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ALDS Game Four Spillover Thread II
ByNew thread for good luck. Also to keep things running smoothly.
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nice boone!
We have the O’s right where we want them. Their bullpen in this series has been worse then ours.
Well the Yankees starters have been going alot deeper into games than the O’s starters. Means that they aren’t overworked, and limit usage to your prime relievers.
Especially when you can turn Logan into the LOOGY instead having him pitch the entire inning.
Hulk Logan gets it done against the surefire first-ballot hall of famer.
He was an All-Star, you know.
LOOOOOOGY!
I hope Joe goes straight to Robertson next inning. Also, if tied, I hope Robertson can go 2 again.
Boonetang. *gives cookie*
Now, offense, DO SOMETHING.
Let’s see some offense!
Runs, please?
Wow another spill over.
That booth is in need of some Chia Pet magic.
Can we get just one little run please?
Ten! I want ten runs!
SWISHER!
Good time to pull Hughes (though I would’ve done it sooner but I have a mega-fear of homerun Hughes).
Now offense, how about you stop being so offensive?
Pinch hit for swisher please.
Rise up, Swisher.
swish will run into one here.
Hit Raul for KKKkKurtis…. Please
Damn, I thought that was out.
Swisher just missed for the second time tonight.
Dickhead go play for the mets
You fail on so many levels.
First pitch hitting is not clutch
If he hit a home run it would be, though. Shut up.
I was referring to your handle as much as anything else.
Jesus, how many of these balls are we going to have
Dammit.
FUCK… so many balls to the warning track
I can’t blame Swisher on that one; I was hoping he was gunning for the fastball and he give it all he got.
Ibanez, please.
Well, there’s a break, in more ways than one.
HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH fuck u
Pinch run here.
Yankee magic. plate Martin now.
FLOLharty.
I’ll take it. Make them pay now.
Please take advantage of that.
Thank you Flaherty, but on 2 pitches guys? Seriously?
Is there a reason to get a reliever’s pitch count up? Swisher almost homered on a good pitch to hit. Why should they be more patient in that circumstance?
Swisher’s pitch was on the high, away corner and Martin’s pitch was barely on the outside edge. They weren’t good pitches to hit, which is why the results were what they were.
Russell the hustle!!
Please capitalize…
No bubble but nice spit by Jones huh?
PH Nunez here?
How about PR Gardner?
Buck’s going to the lefty. Would he pinch hit Ibanez here?
I don’t think so. Save him for Jim Johnson or another righty, maybe PH’ing for Nix.
I’d give Nix another AB. He’s killed the ball tonight.
absolutely can not let Granderson hit here… bring Nunez or Gardner
Swisher just got underneath it. And please shut the fuck up about the jetstream, Ripken. That ball didn’t go out because it wasn’t struck well enough, not because of the idiotic inner machinations of your mind.
Lol @ Orioles defense by the way. The Yankees need to capitalize.
If Matusz is coming in for Granderson Joe needs to PH Raul, period.
It’s Troy Patton, whose coming in. The sidewinding lefty.
It’s Troy Patton, whose coming in. The sidewinding lefty.
it’s Patton
…I love Buicks..?
That buick commercial, awesome!
How about PH Nunez and PR Gardner, to replace Grandy in CF.
Grandy has no chance.
The law of averages says Curtis cranks one here.
Well, one could hope.
Nice call
No law of averages on a sample size this small.
Granderson still in?
At least he didn’t strike out, right?
Exactly.
I hope you’re not reading right through the thick sarcasm that oozes from my post.
Grandy? Wow
HELL FROZE OVER… NO STRIKEOUT?
It’s amazing how the crowd has almost no reaction when Granderson has some of the most pathetic at bats of the season. Yet, if A-Rod works a deep count and makes an out, they will boo him mercilessly.
They booed Granderson after his last K.
They’ve been booing everyone who’s made an out the last two nights aside from Jeter and Ichiro.
Or Cano, forgot him.
I miss Stuart a
I’m Stuart A’s alter-ego.
No really, I am.
I must say Greg, you nailed it. Good thing Granderson was in there starting again tonight.
and he makes an out.. freaking girardi
Stop it please. You can’t criticize him today.
You’re pitiful. You know he didn’t die today, right?
And either way, if he’s there and managing the team, then it’s fair game to question his moves.
Stop it please. You can’t criticize him today.
Granderson is utterly useless when he’s not hitting home runs. At least he didn’t strike out again.
Nix is en fuego.
Nix is having a representative night.
Do the deed, Derek.
Nix =Nails
Nix is no head case.
Baseball player. time for Captain clutch please.
Now batting, number 2, Derek… Jeter… Number 2.
Gonna guess he’s going to O’Day now.
Keep it going….
I guess Nix should be batting 2nd now. He had some pretty big hits during the regular season.
You could pinch hit Ibanez here if you really wanted to.
Nah, Jeter has been hitting all series. A-Rod better watch out though.
O’Day?
Jayson Nix making himself useful. Come on, Derek, do your thing.
whats the point of NIX’s hit. none of these fools can hit with RISP 2 outs.
No! Its AYALA!
Feel free to let the inherited runners score, Luis.
Ha, this.
Here comes the frisbee. Jeter has been our best hitter so this is the matchup we want.
You say that word ONE MORE TIME, and I will kill you.
No sprinkles! For every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you!
Jeter vs Ayala, I think he can get it done.
Luis “I allow all the inherited runners to score” Ayala coming in!
We promise to let your ERA stay 0.00 if you promise to let these 2 in.
Embedded Yankee Luis Ayala.
By all means, do your real job, Luis.
Come on Ayala, do your thing! Allow the inherited runners but you can keep your ERA at 0!!!
Ayala always lets guys on base score
2011
Its a sad state when you feel more comfortable with Nix up than you do Grandy
Come on, let’s make that 56% strand rate look worse than it is.
Fuck, Ayala.
This won’t affect Ayala’s ERA. Runs will score!
why is this ump trying to rob the Yankees?
That 1-1 call was bullshit. Below the knees…
I’m going to put a jaunty little bonnet on Culbreth’s purview and ram it up his shitter with a lubricated horse cock.
Love that fucking movie.
Love that character.
Why would you lubricate it?
Ask Malcolm Tucker.
Feidlinged
OK, you do know his name is Fieldin, right?
How about we just call him corupt
Corrupt, maybe? I can’t take you seriously, sorry.
At least the strike zone is bad both ways, but man…
I’m surprised that wasn’t called a strike…
Wow
Nice Cal
i dont think jeter can handle the frisbee
You guy hear the booth or are we in a bar in baltimore
Come on Ayala, leave one of those over the middle!
And there it was and yet Jeter absurdly takes it.
Dammit to fucking hell.
yankee stadium where terrible players look great wtf guys come on
Please…
Why’d he take that pitch?
Where’s the booing his failure?
ARGH.
That was a strike. But the ump still ruined that at bat.
terrible take.. that was a cookie
Heck no. That moved to the center.
Yeah, pitches in the center of the plate are always terrible to hit…
Good pitch.
Another great call from Culbreth. With how wide the zone is on the other side of the plate, there is no way you can protect against that.
It may have been a strike in the TBS (rule book) zone, but it was high based on the “for all intents and purposes” strike zone.
Jeter’s telling the ump that he can’t call both the low-and-in strike and the up-and-away.
Hardy-Davis-Jones
Don’t let the Orioles back in front. Oh God no.
It’s ok. They are burning through their bullpen. We just need to hold them off on offense for a couple more innings.
Is Robertson available to pitch?
Are you guys really going to leave it all up to me again?
Yes, please!
It’s my time to shine
jj are you arguing with yourself again?
Neither one of these had anything to do with me, I swear. I would have been funnier.
We’re not worthy!
probably D-Rob here, right?
And Girardi wastes Logan again for just 1 batter. If that was the plan, there was absolutely no reason not to go to Rapada there.
I wondered that myself.
Here’s my dilemma: I have work obligations that would tie me up from 5:00-7:30 of a Game 5 tomorrow.
As such, this IS my Game 5, because I’m screwed if there is a real Game 5. I’d be trying to catch as much as I could, obviously, but I would rather not be totally distracted. So a Yankee W would just be the greatest fucking gift I can get right now.
This game is terrifying and awesome all at once.
This umpire has cost us a few opportunities to score runs. I would blame him before any of my team
Of course you would.
He’s made some bad calls, but at some point, the players have to get it done.
Get through this inning quickly D-Rob.
Just get through this half inning, get a run in the bottom half, and let Sori rip it.
Can we get some Gardy/Nunez speed into this game please?
Please tell Tbs doesnt have the Alcs?
All 7 games.
I think they do this year.
I’ll definitely take TBS over Buck and McCarver.
D-Rob, you beast.
D-Rob’s curve looks fucking NASTY tonight.
What happened to the audio?
give us an outrageous call!
D-Rob was money there.
Robertson has found his curveball again, and it’s been the difference for him. Orioles hitters are all looking for the fastball and not getting it. Then when he does throw it, they’re late.
8 pitches. Barely broke a sweat. 1 more inning for him if it’s still tied?
I think so.
I absolutely send him back out there. One more inning from him is one inning further away the rest of the pen is. This game is too within reach to save arms.
Filthy shit, Dave.
Ichiro-Tex-Cano. SCORE SOME RUNS!
Getting some damn great pitching.
How about some runs to go along with it?
K-Rob.
Again, more stellar pitching. Please let’s act like the Bombers!
I want to see what Buck does here. He has only one more lefty in the pen and Matusz has been used a lot in this series.
He has to pull out all the stops, I mean he can’t exactly worry about tomorrow.
Kind of amazing to think that Robertson was as good as he was last year throwing almost all fastballs. He is so much nastier with the curveball going well.
If the Yanks don’t score D-Rob has to come back out, no?
The only other guy would be Soriano, and then after he’s done you don’t have great options. So I’d say yes.
I can’t stand most every commercial ever, but this one for the Droid Razr M is really annoying because of whatever that song is they use in it.
During comercials i get more beer Try it
Probably a good idea.
LET’S GO YANKEES!!!
Pinch hit for tex with ibanez.
Robertson’s been in beast mode this postseason.
D-Rob has been nasty this whole series. Untouchable.
David Cone is on Twitter. My life is complete.
It might be time for me to join the twittersphere. Twittersphere is a word according to spellcheck. My life has been a lie.
That makes me sad, too. I’m trying to resist Twitter and Facebook and all “social media,” which is a term I find to be like “reality show.” It’s a misleading term.
It’s not awful, really.
I enjoy having the ability to piss off a whole bunch of people, if I wish.
It doesn’t show here, but I have a very strong pseudo-troll mode within me. Especially with your own favorite minefield of politics. There’s just something about riling up people you know, and seeing what their reactions are.
i’m self employed so I need it all for advertising and promotion.
I joined so that all my venting won’t be here.
I am absolutely not PANICKING (okay, perhaps a little). The last time the Yankees went on a scoring run was at the end of game 1. If you take away Raul’s two HR’s, it’s really a head scratcher (their lack of run production). Glad D-Rob’s gettin’ it done. Now go out, score 2-3 and prove my words wrong….PLEASE!
the yankees will bring the winning run to the plate.
that’s how we start it!
Ichi! get him over, get him in.
Lead-off hit.
Get to the plate, Ichiro.
Nice start, Ichiro.
That surprised me. He’s staying with Ayala.
Gotta send him here.
Let’s get this shit started.
Tex is 4-8 with 3 HR’s against Ayala.
PLEASE TEX!!!!!
Ok, it’s something.
Ichihan!
Time to give Ayala an ERA.
Hit and run!
You have to try to hit and run here? Ayala is a sinker baller who doesn’t generate a ton of swings and misses, and Teixeira is not running full speed quite yet.
Remember Wieters has a gun for an arm.
bangers and mash!
Two on, nobody out. HAVE to score here.
we got something going now, time for the killshot Robbie.
Hey, that works. No fucking this up, please.
CHAAAAAARGE!!!!!!!!
Of course…who else would be up in this situation…
False alarm…I forgot it’s Cano then A-Rod lol.
If Cano bunts my head will explode.
One of the rare cases where a sac bunt isn’t bad to the Win Expectancy, but it’s Cano, so yeah, I’m totally with you.
Eat that dick, Buck. Cano’s gonna swag on you.
How’s my ass taste, Buck!
Here we go.
o there’s Ayala come on boys get him over get him in
And here comes Matusz.
Please, please, please let me get what I want…
there’s no morrissey in baseball.
i said it last night….i said joe should pinch hit raul over a bum….
i will say it again. joe. please. pinch hit raul for a bum.
It’s Nostradamus. That one (unlike most) is probably an unintentional error.
I don’t trust Cano here.. it feels like a DP coming
oh boy Arod O’day on tap after Cano
Would he dare Raul again?
If they get to Swisher, I would pinch hit Ibanez.
Could he pinch hit again for arod?
Do we want Nunez in the field?
Chavez is on the bench
Chavez is on the bench
Chavez
That’s a bad job by ichiro. He needs to know where the infielders are. Nobody was even close to that ball. Should be on third. Hopefully it doesn’t bite them.
Robbie thompson fail
you don’t take that chance, of getting thrown out.
It wouldn’t have even been close if he didn’t go back to first. But I hear ya.
Not from Ichiro’s angle. That probably looked like it was headed toward the 2B up the middle.
Time for Ayala to find out what it feels like when your baserunners aren’t stranded?
Robbie, do something good please.
Walk would be cool.
Let’s do this, Robbie.
Ayala is earning his pinstripes tonight.
Cano has good numbers against Matusz, but hasn’t exactly been close to en fuego. Just avoid the DP and hopefully move the runner to 3rd if you must make an out.
please robbie……
You know Cano can’t get a hit. It has to come down to A-Rod. It’s the law!
Robbie of last week would of had that 2-1 into the second deck
2-0, excuse me
what is the point of Craig Saeger being there exactly stfu
Yankees 4-5-6 hitters avarages
.133
.143
.153
is this the lineup up of alcs conteders?
In what, 3 games? That’s like the mother of all small sample sizes.
Well…Baltimore’s are .118, .067 and .000
will A-Rod be the hero tonight?
Would Joe dare?
I loathe swinging 3-1 there.
But, it worked out like a bunt. Sac fly = lead. So, it’s not all bad.
Well, that’s basically a bunt.
Geez Cano, these last two AB’s are rare times it’s good that you can’t hit anything hard.
Well he practically bunted. Now O’Day will come in.
That’s a productive out.
And Buck is going to go to O’Day
Uggh.
Well if you’re going to make an out Robbie, that’s the out to make.
Cano looks terrible, that was ball four and bases loaded.. Shitty swing
yeesh. man on 3rd, 1 out. got to get it done.
O’day, O’day, O’day. O’day….
Raul? Raul? Raul?
Just put the ball in play Alex!!
you know Cano’s been pretty awful this week too weak contact and misssed an absolut meatball
we always score in this situation!
Joe has to PH Raul here. PH Raul for Alex and win the ballgame, just like last night. Alex can’t hit Oday’s frisbee.
They probably just walk Raul if they PH here.
Yeah, he’d be wasted here. And then you’d lose him for the rest of the game.
Look like ARod’s still going to hit.
Buck have no pitchers left for extra innings
Terrible. He swung at ball 4 on 3-1 and got himself out. Cano needs to recognize when they are pitching him carefully and not be so aggressive. A-Rod is on deck and they are not going to let Cano beat them.
Ok A-Rod, you’ve seen plenty of O’Day lately. This is your time to make an adjustment and give this team tomorrow off!
I will fucking lose it if ARod doesn’t get it done here.
Does Joe have the balls to pinch-hit for A-Rod two nights in a row? Does he need to? All we need’s a sac fly…
Come on, A-Rod.
If A-Rod is hitting here with 2 better options on the bench in Chavez and Ibanez, Joe needs to be fired on the spot.
Productive out at least… Just, c’mon Yankees. Get it done THIS inning!!!
just need contact here put it in play buddy
I don’t love letting A-Rod hit here, there’s a very good chance he doesn’t put it in play.
Agreed. Joe doesn’t want to do it to him twice, it seems.
Only three other pitchers in the Orioles bullpen: Strop, Johnson, and Tillman. Would be nice though if we could just hit a fly ball and end it here…
Just get it to Strop…he’s the worst lol.
Good news is that Buck is QUICKLY burning through all his quality relievers.
A-Rod has actually had some good at bats against O’Day, even though he hasn’t done any damage. He’s seeing the ball well against him, and his swings have been better overall. Wouldn’t be surprised if he did something here.
I wonder why they started to play The Ecstasy of Gold during the pitching change.
Let’s go Alex. We got this, bud.
Come on, Arod!
would they dare squeeze?
Squeeze!
come on buddy
It’s really tough watching Alex swing through an 85mph fastball right down broadway…
We need a balk.
he’s swinging through everything
fuck
Girardi, go fuck yourself for sending A-Rod up there.
fuck
It’s just so painful.
You fucking SUCK, Alex.
Nice job, Joe.
Saw that coming, unfortunately.
Help us, Nick Swisher. You’re our only hope.
We have no hope then.
cant even get mad at Alex, Girardi is a fucking moron… what a dumb move
Ugh A-Rod, it’s impossible for anyone to defend you after that AB. You had your chance too…
The slider outside was the most predictable pitch in history.
Set him up for failure. He’s just overpowered right now.
Alex cannot hit Raul’s frisbee. Terrible decision. If they walk Raul they walk Raul. At least Swisher gives you a shot at a deep fly. Awful.
Don’t crtiticze Girardi please. His father died. Stop it
Shut the fuck up with that. Everyone dies. It doesn’t mean you have to be all nice to someone who makes bad decisions. He has a job to do, and he made the wrong decision.
Girardi fucked up. Dad or no dad.
Yes, I understand being sensitive to personal attacks on Girardi. But questioning his tactical moves, that has to always be fair game as long as he is the manager of the Yankees.
Need a tissue, Greg?p
late on 85mph pathetic
I was rooting for him, but I just don’t understand why he was batting in that spot vs a righty.
Who else would you have? Ibanez would have been walked to bring up Swisher, who can’t hit a lick either. All A-Rod needed to do was hit a fly ball. That should be doable for him.
If swisher did the same thing he just did with the bases loaded, they would have scored on a sac fly. Of course you can’t assume that would have been the case.
smfh Alex.
That was pathetic.
Alex probably shouldn’t be allowed to face any more RHP this series.
Fuck.
Unfortunately, I saw that as a “managing to keep his player happy” decision as opposed to a “managing to win the game” one.
that was brutal. tried to spare A-Rod’s feelings.
what would happen if granderson and a rod has baby?
science?
2k’s?
Giradi giveth and taketh away – on to the 9th..
I’m fucking screaming in my head
Ibanez here
don’t worry the guy 1-33 with risp is up no problem
unreal.
This team can’t hit situationally to save its fucking life.
SO. MUCH. RISPFAIL.
What a joke.
What a fucking buzzkill that all was…
Fucking pathetic.
I hate the structure of this team. Fucking pathetic. I’m embarrassed to call myself a fan.
Ichiro scores on that flyball. Joe did not PH for Alex and it cost him. Awful decision. Alex should platooned for the rest of the playoffs.
Where are all the swisher lovers. Tell me how he should be on the team next year. But but he walks.
He’s a great player for the regular season. Much rather have him than Granderson.
i’m a swisher lover and still am.
Swisher is beyond useless in the playoffs. The fact that people can’t see that and still vehemently defend him is mind-blowing.
M’kay. Let Swisher walk? Who is your replacement? Hunter? What if he stays with the Angels? Then it’s trade the farm for Justin Upton or bust, right?
How stupid are you. HE SUCKS WHEN IT MATTERS. THE YANKEES PLAY TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS NOT AL EAST BANNERS.
Wow.
These fans in the stadium are really fucking infuriating. So fair-weather.
Detroit up 2-0, though I’m sure everyone can see that.
in the Stadium? how about in this thread?
How in the world did Swisher not hit that pitch in the 2nd deck? I thought he did until they showed the ball going nowhere off the bat.
Hard to score when you can’t put the ball in play. 0-9 with RISP, 6 strikeouts. Pathetic.
Because he’s gripping the bat so hard it’s turning to sawdust as it hits the ball.
That’s all they needed. A LHB to lift a flyball. But that motherfucker dumbass manager had to stick with Arod.
This is the most pathetic I can ever remember seeing this team offensively. Every. Single. Guy. Incapable. How is it possible?
Productive out?
A bit overrated when it is your best hitter in a 3-1 count.
That was 3 failures that inning.
Gotta pinch-hit Chavy for A-Rod there. I know it’s painful to do it two days in a row. But the precedent was set. Gotta follow through.
Fuck this guy get out of my yard!
Please no cheap runs now…………..
I was pulling for Alex hard, but that strikeout was predictable…yet so hard to watch. Painful.
He’s under everything – its like the bat plan is low so only to lift the ball. I’m not sure its bat speed.
same.
huge lift for the o’s. they’ll come out swinging. at least no yankees feelings were hurt by usinga pinch hitter.
So who wants to blame the hand for Arod not being able to catch up to an 85 mph fastball? Where are the apologist now?
O’day is not your typical RHP, he is very tough on RHB for a reason with that delivery.
Everyone knew A-Rod couldnt put it in play. That AB is on Girardi. He fucked up big time.
They would have just IBB’d Ibanez or Chavez.
Doesn’t matter. You HAVE to PH for ARod. He has NO shot against O’Day.
And Swish’s flyball would’ve scored Ichiro
Arod is totally shot. The next 5 years should be interesting as he becomes the first hundred million dollar utility infielder.
check out his number for the year. he’s been good.
#RISPFAIL
I had sympathy for this guy last night but it’s now gone. He can go fuck himself after this. Swisher sucks too. Unbelievable.
This game will go as long as it takes Joe to PH Ibanez. He should have PH him for Granderson, he didn’t and Grandy Kd. Should have PH him for Alex. He didn’t and Alex Kd. Watch him PH him for Nix when Nixy has been our 2nd best hitter this series.
Oh, FFS. I was up til 4.30 last night. Got 5 1/2 hours sleep, including a late afternoon nap. It’s now 3.30am. I’m flagging. Really thought that the bottom of the 8th was going to be when I was set free to go get some sleep! Destined not to be though
He CANNOT continue to show faith in ARod.
We ask ourselves as fans: How did the ’90s Yankees do it.
The following recipes:
1. Clutch, CLUTCH hitting
2. Solid Managerial moves
3. Have hitters who HIT for contact
4. CLUTCH FUCKING PLAYERS, HITTING
ALL OF GO FUCK YOURSELVES.
THE MAN LOST HIS FATHER FOR GODS SAKE>
NO WONDER OUR SOCIETY IS GOING DOWN THE DRAIN.
ITS YOU PEOPLE. YOU ALL DESERVE TO GO TO HELL FOR THAT>
Thank you. I wouldn’t have put it quite so bluntly but yeah.
Seek psychiatric care immediately.
This violates so many commenting guidelines it’s really close to grounds for banning.
Please!!!
Was that a haiku?
lol what is going on
I guess they’ll wait till game 5, inning 12 to pinch for Swisher or Grnaderson. And, excuse me, what the fuck happened to Cano?!
There goes Smoltz rooting against the Yankees again.
Smoltz is a joke. He is openly rooting for Baltimore right now. Even Ripkin is less biased than him.
Yeah, he finally decided to do it.
I will never forget that inning. That’s so sad to me.
A-Rod and Swish back to back was not the smart thing to do.
Never mind Arod – Granderson and Swisher are just as effin’ useless
Arod and swisher t orally suck I said yesterday these 2 head cases should hit in the lineup as far apart as possible so what does girardi do, he hits them back to back . Crazy mama
You didn’t play on “Crazy Mama.”
Listen to smoltz beggin for a Hr here
Lol thats fucked up broadcasting.
I literally can’t believe they didn’t score there.
yeah real shocking the 2012 yankees couldn’t get a guy in from 3rd with less than 2 outs. I’m shocked Swisher couldn’t get a hit there 1-33 with risp and all.
you know whats awesome stacking the terrible post season players in the lineup genius not hitting for Swisher just genius
This is as pathetic as the moderator on the VP debate.
Good grief Smoltz…. is this MASN?
It’s one thing to color your comments toward the O’s and hammer the narratives of how they are such a great story, but to just openly hope for an O’s win?
I disagree with pulling Robertson here. We will not feel the repercussions of this until the 11th, perhaps.
Oh boy. Orioles now in business.
Somebody should tell JoeG that you can pinch hit all the times you want in a series, that it is not only good to one game.
I think if Granderson, Arod, Cano, Swisher all they they stunk during the ALDS, they would lying and giving themselves false props. What a disaster 3-4-5 have been.
Jeez, Nix.
here we go with the terrible D
Criticizing a man whose father just died. How dare you all?
Dude, just shut up.
No. You shut up.
Do any of you have a brain on your heads How logical all of you are?
I honestly don’t think even Joe Girardi himself would want us moping around for him or treating him with kid gloves because of it.
My brain is in my head.
You are the one with the absent logic.
Everybody sympathizes with Girardi’s loss. It happened 5 days ago.
He’s still managing the game. Does he get a pass for every managerial decision for the rest of the playoffs?
But it’s a fair question. Do any of us have brains on our heads? If so, post pictures please.
TBS needs to lose baseball coverage in perpetuity. This booth is so biased it’s not funny. Every narrative for each half-inning switches perspective for what “the Oriole bats must do” to what the “Oriole pitcher must do.”
It’s awful.
I have a bad feeling about this.
What you don’t trust Soriano? Kidding.. With you.
You’re not Han Solo.
it’s going down aint it
Pinch runner
Smoltz is a small-dick pussy.
look at Buck, he uses the bench! Should give Girardi a call
Yeah, Girardi never pinch hits!
Ridiculously quiet at YS3
Honestly. I hope all of you have relatives that suffer from Alzheimers and Dementia, and tell me and him how it feels.
You need therapy.
wait what the fuck? Come on Greg that’s not cool or relevant.
No. I will not accept criticizing a man who has so much pressure on him that he could commit suicide at any minute.
Especially when his Father just passed away. It’s all relative.
“I will not accept criticizing a man who has so much pressure on him that he could commit suicide at any minute.”
Wtf are you talking about?
What the fuck are you talking about? My dad died when I was 14. I never thought about suicide once.
Are you alright?
I;m talking about Joe Girardi
It’s amazing how clueless you are.
Shut the fuck up, kid, go to bed.
I second that motion.
Calm the fuck down! This is a blog-site for fans. We use this site to vent.
why. I haven’t talked any shite. maybe you should be more directive with you curses. I feel for him and have experienced it. I feel for girardi.
Dude, I have. Bringing it up is just not fucking cool. My heart goes out to the Girardi family, but in this context, it is just not cool.
I know you have. I will not criticize a man who has suffered such a great loss. Its not ethical and not moral
Then he should have let Pena manage or find a new fucking career.
I had a Grandfather that did. You know what? We made the best of it. It was amusing, although sad of course. Death is what you make of it. Everyone dies, dude.
My grandfather didn’t know what my cockatoo was, and always asked why we had an elephant in our backyard (it was my pet dog).
Grow up.
Please drop the ban-hammer. He’s so far past the commenting guidelines it’s not even funny.
PICKED!
Picked off!!
Hahahahaha
i think we all learned a very valuable lesson today from a great athlitee kobe bryant. benching a player like a rod screws up team chemistry. from what i remember from high school chemistry, chemicals tend to spread very very fast. arod has infected our team. its time to have a ….. cuarantine
i hate to trade good players but arod has been infected. trade him to the dodgers (he wants to go there becuse koby is there and they are very good buddies).
what will we get in return? we our picthers certianly ont have mentality to win games. kuroda couldnt win today and hughes choked up another HR. the winnigest pitcher dodgers have is kershaw he isnt very good with 14 wins but still better than what we are throwing out there.
Cuarantine? Holy shit. I laughed hard.
Awesome x 1000000
YES!
woot woot nice work
Wow, Sori. Huge pick off.
LOL Lew Ford. Get fucked.
You know, I’m feeling a bit hungry. For PIE.
Alright, dumb fuckers.
WIN IT NOW.
Walkoff time.
I think Buck shit his pants there!
Well that turned around in a hurry!
End this shit now!
Walk off to the ALCS? Please?
Hahahaha, awesome.
Alright boys. Let’s finish this now and go to the league championship!
Ibanez for Grandy
The Stenibrenners made this mess of giving ARod 10 years ~$300M. Now clean it up and pay him to walk away. Five more years of this is going to be brutal.
The crowd has turned on him like 2009 didn’t even happen.
Summon Lord Voldemort.
+1
pie PLEASE
Boy that pickoff really sucked all the TBS joy about the independent league and yet another great O’s story.
oh but i love the stories all the adversity
The Real Greg is the Curtis Granderson of RAB…
I lol’d.
More like the 2011 version of Scott Proctor of RAB.
Do we offer swisher 15 or 20 million for 8 years I would give him a one way ticket to apyschiatrist office
look he said he would have an a-rod postseason and by that he meant 2012 arod postseason
All Down the Line
Martin-Granderson-Nix
At least the Orioles are out of LHP.
let’s do it russ
intersting move by joe…pickng of a runner in a play of game? not very manly.
lets see how the Os respond….
Why didn’t the genius Girardi bring in Ibanez for Achoke with one out and runners on 2nd and 3rd? The guy couldn’t even his bat on the ball.
We have to separate ARod and Swisher in the lineup.
thats just silly. kobe said arod’s chemsry went down and swisher brings team chemistry together. if you gonna bat arod, mak sure swish got his back
How would you do so?
By putting A-Rod near the bottom and Swisher on the bench?
Please win this inning. I’m so tired.
We neep strope
Atonement time, Curtis.
Hunker down.
Grandy erase all the bad memories here please
be a hero
That was the pitch
maybe we’ll get a free run if granderson sees more than 3 pitches
Ibanez please
This team can’t rely on one guy and then expect an HR every time. The whole team needs to hit.
Why is Curtis batting?
LOL at the fact that Granderson is batting.
O’Day would be the best pitcher of all time if he could face only the Yankees. Pathetic.
I still shake my head he was released by the mets for fuck sake
Yeah that 3rd pitch to granderson “just missed”. Fuck you broadcast crew.
Frisbee… everyone drink
0-2, to 3-2…
buzzkill on a ball 4 pitch.
Good job, Curtis.
Raul Ibanez. Here we go, guys.
How many runners has swisher left on base to it’s while ibanez sits on the bench
You’re as bad as dalelama.
Smoltz with his pom poms leaning out of the booth.
I honestly don’t think I would have hit him for Nix.
The only clutch hitter on this team. Asides from Jeter I guess.
Is Buck going to walk him?
It’s go time!
still useless..
Who is SS?
Nunez..
Either Núñez or lose the DH. But Ibáñez won’t bat again after this inning due to this dumb move, he had to bat for the CF not the SS.
If Raul does it again, Buck’ s head will explode.
Now we don’t have a SS anymore, Ibáñez was to bat for Granderson, not for the SS. Now we will also lose Ibáñez.
Not to mention we are either sacrificing our DH or risking Nunez in the field.
Love pitch hitting Raul, LF, for Nix, SS with 2 outs!!! Girardi is a fucking clown.
Nunez comes in at SS or Jeter moves out of DH.
Well if Ibanez can’t do it…
Darren O’day seriously WTF just WTF