Oct
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ALCS Game One Spillover Thread III
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To all the people who said this game was over. To all the people that quit. To all the people who called this team garbage. Raul Ibanez has two words for you: Fuck off.
Hopefully this will kill some of the trolls and make this place bearable during game threads again.
Dude, what defines “quitting”?
I’m guessing most of us didn’t actually stop watching. And that’s what I would define as the diving line of “quitting”.
The people who said with absolute certainty and meaning that this team “has no chance of winning the world series” “will be swept out of this series” “needs to be blown up” all that shit.
Don’t get me wrong…critism is expected and even I’m guilty of it…but some people (they know who they are) seem to root for the team to fail so they can pat themselves on the back about being right.
they haven’t done SHIT yet.. let them win the game then talk !
Won 95 games
Won the AL East
Best Record in the League
Won ALDS
Yeah…this team’s accomplished shit.
Ignore. Remember, WE’RE TEH YANKEES and all that shit.
Well, I’m a huge masochist, sadist, and snark artist. And those traits shine through very easily with me at times. It’s my way of not driving myself to the point of complete self-annihilation.
They wouldn’t shine through much more easily if the Yankees weren’t getting totally outclassed in the 6-8 innings there.
I don’t mind losing on style points. Plenty of nasty warts for sure, but this game is not over.
I think he means the bunch of assholes who like to descend on here to massively overreact every time something goes the wrong way for this team.
Indeed, to them, fuck off and, after you’re done, fuck the person next to you off.
Raul Ibanez being jesus doesn’t make the rest of the team good. Rather Raul IS the offense.
Unfortunately, they’ll be back, as soon as the team falls behind again. They’re patho-fans; they live to tell you how sucky the team is.
Ibanez is our best hitter.
Time to win this game.
Now 1 more boys.
This might be one of the most unbelievable things I have ever seen
Lesson #120
Never sleep while the Yankees are on if I’m in your house. You will be woken up when Raul hits clutch home runs.
how is this happening?
UN-F’N-REAL!!!
Even I don’t know how I was perfect in save opportunities last year.
It’s that stupid little dance that makes this even better.
Stunning. Unbelievable.
I may be purchasing a lot if gear from the RAB shop later tonight. Holy shit Raul…I’m in shock.
I literally CANNOT think right now. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!! aslkjlaskdlakdjalksd
I was blowing at the TV trying to push that out!
Holy shit!!!!
NEED to win this now!
ALL HAIL LORD VOLDEMORT!!!!!
this is seriously unreal, you could just feel it coming.
The greatest thing I’ve ever seen.
Just finish it!!!! come on!!
or not… i hope the pitching gets this game to rahh-ool again
Did you guys see Valverde’s reaction?!?!?! Effing hilarious.
Yep Raul IBanez earned himself a spot at the Old Timers Game.
And all along I thought we had a chance if we could just keep it close. Valverde has been awful, straight fastballs. Joe almost let it get out of reach but Ichiro and Raul saved us. It’s a new ballgame and we’ve got our best relievers left.
Shut up. You were calling this game and series over 10 minutes ago.
Raul making 2009 A-Rod look like 2012 A-Rod.
I’m glad I was wrong. Hopefully they can finish this shit now. I don’t want any more extra fucking innings.
Papa Grande? Really? What an awful nickname.
A worse nickname than David Ortiz.
who is this guy????
Ichiro and Ibanez. Yeah, fire Cashman….
And now Robertson?
velverde is their AROD/Granderson/Swisher. damn the ghosts are back bitchesssssss
throw Cano in there too.
How? 3 times in one postseason? How?
It’s incredible.
Not even counting his earlier miracles against Oakland & Boston. This is Yaz ’67 territory.
well now it’s good that they still have DRob and Soriano left I guess.
I have been waiting for years to see Valv finally blow one in the Stadium.
WIN THIS TONIGHT!!!!
Scratched my post scheduled for tomorrow. I can’t.
Might as well make it RAUL RAUL RAUL.
I had the sound off, how many times did they blame that on the “short porch”?
Believe in Voldemort. Believe in the dark arts.
I can’t believe people left the stadium. Were these people not around in 2001 or even last series? Pathetic. And sell out the Stadium next time for christ sake. It’s a playoff game.
Go to hell Valverde, were’s your stupid jig now. So satisfying, hate that jerkoff!!
Is Girardi lucky for not using RoSo yet, or just a soothsayer?
lucky
We got anybody else who’s name starts with “I?”
This actually looks like the navigable part of the Tigers lineup.
(knock on wood)
Get it to the bottom half tied up, and win it.
What did I say about it getting interesting with Valverde in a non-save situation?
Raauuuullll= The Anti-Arod
Now the pitching staff just has to shut down the Tigers for 3 more innings so Ibanez gets another chance at the game tier and the walk off.
True Yankee (TM) Yes he earned it.
Now bench ARod Swisher and Grnaderson. PLEASE.
Pick one of either Swisher or Granderson and insert Gardy.
and Chavy for Alex
Yup. Have to give someone another chance.
Keep Swish in there. Curtis REALLY needs to sit tomorrow….and the day after that.
Two B+ prospects, you say, Mike?
Not cano? We sorely need his 0-5 every game
Yea, he’s been bad, but that’s taking it too far.
Shut ‘em down fast. I don’t want to see Miggy or that fat fuck Prince again.
*dances in the street*
Just kidding. I would get stabbed. But RAAUUUULLL
October baseball. Love it.
Avada Kedavra.
Well hopefully the Yankees can now steal this game in extras and Girardi may learn the very important lesson of not giving up on a 2-0 game in the 8th with a relatively rested bullpen.
Verlander saying “Oh my GOD” is classic.
I want that in a .GIF
Hate to say this, but I don’t agree with this move… Soriano in a tie game not optimal.
Aww, poor Miggy is upset…
By the way, the stolen base by Tex last night and an 0-2 walk by Tex tonight.
Getting it done in mysterious ways.
Exactly.
great at-bat by tex
cardinalesque
subtle.
Few things are more enjoyable to watch than Jose Valverde blowing a game like that.
CABRERA IS SUCH A BITCH
Raul Ibanez just earned a permanent standing ovation at future Old Timer’s Days.
Raul is more than great butthe yanks should have won 5-4 but for the umps . How will you feel about the umps if we still lose
Same way I always felt about them. Shit evens out.
Win or lose, I still despise these umps. they’re incompetent.
un fucking believable. Couldn’t read the thread anymore. it was horrible. Can those people finally wait till the game is over? They are never out of it. never!
Oh I left hours ago. Why would I want to subject myself to the kind of idiocy being thrown around here.
Hanging around does make it that much sweeter to then see those people disappear when something awesome happens.
Nah. Plenty of positive things for me to focus on away from the PC. Just not worth it.
I did the same. I watched, but mostly just chatted with people I like (including Plouffy) on facebook instead.
Yeah, left after the first tiger run scored. knew it would get ugly.
I was on and off raging.
Actually what I find more funny is the incessant need to respond to each and every comment whose opinion differs from yours.
And not in a argument A, argument B thing it’s a “fuck you for not thinking like I do.”
The sooner this ends RAB will go back to whatever standards you put it at. Everyone needs to learn to just ignore comments instead of saying fuck off and die to every other person.
Eh. When there are 20 comments in a row of “fuck off and die A-Rod/Swisher/whoever”, “fuck this team”, “ZOMG I HATE EVERYTHING”, it gets a lot much more fucking annoying than the people who try to tell them off.
I don’t say fuck off and die, I leave. When 9 out of 10 comments are ‘fuck the yanks, yankees are garbage, this team can’t win, bench this guy or that guy, blah, blah, blah’, It’s kind of hard to enjoy this thread. It would just be nice if 90% of commenters weren’t doom and gloom bridge jumpers.
When that one guy said this was one of the worst offenses of all time, I knew some family time away from the PC was in order.
Word.
the ghosts woke up
what an incredible moment
baseball rules
Miggy Cabrera looked kinda pissed.
Pauly should teach him how toss Gatorade jugs.
yea, your team leader punching the gatorade.. not a great message lol
his teammates hate him
the league hates him
even the jungle wanted him dead…
Seriously…give Raul a raise and throw that ninja a parade!
To be honest. I forgot Cano K’d. So I thought we won.
it’s ok – glad you admmitted it
Yea, but waking everyone up was worth it.
Is anyone surprised that we did all this with ARod on the bench and neither Swisher or Granderson coming to the plate? Probably won’t score next inning so we’ll need at least two scoreless to turn the lineup over.
Even Joe’s binder is telling him to sit these bums and he won’t do it.
Yeah focus on that right now, rather than the miraculous 9th inning
i need some diazepam. these extra inning affairs make me very uneasy.
Looked like Biyoing Kim in 2001.
So damn proud of this team. It’s been this way all year long.
I am too, but not to be a strickler we pretty much never came back when losing after 8 innings.
Love the new handle. This has been the hardest successful season I’ve ever seen, they’re making the fans earn it.
+1
These “chokers” sure do have a lot of fight in them.
This was the most gutless 4 run comeback ever!
Yea, but it would be nice to get a win without raging for 8 innings.
Raul Ibanez gives me the kind of confidence that Cash will find more scrap-heap turnaround players to glue this team together in the future.
Hey Pat D, you think Leyland feels like Skeletor right now?? lol
how did jim johnson get in a tigers uniform?
THose Tigers pitchers miss that size football field stadium they get to pitch in.
More job security for the 2013 Yankees:
Derek Jeter
Raul Ibanez
A Grandy HR would be nice
And also imaginary.
In the span of a few days, one player just hit three of the most dramatic home runs in the history of a franchise that makes money off dramatic home runs. ….. You can’t make up this stuff. Will Christian Bale shave his head and play Raul in the movie?
Sure. And the fat girl from “Precious” will play Valverde.
and now for the rest of the series valverde pitches scared
i love how smoltz is hating on velverde as well LOL ahaha
A strike? Holy shit. Thanks, blue.
We’re only able to say all of this negative crap because it’s the interwebs. If we said half the stuff ‘out loud’ in the middle of the Stadium crowd that we do in these threads, some nice gentleman from the Bronx would have put his big meaty fist in our face by now…
Heh, you mean some dude in a suit would give you a dirty look.
…and then go back to checking his IPad.
Why was Martin trying to hammer a ball 450feet with the winning run at 2nd.
Massive uppercut hacks when a single is all you need. I could see if Gardner was on 1st and you want to try to drive something into a gap, but he was swinging for the HR on a 2-0 count when he should be thinking line drive.
WE PLAY TODAY!!!!….
we win today
DAS IT!!!
Lets end this before Miggy and Prince get to hit again.
this.
Now get ready for 6 more innings of everyone swinging for the fences…
Who gets the walkoff?
Rahh ooool!
Win it now.
Redemption for someone!!! Please
to smoltz’s credit he did say it was dickish that the yankees had to play on no rest in this series
Yeah, that shocked me. Good for him.
He said “dickish”?
i was paraphrasing…
Now that the announcers have shit on their faces they are talking up the Yankees.
Come the fuck on now!!!!
i would like granderson to be a (not the, obviously) hero tonight
They HAVE to win this game. Valverde is done as closer. Even Leyland can’t justify keeping him there any longer. Valverde is their ARod now.
I wanted to go to sleep though =/
I’d rather win
me too!
Yankee insomnia > Angry sleeping.
SCORE NOW.
I’m not going to forget the 3 loaded bases tonight, but OMG, this team is making me bipolar!!!
If the Yankees dont win it here, does Soriano go 2? Tough call with Phelps or Kuroda pitching on short rest tommorow. I would go all in for tonights win as tomorrow is a crap shoot for the Yankees no matter how u slice it. I’d go Soriano for 1 more inning and if the game keeps going, Drob for 2.
Oops. Botched that.
one of these dudes, need to knock one out of the park… cabrera looks pissed as shit.
Get on base, Swish.
Build the rally to win it.
Time for Swisher’s True Yankee Moment.
Smoltz criticizing the ballpark dimensions again, drink.
Come back and watch the bandwagoners come a runnin’
i would like to remind swisher that the bases are empty
Hit the double NOW Nick
Yes Smoltz, because it’s not like the short porch is there for the Tigers.
Garage time walk off please.
Did anyone else see Cabrera looking like his dog died? Its game 1 and he looks like hes given up already
He didnt look like his dog died, he looked like someone killed his dog and he wanted to go fuck that dude up (Valverde)!
That wasn’t the short porch, that was RCF.
Try not to find a way to bash the stadium for once, asshole.
Hey R-Til,
Ibanez goes HAM.
Hard as A Motherfucker???
HAM.
What does that even mean?!
Oh no, not Joe’s HAM again.
I think i may be bipolar now…
So I had to go play some Star Wars.
Did I miss anything?
HAHAHA lol.
Garbage* time walk off please.
Please, I want to win, please win this won Yankees lets get a good start to Sunday so that the Jets can miraculously win next
I hope we hit a 314 1/4 ft walkoff HR just for Smoltz.
+1
Last 3 at-bats for Swish have been very good at least.
C’mon, Swish, let’s get back to that “get on base anyway, anyhow” mentality…
This team can’t hit
This team sucks
Really?
Every fly ball is going to trick us now.
That’s not so much fun.
Ball 4.
swisher back to being well…Swisher
That got me excited….
Regular season, Swish destroys that ball…he’s all up in his own head right now.
every oct he’s up his own ass..google his post season numbers dude
Swisher JUST missed that one. Wow.
Swisher JUST missed that one. Wow.
Don’t need these insane home run swings.
That just irritates me like nothing else. A run wins this game, regardless how its scored.
Walks!
“But this offense wins and loses by the dinger.”
When did Grandy pick up that really weird hitch?
shorten your swing, curtis
Good job atoning, and drawing the walk.
Miracle!
RAUL 2012 or AROD 2009 (maybe, its too early to ask right now)
Too early because right now the answer is 2009 – exclusively because we won it all!
C’mon Grandy!!!!!
they gotta try stealing on Laird, no?
Rus Bus? Rus Bus.
What’s a Rus Bus?
When Russell does something good
Win. This. Game. Now!
leyland is dying for a cigarette
got to steal here right? right? or is Laird too good for that?
Gardy!!!!!!!
Pinch run Gardy!!!
PR Gardner for Granderson? Why?
better d and faster…
Much better base runner. Upgrade defensive.y.. No loss with the bad if he needs to hit again
Don’t you have to try to steal Granderson?
Never mind, don’t you have to try to steal Gardner?
I like the move
gardy is in…
Gardy better be running here if he was put in.
Gardner?
Girardi, are you alright?
Nice AB Granderson.
Wow Gardner pinch-running for Grandy who aint exactly slow.
Gardner is much faster. look at their steal numbers from last year.
Oh I agree, just usually you see him pinch-run for someone alot slower than Grandy.
Grandy isn’t as good a baserunner.
He scores quite well on baserunning. Just not the base stealer he used to be.
Ummm…
…meaning, how slow has Grandy got in the Yankees eyes that you take him out?
Now steal third.
Gardner is faster then Grandy, but the upgrade seems like we are beyond the point of diminishing returns.
Not digging this move
You’ll love it Martin gaps one.
There we go!
Well done, Grandy… now get to home, Gardy!
I like it! Better on D too.
man i miss gardner on 1B and doing his thing… its a beauty to watch.
Send Gardner
Base hit wins this ball game now.
Do the deed, Russ. Give us pie.
Just a single now!
Ok, like it a lttle better now
good job Garnder!
Just get a hit. That’s it.
+1
gritty
This is just wild. You couldn’t orchestrate this in a video game if you tried.
Fuck yeah!!!!!!!! Gardy. I command you to steal 3rd without getting caught.
gardy running fast!
THERE’S a break. Gardner probably has it stolen anyway though…
STOP SWINGING FOR THE FENCES U FUCKTARDS
Don’t need a home run Russ…
Jesus.. 2 run homer don’t mean shit
Steal third!!!!
martin was swinging for the fucking moon there 2-0
jesus, russell
all we need is a single
This!! Fuck!
base hit Russ let’s go
Shorten the swinging, guys… base fucking hit.
Russell just missed two middle-middle pitches.
We are going to win this game!!!!
Walk is kinda bad if Jeter hits a gb.
…aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand foul.
I started to come then….flaccid.
Dammit its a foul ball!!!
Dammit. so close.
at least he’s making dotel work. maybe wearing him down haha
Damn, those sucky Yankees
My god…I wonder what Sterling sounded like on that foul ball.
Not bad, a pause
Not bad actually.
Enough with the mule hacks Russ
aaahhhhhh! just missed it….JUST! again, but 4 ft right.
Fuck my heart stopped for a moment!!
Stands are half empty.
I wouldn’t say half empty haha…. thats a bit of an overstatement
Jesus, Russell….
leyland is gonna carp his pants. someone needs to get him some huggies pull ups.
Get it done, Captain.
Sigh.
Martin swung for the fences the entire at bat.
Jeter.
Terrible ab
Had to come down to Jeter, right?
Martin wasnt exactly thinking walk-off single that at-bat.
Seriously. Just slap that shit somewhere.
So many strikes down the middle.
Ohh captain… my captain
C’mon Captain.
Captain no walkoff in new house, its time
Alright, Cap’n… A little 2001 action here?
Jeter punches one to right I’m calling it
Technically, you’re correct.
Probably walk Jeter
Gardy needs to go!
ok, now passed ball.
Isn’t tonight (er, last night) the anniversary of ‘The Flip’?
Yes
If they are giving him 3rd Gardner has to take it immediately.
I’m going to need to renew my blood pressure meds.
Balk or WP!
SQUEEZE!!!!!!!
2 outs.
At least it is in play and anything can happen. No to be.
dribbler wins it
The variables.
Run BMG!!! I really missed him….
just a single derek…just a single!!
Steal home? Hmm?
Walkoff WP would be legendary.
bah…next inning, it’s done.
ich get’s on, cano drives him in with a double.
Fail
FUCK!!!!
Aaaarrgghh.
And no pie.
Gotta get through another inning now. Lovely.
Derek doesn’t like pie.
hair pie?
So ’80s.
I’m old
LOL, me too.
BALLS ACROSS THE NOSE! OHHH!
SH*T.
Fucking Martin trying to hit a walk off home run.
Shorten up your swing.
>—————X
Deflated….
<——8
(-) (-)
penis and boobies!
Well done.
This is what the stress is doing to us. ASCII porn.
R-Tils <————————8 Dr. JJ
*whimper*
Martin swinging for the fences instead of taking the fastballs right down the middle and shooting them for a base hit.
Cabrera and Fielder approach. Have to end this soon so they don’t get another chance.
Fuck. The Yankees have been winning these games after the miracle tie, but they always seem to stretch it out first. I’d REALLY prefer something relaxing.
Nothin’s easy.
Didn’t think they’d score that inning anyway. Best chance is with Ichiro, Cano, Teix and of course Raul. Just one more scoreless.
he seems like a good guy and the players love him, but when does kevin long start feeling the heat for bad situational hitting?
After this season ends i bet, no matter how far the team makes it.
he doesn’t. There’s only so much a hitting couch can do. teams would snag him up in a second if the yanks let him go.
Isnt it Kevin Longs job to pull martin aside and say ” ok fuckarino, nice easy swing, we just need a single.”
I like to think so… but I’ve never played beyond LL.
Did someone call you “fuckarino” in LL?
Hahahaha that would be funny as hell.
Even when Long is the hitting coach, is up to the manager to ask his players to shorten the bat and have a Rod Carew-esque approach to just slap the ball.
he may have, we don’t know. I can’t say whether he was swinging for the fences or swinging for a single. I don’t think any of us can, or the announcers.
Some players give it away pretty soon, their swing changes and it is pretty obvius they are trying to pull low pitches.
Personally, i don’t think he was trying that. Think he was just trying to put a good swing on it.
Who would the Tigers use to close?
I prefer we not find out.
So would I.
My guess would be Al Albuquerque
They keep Willie Hernandez locked away for emergencies.
I love it when Jeter is positioned well.
pastadiving…
oh
After reading through that last thread, I’ve decided to call this game and award it to the Tigers.
Avila, fuck.
Curveball please
Annoying to let a base runner on in front of the top of the order.
Please dont let Miggy up this inning.
Here we go where robertson forgets the curveball and gives up 3 runs
not going to happen.
DR will get out of this. not worried.
Umm, 3-1 inside cutter to a lefty in that spot?
You have to think everyone is trying to be the hero and pull the ball. Go away and he probably pulls off and taps it to second.
yep
ground ball, please
One more out here on Infante.
D-Rob, being D-Rob.
Ajax had no chance that at-bat.
Yes, D-Rob. End it here.
Only seen 1 curve from Robbie.
I’m a little worried by the fact that D-Rob seems to be throwing the cutter again. A lot.
And then he throws two curveballs
Thinking the same thing.
Holy shit that 0-1 curve was nasty.
So was the 1-2. That was a great take by Infante.
Finish him!
Put him away Robbie let’s go now
can you shorten someones last name to a first name? david robbie? I don’t know, I throw a challenge flag here. go with davie or drob or turbo curve.
Drop the hook here!
no worries…none.
It sounds so quiet there. God I hate this stadium
Alright fuckarino, let’s win this.
PLEASE end it this inning.
So, Ibáñez HR in the 9th to tie the game, also tied him as the player with the most tying HR in the 9th or later, with 2.
He is now tied with
Johnny Bench (2)
Alex RodrÃguez (2)
nice stat
It seems he also is the first to hit 3 HR in the 9th or later in the playoffs.
Cool stat indeed, and I’m crossing my fingers with the hope the Yanks win this game.
I LOVE seeing Gardy in center…
Score now please.
No need to let Miggy hit.
Win it now with 2-3-4. Cabrera and Fielder due up next inning.
Ichiro-Tex-
…
…
RAUL!
Win it here.
Wheewwww
Do not want to see Miggy and Prince time to finish it boys…
Awesome. Happy Sunday, by the way. Fucking end it right now. You know, before Miggy/Fielder.
Oooor you could just make me drink more. But my liver would not appreciate that. So END IT.
Don’t worry, Raul will go yard again and we can all go to bed happy.
This will be our best chance. Ichiro, Cano, Teix, Raul. Don’t let Miggy or Prince come up again.
damn raul isnt due up
Left turn at albuquerque?
Something I find genuinely puzzling about DRob: He truly seemed to choke a bit when asked to take over as closer right after Mo when down, even though those were just early-summer games. Yet we’ve seen him over and over in the post-season face far more tense situations — where the game was every bit as much on the line — and he’s cool as ice.
That’s probably why you shouldn’t judge a player by what happens in one or two games. I’m happy Soriano was able to do what he did as closer, but I’m pretty sure DRob could have done as a closer what he did in the 8th inning all year.
You’re probably right. People forget Mo himself started off slow when he took over the job from Wetteland.
Yeah, but what’s the sample size here. Didn’t he only “take over for Mo” for 2 games? One a tense, tight-rope success, and the other one blown? The he got injured, right? I’m not being sarcastic with the questions marks, by the way. I’m honestly trying to make sure that I’m remembering right. If I am, I don’t put any stock at all in a 2 game sample.
No, it was small. But I think the way Girardi went to Soriano so quickly after that suggested he didn’t like something in the body language.
I don’t think it was choking. I think there just wasn’t enough time for him to adjust to the role before he got hurt. We never got to see the end of that movie.
Just a guess but this will be a 1-2-3 inning until The Dark Lord gets up in the bottom of the 12th, again!
Its Drew “Guy” Smyly
Can those of us left agree that, if this were to, say, not wind up with the optimum outcome tonight, we wouldn’t lose our shit over it too much?
Nice try.
Yes. I posted that exact sentiment on FB. Win or lose… RAUULLLLLLL!
I haven’t been on the thread that much tonight. Have many of the negative people still been posting since the 9th?
Nope. They vanish at the hint of good news.
Yeah, something happened and they all got caught up…
I can!
agreed. Though I think whom ever loses this game loses the series.
I sure hope so.
C’mon Yankees! Shut this shit down here!!!
Don’t need another HR here, Ichiro. Just a baserunner.
Win it here and let Cabrera and Fielder wait until tomorrow.
I don’t trust a man with no vowels in his name.
He ain’t smylin’ now! Corny, I know… I’m tired.
sometimes Y! sometimes, Y!!!!!
There’s the baserunner, Ichiro.
Now, reach the plate.
Steal ICHI!!!!!!!!!!!
Bunt or steal?
steal, then bunt.
i have no memory of robbie ever bunting
RBI double, then bunt
I don’t think Cano or Ibanez are bunting.
ichiro is awesome
This is the inning… it needs to be.
My mind and bladder can’t handle any more.
I would try a hit and run
ICHIRO. YES.
send ichiro
Is it bad I totally forgot Robbie was in the lineup?
can’t blame you
It does speak volumes to how bad Robbie’s been.
robbie time.
2 for 27? I’d say he’s due.
Cano. VAMO EL BASEBALL FUEGO.
run, please
Ichiro wants to get to the World Series.
I seriously would bunt with robbie
what I hate about girardi…. he makes a horrible MOVE, then he redeems himself. fuckkk its such a polar situation.
PINCH HIT CANO FOR AROD? RIGHT…?
i had to turn smoltz off
Where are you hearing Smoltz?
Erm…the TV broadcast?
Not on my tv
is that ripkin?
Ball 3, called strike 1. Goddamnit.
Fuck off already, Smoltz.
No, it’s more than 270, you fucking bitter fuck.
Amazing how TBS can blindly keep letting him announce.
Thought the same thing. Does he joke about how short the Green Monstah is in Fenway?
I dont think Cano wants to swing
Another terrible strike call turning the AB around for a pitcher who is struggling mightily…
That was an iffy strike. I’m convinced that the TBS strikezone and pitch locater is totally screwy
It is – it has been centered incorrectly every single year. It just exists to drive fans nuts.
No, it’s completely fucked!
I long for the voice of Joe Buck. It means the Yankees are on FOX and the World Series, and no Smoltz.
Cano needs to take that pitch since Ichiro prob had that base stolen.
Awright, not leaving the game, but leaving you all for now. We’re gonna win this.
don’t leave us R-Tils, you’re our only hope.
send him send him send him
smly looks nervous. looks like his lip was quivering.
did one of them just call cano a selective swinger?
they are a bunch of idiots wouldn’t be surprised
LMAO.
That’s not gonna get it done. Keep on slumping, Robbie.
What did Smoltz say that ticked everyone off this time? I’ve got the other feed.
just droning on…hating the yankees aside, he’s just not good at his job. most commentators don’t bother me at all – i hardly notice them
Should have bunted
Terrible, Robbie…
Just ibanez up
JUST STOP SWINGGING FOR THE FENCES, WTF!!!!
Any time Cano wants to start hitting is cool with me.
yea seriously i wont be mad either
Another warning track shot, how many long fly balls tonight folks?
The hapless Cano, and with CabreraFieldere up next inning.
Remember the fun days when Robbie was batting .600 and winning the AL East for us?
Neither do I…
Send Ichi!
Cano puta madre…
Have yourself some playoffs, shit.
pitcher looks nervous
Worthless AB after worthless AB.
Ridiculous.
farker.
Should have bunted Cano, damn it
Don’t send Ichiro. They’ll just walk Ibanez
Geez guys
You gotta be kidding Cano/Tex you can’t do shit!!!! not even move him over? This is pathetic I have no idea how we are still in this game.
Tex has won games in other ways, so he’s not squarely on my shit list… Robbie has done nothing.
Here comes the man of the WEEK!
Come on Ibanez…. Do this please!!
Peralta has proven more capable than I expected out there. He runs around looking like a beached whale but he made the catch.
Come on Ichiro, get over there to 2nd for us.
He’s not going to give him anything.
Kinda nice to hear Sterling by himself. I never realized how much of the annoying broadcast is a result of Waldman.
who wants to see phelps face cabera?
Don’t be scurred!
I love Raul (obviously) but that is a looooooong slooooooow swing against LHP.
fuck.
And Ibanez fails too.
Oh poop poop POOP… fuck you cano/tex, god damn fuck 3/4 of this lineup.
And Ichiro stayed on first fucking base.
Come on.
This is just going to kill me.
Maybe I should stop watching again and then the game will be over?
that was our shot blew it