Spend Your Summer Thinking About the Apple - Game 60, Jays at Yankees
by hugo on Jun 3, 2008 6:15 PM EDT
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PrintToronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees, Jun 3, 2008 7:05 PM EDT
Little known but much loved The Mayflies USA kick us in today, and the Jays are in my hometown for a 3-game series, hoping to put a LA series that ended on a sour note behind them and win a couple against the Yankees, who seem to perpetually underachieve in the early part of the season. <p>
A.J. Burnett was the hard luck loser, Rod Barajas hit another homerun, and it's probably not worth mentioning anything else about the game except to say that no closer is infallible. <p>
The big news today is that Joba Chamberlain makes his first ever MLB start against our heroes. With the amount of hype surrounding Joba and the Yankees, we'll see if Doc will be able to get a word in edgewise. He usually lets his pitching speak for him. I find Joba immensely annoying, not as a curmudgeony guy who doesn't like when people show emotion - certainly there's nothing wrong with some celebrating after you close out a close game, but striking out Aubrey Huff with a runner on 2nd and 1 out in the 8th inning of a 4-1 game hardly merits extravagant celebration. I'm confident I would feel the same if Scott Downs acted that way, and Downs has been every bit as good as Chamberlain so far this season. Joba, come back when you have a phantom tatoo of a snake on your face.
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YES shows the anthems?
Also, imagine how bad it sucks to attend two straight walk off losses.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
yeah was thinking about that
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Also, they gave out free sunscreen
and I still got burned.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
that's one good thing about being paisan
I almost never burn
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Hill out again?
This is getting scary.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
it is
I haven’t heard anything. Rank specultion though: they might not have wanted him to fly cross country. Ryan Church had a really nasty experience with a cross-country flight earlier this month after a concussion, and it really set him back.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Joba's first career pitch as a starter: ball one outside
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
oh Lord
I was listening to the Yankees radio guys for a split second there
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Meanwhile, the video and audio seem to be out of sync on mlb.tv
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I only have radio
am at work and not getting out of here anytime soon
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Stew walks
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
there's Hill
planning on playing tomorrow, Jerry and Alan say
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Scoot chases on the full count
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Joba balks
so no double play
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stew up to third on the passed ball/wild pitch
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios drives in Stew with the grounder
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rolen singles to right
keeping the inning going
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stairs draws the walk
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Overbay walks
loaded for the Cap’m
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
nuts
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Cap'm strikes out, stranding them loaded
0 for 2 with RISP
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
but an RBI at least
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Damon with the leadoff triple
Not what we want to see after how hard we had to fight for our run.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Jeter grounds to third
Damon stays put.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Strikes out Abreu
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Plunks A-Rod with 2 strikes
not a recipe for success.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Matsui with the first pitch RBI single
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Giambi singles around the shift
Ugh… I’m glad we get to face their bullpen for 7 innings.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
their bullpen
sans-Joba even
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
At least Cano was an easy out
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
"Can we think of a starting pitcher who had this much hype?"
Gee, maybe Hughes and Kennedy?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Another fly ball to left
dies on Yankee Stadium’s warning track
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
x strikes out
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stew flies out to right on the 3-1
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Gets Molina waving
but it took a few pitches too many.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Quick grounder from Cabrera
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Ground rule double for Damon
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Gets Jeter to fly out to right
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Scutaro almost takes Joba deep to right
but Abreu makes a jumping catch
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios draws the walk
I want to see him stealing
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I missed it
he made it to third on an error? Nice.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
man
who says stealing bases doesn’t lead to runs?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Rolen with the RBI grounder
to knot it at two
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stairs draws another walk
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
some credit
to Denbo, I guess, for preparing them well
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Still didn't help them hit with RISP
at least we got the grounders with the guys on third.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
YES guys dis Giambi's moustache
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Above the lip was always okay.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
US military rules, right?
stache is okay, but sideburns restrictions (famously), and no beard or long hair
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
I guess
I know nothing of the military’s rules.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
"Are you better than me?"
“Well I don’t know you, but… yes.”
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Doc strands two on the Cano popup
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Doc at an un-Doc like 58 pitches through 3
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Our second hit
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
sure
but with 3 of our key hitters out of the lineup or not producing in Rios, Hill, and Wells, we’re not doing too badly, considering.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Wilk gives Pevey another chance to hold a runner at third
of course it hurts less with 0 outs.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
x gets the shallow sac fly to regain the lead
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
that was the worse job of tagging up that results in a run that I have ever seen...
the man’s slow to begin with then he slows down part of the way there
asking Pevey whether to go or not?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Nice hit and run
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I'd settle for Overbay or Barajas
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Scoot's fly ball too shallow
even a bad throw would have got him. C’mon Rios!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
same old Jays
always leave you wanting more
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Tight strike zone for both sides tonight?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rolen <3
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Doc gets the 1-2-3 on 15 pitches
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Jays down 1-2-3
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Jeter with the leadoff single
Doc’s first of the night to a righty
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Strikes out Abreu
and gets a quick lineout from A-Rod… now a couple of lefties in a row with 2 out
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Overbay bobbles the full count grounder
but they get the out
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Leiter thinks Wilk has been a pleasant surprise
and he goes on to hit a ground rule double to left center. That’s two he’s hit to that part of the park tonight.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Wilkerson had a huge jump
and gets thrown out… why was he stealing third?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
And x singles to right
let’s all invoke the fallacy of the predetermined outcome.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Another HBP on a 2 strike count
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Cano flies to Stew
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
1-6-3 double play
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Scoot singles on the 3-2 count
Guess which field.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Looks like Marcum wants to unravel a ball
and is using scissors to start.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Benitez and Tallet warming up
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios keeps his hit streak against the Yanks going
I thought he broke it earlier this season, but they say it’s alive.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rolen strikes out
not getting the runner home from third.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stairs walks to load them
C’mon, Lyle!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Lyle walks to drive in a run
Ah, insurance.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Barajas doubles to the left field corner
2 runs score. Nice job, Cap’m.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
They're walking Wilkerson to face x
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
x doubles to right
another 2 score.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Infield in for Stew
because you have to keep that deficit at 6.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
And Stew walks to load them again
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Scoot with the sac fly
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios grounds out
with that ‘not again’ slump of his shoulders.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
5 of our 9 walks have scored
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Tallet walks Cabrera leading off
Not how you’re supposed to pitch in a 7 run game.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Tallet walks Damon too
Really not what he’s supposed to be doing.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Scoot bobbles a grounder to second
so they only get the force at second instead of a double play.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Took a high bounce
hit him in the wrists.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Abreu with the RBI groundout
Force made at second
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
A-rod nubs one in front of the plate
Barajas doesn’t peg him in the back from the third base side.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Leiter thinks New Brunswick is part of the Mariners part of Canada
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Here comes Cy
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Duncan doubles and is stranded
Cy picks up a K.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Frasor in to not give up 6 runs
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Damon now a homer short of the cycle
and if he gets there we deserve to lose.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
And Jeter ties Mantle on the all time hit list
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
JotD: Doc and Rios?
Rios was at .176 despite going 1 for 5 with a walk because of his RBI groundout and stolen base + third on the error.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
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