I’ve got a bad feeling. 6-0 Rangers.

Enough negativity! We play today, we win.

is Damon not well enough to play left yet? Because i sure hope thats the only thing saving Melky from the bench.

And Betemit at short… yikes.

Girardi is relying on Joba to strike out everyone.

Well there are far worse game-plans.

*Comic book movie discussion alert*

I’ve seen at least 25 commercials for The Dark Knight in my last 6 hours of tv watching and I...really don’t see how it won’t easily take the title of best comic book movie ever.

Brett Gardner batting 2nd and Melky 9th. It’s like having 3 leadoff hitters!

Think how happy we would be if Joba and Hughes were kicking ass.

Frikkin comma guy.
Anyway Joba gets the clobba, Millwood no hits us.

Anyone else having problems with MLB.tv?  I mean, problems over and above the normal ones.

aside from not being able to watch it at work, no.

I don’t have nor have i ever seen this MLB.tv but it sounds like it sucks ass. no?

I like it, when it works.  Which is most of the time.  It’s just that it’s so nice that when they do something wrong it really pisses me off.

Joba needs to quit pussyfooting* around and throw some damn strikes. These 20+ pitch innings are killing me.

*pussyfooting is one of the more awesome words in the English language.

I like it, when it works.  Which is most of the time.  It’s just that it’s so nice that when they do something wrong it really pisses me off.

I wholeheartedly agree.

According to Gmaeday it seemed like Joba was having trouble with his fastball.

I see, i retract my mlb.tv put down. 5 bucks says gardners gonna bunt.

Foot looks good.

Well atleast it was a good bunt.

Fuck you Bobby. You deserve what your wife did to you.

Bad Bobby!

I’m already pissed off. How many pitches did he throw that inning like 8? good god.

leadoff double and nothing.  must contain frustration

Jesus fucking christ on the cross. Sac bunt in the FIRST FUCKING INNING

Thurm to Moose. WOE hates all pitchers. Not just you.

WOE.

Joba: more balls than strikes

What the hell broseph throw STRIKES!

THROW STRIKES

This is a disgrace.

Why is Joba reprising his first start?

So who’s the long reliever right now? Giese?  Is he rested yet?

WHAT THE FUCK!!  i cant take this shit. This teams sucking ASS! AND NOW A DOUBLE. FUCK ME!

pussyfooting can’t hold a candle to lollygagging.  Or my personal favorite, gallivanting.

wow a single nvm but THIS STILL SUCKS.

Joba sucks. The Yankees suck. Baseball is for losers.

Lollygagging sounds like it should be some sort of violent crime involving a rag and a lollipop. Gallivanting is pretty awesome.

i cant believe this. im about to go head butt the sidewalk. GET AHEAD IN ONE FUCKING COUNT FOR CHRIST SAKES.

Yes.  Yes it is.

For those watching on TV, is the strike zone as awful as it seems to be on Gameday?

Hmm beer and the olympic trials looking more and more likely

It’d be nice if Joba would throw his best pitch for strikes.

Lollygagging sounds like it should be some sort of violent crime involving a rag and a lollipop.

Sounds like the kind of thing I’d like to execute on this effin’ excuse for a Yankee team.

wow it looked like Arod missed that tag.

Chamberlain definitely doesn’t have the good stuff tonight.  As many 92s and 93s as 96s and 97s on the fastball, and not much ability to locate it, either.

Comma Guy taunting us. Trade Jeter for Eckstien. Mo for Wagner. A-Rod for Cabrera. Lets shake this malaise.

Now, imagine the joy of following this game, all the while on hold with MLB.tv support.  What a night.  Can I just say that I hate when you’re on hold and the recorded voice breaks in to the muzak to tell you that whoever it is appreciates your buisiness or whatever?  Always makes it seem like you’re getting to a real person for a split second, only to be summarily let down.

Melky made an improbable intelligent baseball play...and the Yankees still suck.  Never thought I’d see the day.

Phantom tag.

Jesus must be on the field because that scoop by Giambi was a miracle.

I think comma “guy” = me tonight. I don’t see my name down there, anyways.

I do, you’re not it

Haha Waldman saying Salty might not have been touched but should be “out on principle”. Does she think of a few things she could say then literally pick the though that is the dumbest one?

Whats the over/under on us getting more than 2 runs tonight?

I have Comma Guy right before you, YM.

I’ll take the over, but only b/c they bring in their worst relievers late in a blow out

Can I just say that I hate when you’re on hold and the recorded voice breaks in to the muzak to tell you that whoever it is appreciates your buisiness or whatever?

I sat on hold for about an hour one time trying to get tech support for my motherboard. That voice is just evil. Plus it was interrupting the strangest hold music I’ve ever experienced. It was some sort of rock/techno fusion. Very strange. Eventually I got hungry and hung up.

I have two comma guys now.  They’re trying to gang up on us.

No, I see 2 comma guys. One of whom is YM.

I have Comma Guy right before you, YM.

Huh.  That’s even stranger, then.  Well, let’s hope Comma Guy = Jesus, and he’s on our side tonight.  Though judging by Joba’s start, maybe not.

Jesus the Jeters catch game ending in Flaherity double was 4 years ago? Good god.

I’m schocked that MLB.tv is working brilliantly for me right now - I’ve even recently figured out how to get the 1.2 feed to work on Vista, so the picture is brilliant too.

The only thing that’s not brilliant right now is this game.

the 1.2 feed is awesome when it works, but half the time it cuts out on me. leading to long strings of cursing.

Does MLB.tv work on Mac?

yes, I think.

THE Shiftbeater.

I like the music Posada walks up to the plate too. Its very appropriate for somebody who (wait hold on) WHAT THE FUCK POSADA!

WTF, Posada BUNTING??

2007: Bunty Abreu
2008: Jorge Pobunta ...?

Posada bunting?  WTF?

I’ve found the 1.2 feed is even farther behind the action than the 800k one.  It sucks when I’m feverishly checking this, gameday, and the video feed for the feed to be the farthest behind.

Thats bullshit luck. Fuck this game.

I’m thinking about taking OTF’s advice and starting a discussion about makeup and handbags.  Possibly Sex and the City*.  Who’s with me?

*I never actually watched SATC and would someone please shoot me if I ever do?

So remind me again, an ERA+ of 83 means it should be easier than average to score runs against the Texas pitchers, right?  I’m not getting that wrong, am I?

eh. this sucks. I’m going running.

Good for you Clay. I think ill continue to do nothing productive and watch this sorry ass team.

Wow this is awful.

Betemit the Bitch. Capital B.

Urge to kill rising

I fucking despise Betemit.

i’m going to go watch this shitty game at a bar because i need to yell at a tv in front of people.

Bad hitting loses to bad pitching.

I hope the Rays sweep the Red Sox.

Despise Betemit worse than Posada? At least he swung.  Posada BUNTED, then stood there and watched a pitch right down the middle!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

Is this what its like to be a Mets fan?

Posada is an all time Yankee great and Betemit is a journeyman loser, so ye s

Absurd.  Fuck this, I have a project I need to be working on for tomorrow.  See you all in a bit.  Hopefully the Bad News Bears will have been replaced by the actual Yankees by then.

fuck.this.shit.

This is one of the worst pitching performances I have ever seen. HE IS NOWHERE CLOSE WITH ANYTHING!

Guess its time for a weeknight Scotch.
RE-72 Dont do it Lass. I was joking.
I’ll check in around 2200. Maybe miracles will happen.

This sucks. I’m going to go lift.

Even when he strikes someone out he cant do it without throwing seven pitches.

That one was only five...improvement?

He only did that to make a liar out of WJ.

I love how we’re so fired up in the 3rd inning in a 2-0 game.  I guess WOE will do that to ya.

Well, when your starter is over 70 pitches after 2.2 innings, that’s a real bad sign.

Yeah, but we’ve got three leadoff hitters coming up this inning.

You know what’s almost as awesome as 4 BB’s in 3 innings?  Waiting on hold, talking to a rep, having them fix the problem, hanging up, and THEN finding out they didn’t really fix the problem.  Just stellar.

His at-bats are so fucking pointless.

How is Melky still getting regular ABs on the pro level right now?

Sweet.  Three ground-outs that almost get beaten out.  Whatever.

Well Damon showed up tonight.

How is Melky still getting regular ABs on the pro level right now?

Matsui’s injury?

Right, who else should be DH’ing instead of Damon right now?

Well Damon showed up tonight.

Yeah, too bad no one else did.

How can you watch that gardner? An emergency hack please?

Does Ian Kinsler need a buddy out there at second?  Is that why the Yankees don’t want to get Damon home?

0-18 with risp how is that even possible? we suck so much.

The US Olympic swimming trials are on. Might be more entertaining than this.

How can you watch that gardner? An emergency hack please?

He’s been watching his teammates’ ABs very closely, doesn’t want to do anything different than the future HoFs.  Smart kid.

this is pointless.

Fuck you _______. Fill in the blank.

Abreu.

This team is frighteningly pathetic with runners in scoring position.

The Yanks are primed to be swept by the Red Sox.  Boston pitchers must be licking their chops.  I’m not even a baseball player and I’m sure I could strike out Abreu and induce Melky to pop the ball up in the infield.

I don’t even want to say it because it’s so depressing, but:

1) Sidney Ponson is starting tomorrow
2) The Rays and Red Sox are playing each other, so this would have been a nice time to make up some ground.
3) The next 2 series are against the Rays and Red Sox, so again, this would have been a nice time to get hot and make up some ground.

ahhhhhhhhh

114: Perfect.  Can you do one with the rally banana shooting itself?

114: Haahahahaha

By the way, at least Ohlendorf seems to be able to get AAA hitters out.  He gave up a run in four innings today for Scranton with 4 strikeouts.

Trivia question guess: Charlie Hough.

Alternate guess: Kenny Rogers.

OMG WE’RE LOSING 2-0.

Sterling and Waldman are talking about Joba as if he’s pitching the worst game in the history of pitching.  With a major league offense, the Yanks would actually have a chance of winning this game.

Basic logic says this team is due for a short-term statistical correction in the form of a ten run inning, or something similar. I hope.

If Joba can go the next inning without giving up a run, I’ll be very happy. He got lucky, but he made do(?) without his best stuff.  Some runs would be fucking sweet though.

Sweet I got the trivia question right

After the way this started you can’t complain to much if he’s able to go 5 ip, 2 er...especially if he has 7 or 8 ks to show for it.

I’m impressed of how Joba has worked out of jams. Even with not his best stuff he’s keeping us in the game.

I just feel this terrible hitting CAN’T continue. They will score, in spite of themselves.

Well, after the second inning I really didn’t think the Joba had a chance in hell to get through five tonight.  So I guess that’s something.

Milwood is good. Cashman should try to trade for him.

And Texas does have a great lineup.  This is not the same as dominating the Padres.

The only thing I don’t like of Joba as a starter is his GO-FO ratio. He doesn’t get DP grounders.

Neither did Schilling in his prime.

Really nice AB right here for Stache.

Giambi might get a hit here, but only because no one is on 2b.

Only 59 pitches for Milwood.

I still like Giambi.

Fuck. No way we score here

Is it bad that I just hope Cano doesn’t hit into a DP?

Gah, I’m happy about the hit and all, but Jorge Posada’s singles off the wall have been annoying me since about 1999.

That ball just couldnt have carried 2 ft further…

Milwood is good. Cashman should try to trade for him.

Do you think they might take Joba and AJax for him?

Basic logic says this team is due for a short-term statistical correction in the form of a ten run inning, or something similar. I hope.

Neither basic logic or statistical theory would support such a contention.  At best, the chances of a ten run inning are unchanged by what appears to be a statistically anomalous low run scoring over the last three days.

I’m still rooting for a big inning.

That was a mistake by Milwood but Cano sucks. He can’t drive a bad fastball up the middle and belt high

Wow EB tell it like it is bro. All hope is lost.

"At best, the chances of a ten run inning are unchanged by what appears to be a statistically anomalous low run scoring over the last three days.”

And in fact it makes the expectation lower that that will happen.

Yankee Stadium

Bronx, NY

July 1, 2008

Dear Yankees hitters:

Please score runs.

Thank you,

//s//

Yankees pitchers

1-19 with RISP

A RUN!

A hit with RISP!!!  Holy crap!

He gave up a run in four innings today”

Four innings?  Is he getting stretched out?  hmm, Ponson or Ohlendorf..

Cano!

A run!!

Is it bad that I just hope Betemit doesn’t hit into a DP?

Sterling is saying, “If only the right field wall were a foot lower...” as if that wasn’t the shortest RF in baseball.

Do you think is a good idea to bat Cano in the second hole? He’ll see better pitches and also he’ll have runners on first to take advantage of the right side hole in the infield

And in fact it makes the expectation lower that that will happen.

######### Baysean.

But the RF wall used to be very short. Sterling with a senior moment.

Wish granted, Nate.  Now Melky will pop out to 3rd.

Do you think is a good idea to bat Cano in the second hole?

His OBP is two-frickin’-eighty.  He should bat ninth, unless Moeller is in the lineup.

Betemit it was a good pitch, how bout you shut your mouth and swing the wood. aw fuck Melkys up.

Oh my fucking god, I absolutely LOATHE Betemit.

"######### Baysean.”

I’m a frequentist at heart - old dog etc.

143. How dare you thwart my idealistic analysis with facts and logic?

Four innings?  Is he getting stretched out?  hmm, Ponson or Ohlendorf..

Yankees have said they’ll use Ohlie as a starter in the minors so that he can continue to refine his secondary pitches.

Melky, thanks for killing the inning.

Betemit contributes quite a bit to the black hole that is this Yankees lineup.

Take Melky out back and put him down, please.

MC- He has a .365 career OBP, He’s just having an awful season. But he can get better, in fact he should get better (if not much better). And he can take advantage of hitting in the second hole.

Taking Joba out?  I thought he could go another one.  I mean, he wasn’t great, but he was getting better as the game went on, right?

Melky, thanks for killing the inning.

At least we cleared the (multiple) pitchers’ spots.

So much for Chamberlain going five.

No more Joba? lame

Giese????

Joba had another inning on him. I don’t get Girardi, he left him to pitch 118 pitches last time in the 8th up by 7 runs and now he doesn’t give him a chance to pitch the 5th.

I was going to say it’s bad Joba won’t get a chance to get the W, then I remembered it’s not like the Yankees can score more runs anyway.  Might as well send the kid to the showers.

He’s just having an awful season

You say that as if it doesn’t really count or something.  He’s been showing some signs of life recently, but he’s still pretty near an automatic out.  Moving him around in the lineup is pretty unlikely to change anything.  And he’s really not the right type for the two hole, even when he’s going well.

And BTW, he has a .336 career OBP.  The .365 was his career high, on a BA of .342.

Two thoughts:

Anthony McCarron is a moron.

Dan Giese is the new scary fly-ball guy.

Giradi said, before the game, that Joba might throw 105 pitches. The Yankees worrywarts counting pitches, again. And didn’t Joba have an extra days rest? Baby them pitchers, how has that worked out so far?

Nolan Ryan in the stands, silently laughing/crying over pitch counts.

Just get somebody on for A-Rod.

Joba had another inning on him. I don’t get Girardi, he left him to pitch 118 pitches last time in the 8th up by 7 runs and now he doesn’t give him a chance to pitch the 5th.

Dude, he threw 91 pitches in 4 innings, most of them very high stress.  In all seriousness, while I wouldn’t have begrudged Girardi for sending him out for the 5th, the fact that he’s out doesn’t surprise me at all.

It was 114 pitches, and they were up by 8 in the 7th.  Not having a good night with numeric facts, are you?

Nice waste of a 3-1 count.

I predict a Steven Goldman “Damon doesn’t hit enough to play DH” article in the near future.

Ugh ive been almost totally denied the pleasure of watching garner running the bases.

Anthony McCarron suggested Joba was injured because Girardi said there were “no limits” on his pitch count.  How does this man get paid to write about baseball?

Another 2-1 game? This is infuriating

It’s called a curveball people..

Listening to Kays “witty” sayings is pissing me off close to as much as this offense.

Top of the order, indeed.

I’m all for playing Gardner but he should be batting 8th or 9th until he proves he can get on base consistently.

Or at all.

I predict a Steven Goldman “Damon doesn’t hit enough to play DH” article in the near future.

Johnny Damon is 22nd in the AL in unadjusted OPS right now.  I’d say he’s hitting well enough to play 1B or DH.

Ugh ive been almost totally denied the pleasure of watching garner running the bases.

You can’t steal first base.

Longoria just made one of the plays of the year.

The 2008 Yankees: Hey, at least we’re not the Mets.

he should be batting 8th or 9th until he proves he can get on base consistently

The problem is that there are three or four other guys you could say the same thing about.

I"M excited to see Robertson.

Robertson’s faster looking much better tonight.

*Fastball. Although if people started calling the fastball a “faster” I wouldn’t have a problem with it.

Robertson looks useful.

Well, that was worth calling MLB.tv support three times tonight.  Thank you Dave.

I for one welcome our new Robertson overlord.

Robertson looks useful.

But I thought 2 innings in a guy’s ML debut was enough to decide whether he was a bust or not!

It’s far too early to say, but if Robertson can pitch to a 3.00 ERA or so with lots of strikeouts, that’s a HUGE upgrade over Ohlendorf.

At some point in this game, Jeter needs to pinch hit for Melky.

I was pissed at how Ohlendorf pitched, but at least he had a positive mindset about getting sent down. He has a good head on his shoulders and throws 95 MPH. Hopefully he can figure it out. Meanwhile, a wild swing by A-Rod, and this team is obviously pressing.

Arod should be allowed 4 strikes per at-bat untill he passes Bonds.

Into the breach!

I don’t know what’s nastier, Rupe’s stuff or his beard.

Okay, wild-lizard thing with banana on top?  I’m just confused.  Who comes up with these things?

wow a rally banana butt fucking a glombi. or something like that.

206: That’s just wrong.

Jeter to pinch hit??

Who comes up with these things?

Do you really want to know?

If I were Texas, I’d walk Betemit to face the pitcher, er, Melky.

TIE GAME!!!

wow!! 2 hits with RISP

Beta-meat!

Yes!

Something I thought I’d never write:

Nice baserunning by Posada.

Posada with the wheels.

Wilson Betemit: “How you like me now bitch?”

Yay AAAA player!

"Posada is not the fastest of yankees.” Really?  Could have fooled me.

Wow this means the animal porn presented to us by Don is the key to instant offense.

July 1st: the day Cano finally passed Melky in BA.

Animal fruit porn that is. Burn in hell melky.