Game 158: Can’t sit the regulars every day
ByThe Yanks will probably do some lineup flip-flopping of this nature from now through Saturday. Some of the regulars will be in, others will get days off. I’m betting we see about half the regulars take Wednesday and the other half take Friday — they would then all get two days off, and then another two on Monday and Tuesday as they await the beginning of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium. Girardi has said that he’ll use the A lineup on Sunday.
Most of the regulars are in the lineup tonight to face Anthony Lerew. The 26-year-old righty made his first major league start in two years last Thursday against the Red Sox. He didn’t fare too poorly, allowing four runs, two earned, over 4.2 innings. Note that “didn’t fare too poorly” is a term relative to expectations from Lerew.
Coincidentally, the last team he faced before the Red Sox on Thursday was the Red Sox, back on May 19, 2007, where he allowed three runs over two innings. He was lifted, and the next day was placed on the DL with ulnar neuritis. He missed the rest of the season and pitched only 48.2 innings in Atlanta’s minor league system last year before being released this past March. He caught on with the Royals, and posted a 4.09 ERA over 152 innings this year with their AA team.
For the Yanks it’s A.J. Burnett, back from a visit with his father, who just had a successful triple bypass. It will be his second to last start. There’s not much to really say about this one for Burnett. They Yanks would obviously like to see him pitch well, and then again in his final tune-up start. But if he doesn’t pitch well? It’s not the end of the world. It’s not like the guy’s head isn’t other places right now. As long as he bares down for his Game 2 or 3 start, it doesn’t matter what he does today. It would just make us feel a lot better if he pitched well against the lowly Royals. I mean, it’s the freaking Royals.
Lineup:
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Johnny Damon, LF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Hideki Matsui, Dh
6. Nick Swisher, RF
7. Brett Gardner, CF
8. Jose Molina, C
9. Ramiro Pena, 2B
And on the mound, number thirty-four, A.J. Burnett.
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My boy Melky got a ring! Now we just have to get that other ring.
And holy shit, Jetes is getting the most stuff.
They should’ve just called this “Christmas in September for Jeter Night.”
What happened Drew? Hook an Andrew up.
Well I guess you missed the beginning. The Yanks are honoring some special achievements from this year and are giving Jetes and Mo some stuff from YSII. Melkman got a ring for hitting for the cycle. Jetes got about 10 different things from bases, to a bat to the seats he dove on when he caught that foul ball back in 04. Now it’s Mo’s turn and he got a lot of stuff too, even the bullpen bench from YSII.
Nice.
Thanks Andigo.
…to the seats he dove on when he caught that foul ball back in 04…
Alright, my night is made and I didn’t even see the gift giving.
It’s a good thing Jeter’s got a big new house to fit all that stuff.
Where is Hank? and The younger sister is pretty hot. Unless that’s Hal’s wife.
The Other Sister? DAAANYELL!!!!
That’s Hal’s wife. And yeah, he did pretty well for himself.
(Whoops… Reply was for BklynJT, not JMK.)
Link?
Givoogle with the givooglethingie.
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesi.....9NJbsXHCFM (safe)
Good for them. They sound like a nice couple. Anyway, Givoogle: It’s essentially just Google but some of the money goes to charity? Sounds like a win.
I would go to that site if I didn’t have to see distended bellies as the advertisement. Or hear sound.
RAB is on coast mode, just like the Yankees.
Just resting the regulars for the postseason.
I just turned on the radio–what the hell is going on?
Bernie!!
I guess Steiner found the market for YS2 collectibles a bit less robust than they anticipated, huh. They’re unloading some unmoved inventory tonight.
“Here Mo, no one wanted to buy the bullpen bench from across the street for $275,000, so you can have it.”
This is pretty cool. Also, I know Hank is a bit jerky but he should be here too.
Yogi stylin’ with the shades. Pimpage.
He’s already got the street cred, but he wore them anyway.
Quick, everyone drink when Andy says y’all. Smashed before first pitch.
Seriously, Andy could you have at least prepared something?!
Everyone knows how special the end of the home season gift-day is!! Next time be prepared!!
/ feeling dumber after hearing Y’all that
P.S. Does anyone think of Huckleberry Hound when listening to Andy? Hmm, perhaps its all this fine Jim beam refreshments….
I liked the ceremony. I still don’t understand why they always do the tandem announcer deal with Kay and Sterling. Also, could have used a little Bob Sheppard audio when announcing Jetes and Mo.
My favorite part of the ceremony was when Melky nearly spit on Kay’s shoes. It was like he was chanelling the vast suffering Yankee Universe who have to listen to him.
On more tender moment, I did enjoy seeing Mo’s family, Seeing Bernie and Raines & of course watching Alex’s reaction to watching Derek squirm getting all those gifts. Clearly, that ceremony is more of A-Rod event than a Jeter thing.
Damn, I never watch the pregame so I guess I missed something tonight.
Via Twitter/Jorge Arangure: Sano to sign with Twins
They can have him, eyes on the prize… Senor Chapman!!
NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
The plan is disintegrating.
Don’t worry. Sano would have ended up busting as a prospect anyway when he got his confidence shattered in GCL scrimmages by Melvin Croussett. It’s better for baseball that he go somewhere else.
So, R
Sorry, I was going to write,
What do River Avenue Crew, think was the best gift Derek got?
For me it clearly was the Joe DiMaggio sign. Would love to hang it above my bed and tap every night before I go to sleep.
Would love to hang it above my bed and tap every night before I go to sleep.BANG HOTTIES .
Fixed.
HTML Fail….
go to sleepDerek Jeter has two signs hanging in his house:
- “I thank the good lord for making me a Yankee”
- “No fat chicks”
Miguel Angel Sano signs with the twins
3.1 mil
http://community.post-gazette......twins.aspx
Copycat
*shrug*
He’s (supposedly) 16. See if you remember the name in 10 years.
Michael Angel Healthy, let’s anglicize this mutha.
Michaelangelo Sani, In Italian.
I like this one.
let’s anglicize this mutha.
I agree.
Sincerely, Graham Stoneburner
Damn he’s got a quick delivery.
Royals defense fail
Doesn’t tex have 38 homers, YES just said 34
Hey Mike, are you in charge of the RAB Donation to Safe at Home? I finally proved to my wife that the charity wasn’t a scam. I just wanted to know who I needed to email our pledge to.
according to gameday, that first pitch was very generous–true?
Looked generous on mlb.tv
I miss David Cone. He must have gotten a text from some chick asking him to meet him out.
does ZZ have another start this year? we need to roll out all the regulars and play that game likes a play-in…he needs 20
Friday
CC starts wednesday, unless they changed it
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com.....p?c_id=nyy
Its Friday
Clay Buchholz is a true ace
.
Nice.
Boy is it nice to see him smacked around.
Mark Teahan = Melky Cabrera with 3 times the strikeouts.
Holy Crap, Miguel Cabrera just pounded one WAY out of Comerica.
Am I the only one who thinks the Angels are going to roll over the Red Sox this postseason? The Halos get on base so well, and every single or walk is going to turn into a double. They also hit very well with RISP. I know their pitching isn’t great, but it’s good enough.
I think it’s comical how Beckett skips a start (one or two starts /Kruk’d) with a bad back this late in the season and yet I can’t find any Doomsday articles about the Red Sox. For a team without any weaknesses, they sure are playing like shit.
Tank, tank, tank. Haven’t you heard? The Red Sox aren’t trying. They are BUILT for the postseason. Once in the postseason they are unbeatable.
I think the Angels are going to win in 4…
I’m not sure their pitching is good enough to beat the Red Sox. If Becket is healthy, I’d say it would go 5 games. Without Becket…well then yeah, I think the Angels take it.
ugh..beckett…
I think the Angels are one and done.
Pitching not as good especially in the pen, and they are the Angels which means Mike Scioscia is gonna give you a extra out or 2.
To me the Angels just were never built for postseason ball especially this team.
Yeah, i was thinking the same, but Beckett has been bad lately, i think Lackey can take him in game 1, and Ervin Santana has decent odds against Leste if he pitches like he did last night. If Lester goes 1… i think Lackey can go strong and hopefully Angels bats are good that game, and 2nd game, gotta hope Ervin can take the red sox…
I think their pitching was built for the postseason, but things haven’t worked out. If their rotation was Lackey, Escobar (remember him?), Santana, Weaver that would match up pretty well with anybody. Then if Arredondo and Shields didn’t shit the bed this year, that would be a pretty good shut down pen.
Their offense and style of play doesn’t match up well with good teams the last seasons.
Lack of plate disipline, making stupids on the basepaths, and too many slap hitters.
Funny how they got a offense but no pitching.
Traditionally their hitting fit that style, but look at the #s this year. This year it is so weird. Figgins is leading the league in walks. Abreu doing his thing. Morales, Hunter, and Guerrero hitting for power. Kendrick hitting the crap out of everything (basically being their Robbie Cano).
It is so weird to see them have an offense this year that actually takes walks and hits for some power. And wow the pitching has been horrendous for them.
I expect either Brad Penny or John Smoltz to come up big for the Sox in at least one or two postseason games.
/ESPN in May’d
BUT TEH DEPTH, TEH DEPTH, THE FUCKIN DEPTH!!!
Bold (and probably futile) prediction time:
Twins beat out the Tigers for the AL Central
Braves beat out the Rockies for the NL Wildcard
AL:
Yankees over Twins 3-0
Angels over Red Sox 3-1
Yankees over Angels 4-1
NL:
Braves over Dodgers 3-1
Cardinals over Phillies 3-2
Braves over Cardinals 4-3
WS:
Yankees over Braves 4-0
BOOOOOOOOOOOOM, THAT JUST HAPPENED.
on mlbtr… i think they left Mark Teixeira off the list…
Elias Rankings*
i noticed that too, i didn’t see his name
Xavier Nady, still a type B. Awesome.
Tex is on there. 62.5 Type B. That sounds a little off. I could be wrong though.
think its supposed to be 92.5
Douchilis is a little low too.
The Mariano SI article is awesome, FWIW
is it available online? i can’t seem to find it…
Do you guys know if the Yankees still do that thing where the players manage the last game of the season or was that just a Joe Torre thing?
They aren’t doing that already?
That is a good question.
Babble babble babble.. Holy shit I’m about to put my tv on mute.
I sure hope they plan on having Posada catch AJ next start. It seems like they haven’t worked together in quite a while.
is AJ gonna be pushed to the limit, or just 5 or 6 innings with a lead?
probably 6.
Butler and Hughes were drafted the same year in the 1st round rite?
Yeah, Butler went 14
yup–2004
butler went 14th, Hughes 23rd
Butler and Eric Hurley were the first pair of high school teammates drafted in the first round in the same year.
Wateva happen to Hurley?
http://www.sadtrombone.com
rotator cuff surgery back in January
Mike Jacobs is such an amateur. Just took a nice fastball middle in for strike 3.
Yeah, after a Billy Butler bloop drop in single, you would think the next guy would want to capitalize…
of course he is, he is a Mets draftee
Word yo. Shit was rite down broadway.
Got out of that inning!!!
Motherfucker. I lost my debit card. I have $3 in my wallet, about 1/32nd of a tank of gas in the car, and I have to be downtown at 8:30am tomorrow, assuming the GWB toll pays itself.
What a shitty, shitty day.
Credit card cash advance ftw
ugh that blows man
oh man that sucks. Sorry to hear that. I’ve had to cancel a card I couldn’t find and what a nightmare. EZ Pass is good to have.
Wow thats messed up.
Mike – most banks will express mail a new debit card to your home or office.
Can you borrow $30 to tide you over?
Let’s start a Give Mike Money Fund
hey jose molina with a single!
cmon ramiro!
hip hip JOSE!
wow that sucked
on to the 4th…
molina, clogging up the bases
Lucky Lerew
Did you guys see the text tips to police commercial? Have they ever seen a text message from a teenager or pre-nager? They’ll need a linguist and cryptology expert just to figure out what the tip says. They’re in over their heads. This could, however, lead to a cool new Cold Case episode on network television.
Also, Jose Molina just hit his first hit since Y2k. Good for him.
the year 2000?
Nice. One of my favorites.
Kevin Millahh ftw
verlander is filthy
wow AJ = complete filth
dodgers
Come on JD it’s time to snap that funk.
did you forget the game winning hit he had on sunday?
i meant saturday
He’s slugging .307 and OPSing 663 this month. He got the funk.
ah true dat
great job tex
This guy is a friggin ninja.
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/im.....id=1474592
holy cow this guy is like spider man fielding!
LuCkY LeReW!!
Lerew: Catlike.
Ramiro Pena is spraying.
If Al Leiter got a four year degree from Penn State online, I want my $104,000 in tuition back.
you went to penn state, right?
Yeah.
srsly
But it was at their satellite campus in Phoenix. No need to fret.
Harvard has the Extension School. Really. not. Harvard.
Sounds cool though, right? A guy with an IQ under 70 could technically attend Harvard.
I know a kid that graduated from Harvard.
http://nebraska.schooltree.org.....52905.html
And one of my best friends graduated from Auburn.
http://nebraska.schooltree.org.....52487.html
congrats to Al Leiter
most people with money do not care for a diploma
i give him mad props
Jodie Foster and Brooke Shields say hello.
can brooke shields say hello to my bed?
I sorta knew something like that would be the reply.
damn, swisher should’ve mashed that first pitch…
oh well
I want Nick Swisher to finish at or above .250 BA, to get some of the haters off his back. I wonder what he needs to do hit over the last couple of days to make that happen.
4 more games after tonight, say 15-18 more PA’s… meh, it’s probably not possible.
Actually, yeah, nevermind.
121 hits in 484 AB’s going into tonight… yeah, it’s possible. Let’s make it happen, Nick. Grab some redbulls and choke up a little, slap some liners.
TSJC fail?
Say it ain’t so!
It’s all good. Even when I fail (like losing to Mike in fantasy football), the gods are so saddened by my misfortune that they strike down someone in retribution to make me feel better (like Mike losing his debit card).
So the world gets balanced out.
I was told the meek shall inherit the earth? LIES!
I was told the meek shall inherit the earth? LIES!
You can’t believe everything you read on the internet… that’s how World War I got started.
5-18 gets him to .250 even
Well that was not ideal but the second AB’s looked a lot better than the first AB’s.
Yawn.
damn, a-rod has a CANNON for an arm
I’m a bit surprised we haven’t had a run against this guy. It’s not like we’re going up against Greinke, even if this is our B- lineup.
Don’t worry, the runs are coming.
Did you see what happened last inning? Just wait til the third time through the order. They got the kid just where they want him.
another good inning for burnett
now lets get this man some runs plz?
My little brother is in year 2035 in his MLB 09: The Show franchise. He sims all the games and just does the offseason shit. Here’s the stats for his second baseman, a computer generated dude he drafted:
Donovan Dill
.316-.396-.657
51 HR
111 RBI
35 Doubles
3 Triples
17 Stolen Bases
2 Caught Stealing
129 Runs Scored
78 Walks
53 Strikeouts
There’s still 27 games left in the season.
Sounds like Robinson Cano, 2012.
nah, too many walks
I’m assuming half of those 78 would be intentional.
As a team, they hit 389 homers. The second most is 185.
I would have drafted Vincent Vlasic. Better defense.
Oooh, Green Mountain Coffee. WHO BUT!?!?!?
He still can’t touch jesus…
Damn that’s 2001 Alex Rodriguez.
Ah shit except for the K’s.
YOOOOOO That’s just nasty.
Does the “back to back lefties” matter if we’re only using three starters? They’re going to be back to back regardless in a three-man rotation at some point..
I never got that either. Why don’t we worry about back to back righties?
It makes no sense. It’s not like CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte are similar pitchers. The only thing those two have in common are the team they pay for the arm they throw with.
Also, Andy Pettitte is a 6’7″, 250lb black man.
Actually 290.
damn
that sucked
I like how Kay’s ad read says to come watch the Yankees on their “quest” for a 27th championship.
As if there’s a possibility of us not getting it. That’s cute. I like how we don’t totally crush the hopes and dreams of the other 29 teams in baseball until the last absolute moment. It’s very magnanimous of us.
5 homeruns allowed in 4 IP by Buchholz.
you should read the extra bases blog on boston.com
i love how they try and make it sound not as bad as it really is
Giving up a homer to Hill, I can understand. One to Lind, sure, he’s excellent.
Two to Lind? And one to Jose Bautista? And one to Kevin Millar?
RUH ROH RAGGY
For not trying, that still sucks
that was an awesome fight to watch
what a cool takedown
What fight? What have I missed?
they were showing two very young (maybe 3-4 years old) yankees fans and their father trying to take a photo of the two. However, one of the kids then pushes the other kid over with his huge foam yankees finger and he fell down hard while stumbling
Ha! I love it.
YES cut to the open walkways behind the seats where fans are milling around, and a father is taking a picture of his two young sons (I assume). Both the kids are probably 5, tops, likely younger.
They have foam fingers and are poking each other with them, and one of the kids clocks the other one and the kid takes a dive. Good, clean roughhousing.
Good stuff. He must be a proud man. I can’t wait to become a father. I will beat the shit out of my kids…until they’re about 9 years old and bigger than I am. Then? Military school.
DOWN GOES FRAZIER!!!
http://upnextinsports.com/wp-c.....482821.jpg
hilarious
TEIXY!!!!
HEY TEXUAL HEALING!
Texxxxxxxxxxxx
Garbage. No one on base for that? He’s got the ARod disease.
I’ll take the cheapie, thank you very much.
It doesn’t count for 0.7 runs instead? Ok, good.
Tex message to the police: The Royals are criminally bad.
The greatest you, the greatest me
We have found the greatest chemistry
The greatest touch, the greatest kiss
What came to be is the greatest wish
The greatest show, the greatest song
The greatest words, the greatest all night long
Baby your love stays constantly on my mind
This is the best Tex I’ve ever had
nice hit alex!
Dammit they got ninjas all over the damn place. How the hell did he trap that?
The Royals are so pathetic, they’re allowed to play with 10 men in the field.
It hasn’t helped.
Yo I was lookin at Teix #’s and the dude WAR is at an incredible 6.1. Dudes worth 6 wins is just flat out beautiful.
Brian Cashman’s WAR is 103.2
But he just signs checks, anyone can do his job!
/SalBoGrantLanny’d
I’d get Verlander and Utley and Pujols.
/Alex Gonzalez’d
How old is the 3rd base umpire? 24?
September callup.
Well played, sir.
Can an ump be that young? Who really wanna be an Ump at 24?
Gotta have pictures of Selig.
I dunno, by the time I was 18 I knew my competitive baseball career wasn’t going past 22. And even to make it that long, I knew I’d be lucky. Someone similar could have made the judgement at that point that they want to be an ump. I decided I wanted to be an asshole and drunkard.
Yeah it’s possible, my roommate in college wanted to be an ump. He was in the New Hampshire State Umpires Association and everything. People joke about umps all the time but it’s actually ridiculously hard to make it to the majors. Every stop along the way to even make it to low A is scrutinized, you have to have perfect “mechanics” (yes, as in how you call a ball or strike) and you have to be in like the top 1% of your peers in every level to get promoted. It’s pretty serious business if you want it badly enough.
*It’s possible to want to be an up at age 24, it would be IMpossible to be an MLB level up at the age of 24. I should have clarified.
Anybody watching the Tigers/Twins game? The catch that Mauer just made was SICK.
Alright, which reliever do we want to see tonight in this meaningless game?
(spins Rolodex)
Hmmm, Mark Melancon? YES!
MARK-MUH, LAN-SEN!
(clap clap clap-clap-clap)
MARK-MUH, LAN-SEN!
(clap clap clap-clap-clap)
Might as well let Swisher shake some rust off.
We don’t need any HBP bench-clearing brawls and suspensions.
Meh, we’ll just send the scrubs to go fight. Shelley and Juan can fight as many Royals as they like.
“I brag about my basement quite often.”
http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/i.....sement.jpg
If pieces from the old Yankee Stadium are called ‘memorabilia’ what would you call items from the old Shea Stadium?
forgetabilia?
That.
Well done.
Choking hazards
Kryptonite?
“forgettables?”
Rubble.
Trash.
Flush-ables?
Yeah, so, John needs to STFU. There should not be a lot of hard decisions to make in terms of the AL MVP and CY. At this point, the recipients of said awards should be clear.
BUT TEH WINS?!!?~!?!11!!!1
NL Cy isn’t clear. Timmy, Carp and Wainwright are neck and neck. And neck.
I only heard him talking about the AL awards.
Yeah. Do they even have the Cy Young and MVP in the NL? I thought they just passed out participation ribbons to everyone in that little nancy-boy league.
So Alex Gordon has been reduced to bunting for hits? Really?
Isn’t he still young enough for there to be hope?
but “he’s the next george brett”
I’d trade Igawa and a bag of balls for him. Oh, we gotta have a hitting prospect that swings at everything. Moore will never make the trade unless they include one of those.
Dude was rushed through the minors and had major hip surgery. Still talent, though.
The rushed excuse is garbage. Plenty of guys come out too early and make their adjustments. Theres a reason those guys get there early. Talent. Its not hurting Justin Upton. Didnt hurt Prince Fielder. Another yr in the minors wouldnt have helped Gordon hit for more power. Hes just not that good. It happens.
+1.
Minors are useless, wait, what?
Actually when Justin Upton first came up, he wasn’t that good. It didn’t take him as long as it has taken Gordon though. But there have been plenty of guys that have been rushed and then messed up for a while until they found “it”. Such as Carlos Pena.
Coke, my grandma could have gotten to that quicker. She’s a hunchback!
Damn, WTF Phil,
wow wtf coke??
WTF!
It’s all good. Get the yips out now, while nothing’s on the line.
I thought this was Coke, not Mitre.
Sheesh. Set your feet, then take a step towards the base, Phil. PFP. ST shit.
Too late in the year for that ish Mr. Coke.
Well that was nice entree to that appetizer of duck shit.
i’m in class, how was burnett?
Ownage.
dominant would be the right word to use there
I hate runs on errors.
that was really mitre-esqe though
I can make the two plays he just botched.
There’s no excuse for that.
gotta go home there, Coke
Dude is Phil Coke retarded?
What a failure.
COKE??!!!???
THROW HOME YOU DOOFUS!!
Coke must be crazy wicked hungover still.
Coke what are u on coke what the hell was that.
Is Coke still hungover from two nights ago? This is T-ball type shit.
:: facepalm ::
Suboptimal, Cokie.
Paging Phil Coke. Paging Phil Coke. Wakey wakey.
Not only should Coke have thrown home, but that was a terrible throw to first too.
Hopefully Coke can attend some courses at Harvard’s Extension School in the off-season.
Have a Coke and smile, Phil.
now that is a correct throw to first…
PF(AIL)P.
Coke needs it.
I liked that comment better the first time I read it…when I posted it.
/stink eye
What comment? I don’t know what you’re talking about.
(bwahahaha)
Haha, I knew that was coming.
Do we really trust Coke more than Marte? In a big spot in the playoffs, I want Marte
He pitched well. The problem was his fielding.
Personal Financial Planning?
Porno For Pyros?
Eh, big deal. His fielding was bad, but he pitched well- was 1-2 on every hitter after Gordon, no fly balls.
Hung ONE slider that got fouled off – otherwise Coke threw strikes, and gave up nothing hit hard
You figure if he does it here, he won’t do it in October.
One bad pitch. What’s more concerning is the poor fundamentals. Still, I think he just had a ten minute brain-fart session. I don’t remember his fielding being a problem this season, so I’d guess this is an outlier.
It better be. If this happens in October and a game is lost on stuff like that, there will be riots.
Coke inherits a runner on first and gets 3 comebackers and lets up a run.
At least Coke is doing this shit in a meaningless game. Getting it out of his system I guess.
That’s it.
Trade Coke to the Mets.
This here is awesome-
Before yesterday’s Seattle game the announcers were BSing, one is asked who his player of the game is gonna be, he predicts rookie MArk Tuiasosopo would his his first career dinger to the second deck of left-center in his second at bat on a 3-1 fastball.
Well cut to the game audio…
http://deadspin.com/5370481/mi.....oplay=true
I heard both parts last night, the pre-game and the in-game. So epic.
That’s downright scary.
That was fucking amazing
seee yaaaaaaa
Fuck you .250!
Swisher drilled that shit.
SWISHALICIOUS!!
FUCK YEAH!
swishalicious!
Swish!
Swishalicious!!!!
So the Sox rotation is better than the Yankees due to the emergence of Bucholz right?
Yep!
So to recap:
Line drives taken off John Lester’s knee = 1
Starts skipped by Beckett due to a bad back = 1
HR given up by # 3 starter Clay Buchholz in tonight’s start = 5
Weaknesses on the Red Sox team = 0
Ok……..got it.
Wrong. Middle relief is their one weakness.
Which is not really a weakness since they have no weakness.
Pretty much.
Swisher showin’ that stadium love.
Adam Lind has 3 homeruns today against boston
3… wow
8-2 jays
Uno Mas! Uno Mas!
Swish quiets the haters
OMG they brought Hughes in!!!
Oh wait…
I’m just glad our Hughes isn’t named Dusty.
well hey, his name could be rusty kuntz…
I dated a girl named Dusty. I had no idea girls were named Dusty until I moved to Texas.
I hope his real name is Dustin… but even then, why the hell would his nickname be Dusty?
I can’t believe Gardner swings like that. It looks so unnatural, like Molina running. I can’t believe he gets any hits.
Gardner takes some ugly hacks, huh?
Verlander starting the inning with 110 pitches.
Insane. I can’t believe he’s still out there. I guess if you’re Detroit you play to win today, and who gives a flyin fuck about next year.
dead arm for the playoffs.
Dead arm now. No way he thought he was coming back out, that’s why he was throwing 98-99 to end the 7th. He is at 95-96 now. Still great, but he had already let it all go.
wow… molina walked?
I like Freddy G.
You know Ramiro Pena is just dying to hit another HR right now.
how was that a strike??
If your name is Ramiro Pena, it is. Umps don’t need no 3 hour meaningless Yankee-Royals game.
Just got back from class and checking the box scores- just so I’m caught up with everything, which AL East playoff team is the one with SP concerns?
The Yankees because they aren’t built for the postseason.
It was a mental error by Coke which gave up the lead (2-1) and a pretty stupid one at that, he should have thrown home.
Who loves the sound of his voice more: Flash or Kay?
He looked safe. Let’s see the replay.
I was wrong. Out.
damn
that BARELY got guzman
Pena has the green light on 3-0 and 3-1 why?
twins have runners on 2nd and 3rd, 1 out