Baseball Toaster was unplugged on February 4, 2009.
I arrived at Yankee Stadium tonight at twenty to seven, just shy of two hours before first pitch. I heard a couple fighting on the train ride up. "That's not what I'm sayin, you don't listen," the guy said. "I know what you're sayin, you just intrepret me wrong," she answered. I tried to engage a non-descript-looking and desultory dude to no avail. But when I climbed the stairs to the street a block away from the Stadium in the Bronx, I was greeted by an unseasonably warm evening, laced with the last bits of humidity this Indian Summer has to offer. They say it may even rain later on. The sun was setting, and you could feel that something different was in the air. Traffic was blocked off, and there were a lot of cops around. Things felt orderly.
I just missed magic hour, the sun was already well down, and there was just a little bit of natural light left. I got to the area where a cop has to check your security in order to pass. The cop, as always, is a young Latin guy, maybe late twenties, big, brown eyes, neatly trimmed mustache. I've seen him each time I've been at the Stadium this year and I greet him with a smile. He asks for my ID, checks it, and tells me to go ahead without any further recognition. Running parallel along the third baseside of the Park is a basketball court and a ratty baseball field. With no lights and precious little daylight left. But Kids were still playing hoops on the basketball court, and behind that, other kids were winding down a baseball practice. My favorite part of playing baseball as a teenager was staying late at practice taking grounders from my coach until it simply got too dark to see.
I moved towards the Yankee Press area. A group of cops are standing around. I hear one say, "With a strip on the roof? And you wouldn't rock that Sh**?" Not too many people yet, certainly no crunch, this was also that last pause in of the long regular season before the team and the fanbase kicks off another October. First team to eleven wins. And it is definitely Broadway tonight in the Bronx. When I turned the corner to the final stretch before approaching the club box and press areas, I was almost knocked over by a wave of cologne. Guys stood in small groups, talking on their cell phones. Pretty, sun-tanned, guys with make-up, some smoking cigars.
The Yankees set up a tent outside of the press area to accomidate all the media that will be here tonight. Three women in their mid-twenties are behind the desk. "Belth. That's B as in Bronx," I say to the women. "Did you say B as in boring?" says one of the girls who was sitting down (the prettiest one was standing). "No, but I say A as in aardvark. Or P as in--" "P as in pig," the girl says. "Or as in pneumonia," I say using an old Elaine May line. I wait. No laugh. Okay, then, moving on.
I go up to the press box to see where I'm to be seated. There is an auxillary press box set up in the loge seats out in right field. I figured I would be seated there. I checked out the chart in the press box behind home plate and ran into a sportswriter I have known for a few years. He was on the phone and told me to hang on. I looked down at the field and saw the Tigers taking bp. I leaned against the top railing of the press box, and looked down and saw a fat meat sandwhich of some sort. And fat fingers picking it up. The fat fingers belonged to a fat sportswriter who typed with furious speed and grace on a small laptop keyboard. His fingers moved with the light touch that some big men like Fatty Arbuckle have dancing.
The sportswriter I was waiting on got off the phone and talked to me about something that was on his mind as he walked to towards the elevator. I was going the other way but walked with him. In the middle of thought, he was distracted by someone else and immediately walked away. I stopped walking and looked after him. When he got to the door that leads to the elevator he finally looked up and saw me. I raised my hand, "OK, catch up with you later." And he looked haggard and quickly dipped through the door after the man he was now speaking with.
As I walked the corridors of the Lodge section I was struck by how quiet it still was. It is so cinematic walking through a stadium, every so often catching another glimpse of the field. I stopped and talked to a security guard. Finally somebody normal.
I finally got to my seat just before seven. Front row of the press box in right field. Only the railing is in front of me. Tough to get one in here but a homer is always possible. Incredibly dope seats. You guys know that I'm appreciating every moment and am truly humbled by the opportunities I've worked so hard to create.
Chien Ming Wang v. Nate Robertson.
Bring the muthafargin' Rukus.
Let's Go Yan-Kees!
Let's Go Wang!
GOOOOOOO YANKS!
Cappy!
Yes! Our Cap'n/MVP.
He certainly seems slow- most of the Asian pitchers do. Nomo, Ishii, Hasegawa, not exactly speedy there.
And now to disgrace "Iron Man."
I just mean that the time from when he starts moving and actually finishes his followthrough seems longer than average. I have no empical evidence for this, of course.
(Except that we're going to put up eleven runs, so it won't matter.)
3 dead worms.
It's gonna be a fun month.
And Donald!!
Let's go, Jorgie!
Uh-oh! Apparently Robertson has intangibles too! Jeter might be in trouble!
Edit: apparently these intangibles are proven because he pitched four innings and got a ND at Minny.
I am taking it that many fellow Banterers have the eyes glued to the TVs?
By the way, welcome Orly Yarly NoWai.
Back in black! Work has been dreadful and as you can see I haven't been around. I have already made it clear that I cannot miss very many games. I actually plan on making a trip back home to NY to catch the Series if we make it, just so I cannot get called in to work.
How have you been?
Work it fellas.
/humility on
Honored to be here.
I have been watching the games on DVR. Work has been brutal.
I threw my beer, smoked a cigarette, and opened another beer.
98 Ha hah! Mark Donohue didn't know about the brackets! Hah hah!
101 Yes, welcome to this awesome community.
I hope so.
Wang is going to get a DP here, I can smell it, wait, I think that's my neighbor cooking onions.
God damn it!
I had to teach my Aikido classes tonight -- even though I don't know a freaking thing. First time ever. Got through it somehow.
What's up with WormKiller tonight, he seems to be leaving the ball up.
Hell YES! And Sheff with the Strrrrrrrrrrrethch!
With a side of "not this year Pudge, not this year!"
See.... it is because you weren't here.
122 Nice call.
Come back BBmr!
Jeet in the hole, Robbie hung in with the runner barrelling in on him, Sheff.
Well fucking done with no room for error.
121 It's pretty easy to distort the frame horizontally or vertically. I remember reading the manual of an early digital video mixer. There was a warning on the "stretch" function. It said stretching the image horizontally (rather than vertically) would likely make your subjects very irate. LOL!
Like Burt Reynolds is younger looking now than in 1983?
luckily for Kruk he can also make a deaf man wish he was blind when he squeezes into a suit looking like the proverbial 10 lbs. of shit in a 5 lb. bag
Yikes!
What really scares me, is that it actually happened. By the way, the floor at Grand Central is Hard. We were so sauced we got on the train to Connecticut instead of the one Upstate. What a mess, we got of at 145th in Harlem and found our way back. I haggled a cab driver down to $80 back to Poughkeepsie.
I just popped the Official Bronx Banter Vomit Cherry.
Jeter is a man amongst boys.
And Alex - enjoy yourself, and I hope Abreu sends one your way about now.
Keep SMOKING Bklyn, keep smoking!
GGNORE.
http://tinyurl.com/gpxas
Pretty cool, there haven't been that many seasons when a SS and a 2B from any team have hit .340.
Iron Sheff!!
NOW we're having fun.
Peter Abraham (http://tinyurl.com/oyr4t) had this to say about Matsui's earlier defensive play:
"Don't blame Hideki Matsui for what happened in the third inning. Right-line line umpire Larry Vanover made the "safe" sign when the ball went fair and bounced off the wall. But he raised his arms too high and it looked like he was indicating the ball was dead and that Thames had a ground-rule double.
So that was why Matsui was a lollygagger."
How many pitches is Robertson at?
GOGO GIAMBI!
Holy shit guys. I am downright giddy.
I love baseball.
It's Robertson and a cast of thousands tonight.
Ha ha.
Hello, hello.
Grind it, Jorge, grind it! Let's get Damon and the Cap'n back up again this inning.
Let's go, Robbie!
I feel that we will score a bunch more in this game.
Magglio has the ugliest hair I've ever seen.
Oh, and I love the Yankees.
The guys name escapes me, but there is an author who writes quite a bit about the corruption in FLA Government, top to bottom, but he's very good. Its the land that time forgot. Its just a step above DC city politics.
Good scouting.
Come on Wang! Pull the . . . string.
Boo freaken' Kobe.
I tried to be a Dodgers fan when I first moved here, but it didn't happen.
Damn, I'm only on my first beer.
He just looks a little shaky, but the numbers so far are pretty good.
-Homer Simpson
Might I say - rock on Wang-man with you're 50 pitches through 4, not too shabby. Stay cool, m'man, stay cool!
's ok.
Not that I wish pain on Donuts.
Yeah, it was a hit and run but Abreu had no shot, obviously. (But he could have leaned into it or not jumped away quite so quickly.)
One thousand gold stars if someone can tell me what song that's from.
Might I say - rock on Wang-man with you're 50 pitches through 4, not too shabby. Stay cool, m'man, stay cool!
Go Yanks!
Damon had a shot at that, I thought.
Get that back in the bottom half, guys.
Just kidding. ;)
But man, I miss the YES guys in the booth.
...
Nahhhh....
However, called my brother - got the recap from him and then got the replay on the TV after we hung up.
I'm having PC issues - going VERY slow tonight!
346 While Freddy Mercury is awesome, it's not Queen.
Whatever.
342 It may be more-than-a-pack-day. Thank you for your sacrifice.
355 What song lyric are you referring to?
Premature Wangjulation, fellas.
Get the bats, we got a ballgame.
Calm. As Arnold said to Willis, "AHHHH OOOOOM, AHHHH OOOOOM, AHHHH, OOOOM.
355 Orly Etc., what song clip did you post? I missed it.
Yea, George Bush I think, and Mark Foley as he was pulling his penis from a 15 year old's young behind.
317
No Farns, No Farns! For the love of God, I'd rather have Rasner on the roster, hell, even Karstens. Cashman is a genius sometimes, bot Farnsworth is a head case, no talent bum.
http://tinyurl.com/j5jco
"Don't Say A Word" by Finland's best, Sonata Arctica.
Gotta love the graphic they put up illustrating A-Rod's 'terrible' season- his 9th straight 30/100/100 season.
October is also alcohol abuse month.
Hey, by the by - do you think that Alex (Belth) sneaks a peek from his laptop onto the Banter during the game ?????
I guess he could swing at an occasional fastball now and then.
DID GIAMBI JUST STEAL A BASE? AM I DREAMING?
C'mon, Yanks! 1-2-3.
Testify brother!
I'm with you on that one.
Did they just compare Guillen to 'a gathering storm'?
Although, there is a good chance that a dead Rosa Parks could design a better product than a Chevy Cavalier!
But it will be Good Scotty, right? Fully rested, seriously rested??
Farnsworth or Bruney - 8
Mo
Sound about right?
Nice pitches against Pudge.
Well yes, except I'd rather have Bklyn Bombr pitch the 8th over Kyle Farnsworth.
Then again, we do have a defensive replacement at 1st who is no better statistically than Giambi, but what do I know.
Win Expectancy Finder says that with two out in the top of the sixth nobody with a two run lead, our chance of winning is 87%.
Roberto Clemente, plane crash.
But yet Tim McCarver and Joe Morgan live on. There must be a heaven. Well, Sean Casey told me that there was, so I'm going with that.
But...what did I say in 443?
www.walkoffbalk.com
453 God needed a new catcher and right fielder. He doesn't need any more lousy announcers.
BTW, anyone else already tired of Tommy Lasorda's commercials? I really don't like that guy.
Damn - nice play by Inge there. Robbie can't buy a hit tonight.
And unlike Mr. Casey, I do not read my bible everyday.
Oh crap. According to FOX, we're going to see Villone in the 8th.
A No-No, with a pack of Marlboro Reds rolled in your sleeve?
Ken Rosenthal is a narcisistic. He certainly belongs at FOX. He's with Ny's finest? Are there Firefighters down there, school teachers? Just looks like a bunch of pigs to me.
OK, JD! Now let's put up a run or two, Yanks!
C'mon, Bobby.
Merci, moi Captain!
Yeah, I don't speak French. Does it show?
Hm, 483 484 we seem to have a theological dispute on our hands. Derek Jeter: Da Man, or God?
Cook up something good, Shef.
Bobby's been great tonight.
AHHH-BRE-UUU! SMOOTH!
Thanks for playing Nate. Stop by the office for some gifts and a copy of the home game.
Ooo, if Polanco did get hurt, maybe we could see.... Neifi!
YEAH! That's just what the doctor ordered, a little insurance. Now let's keep it going!
I was hard core. Pall Mall baby!
Proctor - 8
Bruney - 9
Of course, what should we expect? The way Buck and McCarver are talking, there's not even a game being played here.
And we have to put up with these boneheads for another six years? ARGH!
Abreu will still find some way to choke this one away, not to worry...
Yes. Bud Selig is genius right? I'd give my left nut for Fay Vincent right about now.
You know, I would gladly pay an extra 5-6 bucks a month if I could have the raw feed of the game. NO commercials and NO announcers.
523 That would work...
Hell, they're even more pretentious up there than they are down here in LA. Can you even smoke in Public? Or are you in Oak town, where it's mandatory?
I'm liking the K's by Wang. You keep hackin' Detroit Tigers!
Speaking of that, where's Ron Burgandy? Haven't seen him around in a while.
The postseason is funny--check out the original Mr. October: 1212 OPS in the WS, but a cool 678 in the LCS, in almost twice as many at bats...
Not anymore. :-)
Obviously, it takes no account of bullpen, quality of line-up, whatever.
Oh, Myers to take care of the lefty.
Man, the crowd gives Wanger a nice send-off!
They're going to trot out bin Laden next.
Standing O for Wang
The kid did good. Now Mr. Torre, let's remember that Sean Casey sucks and that Mike Myers should never, ever be allowed to face a righty like Polanco. Are we clear?
The bullpen is a last resort, not to be used when your ace just got 6 ground ball outs in a row. They are in the bullpen because they aren't that good, why does every manager forget that?
"One batter? That's it? One freaking batter twice a week? I do that before I piss in the morning."
Kudos, Wang! Get ready for Oakland!
I also think its a good idea to keep Myers fresh, as Oakland (Chavez and Swisher) and especially Minn. (Mauer and Morneau) have some big lefty bashers.
Joe Buck: "Myers is out, Joe Torre goes back to his bullpen." To bring in who? Try being useful . . .
Well, another SAVE coming for Mo.
I know you need Lefties in the pen, but based on his post ASG stats, Myers should not have made the PS roster.
It's like I've said for years. Joe is the best clubhouse manager I've ever seen, but can't manage a ball game to save his life. We've won despite him, not because of him, when it comes to in-game decisions.
CASE IN FUCKING POINT! As a lawyer, that is what we call circumstantial evidence.
God dammit Joe! Don't pull your pitcher unless you have to, not because you think you should. That wasn't Lance Berkman up there for God's sake!
WTF??? experiencing....technical....difficulties!
That won't stop Joe from Yanking Moose tomorrow even if he is pitching well in the 7th. Joe has no clue what a bullpen is really used for, none.
Great, now Polanco singles.
If he was really, really good - the Mariano Rivera of LOOGYs - then I could see carrying him. But he's not. So he got Big Papi out once. So did Aaron Small.
I'd rather have Rasner or Karstens on the roster than Myers.
Sometimes you make the right move and it doesn't work out. But is Meyers the right move?
NO. I will not. I've seen this 100 times the last 10 years. Now we will have to go to MO when we might not have had to otherwise, and we are stuck with the 5 bums we have out in the bullpen less Rivera. He doesn't have a clue how to handle a pitching staff, you guys just need to admit it, it's the 1st step.
Wang would have been out of this a while ago. Just deal with the fact that Joe thinks he has good pitchers in the bullpen, when he does not.
If the difficult problem is to get from starter to Mo, why yank Wang (so to speak) when he's cruising?
It didn't go down tonight...
FWIW, I'd probably have done the same with Myers & Proctor. Of course, I'm sitting in my living room and not managing a big league game.
643 Game 4, if necessary. If the bullpen can't get 7 outs with a 4 run lead, we're in big trouble...
There was simply no reason to yank Wang (say that out loud). I really hope there's no injury or anything...
I also did not know that Ronan Tynan's legs were prosthetics. The things you learn on Wikipedia.
Agreed! But Joe will continue to do this. Why did Norv Turner spend 16 games last year not throwing to Randy Moss? Because it didn't fit his game plan. You play your best players and let them play. No one in that bullpen less Rivera is in Wang's league. You tell ne why you pull him? Why? Unless it's your game plan, and that is what Joe does.
You want his approval, he's like a father, he keeps the clubhouse mellow, but that doesn't mean he can manage a ball game.
He'll be okay. He's used to this kind of workload anyway, right?
some bad breaks.. some terrible pen management...
we will win despite the latter...
Cf. the last 100 posts....
But, he's up in the pen. I predict we'll see Good Farns tonight.
At least Leland hasn't brought Zumaya in (yet). Hopefully the Yanks don't see him at all tonight.
You are joking, right?
Put up a ten spot guys.
Hit one out.
Signed,
BB
C'mon A-Rod, make him pay for doing that . . .
That clown-lookin' dude from the Simpsons! (dammit, I'm having a brain-fart...what is his name!?)
And now Matsui. We're clobbering this LOOGY but with nothing to show for it.
i just dont want us fans to think we have a jinx... my problem is with the theory of jinx.. not GBA or who sings it
Still, I'm confident. This is why I'm posting our Win Expectancy. Which is still 95%, even with the two outs.
Interestingly, with 2 outs, runner on first in the 7th, home team up 3, the percentage is 95.5%, reflecting that 1,389 occurances is not nearly enough to make reasonable predictions...
...it's the curse of Clay Bellinger!
I respectfully disagree. Starters, good starters are diamonds. Even good LOOGY's, are rubys. When you yank a starter for a LOOGY who is no better against lefties than Wang, you are trading a diamond for a ruby, and that makes you a fool, especially when the diamond hadn't had a ball hit in the air the last 5 batters!
I am certan that Joe Torre is enthusiastically looking to the day when he can punch the situation into a computer and Bill James will spit an answer out for him, but that my friends, is not how you win ball games in October. You win with performance, with your gut, with intuition and faith. Otherwise the Yankees wouldn't havelost a World Series in 10 years.
(But if you wanted a prediction, NO!)
Huh? What did Leyland say?
on a diff note.. i just feel sorry for the Muttheads in Queens
Pedro n now Duque??
Poor Arod, he's scorched the ball today.
I hope Robbie Rocket isn't tired or feeling the pressure.
Good news: Captain will bat again! Oh how sweet would a five hit day be? Mauer can eat that for breakfast.
How am I going to handle October with all the stress?
It's not Good Farns after all.
Mauer can shine Rich Harden's shoes and cook him eggs.
PS - FOX, take your damn football ads and shove 'em.
Let's hope the O makes this easy for Torre in the 9th.
Oh, wait, Selig - never mind.
Honestly, is there a setup man you've felt comfortable with this century?
You just have to hope Pavano takes him for a ride or some photos of Farnsworth as a young Senate Page turn up in Foleys photo album....otherwise we are stuck with him
Relax, dude, and just do your thing. Strike these @$(&#%@#@% out.
Joe manages the bullpen the way he does because he leans on MO. No MO, and Joe's bungles would have been brought to bear for all the world to see years ago.
Its the PS, leave the best guy in, its simple.
serves you right for watching the Nationals play
Bklyn,
You work from home right?
So basically, I've only felt comfortable before the 9th when Mo was setting Wetteland up.
Stanton was great for us. For that matter, he still is for the most part. It's hard to find a hard throwing lefty. I put him on the list with Duque, as guys I have no idea why we let go.
I just guzzled a large scotch and soda.
Now I can rest easy. Now we all can rest easy!
This game is way too stressful. I was hoping for a more relaxing night, at home with our ace on the mound.
Does that make everyone feel a little calmer?
And by guys, I mean the Yankee hitters.
I always have one cheap scotch and one pricey one in the house. I'm drinking the cheap one. Seems appropriate. Farnsworth is not a pricey scotch kinda guy.
Next inning, if we don't score this inning, I'll pour a little of the fancy stuff, neat.
I didn't mean to offend if I did. Sometimes I think sabermetrics--which obviously have some value, see Oakland A's--my gut tells me they have the effect of giving eggheads a belief that they have an answer, an answer that the jocks they so despise could never figure out. That makes them feel superior, something they desperatly crave, but they compliment baseball minds, they are not an alternative, and surely not a replacement.
I'd feel better if we had one more run for Mo.
And let's get a backbreaking 2 or 3 run little outburst here, Bombers!
The Disneyland of Ball Parks.
As Derek hits a home run to go five for five!!!!
Hear me now big cry poppy?
Cap'n, our God.
MVP!
MV-motherfreakin'P!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
(Why can't we have huge fonts?!??!!?)
There's your runs, folks!!!
819 Ask and ye shall receive!
He smoked that bad boy!
The Dodgers could win the WS and I wouldn't hear a chant that loud. We deserve to win, the fans deserve it!
Is Andy trade bait now, by the way?
It's Justin Morneau, it has to be. I hate to say it, but it has to be Morneau.
also, JETAHHHHH'S BETTTAAaaaaaAAAAAAAHHHHH
DE-REK JE-TER!
I'm tempted to go with Bruney, but this is a 5 game series. You want to nail down that first win. 8-4 is still close enough.
Mauer deserves it if he wins. No one else should be in the picture.
Yankz,
Me too! It's big! Not Mark Foley big, but it's big!
Joseph Torre.
Why hast thy common sense forsaken thee?
Don't forget, my son
To include everyone.
I tuck you in, warm within,
Keep you free from sin
Till the Sandman he cooooooomes.
Sleep with one eye open,
Gripping your pillow tight!
Exit Light!
Enter Night!
Take my hand.... we're off to never never land!
Mauer isnt even close. It's Morneau or Jeter, those are the only choices.
I predict Jeter wins it. If Mauer or Santana wins, I won't squawk. But the thing is, Twin-lovers will split their votes.
Because that's the way it always has been.
AVG/HR/RBI--and Morneau has it all in those catagories. I am not saying I agree, but I think he'll win, and that's why I said what I said.
However, those MLB attendance stats should make people shut the hell up about the 'problems' with baseball and how it needs to be more like (NFL, NBA, fill in the blank).
I know. But no one cares about that stuff that votes. As far as I'm concerned a DH should never win the award because it goes to a "Player" not a hitter, and a DH is not a baseball player, but that won't stop guys who play horrible defense from winning the award.
Mo threw 12 pitches, that's good. Joe's Ninth Inning Only strategy is intact and working so far.
And our Gods, Cap'n and Mo.
Jeter is the face of the sport. He hustles and digs and motivates the clubhouse like no other player in generations. His steely eyes gaze into the darkness and seek victory.
Plus he leads all position players in VORP and Win Shares and has his own frangrance.
You just keep saving him for those leads that (hopefully) will never come . . .
Susyn interviewing Jetes.
Pretty much what you'd expect. All business, happy but taking it one at-bat at a time, etc.
I think Jeter will win enough people's 1st place votes to edge all the Twins.
Think about it. Some Twins people will vote Mauer for catching and winning the batting title. Some will vote Santana because he's actually the MVP of that team. Then you have the power numbers fans that will go Morneau. That's a 3-way split.
Jeter should be able to garner enough 1st place votes on his own to top all of those guys.
WOOHOO!
That catching garbage doesn't mean shit when you're 22 years old. I sure as hell hope he doesn't break down at his age after 162 games, if he did, I'd wonder how long he'll last. He's a kid, he's not Mike Piazza for God's sake. He better be as spry today as he was in April, otherwise he has no business catching in this league.
BTW, someone earlier commented on how good Vernon Wells was on BBTN. You were not kidding. Too bad he's got a lot of playing left in front of him.
I'm not saying he's a shoe-in, but I'm shocked that he wouldn't be the favorite for as many wrong reasons as there are right ones. There's too much Jeter-Mania in the world based on crap to think that he's not the favorite....
Maybe I'm sadly out of touch. ;)
Every day I pray that Steve Phillips will grab some woman's ass so they shit can him.
There are no wrong reasons to vote for Jeter.
I was a high school catcher in pretty damn good physical condition and it wears you out after a while. No catcher 18, 20, 25, 28, 30, or 35 years old has ever won an AL batting title. The reason: it's freakin' exhausting.
I've got nothing else but go Yanks!
Kinda like the Dallas Cowboys are one of the winningest teams in NFL history, but have fewer players in the Hall of Fame than the Arizona Cardinals...
Wait, you're serious? ;-)
I think Proctor got his jitters out too. This is kind of a first for him in this prominent role in the post-season. I knew Myers was going to blow it, but glad to see Farnsy survive and Mo shut them down without a lot of pitches.
Let's Go Yan-kees!
919 I think the most refreshing part is that he isn't loud and brash but still gets his points across very, very well.
Good night to all, folks - can't wait to read Alex's first-hand account of things in the morning!
Also, this was a very satisfying game, for me. I felt like the Tigers put up enough of a fight to make it a hard game to win, but we beat them soundly enough to make a statement.
Also, good can come out of Meyer's performance, if it makes Torre leave him off the roster for the next round.
I figure he can't throw more than -- and here I'm talking about total pitches, today and tomorrow combined -- 160.
915 In that case, I'm going with "He banged Jessica Alba."
933 Plus there was one HR in that 5 for 5. And excellent Defense. And he didn't take the credit personally. And...I am going to stop now, otherwise this might take all night.
I mean, if the "rules" say, "must be big RBI guy on playoff team", then he's the MVP. If the rules say "must be on contending team," then he's maybe 5th or so, behind his two teammates and Jeter and maybe even Guillen and Thomas...If they don't say that, he's a worse player than Manny and Ortiz and Dye and Hafner and Sizemore as well....
Damon gushed about Jeter and Donuts; was pleased that he could get on to be knocked in by Jetes.
Posada genuflected toward Jetes.
Cano (I think) is beaming about Abreu: "He can hit, you know?"
Abreu said he was not at all nervous, was excited to play in his first post-season Yankee game; is having 'so much fun'.
Susyn visited the Tigers' locker room.
Nate Robertson (whom Susyn keeps calling 'Robinson') is duly impressed by Jetes. "He's obviously just a great player," shaking his head. John S. chimes in: The Tigers don't hate the Yankees. Susyn: "As Jim L. said earlier, how can you hate the Yankees?"
What a pair. (I actually love them, though i know most real fans find them too cheesy.)
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