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Game 116 Spillover Thread
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So… Texas bullpen=superchoke and Yankee tied the game…
Francisco was murdered out there. Yikes if that’s their closer.
its one bad outing
Really small sample but saying he was shelled is an understatement. 6 ER in 0.2 innings?
can’t believe that was scored a hit
Jeter would have beaten it out. But the RBi is a little iffy.
I didn’t think Texas was that much worse than us, but… i guess they are.
andy’s cuttah is fucking dealing
This win tonight clearly shows the grittyness of the Red Sox as they rally around the heart and soul of their team, Kevin Youkilis.
Peter Gammons’d
Karl Ravich’d
John Kruk’d
Bill Simmons’d
Mike Francesa’d
Steve Phillips’d
Steve Berthume’d
You forgot Christina’d.
Man, i dont know how you dissed all of those guys in one sentence, oh wait, yes i do. None of them know what they’re talking about.
Is Andy throwing 91, or are the Safeco cameras fast?
He usually tops out at 91-92 so my guess is they’re a little fast. We’ll see when the hard-throwing relievers come up.
Always throws 90-91.
Another K for Andy. One more run will be enough for Andy and the bullpen to finish it off.
ph man, if papelbon blows this…i dont know what i would do. maybe kiss the nearest person or something
cmon Andy
TEH PETTITTE!!
wow
andy pettite made ichiro his bitch
The Japanese are capable of feeling 1000x the shame of other nations, so he may never recover from that strikeout. We can only hope.
haha, TEH SAMURAI!
Ichiro Ks!
Oh man, he just made Ichiro look awful there.
Another K for Pettitte. He’s been K’ing guys at an tremendous rate his last couple starts.
I might be interested in taking the ballgirl to the movies.
If she didn’t live in Seattle, that is.
meh. she looks 16.
I find it’s easier on the wallet to take them to a bar and order them a Rufee-Colada. You may want to amend your strategy. Popcorn is expensive, after all.
GET SOME!!! TEH SIDE GETS SOME!!
sidddown
Lmao Pettittes face there was priceless.
Holy shit
andy is fucking dealing
If the Mariners are just going to swing and miss at everything, I really wish Joba or Hughes could have started in this series.
Would have been fun to watch.
That arguebably Pettite’s best inning of the season rite there.
How is arguebably formed?
Andy Pettitte…strike out the side? Damn.
Since when did Andy have this Lesterian ability to K so many bitches?
Hey Mike, I’ve been trying to post but everytime I do a blank page comes up and the address bar says this:
http://riveraveblues.com/wp-comments-post.php
I’m using an Incognito Window and it didn’t work but now it did with a new thread. Any reason for this?
No idea, but we’ll look into it. Let me/us know if it keeps happening.
Well, it’s happened several times before. But everytime I opened it in an incognito window it would then work. Now, it doesn’t even do that. I think it just may be my computer/Google Chrome.
I should be more clear. It worked after the I opened the spillover in an incognito window. (the original thread had the same result in an incognito window)
Theres no easy way to tell you this but you’ve been sent down.
That swing from Ichiro reminded me of how he set up CC last night. I’ve never seen anything like that. I just shook my head and said to my friend, “That’s awesome.”
The first swing looked so comical, I thought for sure CC or Molina would pick up on it. Kenny knew exactly what he was doing though.
why is marlon bryd batting 3rd for texas? what’s going on down there?
Cruz went on the DL. They activated Kinsler but he’s not in the lineup today.
He’s going to leave one of those hanging curves up there and it’s going to be creamed.
How are they not hitting that pitch hard??!!
Rob Johnson, doesn’t that guy write shitty songs for shitty band like matchbox 20 or something? maybe its 3 doors down.
That’s Matchbox 20. But the guy’s name is Rob Thomas.
Maybe you were thinking Rob Reiner?
This is Spinal Tap = Greatest movie ever.
Oh yeah, that movie is fantastic.
why would i be thinking rob reiner? i was right with my first guess. unless you think matchbox 20 is actually good. in which case, i might just feel sorry for you.
Blasphemous! Anyone who features Carlos Santana in a song must be amazing.
/Kelly Clarkson fan club president
my god
posada has watched that damn curveball the second time in a row
still don’t make it a strike…
This umpire doesn’t deserve to taste my balls.
What a shitty game by the offense.
seriously we’re not even getting on base. usually, we fuck up pitcher’s whip.
Anotha K.
i love these “aggressive” hitters.
Maybe its b/c I’m a Yanks fan, but I’ve always viewed that as meaning not that good of hitters, Robbie C not included of course
wow
9ks through 5 2/3
Damn Andy. Yeah I can’t wait for Joba to get a piece of this action.
9 K = season high
that was some good hitting by junior
DP here.
Andy Motha Fuckin Pettitte.
10 K’s!!!!!!!
10ks!!
back to back 10K performances
you dont see that often
Who is this guy and what has he done with Andy Pettitte? Ten strikeouts?
Pettitte meet his steroid dealer today.
10 K.
woo hoo.
Andy is finally getting the borderline calls
I guess Ace will pitch the 7th. I wouldn’t mind D-Rob though.
i ace pitches till we score a run. that’s how it goes with him.
Oh jeez, good think we’re in Safeco.
I heart you johnny damon
thank god for super large parks
He’s proud of his fastball..sigh
Johnny Damon with the catch.
I can has base runners?
Phew, thank god for Safeco! Nice Andy!
Anyone seen the GI Joe movie? The theme song is Kid Rock’s “American Bad_Ass”, so I’m guessing it’s terrible.
i thought the exact same thing
I wouldn’t watch that movie even if it was for free.
Heh.
Pettitte is dealing like it’s 1996.
Another great start for Andy. They just haven’t been scoring runs in his starts lately though. One solo HR isn’t too much to ask here to get Andy the win. Ace, Hughes, and Mo can lock this down.
so is arod actually available to pinch hit?
What day does Marte’s rehab assignment expire?
i think 17th possibly.
Does Robbie have the most groundouts to 2B? Is it possible to find out somehow?
I think Matsui would.
Holy Frank Francisco the Rangers have deep problems.
Was RR Smith released by Minn? Thats funny bc the rotation they have aint very good…What are people’s thoughts: Liriano Donezo’ed?
lol at a fan running on the field
i wish they would show it for once instead of showin somethin else
I hate how they don’t show it. We see the joy in all the fan’s faces but we’re left in the cold…
Nick Swisher to Rob Thomas: “Yeah, I did that a few times back in the minors.”
Is it worth to storm the field when you get fined and spend a night in jail (I think)?
eh, i would do it during the superbowl or the world series
anything else is useless
well, you have to pass out somewhere.
Nick “Full Count” Swisher.
this guy looks like the left handed kyle farnsworth with the glasses and all
too bad he doesnt pitch like farnsworth
who is this schmuck? why is he mowing down the yankees?
It’s Andy pitching. That means little run support.
i have no idea…never heard of him all yeae
The yankees don’t wanna bored the audience out there, so that’s y the score 2-2.
Fuck Gutierrez.
ah damn, I thought Jerry got another blooper
ooo bruney. strikeout the side, homes.
i really dont love the yankees enough to own that car.
I blame Mike…he said yesterday’s game was too boring and not exciting enough for him. The Yanks, who read RAB, decided to grant his wish. Hopefully they read my comment and decide to breakout next inning.
I’m just waiting for “Text to the Bullpen”.
i hope that never happens.
Imagine instead of Eiland going out to the mound he could just text him instead. “yo andi y u pitchin lik dat, pitch da way i told u 2″
We never got a “Page to the bullpen” so I think we’re safe.
Is Bruney entering Girardi’s “Circle of Trust”?
96 on the black! nice.
good FB from bruney there
Bruney’s slider looks really flat.
Of course, it doesn’t matter how it looks, as long as it works.
I guess its good get Bruney a pretty high leverage spot.
Andy’s son really looks like him.
And why is Melky playing a schlub like Wilson deep?
melky’s looking at franklin
MELKMAN DEFENSE!
Nice Melky.
Is Andy’s son adopted? I don’t have my glasses on but that kid doesn’t look anything like him.
no he doesnt. better question: why is he on the road with him? don’t teams use the road as a bonding experience like talking about porn together and sharing stories of sexual escapades.
This can mean only one thing: Melky is his mentor.
most teams do, but Yankees just walk around in their business suits and arent there for each other
/espn’d
Would it be illegal for Damon to use a Segway out there in left field?
ah damn almost…get em Bruney
that was a bloop. i can forgive bruney for that, but he’s testing me.
was it really a bloop, Gameday says line drive.
was it really a bloop, Gameday says line drive.
Lets go Bruney.
Yes Ichiro bunt.
It’s too bad Ichiro’s contract is so ridic. It’d be cool to have him out in right.
It would be awesome to have him in the OF.
No it wouldn’t actually.
Any reason??
He Hardly BB’s and he’s a single hitter. Those are the time of hitters don’t age well. For crying out loud, he’s hitting over .350 and his OBP% is still under .400.
type*
“he’s hitting over .350″
And……
Once he can’t hit for them type of BA, he’s not gonna age well. He has no power and he never walks.
Well, that’s why I said it’s too bad his contract is so ridic. That said, if anyone ages well, it will be Ichiro. Dude’s a sushi eating machine.
Yeah, his OBP is only .390. Give me a break; Ichiro is a stud. You can’t find many guys who can play good CF defense with that kind of bat.
he’s good. but exactly how good is a singles hitter who doesn’t like taking walk?
Ichiro is not your average “singles hitter.”
ok, he’s a really, really good singles hitter.
Really, really, really good singles hitter.. lol
I think he said he would never play for the Yankees.
aight, one more strike on ichiro
Good job Bruney.
YES!
ON TO TEH 8th!
Another walk-off win? The Yankees are the reason I’m developing high blood pressure.
On the other hand, a steady diet of bacon, mayonnaise, beer, and cigarettes could also be contributing factors.
you’re in luck cuz its impossible to walkoff tonight.
Ahh shit. You know what I mean.
No more beer for me.
nooo.. yankees should be the ones to blame for your high blood pressure.
Call me crazy, but I like our chances against anybody in a two inning sprint!!
Good job Bruney!
I’ve been very impressed with Bruney lately.
Andy isn’t exactly a high strikeout pitcher. Dig this:
http://www.baseball-reference......areit/UdM7
PeteAbe:
Andy has 10 Ks, his most since Aug. 21, 2006 at Cincinnati. Most K’s of an AL team since 2003.
Damn, thats awesome. It’s like Victor Martinez getting his first SB* since 2003 yesterday.
*Laird wasnt sure whether throw or not and would have easily gotten him as he stopped halfway to 2nd but Laird didnt throw.
RRS is out? Thank god.
Maybe they’ll actually hit now.
Don’t sleep on Mark Lowe.
Mark Lowe can be pretty filthy at times.
Is it me or does it seem like every game lately (not yesterday) has been tied late?
It’s not you.
Melk man hittin the ball hard just not falling
I think Melky’s gonna go on a little streak again. He’s hitting the ball it bit harder/better lately.
cmon captain
boo wave!
andy pettitte’s kids when they were younger (and check out Jete circa ’95)
Andy Pettitte
Oh Rocket…
Laura Pettite has birthing hips and just-fucked hair. I like.
not necessary
TOO SOON
Ken Singleton has no respect for the wave.
As it should be.
wow
everything is hit at someone
damnit Branyan
jesus. hit a hr–how hard can it be? christ.
home runs are pretty hard to come by, regardless of how good your team is
i wasn’t being totally serious. i watched baseball long enought to know that.
I didn’t know “hit a hr–how hard can it be?” was Jesus’ middle name…
obviously you didnt go to sunday school for edumacation.
they need to play a game of…hit it where the people ain’t.
Nice bender.
too….. easy..
Hey Franklin pulled a nick green.
hughes looks meaner without all that hippy hair. way to go!
gotta love three pitch strike outs.
The way he’s going, he’s going to start having two pitch strikeouts.
Hughes>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Gutierrez
This is ridiculous.
THAT WAS PHILTHY!!
I know understand how Jarrod Wsahburn looked like a god in this park
every fly ball seems to be an out
i love it
COME ON!
That looked like the fourth strike of the at-bat.
damn
that was a close curve
Hughes vs. Griffey. Who would have ever thought this was possible?
what’s so improbable about it?
Griffey’s MLB debut was when Hughes was 3 years old.
Julio Franco v. Anyone born after 1936????
cmon hughes
griffey is late to every pitch
get him a fastball higher in the zone
Why are they talking about Griffey like he’s Griffey v.1997?
man
that was a good AB by griffey
lets finish off branyon here phil
drop a deuce on him.
It might not be the worst thing in the world to face Hanahan instead of Branyan.
I throw a curve here.
Shit
Get that man some hair!
what the hell. get yo shit straight. i still believe though.
C’mon Phil. You’re better than this.
Fucking a Phil
cmon, you gotta get hannahan now
he’s some unkown
Damn…cmon Philly
what the hell is going on?
When was the last time Hughes BB two hitters in one inning?
Is this ump blind?
that was clearly a strike
size of Beltre’s nuts, remember?
I really hate this umpire
How many mound visits does someone like Hannahan require?
Unless Hughes’ mechanics are off or something.
C’mon UMP
i cannot wait until tomorrow and the yanks get a new umpire
omg. that was a strike. what does gameday say?
never lost faith.
ball but I think Smith got that call several times. Andy got it at least once
nice job Philly
Finally. This was like watching an episode of the Twilight Zone.
Phil was just fuckin wit us.
FUCKIN GOT EM
THANK GOD
ATTABOY PHIL
Finally Hughes.
way to be phil
HE WAS JUST FUCKING WITH US ALL ALONG!!!!
That was a few too many pitches, but Hughes’ stuff is good enough to overcome that.
it really shouldn’t matter considering Joe G. has a strict views on Innings and appearance, a view that seems to be espoused from pitch counts (within reason, of course. )
Phughes.
game day has phil’s out pitch as a changeup
heh yea it had weird things at times.
luckily you paid 20 bucks to find that out.
lol
It tells you for free.
my lol rescinded.
he probably already had MLB.TV
Nah i have an MLBtv premium subscription so thats just part of it.
TEX!
Since they just burned Hughes, is Mo available?
Bring in Mo!!!!!!
TEIXIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII WOOT
I love that man.
MARK T!!!!
YOU’RE ON THE MARK, TEIXIERA!!!
Yay Tex.
I LOVE YOU TEX!
MVP! MVP! MVP!
THERE’S THAT SOLO HR! SHIP THE WIN, MO!!!!!!!
well. someone read my jesus christ post.
No doubter!
FUK YO PITCHER’S PARK, SEATTLE!
I called that one.
YEA!!!!
There’s the Text message to the bullpen someone wanted.
Thx u r teh bst. LoL
LOL That was MONEY
TEX!!!!
MVP for Teix.
Scouting report on posada
Posada cannot hit a breaking ball to save his life
Philly poachin wins. ha
i like how little faith seattle had in its offense by not using aardsma (like aardvark, right?)
I just exploded in my pants when Tex hit that bomb…
oh yea.. hm.. no homo… not that there’s anything wrong with it.
SO homo.
Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuooooooooooooooooo!
that was a lot of woman in the tex shirt.
better than a lot of Tex in a woman shirt, amirite?
that was almost 2 women
Holy lord that woman with the Tex jersey looked like the villain on The Little Mermaid.
you mean Ursula?
hm… not that I’ve watched The Little Mermaid many times to know her name…. I just happened to know her name…
riiiiight….
*hides Disney cartoon DVDs*
hahaa
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with some of them. I say this as a straight 23-year-old male. Then again, I also have a sound byte of Kay saying “See ya!” over the beat of a Lady Gaga song. So take that as you will. Aladdin, Lion King and Robin Hood are fantastic movies.
IETCVM
Wow Hughes has 44 K’s in 33.1 innings of relief.
cano gets the 12 game streak!
Ha, idiot fans.
what happened
the fan reached for the ball on robbie cano’s double, which is why he was held to only a double
They were trying to pick up a ball that was fair.
On Robbie’s cue shot double, a fan tried to grab the ball out of wilson’s hand. They like were both reaching for it at the sametime, meanwhile the ball was still in play.
nice blooper Cano…cmon Swish!
The strike zone is tiny tonight.
Swishdeezzz
Swish, all net.
STAT PADDER!!
4-2 yanks!!
Insurance! Not that Mariano necessarily needs it.
SWISH! more bloops!
Hooray for insurance runs.
Well, run.
Who the hell is Mariano Cabrera? Not like the guy has been kicking ass and taking names for 15 years!
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Blues Traveler!
Blues Traveler!
I’m getting spoiled from watching the yankees. i dont even think the possibility of losing this game occurred to me this whole game.
for a while, i forgot the yanks had even scored runs in this game
and it was 2-2.
Like a good neighbor, NICK SWISHER is there.
Improvement needed at home for Lowe’s.
Tex to Hinski: “…and that’s how I hit that HR”
Ha J-Hair is the bloop king.
Jerry Fucking Hairston!
Wow, when things r going good, there going really good.
Damn, all of these bloop hits must be pissing the hell out of Mariners fans.
MORE BLOOPS FTW!
maybe flaherty knows something about collecting cheap hip but that hit was far from beautiful.
oh man!!
Two swisher questions…
1.) What the fuck is he always looking up at at the beginning of his at-bats? It always seems to be the same spot, and I figured it was the scoreboard, but I think there’s something else there.
2.) What’s up with that necklace that he and Hinske seem to be sharing?
looks up as a tribute to his grandmother i believe.
He looks up at his grand parents. In YSIII he pretends they’re sitting up on the top of the stadium. I don’t know about the necklace. Maybe a bromance.
This is exactly what it is. His grandparents raised him, and he envisions them on top of the scoreboard as a tribute to them.
1. he’s obviously tracking constellations.
2. how do you know they’re sharing it?
answer to 2)
you might be referring to the Phiten Titanium necklaces. Theres only a few different styles, so they might have gotten the same ones.
I think it’s some sort of acknowledgement of someone or something “above,” like a departed relative.
… he looks up to the sky in memory of his grandparents, who raised him
“Feel like a dummy? You should.” – Jon Hamm
The Yankees are showing some four-to-two’d here.
(Sound it out…)
jeje
In a related note, Swisher’s bloop was quite four-two-itous…
Nice.
great inning for the yanks
giving Mo an insurance run and taking the lead as well
ON TO TEH BOTTOM 9!
I didn’t realize Mo leads the league in saves. sick
that’s what happens when you win all the fucking time. see 2008 k-rod.
cmon Mo, no walks today
Who is this umpire who does not give Mo the benefit of the doubt that is blasphemous
SEE YA!
well that was fun.
damn we good
WIN!!!!!!!!!
Yay Mo! Yay win!
Yankees win!
Life’s good.
Yankees WIN… AGAIN!!
So what else is new with these boys
73-43
HOLY COW!
It’s Clock work now.
That was an enjoyable win.
They made interesting just for u Mike.
In Russia, interesting made Mike for.
jerry just gave mark some intense bromance
Thirty games over .500 in mid-August has a hell of a ring to it.
Did Mo actually throw any strikes today? (not being concerned, just wondering if this is one of those, hey you’ve never seen that before moments)
he was squeezed on one batter, but all balls that were put in play were strikes in the strike zone
We stole this game.
Absolutely. Ugly win . . . but a win is a win. I’ll take it!
who is this Kim Jones replacement guy? I’ve never seen him before. Is he like the seattle weatherman they hired for this series?
That’s Gordon. He’s the sub. Yesterday he was the worst with Matsui and the translator.
Gordon bounced back strong after a poor showing yesterday.
What did he do yesterday?
Just gave one of the worst ever post game interview through Hideki’s interpreter.
funny, it looked the interview was giving, as if Hideki wasn’t there.
Think there’s any market for fantasy baseball but with sideline reporters instead of the players?
i’ll take the NESN reporter, Heidi Watney with the first overall pick
Where’s Kim Jones?
Teix looks mad that it wasn’t Kim Jones.
i feel like kim jones bangs all the yankees
No. Just Melky.
she does have a nice body
[/being a regular 22 year old
She doesn’t have an Erin Andrews body, but I get what your saying.
/Peep video’d
Check your computer, dude. Syphilis-like computer viruses.
I checked. I am clean. Not like it was worth it. Super grainy.
lol i concur
Who’s gonna clean up after those drunks with the Smirnoff?
I went to take a leak. How did Mo do? LMAO
0.2 innings. 6 ER.
Wait a second, that might have been another game. i can hardly keep track.
i approve of this dig.
The lead widens! *cue El Mariachi Loco?*
the lead didnt really widen on the Sox thanks to a Rangers closer implosion.
We’re screwed!! Boston got Alex Gonzalez!!! haha
Only because Rey Ordonez wouldn’t sign. He was option B.
Yanks are on a pace to win 102 games. Let’s keep it going.
Technically if you extrapolate the results from the last four days they are on pace to go 119-43.
Just goes to show how creative one can get with statistics.
Extrapolate that shit!!
“Extrapolate that shit!!” is quite easily my favorite quote of the night.
i like the way you think.
I just want to congratulate Mike on coming out of his game thread slump.
two days ago against toronto, his brand new game thread was the reason why cano hit the game winning hit
No, no, no. I’m talking about original game threads.
MIKE AXISA IS A STARTING THREAD-ER!
Last 5:
Game 100: July 28th, L 2-6 (TB)
Game 102: July 30th, L 2-3 (CWS)
Game 103: July 31st, L 5-10 (CWS)
Game 104: Aug. 1st, L 4-14 (CWS)
Game 116: Aug. 15th, W 4-2 (Sea)
Small sample size just because I don’t feel like going any further.
yikes
He’s more unclutch than a-rod
[/gammons’d
[/ravech’d
[/mainstream media’d
I couldve sworn Mike had another win after that (against Toronto or ChiSox?)
Bruney was good tonight
8 up on Texas, Allllllmost ready to say a playoff spot is locked up. If Mitre weren’t on the roster I might go for it.
Honestly, that’s a sillly thing to say unless you’re joking. Mitre’s going to get a handful of starts the rest of the way, and even if the Yanks manage to lose all of them — which they haven’t done yet — they still won’t lose their way out of a playoff spot. Remember: Texas’ bullpen is actually going to have to keep on pitching. I’m not too worried.
Even when you say something positive, you manage to follow it up with a shot at Girardi/FO and co.