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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

New York Yankees(11-10) at Chicago White Sox(11-8), 8:11 pm **Live Blog/Game Chatter**

NYY: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 1-3, 5.75) vs. CHW: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 3-1, 3.20)

Lineups…
NY Yankees
Damon LF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Giambi 1B
Ensberg 3B
Cabrera CF

Chicago White Sox
Swisher CF
Cabrera SS
Thome DH
Konerko 1B
Dye RF
Pierzynski C
Quentin LF
Crede 3B
Uribe 2B

If Home Run Javy hasn’t given up any HRs this year, is he still Home Run Javy?  Over/under on swings and misses against Moose tonight is 2.  Place your bets now.

Ozzie Guillen on the White Sox facing Mussina tonight: “He’s still pitching? Good for him.”

Keith will be by to do the liveblog although he may be a little late.  Go Yanks.

*** Keith in ***

The story so far….

Home Run Javy retires the Yanks 1-2-3 in the top of the first. Moose retires the White Sox 1-2-4, with a Jim Thome single in the middle of that.

Top of the 2nd

Gojira reaches on a Cabrera error, but Jorgie Porgie ruins it by GIDPing. Then Cano and Giambi both draw walks, followed by an Ensberg infield hit.

That leaves the bases loaded with two outs to Melky, who quickly goes to 3-1. After swinging through stirke two, he gets an infield hit to score Cano and give the Yanks a 1-0 lead. Bases still loaded: Giambi at third, Ensberg at second, Melky at first.

Sexy Calves strikes out to end it. On the one hand, it sucks that they only got one run. On the other hand, it’s not like they were pounding the shit out of the ball, either…

Bottom of the 2nd

Dye grounds out to Ensberg. Pierzynski grounds out to Jeter. Quentin works the count full and then draws a walk. After Moose throws 847 pitches to Crede, he finally pops out to end it.

Top of the 3rd

El Capitan swings on the first pitch and flies out to Quentin. Abreu sees five pitches before he flies out to center. Gojira draws a walk on a 3-2 pitch.

Jorgie Porgie puddin pie
Hit the ball, make the ChiSox cry

Posada gets a single, sending Matsui to second.

Sterling and Waldman were talking about David Cone’s perfect game against the Montreal Expos. The Expos’ pitcher was Javy Vazquez. The reason why he was starting? The original starter was scratched with an injury. Said original starter?

Carl Pavano.

Waldman laughed so hard she got into a coughing fit. Honestly? So did I….

Can’t-o pops out to Crede to end it.

Bottom of the 3rd

Moose strikes out Uribe on a pitch that was perfectly placed, according to both the radio announcers and GameDay. Swisher flies out to Melky.

Orlando squares to bunt on 3-1 with two outs. IT’S OZZIE-BALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then he slaps a single to left.

Moose goes to 3-0 on Thome, and Sterling says, “You may as well walk him.” Moose then throws strike one and gets Thome to ground out to end the inning. It’s not like we need more evidence that John Sterling is a big honking doofus, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth mentioning when he is one….

Top of the 4th

Giambi pops out to the catcher. Sheesh. That brings up Mighty Morgan Ensberg, who strikes out. Double sheesh. Melky then flies out to Dye. Triple sheesh.

Bottom of the 4th

Konerko grounds out to El Capitan. Dye lines out to El Capitan. Pierzynski hits a fly to short left. El Capitan tries to catch that, but Damon calls him off to ruin the trifecta and catches the fly to end it.

Mooses come walking over the hill
Mooses come walking, they rarely stand still

That’s a 1-2-3 for Moose. He’s thrown 60 pitches through four. I’d say the Moose be loose….

Top of the 5th

Sexy Calves socks a single over Uribe’s head. El Capitan flies out to center.

Sterling and Waldman are being particularly stupid right now, quoting Nolan Ryan saying that he doesn’t care about pitch counts, and in his day, pitchers threw 300 innings all the time. Except that conveniently forgets that most pitchers were also done by their mid-20s. We don’t remember them because they were done by their mid-20s. Sure, we remember Nolan Ryan, but do we remember the other guys he pitched with that weren’t Jerry Koosman and Tom Seaver? Of course not. And anyone who thinks it’s better to just make pitchers pitch lots of innings should look at the careers of Mark Prior and Kerry Wood. Not to mention Bill Pulsipher, Jason Isringhausen, and Paul Wilson, only one of whom had a career, and only then because he was moved to the bullpen.

Fucking morons.

Abreu flies out to Quentin. But Gojira singles to left, Damon to second.

JORGIE PORGIE!!!!! Posada doubles to left center to score both runners and make it 3-0. There’s a reason why I have two Jorge Posada action figures in my home office….

:banana:

Can’t-o strikes out on three pitches. That euphoria crashed and burned rather spectacularly, didn’t it?

The Wit And Wisdom Of John Sterling: “When a bad team gets off to a bad start, that’s not good.” (He was talking about the 7-14 Texas Rangers, currently losing to Detroit, 12-6.)

Bottom of the 5th

Quentin flies out to Abreu. Crede socks a home run to make it 3-1 Yanks. Sigh.

Uribe flies out to Melky. Swisher strikes out swinging on a 3-2 pitch. Moose is up to 78 pitches…..

Top of the 6th

.....as opposed to 97 for Vazquez.

Giambi leads off with a broken-bat single to right. Mighty Morgan Ensberg flies out to Quentin. My Boy Melky sears a double down the first-base line, prompting Sterling to compare him to Wee Willie Keeler. I’m not sure if the analogy is good, but I’m cool with any mention of a 19th-century hitter. Giambi I-think-I-cans his way to third.

GO MR. KARAOKE! Damon clubs a double to left-center to score both runners and make it 5-1. El Capitan follows that with a single to score Damon to make it 6-1.

Wow. Vazquez collapsed in a hurry there, didn’t he?

Vazquez out, Boone Logan in. With a name like Boone Logan, he should be a lumberjack. I’m right now picturing him pitching while wearing a red-checker flannel shirt…

(“He’s a lumberjack and he’s okay / He sleeps all night and he works all day…”)

Abreu strikes out. Gojira pops out to Crede to end it.

Bottom of the 6th

The Other Cabrera strikes out on a changeup. Thome grounds out to Cano. Konerko grounds to Mighty Morgan Ensberg to end it.

Another 1-2-3. Me likey. Moose at only 90 pitches.

Top of the 7th

Logan out, Nick Masset in. Sounds like a supporting character in an Ian Fleming James Bond novel.

JORGIE PORGIE! He lines a leadoff double. Obviously, he feels guilty about that GIDP in the second….

Can’t-o keeps futility alive by grounding out to The Other Cabrera, who holds Posada up at second. Bah. Also: fooey.

Giambi is intentionally walked. Er, okay. That brings up Mighty Morgan Ensberg, who strikes out. So does Mekly. Foo.

Bottom of the 7th

Dye pops out to Moose. Pierzynski flies out to left. Quentin hits a home run to make it 6-2. Meh. I can live with it.

Crede lines a shot to right, but Abreu makes a running catch to end it.

Seven innings from the Moose! Ka-freakin-zow. He’s at 101 pitches.

Top of the 8th

Sexy Calves flies out to Quentin. El Capitan works the count to 3-2, then chops it to Crede for the second out. Abreu strikes out to end it.

Bottom of the 8th

The mooses will leave and you’ll get the thrill
Of seeing the mooses go over the hill

Moose out—and bravo, Mike!!!!—LaTroy Hawkins in.

Alexei Ramirez—another from the Vladimir Guerrerro school of Russian first name with Latino last name—pinch hits for Uribe. He’s apparently a Cuban defector. He grounds the ball up the middle. I’m assuming a hit, but Jeter actually gets to the ball behind second base.

No, I did not make that up. Jeter got to a ball up the middle. In other news, the skies are on fire….

Swisher walks, which is ungood. So is the single The Other Cabrera gets to send Swisher to third.

The Hawk out, Billy Traber in.

LOOGY is made of fail: Thome singles to right to score Swisher to make it 6-3.

Say your prayers little one
Dont forget, my son
To include everyone

Tuck you in, warm within
Keep you free from sin
Till the sandman he comes

Sleep with one eye open
Gripping your pillow tight

Exit light
Enter night
Take my hand
Off to never never land

Traber out, Mo in. I don’t see this as remotely a problem. Chaining Mo to the ninth inning is bad baseball. Waldman’s wailing about the loss of Joba is missing the point.

Konerko flies out to Abreu, allowing The Other Cabrera to score to make it 6-4.  Dye then pops out to short to end it.

Top of the 9th

Masset out, Bobby Jenks in. Also, Ramirez stays in the game at second.

The blackout ended at 11, so I’m watching the game on ESPN now, and Alexei Ramirez should never walk over subway gratings, as he’d slip through….

Gojira works the count full, and fouls off a couple, but then strikes out swinging. Posada comes up and we are told by ESPN’s dumbshit announcer that he has “a good night brewing.” No, I think 3-4 with two RBI is already brewed. And then he hits another double. Woo hoo!

Can’t-o hits a cheap grounder to first, though it does allow Jorgie Porgie to advance to third. Since he’s not a guarantee to score from second on a single, this is a good thing. Giambi is now walked intentionally again to bring up Ensberg. Giambi then steals second.

Hang on, let me write that again, because that’s just too funny: Jason Giambi just stole second base.

Jeter gets a ball up the middle, Joe Morgan admits to OBP, and Giambi steals second. The rain of frogs is next…

Morgan grounds out to third to end it. Bah.

Bottom of the 9th

Pierzynski grounds out to Ensberg. Quentin grounds out to Mo. Crede pops out to Posada in foul territory to end it.

Good Moose, two games over .500, and Mo being Mo. Oh, and look—offense!

Now let’s see if Young Master Philip can bring home the sweep tomorrow…..

Goodnight, everybody!

*** Keith out ***