Oct
25
ALCS Game Six Spillover Thread III
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Al and Kate plus 1.
AHHHH!!11! When are we going to score!!?
/3rd inning’d
OH SHIT DREW BROKE THE NEWS KATE IS PREGNANT I’M GONNA GO TELL EVERYONE I KNOW
THERE’S A BABY BUMP!
It’s official! This offense as cold as ice! Doom and gloom, the sky is falling!!
And some of you guys were nervous…
(shakes head slowly)
Pathetic right.
Shallow and pedantic
I thought you weren’t gonna be around tonight?
Just in between innings. Can’t resist this place man.
To quote Oscar Gamble: “They don’t think it be like it is. But it do”
God damn right don’t stop. Time for Posada to show how he do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFHbVnJQdwg (safe)
We play today…
we win today!!
Dassit!
That walk to A-Rod should have been strike 2.
Not that I’m complaining.
Looking at Gameday the call could have gone either way.
It looked clearly low and in to me.
Same here.
Hey IDK if im an Angels fan I wanted that pitch a K. That just gives A-Rod more time to crush one.
Honestly, the smart play was to walk him anyway, Joe Maddon style.
Now is the time!!!
The dagger is in your very dangerous hands Jorge. Make this one painful
like i said, let’s put at least 2 more on right now
Just a deep fly ball, Jorgie… That’s all we need.
Fuck that.. Blood is in the water, time to frenzy eat
What did I fucking say Saunders? Pitching AROD IN does NOT fucking work.
On a side note, I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again… the Blackberry dancing chick is fugly…and scary looking.
And the judges on “so you think you can dance” needs a swift kick to each and everyone of their heads. ESPECIALLY the lady that has the shrill annoying voice.
that’s racist
Saunders actually deserves kudos for not giving in. Its an almost impossible spot and what you don’t want to do is give up a grand slam or double and put yourself in a huge whole. Let someone whose not the best player in the universe right now beat you.
ha, even arod thought it was a strike.
Saunders has allowed 12 baserunners? They’re gonna have to score some of these guys.
Eye-Rod
Amazingly, after 30 pitches in this inning only out recorded by Saunders was sac bunt by Melky.
Consider it a lil gift from us to his mouth breathing ass.
That was ball 4 to A-Rod on Gameday.
No DP Jorge!
FOX just show Alex saying “that was a strike?”
Angels fans are lucky that was a ball and not a strike. Angels got off easy there.
Nice bender by Oliver… yikes.
I don’t want to see Ervin Santana.
this inning is going to bite us.
Posada you shit head.
Awful Posada, Awful
JORGE UN-CLUTCH BOOO
Shit Jorge.
thanks jorge
Anything but that.
Oh, horseshit.
way to fuck the rally jorge..
Wow. Ok.
WOW! Jorge Fail! All we needed was a fuckin flyball!
Ugh, come on Jorge.
Terrible Posada, just terrible. A K there wouldn’t be so bad.
That was not a deep fly ball.
Goddammit Jorge
Yankees: 3
Butt-chin: 0
dammit jorge
jorge loves doubleplays
And piss.
http://www.funnyordie.com/vide.....u-from-nas
Summamabitch, Jorge.
THE FANS HAVE SPOKEN WE WANT JOSE MOLINA NOW!!!!!!!!
Molina GS this year: 1.
Posada GS this year: 0
CLEARLY WE NEED JOMO.
The numbers speak for themselves. Even stathead nerdboys can see that.
Girardi’s an idiot for continually running Posada out there time and again.
I know, i know, years of great achievements, but i HATE jorge right now.
I know what ya mean. My beautiful, wonderful wife of 20 years who has always been by my side…she overcooked the roast yesterday. I hate that bitch, now.
I don’t normally condone spousal abuse, but you should totally beat the living shit out of her, right now.
Again?
Oh man. Too bad. Damage done though, and you better believe we ain’t fuckin done. Pettitte needs to shut this game down.
Jorge has got to do a better job there and try and lift the ball. We need and want all the runs we can get. Put this out of reach from any comeback.
Jorge if you don’t swing at balls that are an inch above the plate then you have taken that and probably gotten a better ball to hit.
oh how sweet if andy comes out 1-2-3
Not trying to be greedy, but that wasn’t enough. We should have gotten a lot more out of that bases loaded with posada, matsui, cano coming up. Fcuk.
agreed.
You’re not trying to be greedy… but you are.
Don’t worry, we’re scoring like 3-6 more runs tonight.
Agree. That was the inning to put the game away.
Just like the innings before it, and probably the innings after it.
come on Andy….SHUT EM DOWN
9 stranded… Kill these fuckers, quit letting them feel thay have a chance
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-649460
Here we go.
Just keep them at 1 Andy.
The hitters immediately after arod need to pick it up. Matsui and Jorge, its time to play
Shoulda started Molina….
/sarcasm
Luckily, this isn’t the Angels’ pen of years past.
4, possibly 5 innings of this Angels bullpen?
I’m very aroused.
It’s a tough contrast: Santana, Bulger, and Jepsen all have good stuff, and they’re the guys we’ll be seeing, unless this game gets out of hand.
Santana, Bulger, and Jepsen all sound wonderfully tasty.
I shall eat them for dinner.
Sincerely,
The 2009 New York Yankees
Let’s go Andy!
That Saunders is lucky he got only 3 ER charged to him.
12 runners in 3.1 IP
And that includes a bunt.
So with the free out, it’s more like 3.0 IP.
12 runners in 3.1 IP is just terrible. If we could have gotten one more hit..
Who thinks Halos Heaven complain the pitch to Alex was a strike and completely ignore pitch trax showing it was a ball?
Would have liked 1 more there but this team looks focused offensively. Hopefully Andy can rebound from a long inning.
On the positive side, we’ve made it to the soft, soft underbelly of the Angels pen after only 4 innings.
That sucks… Andy has to shut them down this inning. Take away their pumpedup-ness from that DP
Lets go Andy.
“Here come the Angels,” says Joe Buck.
Wishfull thinking by the “Angels Hater”
Fuck him, and his wonderful job by Darren Oliver, how about walking in a run by Saunders
to be fair it made him come too
“There go the Angels,” says Mike Axisa.
Aaaaand there they go,” says the 4-3 DP.
Comon Andy, shutdown inning here.
Did A-Rod just hit Aybar in the jewels? I approve.
Wow, Arod Nixon punched him.
Juan Rivera got a hit? Really?
It gets better with mathis!
Double play coming up
Let’s get this Mathis out, shall we?
Cmon Andy. Shut the door. Get a DP.
A-Rod “helps” Aybar up by pulling on his jersey with two fingers. LOLZ.
Oh Noes!! The Yankee Killer
Well this game feels similar. 3-1 lead for Petitte, I just hope the ending is different.
I’d like to see Mathis GIDP here.
Make up for some of the outs he deserves.
You got it!
“Here come the angels!!! weee!!!”
pathetic buck
do we finally get the one who must not be named out?
legend of Jeff Mathis ended in 3rd inning..
Joe Saunders starting: Cost = Three runs in four innings.
Manager of the Year Trophy: Priceless.
Mathis is the catcher who should be hitting into double plays.
I’ll take a K at this point.
That’s the Jeff Mathis I know
Mathis is human!
Mathis knows the K.
You see!! He’s not a machine. He’s a man!
BULLSHIT. Umpires are the last human element of the game! So players are robots!
Die, Jeff Mathis.
It’s possible to get this guy out?
Mathis is out!!! Everything back to normal now.
YEAH BITCH!!!!!!
MATHIS IS SO NOT GOOD
Sweet K-Andy!
siddown ya backup
Sit down, Mathis.
Mariano – 8
thats it for mathis , the bubble has burst
OMG Mathis just got PWNED!
followed by a McCarver gem: “Posada wanted it up, so he got it up.”
That’s what she said!
BOOM!
let’s gooooooooooooo Pettitte!
Whoa, we got Mathis out!
Haha, the look on Mathis’s face… it was like he thought he deserved the hit.
i’ve seen Andy with a 3-1 lead against the Angels somewhere before…I just can’t put my finger on it
too bad it’s another day
I’ve seen the Yankees hold a 3-1 series lead and not win the series before.
My story and your story have something in common: they’re both irrelevant.
CANO!!!!! Nice job Andy!
Canooo doncha knooow!
Is it bad that I actually would rather have Michael Kay instead of these two…
Not at all.
No. I hate him during regular season and love him during post season when I realize he doesn’t suck as much as I think he does.
Don’t ya know..robbie cano
cano! Good work andy.
Double play bitches!! Shutdown inning achieved.
I dunno about “up”, that ball was pretty hittable. But I’ll take that DP.
What a lazy play by Cano.
And there go the Angels!
/Boe Juck’d
Damn, nice Cano!
loving that 4-3 DP ball!
Lazy, man.
Magic Number: 12.
Magic numbers feel like a thousand years ago.
Joseph… wait until single digits, please. We’ve got more runs to score, anyhow.
<3 Robbie <3
Lol. Fangirl.
Wait. What happened? I thought the angels were coming?
HELL YEAH ANDY.
I want that man to marry my daughter.
Alex’d
More offense now! I like these parts.
Nice. Add more runs!
A DP right back at ya Angels
Man Cano made that DP look so smooth and sweet.
Don’t you mean lazy & Dominican?
Time to get back on the horse now.
Can Mo go 4? Huh, huh, can he?
b-e-autiful
The New York Yankees: We turn double plays WITHOUT the smug looks, thank you very much.
this for the win.
I’m going to set up the bullpen as Robertson 7th (if Andy’s stuggling), Hughes 8th, and Mo 9th (part of 8th if necessary). Done and Done.
Want to guess if underservedly Joba gets a hitter in the 7th? lol
I really don’t want to see Joba in this game, so Andy’s gonna have to go 7.
Not necessary, Andy’s cruising through 7 at least. I’ll say 7 1/3.
Agreed, only if Andy’s stuggling, but the man is rolling
No.
If the score remains where it is, Mo for 6 outs.
pettitte 65 pitches through 5, nice
Darren Oliver is a good pitcher.
I must disagree, sir. I must say, you’re wrong.
Hey TSJC have u seen Vader’s latest tweet??
“This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the end of Kenobi, and will soon see the end of the Rebellion.”
Fuckin love it.
TCWA
(snatches gun out of Joe Saunders hand with the force)
We would be honored if you would join us.
By the way, I told ya Saunders would get knocked out by the 4th inning. Give me Credit NOW!!!!
id like to tape little maggie mouth shut
Matsui…..awful
im so close to switching to the spanish feed
If only it was in HD…
Darren Oliver is so 1996 ALDS. Come on guys.
65 thru 5, andy for 7 tonight?
Sounds good to me.
Ok, I’m not in the business of flipping out over every small AB like some supposed “fans”…but Matsui swinging at the first (not particularly enticing) pitch there did indeed annoy me.
Take some pitches Hideki.
Lol what…wouldn’t the pitch that got them in the game be one that Pettitte throws, Joe?
If the yanks get 6 outs and have the lead, any change Joe goes to Mo for 2 innings?
Every chance, I would think
5 outs at the most, more likely 4.
I personally would throw out Hughes or Cokes in the 8th on a very short leash. First baserunner on, Mo comes in.
No. 5 outs maybe, but not to start the inning.
Dear Hideki –
It’s not that I don’t love you, but you’re starting to suffocate me and I think we need to take a break. Just for a little bit.
Yours Forever,
The Right Side of the Infield
cano k’s go yankees
Can Cano kindly kill it?
no?? next time.
what was that pitch making up for
Darren Oliver as shutdown reliever is terrible. They got to him in Game 5, can they do so again?
ball 4 to a-rod was much better than that one.
Closer on gameday then Foxtrax.
ump making up call for strike to Alex..
once again, that was really a ball. This was too.
OK, now THAT was a bad call. He’s been good on the close calls but that was not really borderline at all.
Strike zone? We don’t need no fucking strike zone!
/Ump’d
Andy earning bonuses. Go Andeeeeeeeee
Yeah McCarver, considering that pitch was a BALL, he sure thread the needle.
That’s the swing there Swish…
That pitch to Robbie was a ball!!!
Waaaaahhhh!!
It’s a mass conspiracy involving the umps, MLB, and the Wall Street fatcats!!
Wrong blog.
http://www.halosheaven.com/
There you go.
and the terrorists
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV7Ha3VDbzE
So fitting. The Empire in Star Wars representing the Yanks talking about terrorists.
Swish. Do it. Do it.
Well, that sucked a whole lot.
Oliver just embarrassed us.
With some pretty nasty curveballs.
Joe Buck: “I would blow Darren Oliver tonight.”
I want a celebration, bitches!!
Every time Oliver pitches against the Yankees, Buck sounds like he is in love with him.
He like’s his old lefties who never were very good.
I’m pretty damn sure at this point that Joe Buck has a huge mancrush on Darren Oliver.
Man, a Yankee pitcher would get killed in the media if he wore earplugs on the mound.
But for others, it’s a good idea.
At home or on the road? Seems pretty savvy.
alright andy, do it one more time
i didn’t see any ear plugs
I didn’t either
Even with that zoom in of Oliver’s ears
Looked like he had some vaseline in his ear
Yeah, they’re there. He had them in last week too. They’re the wax ones and they sit back in the ear canal. He’s definitely wearing them, so all he has to listen to are the voices in his head.
if the Yankees win, Curb is going to be that much sweeter later this evening
Itl be pretty…pretty…good
damn, I wish I was witty enough to come up with that…ietcvm
haaa I forgot that was on!
The handicap one was great last week.
CYE has been hilarious this season (well, except for the “Towel” episode). The blowjobs and wheelchairs and Seinfeld reunion. I’m glad LD came back for another season.
Oliver makes the Yankees look stupid.
Darren oliver got 5 outs. Is this really that incredible?
Darren Oliver.. Are you fucking kidding me..
If he had a head full of grey hair tell me he isn’t the spitting image of Grady from Sanford and Son.
Yea I could see that except for the fact that the way he’s pitching I’m confusing the S.O.B. with Sandy Koufax.
What a job by Darren Oliver! I have a half boner after that strike out!
We’ll be back after these messages, I’m Joe Buck!
YOU’RE EXCITED?!?! FEEL THESE NIPPLES!!!
/Costas’d
It’s hard to believe that just 5 years ago, those girls were all in grade school!
Coop, what’s a vajoina?
Aww! Come on! That’s not a gay joke! It’s an Australian joke! Aww! Aww! Come on!
C’mon Andy 1-2-3
come on pettitte
I swear to god. I hate that they are able to gall me like this, but the Buck / McCarver collective sucking off of the Angels is hitting epic proportions.
In a game in which Joe Saunders couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn (old school metaphor’d!) and that the Angels are currently losing 3-1 in an elimination game, we’ve just had to listen to the genuflecting about Aybar’s double play and Oliver’s amazing job and nary a word about the fact that we’re winning.
+100,000
Hey, you try and turn a double play while getting elbowed in the family jewels.
I really don’t understand why the networks allow it. Its very frustrating.
Dammit… we need runs and runs and runs.
Only so Fox can stop blowing the Angels.
No we don’t.
We’ll get them, but we don’t need them. The only person who needs them is you, to assuage your paranoia.
Don’t worry everyone; here I am.
Thank you!!
Now the Yanks will open the floodgates!
/TSJC’d.
Alright… stop right there, and I’ll bring back the sun.
You know I’m joking, but the sun would be nice…
Yeah, they are the most sickening duo in broadcasting
Wait, positive playoff memories involving the Yankees?
Andy shutting down Fulton County? Fantastic.
Good job Chone!
Bunt fail.
Delicious, delicious fail.
And that’s why small ball is stupid, kids!
Fundamentals CHODE!!!
Fundamentals, baby!
there we go.
Thanks for the help, Desmond.
take that shit Figgins..
Oh, Chone. Nice try.
Now, that was literally a batter getting himself out.
Eli Manning doesnt look good at all out there. Nicks’s YAT (yards after tip) has got us the lead. GO TO HICKS!
That was a fundamentally sound way to get yourself out, Bravo Figgens!
figgins out
Fundamentals failed.
That was a gritty little bunt off his gritty little foot.
Um, if it hit him in foul territory, it would be a foul ball
bunt fail.
Thanks Chone … 6 outs to Mo.
HA! Bunt FAIL!!!
And by the way, that’s what Figgins gets for ALWAYS running on the infield grass side of the baseline.
I was actually wondering about the scoring on that.
I assumed it’d be 2 unassisted, but it’s nice to have confirmation.
Melky drag bunt >>> Figgins
What was that about catchers putting out?
Yeah! ohhh?
Robots!
He went.
McCarver with an actual interesting, useful tidbit?
That’s unpossible.
Buck is seriously calling each ball like it’s going to be the big breakthrough for the Angels.
“Ball TWO.”
No Tim, the catcher is the last fielder who touched the ball.
Actually, no he didn’t. That is weird.
Abreu knew he went around. He’s smiling.
Did you read Alex’s lips on 1B?
He said “that was a strike”
But he was wrong.
Yeah, borderline pitch.
AROD is a prophet!
Just call him Nost-ARod-us.
IETC
Oliver got that pitch! Who likes this umpire again!?!?
Ball THREE.
/Buck’d
Thank Mo that was foul because Damon was running a real shitty route.
For once Mccarver said something halfway intelligent
let’s get a core-25!
Abreu smiles like he’s standing at the juke box staring at a bunch of 16 year olds walking into a skating rink.
“Let’s see how they skate to ‘Tequila’!”
giggity giggity
Bobby is the friendly guy who owns the skating rink. He always has a story or some encouraging words of advice to give the kids.
haha..Bobby doing fake hustle..
Abreu made that play close.
So who will be the next “Core 4″?
Hughess?
Montero?
A-Jax?
Joba?
It will be Core plus Cano..whoever the core is
Gotta see what Jesus & A-Jax contribute in the bigs first, but I’m all for Cano, Hughes & Joba.
drop Ajax. insert Robertson.
Jeter ain’t goin nowhere for a while, he’ll be in that “Core” for a while longer. Don’t forget Teixeira and A-Rod, they’ve got more guaranteed years pinstripes than any of the guys you mentioned.
2 more pitches til thread IV?
When Bobby was in pinstripes and they did the wine thing where they bottled wine with Yankees’ names on it, Bobby did a commercial and called it Merlot, pronouncing the T. He’s a rocket scientist.
What a kawinky-dink:
They mention Cecil Fielder at the exact moment that I was getting up from the couch to make myself a sandwich.
Is Cecil Fielder a type of sandwhich?
No, but you know how they say that the human body is like 60% water?
Cecil Fielder’s body is 60% sandwiches.
That’s a good percentage, I suppose if I was rich, and could pay women for intercourse I would like to be that percentage of sandwhich, unfortunately I’m not, so I’ll deal with being in good shape and married
Hey, Arman, can I borrow your copy of Swank?
That’s Arman’s swank! You stay out of Capital City!
No, it’s because he’s grossly overweight! Wokka wokka wokka!
Was it a hamburger patty sandwiched between two doughnuts?
THIS GUY KNOWS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT
I really don’t want to see Vlad Guerrero w/ a man on 1st when its 3-1 in the 6th inning again… C’mon Andy.
to those much wiser than me: how is Andy not a hall-of-famer? He’s done so much on the biggest stage.
not enough glamor to the wins..
Life did a spread a few months ago on the winningest big game pitchers of all time and Andy was on there.
Doing so much on the big stage is not enough to get you into the Hall of Fame. You have to also be one of the very best players in the history of the game. Andy’s good, but not HoF good.
Yet, at least.
Yeah, but the big stage is a boost. I don’t think Andy would need as many counting stats since he has that.
I agree.
Problem is, he needs a GIANT boost, not a big boost.
Please stop showing Guiliani.
I’m lovin’ the crowd tonight! They’re standing up for every out.
Andy, that’s one hell of a 24-hour shadow you got there… idk if you woulda looked clean shaven in the rain yesterday
come on JINTS! in our place?
Eh.
Damn. Lucky hit.
Cmon Andy.
Umps don’t know how to call check swings and as a result the Angels get baserunners. Just great.
You wouldn’t have wanted that one called against the Yanks. It was close enough to be a ball.
Just be afraid that McClelland’s behind the plate tomorrow, if the game is necessary.
Alright Andy, you’ve been here before.
Get Vlad this time, ok?
McClelland might not get home tonight just based on past performance alone.
alight andy, you got this
Goddammit…get Vlad out now
I’m shocked! a good call
No homer to Vlad, pls.
It’s Deja Vu all over again.
Comon Andy, shut them down. No mistakes to Vlad.
get this Andy..u got him.
Throw him out!
Vlad, stop crying. Saunders had the outside 1/3 of the plate too.
OO Big Cecil in that last clip. Damn he was a big man.
OMFG no
its been a strike all night since when do oyu not swing anyway vlad
Do not put this anywhere near the strike zone, Andy.
I can has D-Rob?!
Ok, Andy, it’s 0-2. Nothing near the zone, please.
Joba should not be warming.
Yup. I’d rather not see him in the seventh, either.
Joba seriously?
andy’s cutter looked a lil better today
where is k-rob? stadium is bumping
Joba warming??
Chamberlain joe? Seriously???
of course why not
No way.
Luck ass hits.
expletive!
I hate you so much, Vlad.
that is kinda lame
Ah damn blooper.
Cmon Andy. Please no 2-out runs shit this time. Please. Please.
Oh come on Andy
Good play by Swisher to one-hand that hop.
Only Vlad hits that.
If these are the hits Andy’ll give up, sign me up every damn time.
what the fuck..u have to just tip ur hat and move on..
That ball was six inches off the ground. Ridiculous.
How the hell does someone hit that? Crazy.
What a swing by Guerrero
I HATE shit like that
Come on.
Typical Vlad BS
Another blooper. What a lucky bastard. Shut them down Andy.
One more out . Andy. one more.
he can hit the pitch fuckin anywhere
deja vu? glitch in the matrix…must be HH
Ha, IETC.
Let’s go, Andy. Bear the hell down.
Two out rallies make my life shorter.
come on andy
we bat last regardless!
You CANNOT be mad at anyone on that Vlad hit. Andy put it where nobody could get it, and Vlad got it anyway.
It was a fluke hit. I’m just tired of this being a series. I want a win
Who’s mad at anyone about it?
Why not go inside there? Who knows. I hate the Angels.
Two questions:
Why praise Vlad for swinging at that?
Why is Joba the one warming up?
1) Because he’s mad a career out of it.
2) I have NO fucking idea.
David Robertson killed Girardi’s dog
tension at a 9
Can I get D-Rob warming up? Please!
come on Andy..end this shit quickly..
The Angels cannot possibly have been luckier this inning.
Shiiiiiit.
Andy is lost. How about a mound visit?
Can’t. Already had one.
Pitch around him. Just walk him. Do it.
Kendrick can not bat this inning and definitly not against Joba
Maybe joba’s warming up the bullpen catcher so he’ll be ready when the real reliever gets up
Haha, IETC.
Maybe Robertson’s warming up behind him and Joba’s just the decoy.
I’d really prefer Morales to just be otu. I don’t want Joba in the game w/the bases loaded at all.
Cmon Andy.
Allan Branch just swallowed Eli whole right there. Giants are lethargic. Keep it up … they’ll get routed this 3rd quarter.
Andy needs to get Morales, because I don’t trust Joba at all against Kendrick.
Girardi, Joba is no where near his 2008 self…
Why does Morales always look confused?
Do we really need NFL updates? It’s mid-season!
Like a cat.
Kind of.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK MO! ANDY!
YESSSSSSSS!!!
Joba is NOT the guy to come in now. no no no
HUGE out!!!
alright..tonight is the night..
There is a God. Thank you Mo!
Clutch pitching.
Oh yes, no Joba please.
Huge