Baseball Toaster was unplugged on February 4, 2009.
I have a friend at work who has been goading me to grow a mustache for a few years now but my wife won't have any of it. I've never had a mustache, only a dirty upper-lip when I'm too lazy to shave for a few days. In fact, I knew an Italian kid in the seventh grade who had to shave more then than I do today. My father (pictured above in the late '80s with his old friend Wally Hill), on the other hand, always wore a mustache. It was as much a part of him as his nose. There are only a few occasions I can remember when he didn't have a 'stache, and he looked odd, not himself, without it.
Jason Giambi looks great with a mustache. (So awful, it's great, as Scott Rolen said.) The greasier and scrubbier Giambi looks, the better, as far as I'm concerned. (From Page 2, here is David Puner's look at the great Yankee 'staches of all-time.) Of course, Giambo's mustache has caught on and become a real hit. This afternoon, the Yankees are giving away fake black mustaches to the first 20,000 fans that pass through the turnstiles.
The Bombers are going to need more than an amusing promotional gimmick to survive another start from Sir Sidney Ponson. It would be great for the Yanks to take another game from the first-place Rays, but I'm sorry if I'm not brimming with confidence in New York's starting pitcher.
It could be a long, hot afternoon. Let's hope the 'stache power kicks in for the home team and they roll to their fourth-consecutive win. The offense needs to get the Led out.
Let's Go Yan-Kees!
Here's hoping we get the bad Edwin Jackson today and the Yanks win a slugfest as a counterbalance to yesterday's pitchers duel.
Heading for vacation this week. I've got my 'stache ready to scare the nieces and nephews in Yosemite.
HAIR WE GO!
Giambi with the RBI
Wait a moment - what does "Longoria singles on a sharp ground ball to Jeter, deflected by A-Rod" mean? They booted it?
I wish that the viewing angle didn't creep around when my mouse moves over the screen.
is it too late for Francona to add Ponson to his All-Star roster?
(that felt dirty.)
8 not to revive it either, but yikes. Gardner is not getting a good start to his MLB career.
Gardner's Manure
Gardner In The Weeds
Waiting For Gardner To Bloom
etc.
But I'm rooting for him. His speed could be very useful.
BP2008 loved his speed, but thought he would never make it given his absolute lack of power. (yes, even lack of doubles power)
the guy's accuracy is astounding.
That's how Girardi makes these decisions, right, by polling the banter?
Good game yesterday, good game today, so far.
How 'bout that Molina, eh?
And Ponson!
love ya, Wheels!
Minn. is playing pretty good ball. I thought they got a poorish deal for Santana. Could they be a better team now? If they kept Santana, would they be leading their division.
ack.. A-Rod whiffs out the inning with Wheels on third.
speaking of which, what's the score? the internet is like 90% broken for me today, i can't to any of the sports sites to check it.
Having said that, the order probably has something to do with stacking the hitters L-R
1-1 game
here's Floyd..
Ponson's looking shakier than a bobblehead on the Belt Parkway right now..
but he gets out of it...
1-1
meno male, as we say in Italiano
Beckett w/100 pitches after 5. Sox up 4-3, bottom 5th at Fenway.
No good can come of this, as far as Alex' play is concerned.
Let's just pray he remembers to wear his headphones and tune out the nonsense.
surely, somebody is warming up...
right, G?
I'm cool with that... I think
84 I'm not worried about it. Don't think it will be as much of a distraction as some make it out to be.
85 You may want to send that memo again...
ropes a leadoff single to right
Gardner up.. 1 out.. Melk on 2nd
[punches self in face]
oy.
c'mon Jeets!
grinds a foul ball into the dirt at his feet.
slices a curve ball back to the wall...
fuck! caught looking...
pitched looked high to Jeter... could have gone either way.
like I said.. fuck
you have to take a hack at that one.
ouch.
Fortunately, he made the play regardless.
wake up!
whaddaya say, Evita?!
[itch, scratch]
Unfortunately, the awful Yankees offense has squandered a great pitching effort.
double play anyone?
Navarro hits can o corn to Melk... who nearly runs into Gardner in left center.
Hinske up...
to the bottom of the 9th we go.
RBI, anyone?
The hitter, as defenseless as a lamb.
Minn. blows a bases loaded, 1 out chance.
Justin Christian runs for Po.
Meacham prepares to wave Christian home from first on sac bunt
Steal Of The Century!
walk off sac fly, anyone?!
c'mon Melk.. Get itup and out there kid!
Here's Molina to drive in the gamer...
whaddaya say, Jose?!
Girardi is a bad manager. Period.
to the 10th...
they were a sac fly, and then a base hit away from winning... the hitters didn't come through. it's on them, not Girardi in my book.
Have Gardner or Christian or whateverthehell his name is steal second and take your chances with Cano.
Of course, they could have walked Cano in that case...
Either way, it's on Melky.
You have to make contact.
You have to make contact.
Especially that pitch. There was nothing nasty about it. No crazy breaks or movement. Just heat right over the dish.
That said, I'd love it if Girardi learned to grasp the basic cost-benefit of bunting: you do it in high-leverage spots with bad hitters. Otherwise, swing away.
bottomline, the bats have sucked 'stache today.
Smoked that fucking baseball!!1
Jeter wheels it home!
Meacham not a factor... no throw to the plate..
Yanks win!
Give that man a stache!
Bobby! Bobby! fuck yeah!
Boo Ya!
Yes! Swept the Rays with Ponson pitching and Kazmir going for them in one game. That feels damn good.
fuck yeah, Bobby!
You hear that, Melky?
241 I have to agree. I've been a big fan of Melky and have advocated giving him time to grow.
I'm now convinced that no growth will take place.
Time to ship him somewhere, the moment it's possible to do so.
Fortunately, he still contributes with the glove and the arm, so we can't just give him away, but that's the direction we need to be moving in now.
I too am tired of him.
275 weeping will be in heaven.
nice win - and i got home just in time to see bobby's hit.
hopefully the bats will break out a bit more againts pittsburgh and maybe even toronto.
Meanwhile, someone needs to sit Melky down and teach him how to hit.
Or at least bunt.
Or something.
(God I hate this; I don't like being so bitter about a guy I like, but really, enough is enough.)
Man, that was a good win.
Got to love winning. You know, it's better'n'losin!
johnny!!! matsui!!! come back soon please.
0.833 Sidney Ponson 5-1
0.833 Tyler Clippard 5-1
0.750 Aaron Small 9-3
0.727 Randy Keisler 8-3
0.714 Joba Chamberlain 5-2
0.695 Chien-Ming Wang 66-29
0.683 David Wells 84-39
0.667 Esteban Loaiza 4-2
0.667 Jon Lieber 18-9
0.667 Jose Contreras 18-9
I'd send him down for three weeks as soon as Damon is ready: get him away from Cano and rework his approach. three weeks will also give more than enough time to test Gardner; he won't totally kill us against righties, I suspect--we can carry his non-bat as long as Melky's isn't there as well...
290 thanks for the snacks tracker travis :}
Ha, and Weeping would've cared to know about the dirty glass before I killed him with it >;)
Can I hazard a guess?
"That's our Mo, Rays" ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra
especially after the tasty fruit salad 296
Since 2005, Trevor Hoffman has pitched 215 consecutive games of 1 inning or fewer.
The Blue Jays put Dustin McGowan on the DL today with a shoulder issue. Their starter for Sunday is now the ever-popular TBA. The Yankees also will miss A.J. Burnett and Roy Halladay.
304 Not yet...give it a couple more starts.
More good stuff from Pete Abe - Moose in 'stache (sounds like a line from Dr Seuss):
http://tinyurl.com/5os6jg
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Not bad for his first AAA start and coming back from a groin pull. The Mexican League kid could be for real. At AAA right now we have Aceves, McCutchen and IPK. Hughes soon to join I hope, but we'll see. That's depth.
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