Game 75: Big Stoppa

June 25, 2011 by Hannah Ehrlich 328 Comments

The Yankees are nursing a baby two-game losing streak, so it’s up to the big man to step in and show everyone who’s boss. He’s won six of his last seven and is looking to become the first pitcher to rack up 10 hyper-important W’s in 2011. To stop him, the Rockies send out Aaron Cook (4.67 ERA/3.36 FIP). Meanwhile, I continue on my nefarious weekend writer plot to take over the entire website. Muahahaha. Nothing to see here, folks, just the lineup…

Brett Gardner, LF
Curtis Granderson, CF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Jorge Posada, DH
Eduardo Nunez, SS
Francisco Cervelli, C

CC Sabathia, P

You can catch the game on YES at 1:05 pm. Woo.

http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Hopefully CC’s run of three subpar starts ends today.
- Skip
  
  I’d bet a box of Cap’n Crunch that he does.
  - http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
    
    Four of Colorado’s five best hitters are lefties, so that works out nicely.
- http://twitter.com/firstheart42 Hannah Ehrlich
  
  2010 Home: 11-2, 3 ERA // 2010 Away: 10-5, 3.34 ERA
  
  2011 Home: 3-2, 4.20 ERA //2011 Away: 6-2, 2.62 ERA
  
  crazy.
  - holger danske
    
    crazy like a fox
  - holger danske
    
    non sequitor say what?
Levi

Obligatory “Zomfg, these weekend writers are a different style than I’m used too, I demand a refund!!!!!11″ post.

But really, I agree, hopefully CC shuts ’em down.
Nuke LaDoosh

That YES pregame 2Lo/DJ babble has me drinking before noon (Central Time)
Kostas

Colorado has a good history against CC. But I would love to see an old fashioned ass kicking today.

Nothing short of a 8-1 victory and total dominance by CC. Anything less is failure and unacceptable.

It is the freaking purple dinosaur Barney looking mascot Rockies for Christ sake. They are not a real team.
- CMP
  
  It reminds me of something you’d see at a minor league game.
- the tenth inning stretch
  
  http://arachnerd.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/rockies-mascot.jpg?w=279&h=300
  
  Creepy.
  - Kostas
    
    That is down right offensive ;-0
- steve
  
  Yankees are winning 8-1
  CC was dominant….
  
  nice prediction
  - TCMiller30
    
    WITCH!!
    - TCMiller30
      
      Nevermind. 8-3
the tenth inning stretch

I’ve become addicted to Baseball Mogul 2012. My franchise played an interleague game against the Yanks yesterday. The Yanks had Montero batting cleanup, Gardner leading off, and Jeter batting 8th. Gardner stole two bases and bunted for a base hit. If only…
- IRF
  
  Its amazing. Im in 2013 and Derek Jeter is a backup infielder for the Rockies.
- Pat D
  
  I used to play that game. But Out of the Park Baseball surpassed it in my eyes.
  - steve
    
    ootp was pretty great
CMP

Cervelli is in he lineup. Ugh.
Paul O’neill’s Batting Helmet

kay: cc 6-1 recently = he’s been better than earlier in the season, despite the much worse 34/20 k/bb ratio.

i dont know why i bother getting upset at his logic anymore…
- Kostas
  
  You will never be as cool as Michael Kay. Therefore your logic will always be flawed unlike his. Kay’d.
- the tenth inning stretch
  
  Those condiments you eat are clouding your mind.
  - Kostas
    
    I just had a vision of Michael Kay looking like George Kostanza eating ice cream at the US Open…
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Yay Brett.
the tenth inning stretch

WHAT A BUNT.
Cy Pettitte

someone’s been working on their bunting.
- Kostas
  
  John Sterling “that was not a good bunt, that was a PERFECT bunt”.
IRF

Thats an everyday player-type bunt
Cy Pettitte

small balling the shit out of them
the tenth inning stretch

The Gritster takes over.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Hooray for speed being used effectively.
- Kostas
  
  WHAT? That is an insane comment. Yankees don’t use speed effectively.
Cy Pettitte

someone put butter on the ball?
the tenth inning stretch

The Bad News Rockies.
Nuke LaDoosh

love the grititude
Ivan

Aggressive baserunning!!!!
IRF

Yay aggressiveness!
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Yay for small ball.
the tenth inning stretch

I was hoping that throw to 2nd would be Cervelli’d into CF.
Ivan

That was close.
Monteroisdinero

If Gardy could bunt lefty pitching he could be leading off everyday!

6 Jeter hits from now.
Pat D

Dear Mark Teixeira,

I know your BABIP is low, but please start getting some hits. Mmkay?
IRF

Sugar free Red Bull Phil? Really?
- Pat D
  
  Red Bull at all? Really?
Ivan

I feel a homer coming…
- Monteroisdinero
  
  Small ball innings are very satisfying. Same amount of runs/higher pitch counts.
  - Pat D
    
    Yea, and homers kill rallies.
    - Monteroisdinero
      
      It’s nice to be able to do both and a bunt single and stolen base to lead off a game is nice to get from Gardy.
the tenth inning stretch

Great piece of hitting by A-Rod.
Ivan

I see A-Rod taking a page from Jeter going the other way.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Nice at-bat by Alex, but he totally missed that hanging curveball.
- Pat D
  
  Yea, that looked like a tater to me.
Kostas

Since his three hit game, Tex has just 5 hits…. in that span, 0-6; 0-4, 0-3 – 5-30, .166

Needs to get going again.
Bernies house

Hannah made this? Well I won’t be following this thread anymore !
Nuke LaDoosh

Bo Jackson
- V
  
  No question.
Pat D

Problem with that text question: all of those guys were really good at one sport and mediocre at the other.

Brian Jordan was really the only one that had standout years in both sports, because Deion never really had a good year in baseball.
- V
  
  Um, Bo Jackson was not mediocre at either sport. Yeah, he didn’t have the plate discipline to be a -great- baseball player, but when he was healthy, he was a potential game changer.
  - Pat D
    
    He hit a lot of home runs, that was about it.
    
    He was a great football player.
    
    I’d still probably pick Bo in that list anyway, so don’t think I’m knocking his talent.
    - V
      
      Career OPS+: 112
      
      That’s not ‘mediocre’.
      - Pat D
        
        Yea but it’s only because he hit home runs.
        
        Career .309 OBP.
        
        V
        
        :shrug:
        
        Home runs are not a bad thing.
        
        112 OPS+ is not mediocre.
        
        Pat D
        
        It’s not great either.
        
        Some of his similar players according to BRef: Nick Esasky, Jonny Gomes, Craig Monroe, Ron Kittle, Dan Pasqua, Jay Gibbons. All guys who could run into one, but didn’t have a lot of other value.
        
        IRF
        
        He also stole bases
        
        V
        
        :tup: 30-30 guy with decent defense had he dedicated himself to baseball. That injury robbed both sports of an excellent talent.
      - Paul O’neill’s Batting Helmet
        
        jordan had a very brief uneventful football career as a solid safety, quit with no injury to focus fully on baseball, and had a very good long baseball career. jackson had a borderline great couple of 10-11 game seasons in football, had the devastating injury, was done football wise, and had some very good hitting seasons. If not for the injury, Jackson wins out hands down, as he probably puts in another 3-5 seasons as a top RB and a solid hitter with speed. Because of the injury, I guess you’d have to say Jordan had the ‘better’ career, but only for baseball.
        
        steve
        
        jordan was a roider.
V

Wow, Nunez looked downright Jeterian on that groundball.
- Ivan
  
  Meh that ball was hit pretty hard.
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  Not a play that Nunez should’ve made, but still a pretty pathetic effort.
  - V
    
    That’s what I mean. Jeter started doing that ‘take a step for the ball then stumble forward’ move this year, and Nunez mimicked it there.
Ivan

The Yankees use to have a Shortstop with the same number that can hit just like tulowitski.
AaronGuielWithASmile

Hey guys, were you aware that Troy Tulowitzki grew up rooting for Derek Jeter???
- Pat D
  
  I was not aware. Where did you hear this?
- Nuke LaDoosh
  
  I recall reading something about this a few years ago.
  - Pat D
    
    How many have you had now?
the tenth inning stretch

Yeah, Swish.
Cy Pettitte

Swish is always an adventure, lol
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Wigginton won’t embarrass himself on defense? Has Kay ever watched him play more than three games at a time?
Ivan

Swisher with the Range.
Cy Pettitte

think the gun is a little hot today? CC has been filthy.
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  PitchFX has him at 96-97. Hot damn.
Icebird753

Do you think they’ll retire Hannah’s name here at RAB? I think she’s just below borderline for that accolade.
V

Ha, read earlier that Chien-Ming Wang is going to have a rehab start on Monday. Good luck to the guy.
Nuke LaDoosh

Please Nats…hire the correct ex-Mets manager … the one that annoys the hell out of all of us on Sunday evening.
Pat D

The Yankees are 12-14 in series openers now. After last night’s game the Red Sox are only 13-13 in same games.

Food for thought.
http://www.twitter.com/stophamm3rtime Dela G

Anyone notice that A-rod is a hit in his next AB away from .300 on the season?

He’s on fire
Kostas

Buster Olney’s piece – subscription req – today.

At the end of the 2005 season, Brian Cashman had resolved to end his tenure as the Yankees’ general manager. On what he thought was going to be one of his last days on the job, he gave Yankees owner George Steinbrenner — with whom Cashman had many battles — a recommendation about what Steinbrenner would need in terms of structure going forward.

There’s good reason to believe Cashman could use a break.
Steinbrenner asked him to stay on, and now Cashman is in his 14th year as the Yankees’ GM. His contract is set to expire at the end of this season, and many of Cashman’s professional colleagues are starting to believe this will be his last with the team.

“I think maybe he’s finally had it,” said one GM. “That’s a job that will take a lot out of you.
- V
  
  RAB ran this earlier today.
  - Kostas
    
    Well I am two hours behind EST so that will be my excuse.
the tenth inning stretch

Why even throw to first?
- Monteroisdinero
  
  A Jeterian hit wih a non-Jeterian result. keeps the inning alive.
Monteroisdinero

Unlike AJ last night CC is 0-1 on most hitters. A very good place to start each ab.
AaronGuielWithASmile

Every Kim Jones segment reminds me of Anchorman.

“What Kim forgot to tell you is, those were not real pirates”

YES just generally needs more Jack Curry.
- Esteban
  
  Great moments in YES network history
  
  http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c6466857f4/fan-steals-pork-chop-on-a-stick-from-reporter
  - Pat D
    
    I remember that. It was bizarre.
AaronGuielWithASmile

CC’s dealing today
http://www.twitter.com/stophamm3rtime Dela G

so some moron dropped chris carpenter and wandy rodriguez last week and i picked them up.

i definitely hope they will turn it around (carpenter already did yesterday)
Esteban

Ball is carrying better today.
AaronGuielWithASmile

Ummm….where did Michael Kay go?
- Justin
  
  I was wondering the same thing. I dont necessarily miss him, but hearing just Flaherty alone is kinda….odd.
- Pat D
  
  I’m guessing potty break.
  - Esteban
    
    As CHP would say: Dialeah
the tenth inning stretch

Cook’s already at 46 pitches with no outs in the third.
Cy Pettitte

ARod has been such a beast lately
AaronGuielWithASmile

Alex is locked in. Booyah.
the tenth inning stretch

.300!
Esteban

Yay ARod

O GOD. PLEASE DON’T BE HURT
Esteban

And the Yankees finally have a .300 hitter.
http://www.twitter.com/stophamm3rtime Dela G

boom, a-rod is a .300 hitter!
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  .302 to be exact.
  - http://www.twitter.com/stophamm3rtime Dela G
    
    even more awesome
  - Esteban
    
    And .302/.378/.519. That’ll do.
Ivan

4-0 lead, with your ace on the mound…You should win no matter what.
the tenth inning stretch

I hope we’re not about to see more of A-Rod at DH and Pena at third.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Whoa, surprised he went.
Esteban

Hustle run. Woo ARod
Nuke LaDoosh

he’s not hurt…can turn it on when he needs to
Cy Pettitte

ARod must be feeling ok if he went on that
Ivan

Wow surprising aggressive baserunning by A-Rod.
Kostas

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA C’mon Yanks put some more runs up. Ass kicking time.
IRF

So how long has A-rod been spitting his gum out and slapping it away every time he scores?
- http://www.twitter.com/stophamm3rtime Dela G
  
  ha he’s been doing it since i started noticing about 4 years ago
  - IRF
    
    Heh, I feel like I haven’t noticed until this year.
- Pat D
  
  That’s called the Mr. Perfect.
Paul O’neill’s Batting Helmet

the spin threw spilborghs off a bit. on line throw beats him by a mile. worth the shot though with 2 outs.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Good trivia. Whitey Ford, Mo … no idea.
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  Actually, definitely not Mo. Tough for closers to get wins, easy to get losses.
- Pat D
  
  Not Mo.
  - Pat D
    
    David Cone is one, after that I have no idea.
- Ivan
  
  What was the question?
  - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
    
    4 Yankee pitchers have recorded their 50th win before their 20th loss.
    
    (CC is currently 49-19 in pinstripes, so he’d be the fifth.
- http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
  
  Gomez, Chandler?
  - Pat D
    
    Last 60 years.
    - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
      
      Ah, my bad.
- the tenth inning stretch
  
  I think it’s Ford…
Esteban

Ha, Yankees best pitcher gets the run support, though the offense is backing up Nova pretty well too.
the tenth inning stretch

CC = beast mode.
Cy Pettitte

that pitch was nasty
Esteban

6k’s through 3 1/3. What will he end up with? I say 11
http://www.facebook.com/cecala Joseph Cecala

The double hit!
Esteban

Holy shit, when’s the last time you’ve seen that? Hit the ball twice with one swing.
Ivan

Jeter doesn’t get to that ball folks…just saying.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

That’s a hit with Jeter at short.
Ivan

CMW wow…
Cy Pettitte

never would have guessed CMW
Esteban

Wow CMW one of the answers. RIP CMW. Goddamn NL baseball
Ivan

I’ll be SHOCKED if Joba is ready by spring training.
Ivan

BABIP his ass guys.
- Esteban
  
  I think that’s legal now too.
IRF

Holy crap Tulo, that was nuts
Truth Meter

Sanders was crap.
- Paul O’neill’s Batting Helmet
  
  baseball, yes. football, hall of fame corner. yea, he couldn’t tackle a sliding QB, but he was as shutdown as they came.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Very nice CC, get out of that mini-jam.
the tenth inning stretch

Like a boss, CC.
pat

NO RUNS FOR YOU
Simon

This just came to my mind as the probable pitchers for tomorrows game came up, Nova is a rookie and is a candidate for rookie of the year, who else is considered to be contenders for the rookie of the year award?
- Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
  
  Michael Pineda >>> Ivan Nova
- Cy Pettitte
  
  I’d take Pineda, Hellickson and Britton over him
- IRF
  
  Pineda
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  It’s Pineda’s award to lose right now. He’s been unreal.
  - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
    
    Jose Iglesias.
    - Icebird753
      
      Casey Kelly
      - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
        
        Nah, he’s a bust now.
the tenth inning stretch

You’re killing me, Robbie.
Esteban

Good try by A-Rod, not much else he could have done.
tom

This game feels one-sided, but right here Tulo could make it close.

Damn all those double-plays.
- Esteban
  
  CC says no dice.
  - tom
    
    As he so often does.
    
    Brief anxiety moment past.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

I would watch Cano make that pivot all damn day.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Jeterian
Cy Pettitte

CC is just filthy, this is a pithing clinic
Ivan

CC really want his shutout intact.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Swishamash.
the tenth inning stretch

Swishalicious.
http://www.facebook.com/cecala Joseph Cecala

Every single game all the Flaherty talk makes me want to kill myself. They make it like he was the greatest catcher of all time.
- Pat D
  
  He was the greatest Yankees backup catcher of all time.
  - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
    
    He was no Johnnycakes.
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  It’s actually uncanny how they manage to tie his 2004 walkoff against Boston into every broadcast.
  
  It’s like a bizzaro version of FOX Saturday baseball.
the tenth inning stretch

HIP HIP
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Yikes, looked like CarGo dogged it a bit.
Esteban

Me gusta!
Pat D

Methinks CarGo gave up on that a little bit.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Hip Hip
the tenth inning stretch

Helton’s still got it.
AaronGuielWithASmile

I would kill to be named “Rex Brothers”
the tenth inning stretch

Is Girardi managing the Rockies now? Bring in a terrible reliever just because he’s a lefty?
- http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
  
  Rex Brothers ≠ “terrible reliever”
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  Given how Cook has looked today, I’d take rather have Brothers in the game by a longshot.
tut

Has Teixiera evolved into a .250 hitter?
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  Shouldn’t that be devolve?
  - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
    
    Slowing down is technically acceleration.
tom

It’s amazing Cervelli can have two hits and still not contribute to scoring a run.
Ivan

Rex Brothers seem like the Rockies version Boon Logan. Lefty who throws hard but cant get lefties out and sucks.
- http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
  
  Except Rex Brothers:
  A.) Was a first rounder, not a 20th rounder
  B.) Is 23, not 26
  C.) Has a dominant minor league track record, as opposed to just an average one
  D.) Is viewed with elite closer potential, and not simply servicable LOOGY potential
  
  Their similarities end at handedness, they don’t start there.
  - Ivan
    
    That and also he has the cooler name.
  - Jimmy McNulty
    
    Wasn’t he a supplemental pick, not a first rounder?
    - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
      
      MLB doesn’t really distinguish between sandwich picks and garden variety first rounders in the record books (and neither to places like Baseball-Reference, for that matter).
      
      It’s perfectly fine to refer to guys like Brothers and Joba Chamberlain as first rounders. They’re certainly not second rounders.
      - The209
        
        B-R does. you just have to click thru the ‘draft’ link on the player’s page
Esteban

Kay is very impressed by the lunchbox. No condiments allowed in his lunchbox though.
- Esteban
  
  LOL “And we’ll stick around to honor America and lunchboxes.
Ivan

Filthy.
Ivan

Wow CC still pumpin 97 into the 7th.
http://www.facebook.com/cecala Joseph Cecala

I would like to know how this game is ‘solid’? A 5 hit shutout is ‘solid’?
Ivan

If it were up to me, I just make CC finish the entire game at this point.
AaronGuielWithASmile

Let’s honor America and lunchboxes

Really, Michael?
- Esteban
  
  Give me ~~liberty~~ lunchboxes or give me death.
  - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
    
    I regret that I have but one life to give for my lunchbox.
    - Esteban
      
      Those who deny lunchboxes to others deserve them not for themselves. ~Abraham Lincoln
      - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
        
        I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their lunchboxes.
        
        Esteban
        
        Ok, you win. That cracked me up.
        
        http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
        
        I was considering going with Malcolm X:
        
        “Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on your lunchbox, send him to the cemetery.”
        
        Pat D
        
        Plymouth Lunchbox landed on us?
        
        Esteban
        
        And I’m proud to be an American,
        where at least I know I’m free.
        And I won’t forget the men who died,
        who gave that lunchbox to me.
        ~Lee Greenwood
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Sooo will Girardi let CC go for a CGSHO?
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  Hopefully, he’s cruising and he hasn’t thrown too many pitches yet.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

This is a good game to run Hector Noesi back out there so he doesn’t dwell on the ass kicking he took in Cincinnati too long.
- http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
  
  Works for me.
- Ivan
  
  Yeah I wouldn’t mind that at all. I still rather let CC go for the complete Game Shutout.
http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder

I wonder if Clayton Mortenson’s nickname in the Rockies clubhouse is “Viggo”.
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  Am I the only one that got really uncomfortable when Michael Kay called Mortenson “a tall drink of water”?
  
  I know gay marriage is legal in NY now, but think about Jody Michael!
  - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
    
    There was nothing erotic about it; he was just picturing a delicious tall glass of water that might be found, say, in an American lunchbox.
    - Pat D
      
      You put glasses in your lunchbox?
      - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
        
        I’m high-class, baby. Sterling silver flatware and cloth napkins. My lunchbox is lined with fine, Corinthian leather.
        
        Pat D
        
        Not rich Corinthian leather?
        
        /Montalban’d
        
        http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
        
        Damn, I thought I had the reference perfectly worded.
        
        MeFail.
        
        Pat D
        
        KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        
        http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
        
        To the last, I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart, I stab at thee; for hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee.
        
        Pat D
        
        I wonder who could play Khan in the new series…
        
        http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
        
        Scott Caan.
        
        Don’t say no so fast, just think about it for a while, let it wash over you.
        
        Pat D
        
        I could see it physically. Not sure if he’s got the charisma or if he could imitate the voice, which he’d have to do.
        
        Oh wait a sec…you’re screwing with me.
  - Pat D
    
    It’s been legal for less than 24 hours.
Nuke LaDoosh

Fun Fact: Jonatan Herrera grew up idolizing Fred “Chicken” Stanley.
- Pat D
  
  Now that takes balls.
AaronGuielWithASmile

Wow, Young has no idea how to play right field.
- Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
  
  I was kinda surprised that he even got Tex.
nsalem

Alex’s day should be done
pat

Arod looks hurt.
- Nuke LaDoosh
  
  He’s kind of pulling a Mickey Rivers today. Looking hobbled and limping all over and then turning it on on the basepaths when he needs to (scoring on the sac fly earlier.)
Esteban

Jorge Posada: Decidedly not dead.
- nsalem
  
  Miracle Max strikes again
  - Pat D
    
    Castle: stormed.
    - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
      
      No more rhymes, now, I mean it!
      - Pat D
        
        Anybody want a peanut?
tom

Good thing the Yankees have a nice lead, or the RISPFAIL!!!! crowd would be deafening today.
- Jetrer
  
  .357 is fail??
  - tom
    
    Leaving men on base at any time the runs are needed qualifies for some.
    - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
      
      We don’t demand perfection. We simply demand success at a rate that so approximates perfection that it is indistinguishable from true and complete perfection, that’s all.
Jimmy McNulty

When was the last time these guys hit a home run? Freddy’s start against Cinci?
JMK

CarGo being hit for because he dogged it in center?
Pat D

Nice save, Flash.
Jimmy McNulty

I am mad about that, I want CC to get the SHO.

**shaking fists**
pat

NOOOOOOOO
JMK

Shutout gone, bring in Noesi.
Ivan

Fuck!!!!! u suck CC!!!!
Jimmy McNulty

Goddamnit.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

FUCK no shutout for CC :(
Jimmy McNulty

Why in god’s name is Robertson warming? If CC gets taken deep this inning, fine…but still. Either let CC complete the game, or bring in one of the scores of shitty relievers in the bullpen.
- X-62
  
  Agree.
- Girardi’s Binder
  
  Fuck you and your logic!
- http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
  
  Q: Why in god’s name is Robertson warming?
  
  A: We had an off day before this series, we have an off day after this series, and Robertson hasn’t pitched since Wednesday afternoon. He could use some work, and he’s far from overused.
  
  You’re welcome.
Nuke LaDoosh

And so despite the fact that the rSox won the off-season, have 6 Aces, are better on paper, were a complete team on opening day, blah blah blah, the Yanks are 3 outs away from being dead-even after 75 games. Kudos to Cashman, Girardi and the Boys. Kershaw on the market yet?
- http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
  
  Kershaw on the market yet?
  
  Is Barack Obama still president? Yes?
  
  Then no.
  - Pat D
    
    Saw some illustration of Michelle Bachmann with the caption “The Chosen One” yesterday.
    
    I almost harmed myself.
    - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
      
      Michele Bachmann has Teixeira Eyes.
- JMK
  
  I don’t see how Kershaw makes it on the market even with the crazy Dodger financial mess.
JMK

I’m not one of those “the game takes too long, speed it up!” proponents, but seriously Rafael, there’sno reason to take that long to set up.
Pat D

I think that’s the saddest face I’ve ever seen on Swisher.
Cy Pettitte

crushed by Teix
http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder

Dead Texy.
Ivan

Check Mate!!!!!!!!!
Pat D

Rally: killed.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Tex should take forever to run around the bases.

Betancourt’d
- Pat D
  
  George Brett 1980 ALCS’d
  - Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
    
    Oh, I wasn’t even alive for that.
    - Pat D
      
      Nor was I, but I’ve seen the highlights and it pisses me off.
    - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
      
      Paul Begala: Ronald Reagan blamed Jimmy Carter for everything, for years.
      Meghan McCain: You know, I wasn’t born yet, so I wouldn’t know.
      Paul Begala: I wasn’t born during the French Revolution, but I know about it.
      - JMK
        
        Meghan McCain’s boobs >>>>> Paul Begala’s boobs.
        
        Pat D
        
        Not saying much.
        
        http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
        
        Have you ever seen Begala’s boobs? They’re real, and they’re spectacular.
        
        http://deleted Total Dominication
        
        It’s lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous.
      - Pat D
        
        Now, now, she’s under attack from Bristol Palin…
JMK

That Larry Crowne movie looks like dog shit.
- Esteban
  
  So bad.
  - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
    
    BUT WILMER VALDERRAMA IS IN IT!
Ivan

Lets be honest here, the only reason why the Sox are even leading this division is because of that 8-1 record against us. I mean if the yankees win 2 of those games, they would be on top of the division.
- JMK
  
  Meh, it’s a marathon not a sprint. Would it be nice to have won them? Sure. But I’m not broken up about it.
- Pat D
  
  The thing is that Tampa Bay will probably have a bigger say than we’d like in deciding who wins the decision. 16 games left for the Yankees, not sure how many for the Sox.
Cy Pettitte

Buddy fucking Carlyle
Esteban

Oh Buddy Carlysle, you’re terrible.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

J.C. Romero would look great in Buddy Carlyle’s roster spot.
- Pat D
  
  Wasn’t it interesting that no one claimed him?
  - http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
    
    Not with his salary, I always forget about that when it comes to waivers. Now he’s available for the pro-rated minimum.
    - Pat D
      
      Ah, my bad. For some reason I thought claiming him on waivers wouldn’t assume the full salary.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Why couldn’t he have given up a HR to Giambi?
Fuck you Carlyle.
Pat D

He’s leaving…(leaving)…on a Midnight Train to Scranton (whoo whoo!)
JMK

Serious question: When’s the last time a person named “Buddy” was good at sports?
- Pat D
  
  Buddy Bell was a bit underrated.
  - JMK
    
    Shit, fail on my part. That’s an obvious one.
- http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
  
  Who the hell is Buddy Lee? I thought we were talking about Buddy Guy.
  - mbonzo
    
    I’m not your Buddy, Guy!
    - Pat D
      
      I’m not your Guy, Friend!
  - Esteban
    
    You’re not my buddy, pal!
  - JMK
    
    He makes cakes in Hoboken, right?
  - JohnnyC
    
    Drinkin’ TNT and Smokin’ Dynamite!
- pat
  
  Umm fucking AIR BUD????
  
  DUHHHHHHHHHh
Ivan

Anyday now Carlysle.
teddy

should let cc finish this
mbonzo

One more base runner and this is a save situation right?
- Jetrer
  
  2 more, tieing run has to be on deck
  - Esteban
    
    Thankfully, that’s a moot point.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Why get Mo up? Use Ayala or Noesi.
JMK

That is not what I expected a guy named “Charlie Blackmon” to look like.
- Ivan
  
  He should look like Mars Blackmon rite.
- Pat D
  
  I’ve found that most famous people with the last name “Black” are white and most famous people with the last name “White” are black.
  - JMK
    
    Yeah, true on that.
    - http://twitter.com/tsjc68 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside the Elder
      
      Yeah, just look at Jack Black and Jack White.
      
      No wait, nevermind.
  - toad
    
    Joe Black?
Esteban

SWISH with the D at first.
JMK

Great grab by Swisha.
Ivan

Game Bitches!!!!!!!!! Yankees Win!!!!!
- Esteban
  
  Game, blouses.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Buddy Carlyle just missed Scranton.
- Jetrer
  
  hopefully not for long
JMK

Kim’s hair looks awful; not a fan of the outfit either. I wonder if Michael Kay is her stylist.
Esteban

Uhoh, this Swisher interview is Cuso bait.
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