the lead (by 1 game) for the wildcard. I guess that is an accomplishment for them…
is anyone actually listeing to NESN? we make fun of our guys and the guy for the White Sox, the fill in tonight is a joke
I hate to say it . . . but gives the Sux credit . . . they didn’t give up and fold. Frank Franc sure did though.
I will give them no credit. All they did was show the standard amount of grittyness the Red Sox always show; which of course is about 15x more gritty than any other team.
This was par for the course for them.
I… Hate… the Red Sox.
How do the Rangers allow a SIX-RUN NINTH!?!
No Neftali!!!!
Nice hustle from the Melkman.
Hong Kong is 12:40 ahead of Seattle?
HUSTLE BY THE MELK MAN
This will just make it hurt all the more when Texas comes back on Papsmear.
5 run lead, why even put him in?
4 buddy
ok 4, and people here bitch when Mo is used in a 3 run game
Go Yanks – Small ball!!
Unfortunately, Papelshit won’t give up that lead.
MELKY!!!!!
Would it be wrong for a team who doesn’t have Mariano Rivera to keep a good reliever unused in a game in case someone like Frank Francisco sucks. i’d rather see Darren O’Day closing games.
Francisco was at 31.1 IP, 35K, 8BB, 0.89WHIP, .175 BAA before tonight
Other than a high home run rate, Francisco has been awesome this year.
No doubt the Red Sox come back was fueled by the raw emotion Youkalis showed by charging the mound.
Come DJ, tie this thing up.
YEAAAAAAA!
aight jete, bring him home
yeah baby tied up
Thank u M defense.
Both runs on bad defense.
haha. wow. 2 gifts. we’re bound to win this game.
now steal.
Nice D there, Mariners. Wild pitch/passed ball to put Melky in scoring position, then two infielders whiff on a grounder.
through the wickets.
woot woot
Derek Jeter > MLB.
JETER IS SOOOOO FUCKING CLUTCH!
2-2
That was ugly damon
The Yanks are very lucky to have any runs at all in this game.
yucky damon
yucky