It was certainly a nice textbook game to watch on a Friday night.

Boston leads 3:0 . Lester's been mostly throwing batting practice though so there's hope (tons of strikes and tons of hit, 6 hit in 3 inning already)

How does one say "Go Wang Go!" in Chinese? (Non-Mandarin)

In other news, i just activated Hughes to start tomorrow for my fantasy team after having treaded for him a few weeks ago. Gave up Thome straight up which I consider I steal for myself :)

Right now he doesn't even have Igawa stuff, of course he doesn't have Igawa head either and thus being able to still put togther some sort of non-disastorous outting.

i'm a BIG fan of the Topps series in '04 & '05. i didn't care much for the '06 set (though i got the Yankees team set) and i can't stand the black '07 ones (i got the Bowman Yankees set instead and it's incomplete - no Mo!!!). i think '04 and '05 were the best Topps cards since perhaps the late 80's, if not before...

i've got nice CMW Topps from '03, '04 & '06 and Cano from '06, but i can't find either one from '05. i believe they both exist. anyone have any clue where i can get a Wang and Cano '05 Topps card??? any assistance would be greatly appreciated! : )

i watched Davies pitch here in atlanta a decent bit but didn't pay enough attention to be a good scout (sorry). let's just hope "Davies" makes like "The Kinks" and "Self-Descructs"! 'W' 4 Phil, 500 for Alex!

Tribe take over 1st; we have 8 games against detroit coming up. let's make a major playoff push here in august...

In other news, I know the Yankees have underachieved this season, but what about Detroit? I know the AL East aint what it used to be but hell, can anyone think of a reason that Detroit shouldn't be up by seven or eight games in the AL Central? Boston, Detroit and New York are the only stud teams in the AL, and for two of them to be so far out of the division lead certainly is odd. We can blame injuries, but what is Detroit's problem? It isn't like Cleveland has any more than a couple decent starters and two or three very good position players.

Also, am I the only one checking the Cubbies every day? Go Lou GO! He is showing the league why NY made a terrible terrible terrible mistake not dumping Joe and hiring him. Note to all GM's: When Lou Piniella is available, you fucking hire him!

Indians got nice bouncebacks from Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta and a strangely great year from Casey Blake, Travis Hafner is actually underachievign though.. as is Cliff Lee to some extend. they got a great brekout from Carmona though.

If anything, teh Tiger's offense is a lot more feast and famine and full of holes than the Indians , they carry 3 guys with OBP around or under .300 (Inge / Pudge / Monroe ) adn they have no power from 1B in Casey, of course, they are getting crazy MVP year in Ordonez and Sheff and a career year in Polanco and Guillen makes up for alot, not to meantion another great year from Grandrson.

JL25and3 - if you're reading this, we were talking yesterday about why Torre didn't use Vizcaino instead of Farnsworth in the 8th on Thursday. Don't know if you caught this yesterday, but here is something from Steven Goldman's latest Pinstriped Blog:

"What made Thursday's Farnsworthcide even more annoying is that Torre had warmed up Luis Vizcaino as well, but apparently decided to save him for the lead he would never get, or in case Pepe the Magic Unicorn showed up, or some other equally pointless reason."

Unreal. And of course Viz and Mo both pitched last night!

21 Yeah, pretty awful decision. I'm going today, and if (a) Hughes pitches well, and (b) I don't see Farnsworth, all will be forgiven.

But that is so so so OT for today, where the only thing going is Prince Philip.

I would say 5.2 IP, 5H, 1R, 2BB, 6K for his first start back, whadda ya think?

But yes, this is off topic. And I apologize for letting it get under my skin.

As for Phil Franchise, I think he goes no more than 6IP, and allows 2 Earned Runs. Torre definitely won't let him go far beyond 90 pitches I would think.

Is anyone here also a member of Replacement Level Yankees Weblog? I'm having trouble logging in over there, and I can't email anyone unless I'm logged in. Anyone got an email address for SG or Larry?

This is because it's too much trouble to have some $9/hr junior tech flip a switch on a board somewhere. And of course, because Fox simply doesn't give a shit about bumming out hundreds of thousands of fans.

I went to a Club Med some years ago that happened to advertise a nice new pair of racquetball courts... a favorite game of mine at the time. Unfortunately, due to constuctions issues (which aren't that rare on deserted islands in the caribbean) the courts were not done when I got there.

It also happened that a quasi-semi-junior-wannabee-pro racquetball player was also there that week... and he was very bummed... and he happened to be a lawyer.

So, he spend his week gathering info and signatures for a class action lawsuit against Club Med. We thought this was pretty funny, but we all signed and gave him a good tease. Poor guy was bummed out in paradise.

9 months after I get home, I get a check from the Club for $200. The Club also makes a number of public announcements/apologies, and actually makes some changes to their construction and advertising policies.

I wish someone would do this on Fox's baseball broadcast policies. Winning a suit would not be the issue as much as negative publicity and the simply fact that we rose (raised?) us against the tyrant.

And, of course, it's a great story.

Oh, how I hate you, FOX.

That's just.... odd.

Isn't it?

And a perfect game.

Johnny Vander Meer got to 21 innings.

It's

About

Fucking

Time

That is all. Now we can get back to focusing on everything other than that.

I know at least JL25and3 is there, wonder who else from here?

John Sterling's call had a good five seconds of dead silence as he tried to figure out whether it was fair.

Leave it to Sterling to screw it up. But Singleton was understated as well in trying to figure its path

Looks like Davies don't got it right now

The downside: The ensuing two and a half hour mutual Sportsgasm: A-Rod's 500th Edition by Sterling and Waldman.

Oh well, damn I'm stoked to watch Hughes right now. I've been waiting like a kid waiting for Christmas.

"Hughes Throws 31 Pitches Out of Strike Zone"?

Really? No guarantee he doen't hit a mear 255 more HRs? Seriously? Man, I'm glad I read it on ESPN, before I bet the farm on it.

What assholes.

Gotta also wonder why Fox isn't televising this game. I guess the Muts at 4PM is a better game.

(kidding, SF Yanks)

Also, I am very impressed that LaRue has a .252 OBP but only a .163 BA.

Now I'm just thinking about the W.

A little embarrassing, broadcasting crew.

Don't read into Hughes' speed, its the same thing Steve L at waswatching has been getting stuck on. Throwing 95 does not a power pitcher make

Part I: http://tinyurl.com/2pwmz9
Part II: http://tinyurl.com/3277va

Now, I know nothing about mechanics. I don't know if the analysis is accurate or he's talking bullocks.

Good 4th inning :)

He looked real good early, huh?

Oh well, get em next time kid...

If they lose this game, it will be a huge pyschological blow.

Also, he didn't pitch well in his debut, but dominated his 2nd start. So, maybe we shouldn't worry too much...

As for us, I wouldn't mind if Jorge tears up Myers in between innings...

So, is today Andy's throw day? I'm not excited about seeing our bullpen throw four innings.

No, he did not suck as a LOOGY in Boston.

However, this year righties have a 44 OPS+ against, while lefties are at 128.

No problem, Brian, stay calm.

(Ducks and hides from person who objects to this particular use of the phrase.)

Our guys can just freakin' hit, no doubt.

Ah, Jorgie gets on base for the first time!

I'm guessing it'll go Farns/Viz/Mo.

sorry andy ... but i think we've found our starting 1b for the season ...

Thanks if you got it.

now ... if we can just keep mienftzfdjka that hell away from torre's itchy hands, we might just be okay from here on out

Oh well, I'm in Don Quixote mode this inning...

seriously ... that's not even to the level of a "the dog ate my homework" excuse

Maybe there's hope for him after all...

(jk, jk)

This team is on pace to score over 950 runs now.

340 i was thinking the same thing!

man, i've always loved abreu. he's coming around. i would like to see the yanks pick up his option and see if he as a more typical solid year throughout the whole season.

We need a Cano homer today, by the way. For the cycle.

Also, it would be nice if Damon and Posada could get hits, and maybe even Andy. And for Damon and Melky to score.

There, that's not too much to ask.

ooh, sori just looked awful on a ply in left field. ugh.

this team is getting scary on offense

Bama boy goes BAM!

this is fun : )

Even in a blowout win, one of the main themes I take from the game is that the team would be much better off it would replace Torre.

376 Either way, it's infinitely better than what the SF Giants did...

it is nice to see 2 relievers 'strike out the side' though...

I think this outing, despite the numbers being worse, was better than his debut. A lot of the runs today were really cheap.

Joe might need a gig next year and Buddy Bell is leaving, so perhaps he's trying to prepare KC's bullpen ; )

and....now there's villone. let's make this one quick, thank you please!

400 Yeah, but he (Myers) sucked and doesn't deserve it. The scorer can make that ruling: "brief and ineffective."

c'mon villone, i said QUICK!!!

our pitching staff has a high WHIP today and have given up 5 XBH's.

ugh, no. more. runs. end this thing. NOW

Maybe I'd give Viz. the win, just so he can rack them up. Does he lead all relievers in wins?

welcome back, Phranchise!

congrats, A-Rod!!!

gitchya brooms for manana! let's hope for good Moose and continued bats afire...

We had four starters and two replacements today who are .300 hitters. I know, I know, stupid stat. (But Matsui and Cabrera could easily join that group in a couple of weeks.)

His line: 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 on 27 pitches.

All K's swinging.

Thanks. I just needed someone to drive that point home. Although no matter the outcome, it helps the Yankees. How often does that happen? Woo hoo!

Nope. He's going to the AL next year, count on it. He got the record playing for SF, now he wants to put it out of reach. If you look at the HR per AB numbers, Ruth still dwarfs them all. I think its by almost 5 Ab's per HR. I have that to make me feel better.

After watching Papelbon yet again tonight, this just in: He is very very very good. He got a couple bad calls and still had the Mariners best hitters helpless, swinging inches away from 91-98 MPH fastballs, and putting the lesser hitters away with 88 MPH splitters. Gagne, Papelbon, and Okajima make me think the Yankees have little chance of catching the Red Sox this season. I don't think its impossible, but I wasn't all that upset at the outcome of that game in Seattle. As mom always said, cross one bridge at a time, and right now we need to concentrate on leapfrogging Seattle and taking over first place in the Wild Card.

Sawx now seem to have the deadly Stanton/Nelson/Mo smackdown. Have a lead in the 6th and game over. But we'll see. It's on paper now, let's see 'em do it.

I'm not giving up on the East by any means (anything can and probably will happen between now and then), but I don't want to see a grind to win the division that wears everyone out for the PS. Wild card could actually be cool — this offense as the 'dangerous underdog'? Yeah, I'll take that...

Hmm... According to this nifty NYT graphic, McGwire beats Ruth, 10.6 AB/HR vs 11.8.

http://tinyurl.com/yu94us