Willie Randolph got a HUGE ovation during introductions. Biggest of all - or at least right there with Paul O'Neill's. He put his cap over his heart and thanked the crowd several times. Made my day.
Can't wait for Bernie to come back for his ovation.
Goose is starting pitcher. Mickey Rivers leading off. Singled to left field.
LOL. Goose gave up hits to Mick and Tony Fernandez. Actually Tony should have been out. Goose didn't cover first. Willie Randolph looks like he could still play.
Thank you all. I'm glad Randolph is there, he was always my favorite. Any chance we could staple him to Bobby M, so he learns how to stop getting guys gunned down at the plate? =)
Jeff Nelson in. He looks really skinny. Kay says it's because he bikes professionally now. He strikes Willie out.
They ended the game with Mike Torrez in to face Bucky. Bucky smacks one to left, but Fernandez makes a great stop. Chambliss out on the force. Game over.
(Dunno if there's going to be a game thread, or if we should just use this one.)
22 Tex probably snares the single Giambi dove for and missed. Rivera probably catches the ball Abreu could not get to, and so it goes....
At least Lil' Weaver won't strike out 27 today.
Betemit has power; it's just that he lost his strike zone judgment COMPLETELY mid-season when we acquired him...something to do with better AL pitching? I wonder...
The Butcher, The Weaver, The Mathis-Sticks maker.
The last one's a stretch, of course. But that was the battery meeting on the mound with the pitching coach.
57 I agree with you. He's a crafty old bastard now and it's nice when he's on. I was really worried about him pitching today because the Angels DESTROYED him in a game last summer (and I think Garrett Anderson had 80 RBI's in that game).
If I've never mentioned it before, Fox SUCKS. We've got the [YAWN] Braves/Brewers game here and I can't even watch the Yankees on MLB.TV --- what's bullshit about it is that I'm not going to watch the Fox broadcast, so it's like I'm being punished.
I'll give it to Manny Ramirez for acting like an asshole and getting out of the East. I'll take Jason Bay in those big-time out situations any time over him.
7677 Holy crap, that was one of the worst at bats I've seen this season. Flailing or guessing wrong at everything, then when the catcher loses the ball on strike 3, Melk doesn't even figure out where it is and doesn't run for first.
Even McCarver and Buck know all about the Sultan of Suck at this point.
80 that's what i think too - if texas hangs around in the wild card and with hamilton's big rbi and hr numbers he might get it.
a lot of the midwest writers will vote for quentin.
and arod has to contend with the jerks who are mad he opted out and all that nonsense as well as winning 2 years in a row.
It's funny. ARod has some pretty good numbers. Leads in BA, 2nd in OPS, 5th in HRs. And yet, it doesn't seem like he's having a great year. Poor RISP has something to do with it. Certainly, he's due for a hot streak, and could carry MVP with ease.
It's nice to just beat the Angels into the damn dirt and win the last Old Timer's Day at the Stadium. If Boston and Tampa could just lose a couple and we can win tomorrow, we'll be all right.
Moose has not been good. Moose has been great! It seems the Yankees will have to re-sign him for a year. Maybe like Wake, Moose will give us a year to year deal. He needs 2 more years fro 300 Wins and the HOF.
69 MVP? Alex? Not yet boys. Almost silly to say it with the seasons Hamilton and Kinsler are having. (Yes, they are hurt by being on a non-contender but Hamilton is MASSIVE this year and Kinsler may be better - given his position.) Look at Morneau, too (he may deserve it this time, didn't last time). Quentin in left for the Chisox, too. I make Alex at 5th or 6th right now, down because of his injury, but certainly he can move up.
98 Alex is having a much better year than Hamilton, much better than Morneau sorry. I have so much respect for catchers who can hit that I'm always willing to look at Mauer. Kinsler, maybe, because of the position.
99 You make a good case. Here's my counterargument: there's no effin' way Alex is winning another MVP this year. He's won 3 already, and merely being the best player in the league, even on a winning team, won't win him his fourth. He'd have to top last year, or at least come damn close to it - and not in OPS but in HR and RBI.
If the White Sox hold on in the Central, Jermaine Dye has a very good shot. If not, I say Josh Hamilton. A big jump in a team's W-L can sometimes substitute for finishing first, plus Hamilton has that story line. MVP voters just love a good story line.
It's not good, I don't even think it's exactly bad. It's just how it's always been.
111 i think the only way alex could get it is if it's a close race going into september and alex has a absurd monster month like last april ... and carries the yankees in ...
12:20 - arrive at Stadium determined to see Monument Park when the gates open at 12:30.
12:30 - gates open, but they're letting people in in dribs and drabs .... after another 5 minute wait ... a chant goes up "Let's go ushers!"
12:45 - I get inside, buy my program, head for monument park entrance on field level. Only I am told to go to back of line .... which already winds ALL THE WAY to the top of the ramp (Tier seating).
12:55 - Tremendous clap of thunder, followed by torrential rain.
1:10 - Rain stops, but line has barely moved.
1:20 - I give up hope on Monument Park
1:30 - Hit my seat as OTD introductions are starting ... after they take tarp off
Later on ..... notably absent is anyone from the Murcer family (but I can understand given the recency of his passing).
Still later .... reading of names of those who have passed in the last year ends with Bobby Murcer, and a shot of a uniform top with the #1 hanging in the dugout.
Much baseball, many photos, much food .... Yankees win .... thhhhhhhheeeee Yankees win.
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Nice moment when Paul O'Neill was introduced. The entire stadium was chanting his name.
Can't wait for Bernie to come back for his ovation.
Goose is starting pitcher. Mickey Rivers leading off. Singled to left field.
Guidry in for Goose.
Joe Pepitone singles to right, Mick the Quick scores.
Cone in, to pitch to Baylor.
Rickey Henderson leads off. He reaches on a bad throw by SS Tony Fernandez.
Abbott threw over Boggs head. Twice.
Boggs singles to right. Henderson to 3B.
Winfield singles to left. Henderson scores.
Mickey Klutts drops an easy popup, Straw reaches.
Graeme Lloyd in. Paulie up. Should have been an easy fly out, but Mickey Rivers let in drop in, then bobbled it. Boggs scores.
Tino up. Fly ball drops in front of Rivers again.
Luis Sojo singles up the middle.
Dave Wells in. Chris Chambliss singles to right. That's five runs scored.
Moose looks good.
They ended the game with Mike Torrez in to face Bucky. Bucky smacks one to left, but Fernandez makes a great stop. Chambliss out on the force. Game over.
(Dunno if there's going to be a game thread, or if we should just use this one.)
Jered looks so much like his brother it's uncanny.
Betemit is not used to playing 2B. Cano would not have been standing right over the base like that.
At least Lil' Weaver won't strike out 27 today.
well good for betemit making up for his error. that was a nice swing.
The last one's a stretch, of course. But that was the battery meeting on the mound with the pitching coach.
Moose so far: 4.0 2 2 1 2 3 0 55-31 3.52
As I suspected: "The chances of getting [Wang] on September 1st is zero," Girardi said. "October 1st is possible."
Now I know why we got Pudge. It either makes Molina very happy, or else it motivates him by competition. Probably the former.
Also, Moose is on again this afternoon, huh? I've only been listening (was in the car).
And ARod goes deep! This is looking a lot like a win. What am I missing?
I guess Mauer is always in the running.
Even McCarver and Buck know all about the Sultan of Suck at this point.
a lot of the midwest writers will vote for quentin.
and arod has to contend with the jerks who are mad he opted out and all that nonsense as well as winning 2 years in a row.
Oh, I see, if you're predicting, then I guess I agree, he's been on the front page so much.
i hope molina's hamstrings and quads are still attached tomorrow
Mussina 7.0 2 2 1 2 5 0 89-58 3.44
Nice to hear everybody blasting Manny.
Nice inning by Veras.
95 those fuckwits can't help themselves. and we get them next week for the same matchup.
Moose for Comeback Player of the Year?
FUCK YOU Anaheim
(Somehow I feel better now).
If the White Sox hold on in the Central, Jermaine Dye has a very good shot. If not, I say Josh Hamilton. A big jump in a team's W-L can sometimes substitute for finishing first, plus Hamilton has that story line. MVP voters just love a good story line.
It's not good, I don't even think it's exactly bad. It's just how it's always been.
12:20 - arrive at Stadium determined to see Monument Park when the gates open at 12:30.
12:30 - gates open, but they're letting people in in dribs and drabs .... after another 5 minute wait ... a chant goes up "Let's go ushers!"
12:45 - I get inside, buy my program, head for monument park entrance on field level. Only I am told to go to back of line .... which already winds ALL THE WAY to the top of the ramp (Tier seating).
12:55 - Tremendous clap of thunder, followed by torrential rain.
1:10 - Rain stops, but line has barely moved.
1:20 - I give up hope on Monument Park
1:30 - Hit my seat as OTD introductions are starting ... after they take tarp off
Later on ..... notably absent is anyone from the Murcer family (but I can understand given the recency of his passing).
Still later .... reading of names of those who have passed in the last year ends with Bobby Murcer, and a shot of a uniform top with the #1 hanging in the dugout.
Much baseball, many photos, much food .... Yankees win .... thhhhhhhheeeee Yankees win.
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