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The Yankees have already won this four-game series against the Royals but man it sure would be nice if they win again tonight. Greed is good, cousin. The very iffy Kei Igawa goes for the Yanks, while Jorge De La Rosa is on the hill for K.C. As you may have already heard, Alex Rodriguez hit career dinger #499 against De La Rosa. Everyone in the park will likely know this fact by the time Rodriguez comes to hit and I'm sure they'll remind us a couple of several times on the YES broadcast too. I wouldn't count on A Rod getting too much to hit but who knows? The way he's been going this year, De La Rosa just better not make a mistake.
Let's Go Yan-Kees!
(Easily provable using a lemma I gave in an earlier thread.)
My feeling before the series was that I hoped for a split, so that agrees.
Never. Root. For Boston.
Do we understand each other?
Good point, but hard to do. But it may be prudent going into a series against the smokin' hot O's. But on a happier note, we shouldnt have to face Bedard, right?
If you take Manny and Tek out of the scenario, I might be able to pull for them against Cleveland. But so long as they are there, I just cannot do it. They have Frank Robinson in the booth, making it even more obvious how bad for this game Manny is.
Ahhh, kids are in bed, wife out with the ladies on our block for their monthly
drink ... wine (or is it whine?!) social and ...
the remote, couch, chips and TV (Yanks) are mine !!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe he doesn't stick, but I wouldn't mind watching him for a dozen years.
You're only making it worse for yourself.
Ah, you fuck.
Nice play.
Agreed. Ok.....DVR'ing the game, so can't hang here. Go Yankees! Enjoy the game, I hope!
Aw, well, fine.
Next time.
Pitch to Hideki, you tools.
I'm sorry, this is just plain stupid. Hideki Matsui is the hottest home run hitter in baseball!
3-0, Alex steals.
The walls are closing, you tools.
Damn it.
A walk would have been fine, giving Andy a big chance against a lefty.
Oh well.
BTW in 13 - sometimes? I know tons of Sox fans for whom their greatest pleasure is the Yanks losing.
6 C'mon weeping, let's say the Sox were out of the race entirely, and the Yanks were a game in back of the Angels for the Wild Card, with one game to play. And that the Yanks had won the season series, so they got the tiebreaker. And the Angels were playing the Red Sox. If the Angels win, the Yanks are out of the playoffs. Wouldn't you cheer for Boston then? I know I would.
Well, if you're gonna walk a crappy hitter, may as well hit him.
What do you want me to say? I'm not going to go around rooting against Boston, but if you're going to ask...
Ah, did Igawa just do us a service?
No.
He didn't mean that.
Or maybe he did?
Though not here.
Ah, good. Nice job, Kei.
Sterling did not go into a home run call on that fly ball.
And, yes, of course he does. What, you have no memory at all? De La Rosa, too, he threw 24 pitches.
De La Rosa took some kind of juice between innings.
That was really funny.
Of course, he could hit it out next time...
Shelley's my new comic hero.
Second pitch to Pena: called a strike on the inside, looks just like the first pitch on Gameday, except in not out - what the heck is the ump doing?
Damn it.
I won't miss him when he's gone from the rotation.
Igawa is just torturous to watch. I honestly don't think he could get Single A hitters out.
It was quite hittable.
But Girardi said it was a breaking ball.
Sure looked like a fastball to me.
Lowell singles. 7 to 1. Game over now?
This is really fucking painful.
Stop the bleeding.
We need this game.
This is why Henn is on the team, right, to be the long guy? I hope he's warming up.
Like taking candy from a baby.
And on that play the crowd was cheering before Sterling could figure out what the hell was going.
Uh, the second one in the corner?
He didn't know whether it was fair or foul.
Where is that guy? He looks lost out there.
What an auspicious first hit!
Linedrive double the other way with 2 strikes!
That was very good hitting.
New life, Melk!
110 Even as a reliever?
If I'm allowed to dream, I could see Kei taking over the lefty short role in the pen. He can't be any worse than Myers, can he?
BTW - if anyone doubts the thing about Sox fans preferring the Yanks losing to the Sox winning, go take a look at Kei Igawa's b-r.com page.
The Cap'n owes these guys, doesn't he.
Nice hitting, Derek.
I'm afraid that could serve as this game's recap title if things don't change soon.
Focus, Bobby!
Focus, Bobby!
135 Let's hope not.
ABBA.
146 Agreed. Wholeheartedly.
Good God.
Oh man, check out Molina!
Jose, where you been all my life!
156 Yes.
I think I like this guy.
Meanwhile, in Scranton, TJ Beam is pitching batting practice. The announcers are amazed at how far the home runs are going...
159 Henn? I guess. If you consider it giving the kid a chance, I guess I'd go for it. Esp. considering that Henn won't get a chance to pitch in any other way.
Let's hope he works out.
I had no idea.
Beautiful hitting.
But here comes Robbie!!!
Excellent.
He's getting a hit...
Damn, nice pitch on the outside corner.
172 Huh??? No, he didn't hit 500 HR.
The Aflac quiz is about a KC pitcher giving up number 500 and Girardi seemed to imply that Singleton was a candidate.
Maybe I misunderstood him.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
The game against Boston he was sharp. Its hard to get lucky against that lineup. The point is, he had 'some' upside at one point. Now, he is all over the map.
Igawa's best game score is 58 and only two are above 50. He hasn't really had an outing that made you raise your eyebrows.
My new favorite player.
So I was thinking about how I might pitch to Derek if I were an opposing pitcher and it occurred to me that he's not ripping that inside fastball down the leftfield line with authority as he was doing back in April and May.
Anyone else notice that?
But you had something funnier in mind.
Damn it!!!
So close.
That's two well-struck outs.
I just haven't seen him do it in awhile.
Come on, put it in play.
We need you.
Let's hope he rebounds tomorrow.
De La Rosa taking no chances, huh?
Oh, carp. Dammit Gojira, run faster.
Same as his last ab.
Exactly the same.
So close.
Damn it.
A big Zero.
Abreu vs. LHP:
Career: .274 .371 .392
2007: .233 .302 .291
Great hustle by Hideki, btw.
One more.
Yet still I think we should retaliate.
Show some swagger.
Ok, Team, here's our chance!
They want to give this game back to us!
Crank one out.
Or a walk is fine.
Come on, Jose, another linedrive, nice and easy.
Damn it.
Another well-struck ball and another out.
Damn it damn it damn it.
This is excruciating.
Hideki and Cano both hit a couple of weak grounders, but mostly they've been hitting the ball.
Maybe it wasn't perfect, but I didn't see anything egregious on that play.
I hate this guy. Phil Hughes can't come back soon enough.
264 Yeah, just one. Also, four of those extra base hits were in one inning, yeesh.
Not saying he should have, but that pitch was the whole ab there and that was a critical ab.
Remember when he robbed Manny last year? Those are worth a whole lot of extra bases.
Those are tough plays. A great centerfielder makes them, but I don't think most do.
Playing the ball off the wall, though, I think you're right. That he can learn, though.
Okay, I'm hanging it up for the night. I'm about to post my fourth straight, and the game is no longer interesting.
Until later...
Before I go, I'll leave on a positive note:
How 'bout that Molina?
Nice addition.
That said, it's not over yet. Remember, earlier this year they came back down 6 runs with 2 outs, bases empty in the 9th. And they're a better team now.
Top eighth I believe. I think Arod is on deck.
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