STRIKE HIM DOWN!
Not literally of course, but the Yanks have some big time payback owed to one Felix Hernandez. As I’m sure you recall, on July 25th at Safeco Field the King of Seattle had a stretch where he hit 3 of the 5 Yankee batters he faced. The final HBP broke Alex Rodriguez’s hand and sent him to the DL for 6 weeks.
It was an uncharacteristic bout of wildness for Mr Hernandez, something he seems to have struggled with more so this season than in years past. He’s averaged just 6.6 HBP over the past six full seasons, yet has 10 already this year. It may be as simple as a conscious effort to pitch inside more, especially given the fact that his FB had been down a bit earlier this year. But that’s his problem, the Yanks owe him a good whooping this afternoon and hopefully they’ll give it to him.
Here’s your lineup, courtesy of Yankee PR:
1. Curtis Granderson CF
2. Derek Jeter SS
3. Robinson Cano 2B
4. Mark Teixeira 1B
5. Raul Ibanez DH
6. Nick Swisher RF
7. Eric Chavez 3B
8. Ichiro Suzuki LF
9. Russell Martin C
Hiroki Kuroda RHP
Kill the king! Take his crown! Strike him down!
GO YANKS!!!!!
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Oki has pitched extremely well with the extra day’s rest so he may well the Yankee pitcher best suited to go against Hernandez.
Good to know, Phil, extra rest. Good thing for this soggy day.
We gotta whoop, whoop, whooping to give the King.
Demote him to Prince! Or maybe even Duke.
This lineup seems goofy, but those were some of the most solid rallies we’ve had.
Oki the landscaper. He just mowed them down that inning.
USA Men’s Volleyball leads Russia 2 sets to 0.
Go USA! Tell me when the girls’ beach volleyball happens.
Mariners showing us good smallball execution. No huge thumpers, but I like a lot of these young players, Thames, Saunders, Seagard, Ackley, Jaso, ahem, Montero.
They hit much better on the road. I wonder what they were thinking when they designed that stadium in Seattle.
My opinion is that a large field provides more space for singles, doubles and triples. Good basaball, in other words. But chicks dig the longball.
Hey, watch it. I too dig the long ball.
Nothing like a homer, especially a grand slammer jammer, but I love good plays, hard running and dramatic slides and tags. That’s real basaball.
Man! Jaso smoked the liner that Tex stabbed, snagged out of the air, sizzling. Double play! Mojo.
Was Montero running because he thought that was a hit or to get the hell out of the way?
good question. He was vacating the vicinity, so I guess the latter.
Russia won the 3rd set.
Why don’t umpires sing “strike”? I always hear “all” and this guy sounded like “honk.”
he rung up Thames with “awrk, rark,” dancing as he pulled the plug.
Sort of like the military….Ten hut.
yeah, like the sarge yelling cadence: “hark, bark, harark, ha…”
Oh, for a second I thought that was some Herald Angels a singing.
Raul is swinging vigorously. He hit a foul homer last time, before they rung him up on a check. My best hope for a breakthru.
USA is chocking big time. Blew a match point in the 3rd game, now down 21-14.
Russia won 4th set.
is that two over, the margin for victory?
Russia won 5th set. USA not eliminated, but they were humiliated.
Hiroki is effective, keeping the ball away, diving out of the zone, but the Mariners are swinging cute. Two on, one out from dink swings.
Beautiful job! Got a pop and a weak bouncer. 90 pitches thru 6. He’ll probably pitch one more, unless they are set to go more. Bullpen’s rested, but there’s always a risk to bringing in a new hand.
9 times out of 10 Oki would get a win with this performance. Hernandez has just been virtually unhitable today.
ah, so true.
Water polo now on. Regular polo is on horses, so why is water polo not played on dolphins?
they tend to bite the balls
Good pitching = fast game.
AAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
oh, THERE you are.
I was driving through the first 7 innings, and had to suffer through not only the shutout but also John Sterling.
pitchers’ duel is certainly not conducive to radio.
How sweet it would be to spring out and surprise Felix in the 9th.
alright! Time for all good men to come to the aid of the Yankees. Ouch, Eric hit a medium fly. Come on, Ichi! Get it going!
Phooow! El Rey has thrown 89 good pitches in 8 solid, shutout looms.
Can’t get too upset losing to Hernandez, but they really need to win tomorrow and start hitting ball going to Detroit & Toronto.
They should be able to score 1 run against Hernandez.
This lineup, with Ibanez, Chavez, Ichiro, and Martin, is not very deep.
man, it is pathetic when the batter complains on a strike right over the plate. Carp this time (apppropriate), Swish earlier.
I don’t own any hats, so I have to wear a rally tissue.
that should be powerful.
There should be rally fedoras.
Curtis really worked that. Hit a strong drive…to Saunders’ glove.
After a game like that all you can do is tip your cap, or tissue in my case, to Hernandez.
he’s gonna say, “keep that away!”
It’s an unused tissue!
well, that’s why it didn’t work!
Fine pitching, Felix. Your whupping waits for another day.
Chat y’all tomorrow. King Freddie pitching.
If you think Soriano’s shirttail jerk is weird, Felix sniffs his wrists as ceremonial to victory.