AW shit yeah. The Wilson Betemit era begins.

Cabrera passed the Damon line for OBP and the Abreu line for SLG.  Considering where both bat relative to Cabrera, that is not a good thing.  If Damon has to bat 1st because he’s the leadoff hitter, why not follow that with:

Cabrera
Jeter
Alex
Matsui
Posada
Abreu
Cano
Phillips.

Or does batting 7th hurt Abreu’s feelings?

Its a nonstop sploogefest on NESN today.

Holy shit, Melky is slugging almost .410? he’s having an awesome year

Michael Kay: Is Alex pressing? It’s been twelve at bats since number 499.

Twelve at bats!!! Let me know when it gets to thirty.

I’ll do some liveblogging in the comments section to compensate.

pregame: Girardi and Kay yammering about A-Rod.

Is it just me or has Jeter not had an XBH in a while.

I’ve got NESN on the tube and YES on the lap top, and my fiance is out. Sweet.

still pregame: “commercial break in progress: these items and many others available at MLB.com shop.”

Its a nonstop sploogefest on NESN today.

I wonder what would happened if Gagne went back on the DL.

Brian Roberts just homered on Beckett’s first pitch to ease the splooging a bit.

What does sploogefest mean?

At this point, is the Yankee’s first three hitters better or the back three?

This White Sox lineup sucks.

It means the guys in the studio and the booth: Eck, Castiglione, Rem Dawg, etc…are all positively orgasmic about the Gagne deal.

Leiter is schooling Girardi on pitch counts.

I’m glad that little fella wasn’t traded for Eric Gagne.

Melky is the man.

Every time Melky makes a great defensive play, I can’t help but think that Torre would still have Bernie out there if he had his druthers.

aghhhhh! where was that? Moose is none too pleased.

Leiter and Girardi, that’s probably the strongest of the YES booth.

Bedard tops out at 89? I thought he threw harder.

Agreed VillainX. I like O’Niell for Humor, though.

Bedard tops out at 89? I thought he threw harder.

He does.  That’s wrong or he’s hurt.

Corey Patterson just made a fucking sick play.

He must throw a cut fastball or two seamer in addition to a four seamer, because all his FB so far have been 88-89.

Damon can still run, even if he lacks the other four tools.

Holy shit, Melky is slugging almost .410? he’s having an awesome year

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Melky had a terrible April, but since April 28, his numbers rival a young Bernie Williams (1994 Bernie):

.317 AVG
.377 OBP
.467 SLG

That was an amusing fist pump by Damon.

By the way, I think Damon is happy go lucky enough to accept less playing time when Giambi comes back.  He realizes he hasn’t been the same and more time to heal probably will make him more productive.  But that’s just my guess cause he smiles a lot.

Infield hit for Damon! Suck it, you eggheads!!! Damon should get an extension!!!

The difference is, Bernie always had a terrible April too, and those would be his numbers for the SEASON.

Ozzie should shut up, but the umpire needs to give him more rope.

That was a fast ejection.  What happened?  Balls and strikes?

Terrible hook there.

Shut the fuck up already.

Ozzie is certainly getting his money’s worth. That was not well handled by Cuzzi there.

[32]Well, yes, that is the caveat.

I first made the comparison in the very beginning in July.  At the time, it gave Bernie twice as many more ABs than the sample size I was working with.

However, Melky has accumulated 50 more ABs and his numbers are still getting better.

We’ll have to wait for the season to end to truly evaluate it, and I’m not saying Cabrera will develop into Bernie Williams in his prime or anything, I just thought it was interesting.

That was good hitting by Jeter.

Atta boy Cap’n!

Melky has been rather impressive both offensively and defensively.  He’s the team’s center fielder until Austin Jackson reaches the majors.

I’m glad I’m home to watch this game.

Can’t let this opportunity slip by here, boys.

I think they will fail to score as Abreu will hit a line drive off of Jeter, and it will be caught by Konerko on the rebound, who will touch first. Then they will walk A-Rod and Matsui will strike out!

Abreu stole Arod’s homerun.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah—we have the good Bobby Abreu tonight….

CRAP! Abreu ruined my plan!

I was just about to make a crack about what a buzzkill to see Abreu hitting in the number three hole. Glad I waited.

Yeah. Contreras is toast.

C’mon, Alex…

Seriously, awesome by Abreu.

I like it when Damon and Abreu are good.

Blast.

GO GO GODZILLA!!!!

Matsui stole Arod’s home run!

Poor Contreras. I always liked him, but he is one cooked goose.

CHOP SUEY!

Matsui kicks serious fucking ass this month.

Jesus, this is batting practice.

Man, A-rod looks like a total loser right now.

Mussina can’t be enjoying this long inning.

I made a version of American Chop Suey for dinner today, except I used flank steak instead of ground beef and ramen noodles instead of elbow macaroni, then, instead of canned tomatoes, I used habanero bbq sauce.

Contreras’ velocity sucks.

A-Rod, Cano and Phillips must feel like real losers.

Did I hear right that in his bullpen debut last night, Joba pitched a 1-2-3 inning, struck out the side, and hit 99 on the gun?

You heard correctly, WJ. Chamberlain has a chance to be an absolute assassin out of the pen this year.

Good god; fuck Eric Gagne.

You did indeed hear correctly, WJ.  According to Suzyn Waldman, Joba is going to rest tonight and pitch again tomorrow to see how him arm feels.  Moreover, Cashman said that Joba is nearing his innings limit this season so relieving makes sense for this season but that he would definitely be a starter next season.

Bobby has 3 HRs against the White Sox. Before this game he had an 1.106 OPS against them. They must not have gotten the memo that the rest of the league did.

Hahaha, Girardi, no one cares about the Cubs!

Mussina was just clocked at 90. That’s a good sign.

MOOSE HIT 90!!

I like the way Phillips plays first. He’s a useful player.

Wow; slick but ill-advised play by Phillips there.

By the way, who pitches the 7th tonight? 

Moreover, this is the best the Yankee defense I can remember for quite some time.

I like the way Rodriguez plays third. He’s a useful player.

MVP! MVP! MVP!

By the way, who pitches the 7th tonight?

Henn? Myers? Bruney? All of the above?

By the way, who pitches the 7th tonight?

I’m guessing Bruney.

By the way, that’s 98 Yankee/MLB career homeruns for Matsui.

3 and 10 sound awfully bitter, especially given the threads on this site in the past couple of days touting the Yankees acquisition of Gagne.

Keep trying to convince yourself, boys.  You’ve already had plenty of practice crying yourselves to sleep at night this season.

Couple of wimpy hits this inning.

I don’t recall any threads touting the Yankees acquisition of Gagne.  If you want to be a pissant Joe, try some other venue.

Brian Roberts is tatooing Beckett.

By the way, Mussina is hardly giving a clinic this evening.  Thus far, he’s been saved by great defense.

3 and 10 sound awfully bitter, especially given the threads on this site in the past couple of days touting the Yankees acquisition of Gagne.

Perhaps you’re reading too much into these comments that’s not there.  And I don’t recall many people too excited about the possibility of Gagne at all.  Especially at the price it was going to cost them.

Go fuck yourself, IE.  The threads haven’t been erased.

“Keep trying to convince yourself, boys.  You’ve already had plenty of practice crying yourselves to sleep at night this season.”

Joe! Where you been? Obviously bored tonight.

Joe, come on, what do you expect that the coverage on NESN is like? it’s exactly what YES was like last year after the deadline.

Ouch. Juan Uribe?

Moose usually pitches good enough to lose.

That’s our Moose.  I hope he’s not still pining for Nieves.

...or angry tonight.

Wow, that sucked.

there’s the bad moose we all know and hate.

You are fucking kidding? Uribe? With two outs? Go fuck yourself Moose.

I didn’t think Uribe hit it that well. That carried much better than I thought it would.

Does Mussina have to pitch in the rotation next year?  I think I’d rather see Kennedy have a shot to replace him.  As for you, Joe, put your tail between your legs and scurry back to your own websites.  What do you expect, coming to a Yankee site and shooting your mouth off?  Should we all just suck up to you because you feel like puffing out your chest?  You want a pat on the head, visit your sister.

Don’t mind Bivens, the old folks home must have given him the wrong meds tonight or something.

Pussina

Bivens is harmless, fellas. Don’t give him the reaction he seeks.