So is this electric slide the rotation has to do now going into the PS? I'm of a mind of giving Ohlendorf a start after we clinch the playoffs to offset any trouble the shifting might cost...

Still, what frustrated me most last night was how Melky's AB unfurled. I completely understood getting Shelley in there to play for the instant tie. But, didn't Torre see the right hander warming in the pen? He had to know that he was coming in, right? So was the decision made prior to the AB that you'd rather have Betemit up in that situation than Melky? If so it was not one I agreed with, to put it mildly. Either you decide to keep your starter in there or say "matchups be damned" and let Shelley take his hacks vs the righty.

It doesn't matter with Minneapolis.

On many levels.

What I was referring to was his being pinch-hit for last night in a game he started.

I don't know, this is the first I've heard of you and Cliff being "confused". I'm seeing similarties here with the ARod-Jeter relationship. Are you sure you guys can work together? Will Cliff opt-out this off-season?

Hmm...this is the stretch run and the playoffs are about to start, I suggest you guys work out your "confusion" before the 2nd season starts. We are counting on you guys.

I guess the question is, who is ARod and who is Jetes? :-)

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Jeter's postseason numbers are pretty much the same as his regular season numbers and he has close to a full season's worth of postseason ABs at 478.

That gives me 30 min. to figure out a way to watch this game...

What was different?

;)

I'm on gameday.

I guess because Joe feels scared putting Captain there.

bleh!

You'll probably have to try a couple to get it to work. China usually works best for me.

Pick one, copy the IP address, and remember the port #.

Then go to Tools-Options-Advanced, then the Network tab, then click Settings. Click "Manual proxy configuration," then paste the IP address and type the port # in.

Your IP address is now changed, so mlb.tv will think you're abroad (and therefore unable to watch on TV).

Note: Your internet will almost surely slowly down substantially (but the stream is fine).

Or to do it by hand, Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Network ->Settings. Check "Manual proxy configuration" and fill in the boxes underneath. (The proxy and the port.)

To find proxies, Google "free proxies" and pick one that outside the U.S. It may take several tries to find one that works.

I've found it quite speedy on Saturdays, because no one else is using MLB.TV.

Dammit, Cano. How many times have you done that?

I know I'm being a picky SOB, but Phil's K rate has gone way down the past 3 starts.

problem is, no one else is really stroking the ball right now either ... not giambi, who's the obvious candidate for the swap

meh

"Where do I paste the proxy? under http proxy?"

Yes. Make sure to fill in the port number, too.

"Then how do I watch the game? Just click on mlb.tv?"

Yes. It might be slow at first. Once it loads, it will be fine.

"My internet went down after I changed the proxy, did I put it in the wrong place?"

No. Did you put in the port number, too? If you did, that proxy isn't working. Try another one. Keep trying until you find one that works.

And remember to switch back to your original settings when you're done watching the game. If you forget, you'll wonder why it's so slow the next time you start your browser.

Why the hell would you mess with ther breaking pitch, which isn't very good right now, when Thigpen can't hit a fastball. That's horrible pitch selection and speaks to a lack of focus that this team regularly exhibits.

Um, he did foul off about a billion fastballs.

And I've only seen him throw the curve today.

You do realize that the scrubbiest hitters have on occasion gotten hits off the best pitchers, right? I remember David Wells got a hit off someone once, can't remember who. I'm not saying Hughes shouldn't have gotten him out, he should have, but demanding K's on will is absurd.

Do you have a "lack of focus" macro?

Or maybe the whole team (Yankees that is) are just dialing it in today...

The fact that it was Thigpen isn't irrelevant because it should have meant that Hughes didn't have to mess around with an inconsistent curve.

As for Ottawa, it's too bad the team is leaving next year--though everyone knew this was going to happen before the season started. MLB has managed to really fuck up baseball in Canada east of Toronto. Québec used to have a very strong baseball tradition, and Montréal is a good sports city with a few million people. It is unconscionable that there is no major league team or real minor league team here (there is an independent league team in Québec City).

I've been out all afternoon.

Imagine my surprise to come home, turn on the tube and find that not only is the 1:05 game still in progress, but there's plenty of baseball left!

Rain, eh?

How are we doing?

From the score, it seems to be a crisply played game on both ends?

He amazes me with his instincts and general heads-up-edness.

There seems to be a general trend to moving the minor league teams closer to the big club. I think it's just gotten to be too much of a pain to fly. Especially if crossing the border is involved.

Again with Jorgie?

None, right? So the Yankees never focus? Or is it something in their eyes today that gives it away? Because I'm on Gameday, and I can't really see their pupils.

Who even started this game?

I ran into an acquaintance of mine (Red Sox fan, boohiss!) while out and about and he said something to me about Kennedy and Clemens both being scratched?

No, not Kennedy, Hughes...

Torre is now making a tactical pitching change against Thigpen. I'm not sure what that means...

Use a foreign proxy. On the good side, MLB.TV is really fast on Saturday afternoons, because everyone else is blocked out of it.

Evil incarnate.

"Well, I can't see my team push for the playoffs, so I might as well watch two teams with no shot at it and listen to the dulcet sounds of of Tim McCarver waxing idiotic as a bonus! Hell, it's not like I have anything else to do on a Saturday!"

They have the technology to make all of the games available everywhere, yet between MLB and Fox they can't figure out a way to do so profitably. Why not let FOX run ads on MLB.tv on Saturday? Or some other profit sharing venture that preserves Fox's negotiated Saturday monopoly while at the same time getting more people interested in the very product they want to sell?

That Bobby out in RF, though... hard-charger!!!

That sounded so funny from Leiter, even though it's true.

Our bullpen could be good next year, without a single FA signing.

Well, look at it this way: the post-season roster is clarifying...

And the last three hits (4 rbi) were crappy, too.

Rule One: if a guy is pitching ok and not near any kind of pitch limit,
LEAVE HIM IN THE FUCKING BALLGAME.

Thank you.

The Farnsworth Rules. What a byzantine code that must be.

M-V-P

Delivery! Mmmm, creamy.

Full-disclosure...
I was thinking that now would be a good time to pinch-hit Bettemit for Minky.

hmmm ... odd

also 57 !!!!

This would not be fun if we had any significant chance of missing the play-offs. But, it's fun.

You learn something every day.

pity this team doesn't get in brawls, though ...

I didn't even know he was in the game.

Okay, seriously, Farnsworth has to be off the PS roster now. No??? He has to be.

Yunnow, it's just pointless to boo at this point.

Ohhh! Right you are.

Frankly, I'd use all six of our starters in any post-season situation before I'd go to our #4 reliever.

440 Only the worst pitched.

duh-dunt!

duh-dunt!

Can we see Mo now?

So he tied the game, but ended the inning with his baserunning gaff.

I am calling it now!

5 1/2 innings where at least 2 runs were scored. This is horrible pitching!

Man, I think A-Rod has straightened himself out...come on Matsui!

No way do they send Mo out there again. DeSalvo?

i so told you i smelled KARSTENS!!!

I can't think of anything else I prefer this game to.

Although right now I like it a little better. That throw was, well, it was impossible.

Then again, they probably want this game to be over, too.

Do you have Rob bunt now??

I agree, let him swing, esp. if the corners are charging.

YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

Torre's a genius.

I don't know what was uglier, this win or the game my sorry Huskers eked out today....

600 Genius indeed! Where's a 'The Torre Wins' sidebar online? Just wonderin'...

Well, that was a memorable game.
Tomorrow's bullpen will be... interesting.

The key hits and the outfield assist in the tenth, damn. Great game for him.
Actually, great game for our position players, wasn't it? Did anyone do anything terrible?

BTW - Love to see Kartsens pitching for KC next year. He's not a major leaguer.

Vizzy, probably Mo; and I guess Britton and Ohlie since they only faced a batter apiece.

Look, I live in Red Sox Nation, so overtaking the Sox would just make my life wonderful. But for the sake of winning games in the postseason, I have to think it's better to get all of our pitchers ready, maybe give an older position player a couple of days rest. (Jeter?)

"That would have been a very bad game to lose," he said. "But it's a great game to win."

Meanwhile, Cleveland will lose, Detroit will probably lose, and the Halos have already lost. TB could make today a pefecta!

Great Schilling video to cheer you guys up latenight :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO0FgwXbKro&NR=1

Just think, the Yanks had Pena in their org last year and big problems at 1b all year. Go figure.

Boston just tied it 6-6 in the top of the 9th with a Varitek home run.

649 That would be no. Unless it's against us.

I had a good excuse though. I was at a beer fest watching GEORGE CLINTON AND P-FUNK. Damn skippy.

"Last night knocked the hell out of us. To come back and do what we did today answers a lot of questions. If not from other people, when these guys look back and forth at each other I think they realize we are in this together."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJCGh7fwzk8

672 Exactly what I'm feelin'. (Can't wait to see the relay play on the highlights tonight.) This squad is highly confident right now. Better in September/October than March/April...