| New York Yankees | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Derek Jeter, SS | Brett Lawrie, 3B |
| Ichiro Suzuki, RF | Colby Rasmus, CF |
| Alex Rodriguez, 3B | Edwin Encarnacion, DH |
| Robinson Cano, 2B | J.P. Arencibia, C |
| Nick Swisher, 1B | Adam Lind, 1B |
| Curtis Granderson, CF | Yunel Escobar, SS |
| Raul Ibanez, LF | Kelly Johnson, 2B |
| Russell Martin, C | Rajai Davis, RF |
| Eric Chavez, DH | Anthony Gose, LF |
| Hiroki Kuroda, SP | Chad Jenkins, SP |
The first pitch is scheduled for 7:07 p.m., on YES. Let’s go Yankees!
N.B. Aaron Cook and the Red Sox are squaring off against Chris Tillman and the Orioles at 7:05, in Baltimore.
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It would be great if Pawtucket could beat the O’s, but the best they are capable of is some bird watching.
Big, and by that I mean BIG, game for Oki-san tonight. He simply must pitch better than his last couple of outings to put the Yanks in a good position to win the game.
The Yanks must play smart baseball because it may well take a 6-0 record to win the AL East. It probably won’t take that, but it could. Certainly 4-2 would be flirting with disaster.
As long as the Rays stay in it, the O’s have a tough last three games.
The Yankees can’t hit pitchers they’ve never seen, and Kuroda stinks on turf. My prediction: Yankees 10, Blue Jays 4.
There seems to be a disconnect between those two sentences.
It’s predictulous!
Now I understand it!
Come on, Swish!
Thanks, Nick!
An out for the Yankees, but kind of a cool play.
Oh, boy! I smell a good big one. Grandy just shot the pitcher’s glove clean off. Spun once, and dropped back in his hands.
Even if he’d dropped it, he probably would have been able to throw Granderson out.
‘specially while Grandy held his hands to the side of his head, saying “ah?”
What I liked was 3 straight 2-out hits! Not seen that much this year.
Yeah. Feels goooood.
Battlin’ Brett has something to contribute.
sweet – he outbattled his own self, thanks to quick thinkin’ Swish.
I love brain farts by the other team.
Yes! Nice play by Swish!
Damn, lots of sharply hit balls off of Oki-san.
Looks like the evil birds are going to feed off of some home Cook(ing) tonight.
Peckers!
More runs! More! More!
Feast on some Frozen Custard!
Showalter is a birdbrain.
If the Yankees don’t score here, it will highlight how frustrating their season has been.
I say they’ll get 3 or more runs.
Dang. Just one run.
Just received the dreaded Database Error message.
Getting only 1 run in the top of this inning could prove fatal. Oki-san not looking good.
Whoa! Martin makes up for it!
Martin & Swisher are pitching better than Oki-san!
Kuroda’s trying to give up runs and the Blue Jay runners won’t let him.
Baserunning? We don’t need no steenking baserunning! Apologies to John Huston.
Phleps, anyone?
Now twice for Database Error. Damn, 50 minutes to play 2 innings.
Now I’m getting it, too.
Cook cooked after 1 inning!
Third time, and it wasn’t no charm. Damn, the anti-Fergie got the Yanks 1,2,3.
Come on, Kuroda. Put it together.
向上させる
Translation: Serve more frozen custard.
4th time. If I disappear it’s because it’s getting too frustrating.
Don’t leave me here!
What happened to smurfy? Did he get sucked into the database vortex?
yeah, I just got back. It was a long journey.
300,000 years in another dimension, but just 10 minutes here.
Well, did he ever return?
No, he never returned and his fate is still unlearned.
He may ride forever ‘neath the streets of Boston. He’s the man who never returned.
First Blue Jay sto hit 40 HRs in a season: Bell or Barfield?
The Yankees have an odd habit of scoring a lot of runs on few hits, or few runs on a lot of hits.
it’s good they are getting this chance to practice the art of rallying.
Typical artists, very flighty.
To the ‘pen!
Lung Disease takes early 1-0 lead.
If Aaron Cook threw his last pitch of the season tonight, then he set the record for fewest K/9 in the DH era (single seasons, minimum 93 innings).
Hopefully he’ll pitch the last game of the season! The Yanks may need it, right now the final two starters for NYY are Ivan Grosny & Oki-san.
Nova has backup if necessary. Girardi wouldn’t rule it out.
Kuroda holding it together with scotch tape.
Now that’s rather stupid of him. He should use duct tape.
they should give him a week off, to stock up on tape.
They should jackhammer the floor of Rogers Stadium and plant grass. The infield for sure, they can keep that much grass alive; but the outfield, too: I’ve noticed two fly balls the outfielder didn’t approach because if he didn’t get it, it would bounce till all the cows come home.
(the fake cows that graze on Astroturf.)
I hate artificial turf, but Toronto’s is the worst. I think it’s actually artificial frozen tundra.
I didn’t realize turf came with its own cows. Cool.
Eat mor artificl chikin
Wow! Artificial cow dung and artificial ‘shrooms?
“So far a good outing,” says Kay. What game is he watching, even before that HR?
He hasn’t been good, but I’ll take the results any day. (Except days when the Yankees get shut out.)
Erasmus put that lame pitch out of its misery.
Homer (gotta love that name for a pitcher) Bailey has a no-hitter through 6.
It would be kind of funny if he pitched to a guy named Kay.
I think I’m missing something here.
Kay = K = strikeout. Pitcher: Homer.
Ahh. The old word association mind game football.
Acknowledgement to Monty Python.
I want Candy!
But you get strikeouts.
candy corn
But don’t worry. Ibanez will come through.
Yup. Comes through with a brilliant impersonation of Granderson.
DAMN!!!! No hitter through 7 and now MLBN is going to break away to show that game in the bottom of the 8th.
Brett Cecil was wearing matching blue glasses and bulbous, fishlike mouthpiece. Effective diversion.
An ERA over 5 and the Yanks only get 2 hits in 2 innings!!!!!
Russell Martin will come through.
I think I have noticed a trend. I must be a master detective!
And if anyone says master defective I’ll go postal.
What a brilliant predilection!
Told ya!
To celebrate I went postal and applied a stamp to an envelope.
Nice.
My, quelle surprise! Martin fulfilled your call, Professor.
A broken commenter is right twice a blog. Or something like that.
Rays-White Sox is a real pennant-race game. The Yanks are battling the Orioles, but they’re both mopping up against teams playing out the string.
true, and the Yankees have been on MLBN 2 -3 this week. I’ve been wondering why. They did an excellent job of swirching to the critical games last year.
You can see the Blue Jays mentally checking out of the game.
Time to recruit a new mountie.
No hits through 8. At least MLBN switched back to the Yanks until Homer pitches the bottom of the 9th.
Sheesh, who cares? There have been so many no hitters lately. Anyone who’s interested can catch the highlights.
No way A-Rod passes Aaron and Bonds.
For homers? Not if he doesn’t get healthy and good, and stay that way.
The FC’s batted .417 vs Oki-san tonight.
Just toying with them.
Nice. 2 pitches, 2 outs.
Well, he’s now called No No Homer.
Not by me.
But of course now MLBN gets to prattle on and on.
Top 5th, bleached foot wear leads Lung Disease 2-1!
That’s not good for the Yankees.
Lung Disease owes the Yanks for last year!
Yeah. They HAVE to beat Baltimo’.
Boy, Kay muffed two plays in a row. Can’t see straight. Erasmus picked it off the ground while he’s yelling about a catch, and now claims Kelly Johnson loafed on that bouncer he coralled and got in to home post haste.
The Rasmus play was obvious–he picked the ball up off the ground.
I love it, Yanks lead 8-2, but each has 10 hits.
Tomorrow: Yanks at 1:00, Rays at 4:00, O’s at 7:00.
Such summitry.
I think Nova may flip the switch to ‘on’ for next Tuesday.
I’d like to see it.
He’s certainly capable of doing just that. But right now if the Yanks/Balt are tied or w/in a game I just wouldn’t feel comfortable.
I think you’d judge by his bullpen, whether he can throw his good slider effectively. He probably overthrew his fb and lost command, due to overreliance in substitution.
No choice right now. It has to be Nova. Only other options would by Oki-san on 3 days rest — disaster. Or F, F, F, Freddy, damn that was hard to get out.
heh, well that was the missing link for him. Without the slider, he had no confidence in the tactical plan. (Besides the poor tries that were hammered.) If he doesn’t get it, Freddie may be better. Like to see him pitch one last good one. He was quite the man, but don’t expect he’ll be back.
Why is Phleps still in there? They may need him on Tues.
Looks like not. I guess Girardi wants to save the pen more than he distrusts Nova.
Ugh! S#@T!
Yanks will get it back.
Here we go Loup de Loup.
Now that’s a loup hit.
I just switched to radio, so I didn’t see it.
a louper
gee, the stolen base was worth the risk, afterall. Bet Ichi was real sure of having it, too, tho you recall an out there a week ago, and another except for poor handling.
Gose goes back to make the catch. Gotta love the names on some of these players.
Who Gose on first?
What gives on second?
I don’t know!
Why do you want to know?
Third base!
Costello: Now I throw the ball to first base, whoever it is drops the ball, so the guy runs to second. Who picks up the ball and throws it to What. What throws it to I Don’t Know. I Don’t Know throws it back to Tomorrow—a triple play.
Abbott: Yeah, it could be.
Costello: Another guy gets up and it’s a long fly ball to Because. Why? I don’t know. He’s on third, and I don’t care!
Abbott: What was that?
Costello: I said, I DON’T CARE!
Abbott: Oh, that’s our shortstop!
I used to have a poster of that bit. I love A&C.
Living in Houston and I REALLY love A/C!
You’re a slippery one.
Gose watches as the ball goes out!
Eppley’s Believe It or Not. Tonight, as the Monkey’s and Neil Diamond would say, “I’m a Believer.”
Amos Lee has a neat old voice and a good band over on 13, the Artist’s Den. Nice banjo and harmonica, too.
Is the banjo on his knee?
Sori? For one out? Am I having an LSD flashback?
He hasn’t pitched in 8 days. He needs work.
Really? Didn’t realize that.
Yeah. So Giradi gave him some work but didn’t use him for a full inning, in case he needs him.
Game Ovah!!!
I actually underestimated the Yankees in my prediction.
Keep it up!
188 pitches by the Frozen Cousins tonight.
Chat y’all tomorrow!
Good night. See you tomorrow.