Joe Saunders (Game 2: 7-6-2-1-5, 105) / Andy Pettitte (Game 3: 6.1-7-3-1-2, 95)
George A. King III, Post:
Officials made the call to postpone Game 6 although they were leery of making the move because the Angels potentially could benefit.Maybe this ties in with the MLB.com goof in the previous post.
[I]f Pettitte does the kind of job he has done for a very long time in New York, going all the way back to October of 1996, then the Yankees don't have to worry about another one-game season against the Angels.Then again, here's another Game 6 pitched by Big Game Andy, during another series in which the MFY led 3-2.
Mark Feinsand, Daily News:
They need to win one of the next two games on their home turf, a place where they lost two straight games only twice since A-Rod returned on May 8.
Keep telling yourself that.
Figgins, 3B
ReplyDeleteAbreu, RF
Hunter, CF
Guerrero, DH
Morales, 1B
Kendrick, 2B
Rivera, LF
Mathis, C
Aybar, SS
Jeter, SS
Damon, LF
Teixeira, 1B
Rodriguez, 3B
Posada, C
Matsui, DH
Cano, 2B
Swisher, RF
Cabrera, CF
Got 10 bucks on LA. Do it, boys.
ReplyDelete"Got 10 bucks on LA"
ReplyDeleteI got a lot more than that on 'em. If ya know what I mean.
I thought I had an extra scorecard or two at work, but apparently not. Rats.
ReplyDeleteWe all do, Jere.
ReplyDeleteI don't, really. I want them to lose. I'll be thrilled if they lose. And lose horribly. But if they don't ... I won't be happy, but meh. In many ways, they are just another team now. The 1 out of 30 that won the prize. Okay. On to 2010.
ReplyDeleteIt's a conundrum because I hate the Angels too due to our recent escalating rivalry with them.
ReplyDeletePhilly is the best option here.
Joe Buck looks like he has fake eyebrows.
ReplyDeleteAnd there's the awful FOX postseason music, "do-dooooo-do-dooooo"
Pedro. I'm a NL man for the next 10 days or so. "The Joy of Phillies"!
ReplyDeletePlus we have an old friend from Brooklyn who now lives in London. Big Phillies fan. We watched Joe Carter go deep at their apartment back in 1993. Bit of a bummer, that was. :>/
And Tim McCarver looks like one of those old ignorant jackasses who is completely out of sync with reality but too stupid/used to the way things are to realize it.
ReplyDeleteOh wait.
tip those pitches, horseface.
ReplyDeleteA game thread? I am up for that.
ReplyDeleteI always want the Yankees to lose, but can live with them going on the WS IF they lose there.
That little box with the catcher's signals is fucking dumb. Clutter up the screen with more shit, Fox. Good idea.
ReplyDeletei'm ready for a shock, torii
ReplyDeleteLet me get this straight fox...the key to new york winning this game - GAME 6 - TONIGHT - is to have CC Sabathia ready to pitch game 1 of the world series.
ReplyDeleteOK then.
I also think there's something not right about this directv commercial with david spade and chris farley, who is dead, in a scene from Tommy Boy, in which david spade redoes his lines to be about getting directv and they use the footage from the movie of dead farley.
ReplyDeletethey had fred astaire dancing with a vacuum cleaner, so pretty much everything is fair game ...
ReplyDeletehey look!!! it's jeter on tv!!!!
ReplyDeletethanx dumbo.
ReplyDeleteFine baserunning there, you fuckin' putz.
ReplyDeleteBall hockey time - be back for the later innings.
ReplyDeleteI forgot about the game thread. Hey, everyone!
ReplyDeleteSteve Philips has just been fired from ESPN for his affair with a 22 year old production assistant.
Why don't they tell the little children of America that Swisher just did what any other right fielder would have done?
ReplyDeleteAll the kids are asleep, remember? MLB hates kids.
ReplyDeletetime for jetes to end the inning.
ReplyDeleteleft 'em loaded.
ReplyDeleteSquanderific!
ReplyDelete"Gonna get my PhD
ReplyDeleteI'm a pinstriped lobotomy"
5 LOBs for them.
ReplyDeleteBaltimore dong for Mathis.
ReplyDeletecould you possibly swing at a shittier pitch aybar?
ReplyDeleteABREU!
ReplyDelete1-0
pettitet with his 17,964th balk
ReplyDeleteHe did swing at a shittier pitch. He went SASAHE but managed to foul it off before whiffing on that inside jump-roper.
ReplyDeletei guess i missed that one.
ReplyDeletei don't think god likes the words andy is using in the dugout.
ReplyDeleteI think the words Andy's using in the dugout is why this game starts after 8 on a school night.
ReplyDeleteAbreu goes to the wall - OMG!
ReplyDeleteThings I've learned:
ReplyDelete1. It's a beautiful night.
2. Jeter continues to exist.
nyy playing scoisciaball?
ReplyDeletedamn - shoulda kept bunting.
ReplyDeletei love swisher pointing to the heavens after a single. it won't be long before someone will be heaven-pointing after hitting a hard foul ball.
ReplyDeleteI keep having nightmares of Damon hitting a grand slam.
ReplyDeleteno, that's an erotic dream from 2004.
ReplyDeletesaunders setting up the dp.
ReplyDelete"it won't be long before someone will be heaven-pointing after hitting a hard foul ball."
ReplyDeleteOr Fox comparing a Jeter foul ball to one of the most famous home runs in history. Oh wait...
mcmoron says jeter is a dead RF hitter "with two strikes"
ReplyDeleteyeah, only then.
I forgot to mention the 3rd thing I've learned tonight:
ReplyDelete3. Pitchers (named Pettitte) are getting the outside strike call.
LAAAssholes.
ReplyDeleteI learned that a.) Scioscia sucks at managing. b.) Girardi sucks at managing c.) Jeter is apparently just like Carlton Fisk
ReplyDeleteangels pen up
ReplyDeletenot able to watch every second, so i have fox on very low for some reference. missed the fisk comment.
ReplyDeletemccarver calling for a pitching change.
ReplyDeletehow about 3rd base, there, guy?
ReplyDeletethat's not angels baseball!
ReplyDeleteIt was just Jeter using a little body language to get his foul pop to go to the seats. Buck said he looked like Fisk.
ReplyDeleteGump Jr. out there.
ReplyDeletehis last batter if he doesn't get a dp?
ReplyDeletedon, at home: "x minute wait for pettitte".
ReplyDeleteWTF - a strike!!!!
ReplyDeleteclassic case of the ump going by what the pitcher had been throwing and not by the actual rules of the game
ReplyDeletenot rare, but not right
But if you're going with the flow of the game you don't call that a strike to walk in a run if it's that close. Not in Game 6 of the ALCS.
ReplyDeleteIf the bases are empty go ahead, call that a ball. But that was so borderline. How the hell do you call that a ball in that situation? Fucking asshat.
ReplyDeletefox camera work gets slappy at first saying: "that ball's a strike!"
ReplyDeletegid(umbo)p pls
ReplyDeleteYES!!!!
ReplyDeleteokay, they're totally thinking that they should be u by a lot more. Game is FFO.
ReplyDeletelame attempt by slappy to go in hard.
ReplyDeleteThat was further outside than Ball 4 to A-Rod was.
ReplyDeleteOTTsky. Okay, Angels, do it right now. Seriously, this inning.
ReplyDeleteIsh said...
ReplyDeleteIf the bases are empty go ahead, call that a ball. But that was so borderline. How the hell do you call that a ball in that situation? Fucking asshat.
If it is a ball with them empty it should be a balle with them full, this ain't little league...did you see Arod mouth "that ball was a strike"
my fucking god
ReplyDeleteb-b-b-bad to the chone
ReplyDeleteb-b-b-b-bad
Chone Lugo.
ReplyDeleteweak shit.
ReplyDeletefuck you, rudy, you fascist asshole
ReplyDeletewe need the impaler.
ReplyDeleteVlad, don't try to do something you're not good at doing, such as, taking pitches. Just keep swinging, just keep swinging...
ReplyDeletejtc up
ReplyDeleterally time!
ReplyDeleteSee? It feels good to be a swinger! Thank you, Vlad.
ReplyDeletethis guy supposedly hits dongs. Let's see it.
ReplyDeleteOr a single, come ON!
Cuban Missile crisis.
ReplyDeleteCuban Asshole Crisis.
ReplyDeleteDid anyone tell the Angels that any popup to the right side goes out of the damn park?
ReplyDeleteIt'll be good to tag jtc for the go-ahead runs. Then watch him fist-pump.
ReplyDeleteold white reliever = journeyman
ReplyDeleteold black reliever = drifter!
/McCarver
amazing play by jeter to stop at 2nd. wow.
ReplyDeletenice job for a change, Chone
ReplyDeleteIt's now or never, Assholes.
ReplyDeletefuck.
ReplyDeletetruped for a hit
I was too. Me: "YES! Shit."
ReplyDeleteGood jeterian hit.
ReplyDeleteOh good, JtC in to give up the game-tying dong.
Trying to think of some sort of pun involving "JtC" "dong" and "in"...too tired to think right now.
In from the bullpen: Fat guy in a little coat.
ReplyDeleteIt wouldn't be a spectacular Yankee collapse without a late come-from-behind win...
ReplyDeleteFuck the heck? Izturis for Mathis? Make your manager look smart, Maicer, or Meicer, or Meijer or whatever the fuck your name is.
ReplyDeleteclank.
ReplyDeleteBoys in the booth just went flaccid.
ReplyDeleteWhy is Joba wearing a pool rope around his neck?
ReplyDeleteexcellent play by jeter to guide that carom off himself to cano.
ReplyDelete(McCarver's wheels spinning trying to come up with a reason why Jeter made that out possible...)
ReplyDeleteNow its a chest pound?
ReplyDeleteno he's still swatting at phantom midges
ReplyDeletespeaking of which, i was watching a planet earth special tonight and they did a feature on midges. was quite interesting. i still have no idea how the hell they made it to jacobs field that day, but oh well!
ReplyDeleteIt's a who's who of celebs who rooted for the Mets when THEY were good!
ReplyDeleteMr. April lost his calendar.
ReplyDeleteRed Dot warming.
ReplyDeleteA-Rod missed the first month of the season, he thinks it's September right now.
ReplyDeletenice scoop and throw by morales there.
ReplyDeleteworst fake-go by ARod ever
ReplyDeleteI guess A-Rod's "creating a good hitting situation for Posada" didn't work out, Tim!
ReplyDelete6 outs.
ReplyDeleteyou may not be able to help it, but don't waste them.
6 outs to get 2 runs. I like the chances.
ReplyDeleteBloop and a blast!
Well, one is going to be wasted because fucking goofball sosha is going to let Chone "automatic out" Figgins go up there now and piss this at bat away.
ReplyDeleteand the bloop might clear the fence too!
ReplyDeletelast time fruitbat had a chance to close out a game and clinch the pennant, he failed.
ReplyDeletenow?
CHONE!!!!
ReplyDeletego halos, you fucking fucks.
Figgins on
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHA
ReplyDelete"CATCH THE BALL!!!"
ReplyDeleteLazy Jeter shoulda dove!
ReplyDeletethat was the bloop ....
ReplyDeleteWhat a play by Jeter to flap his arms so he could *almost* get there! His baseball IQ is so high, you know he's planning for a double play.
ReplyDeleteoh come on, it's a 4-3 if he misses it anyway...
ReplyDeletefucking ump - he was safe at first.
ReplyDeleteThe cutter is not a dazzling pitch. Sorry, but it isn't. It's just a brainteaser.
ReplyDeletewell a 4-1...
ReplyDeletetime for a shock, hunter.
ReplyDeleteFUCK --
ReplyDeletei have my sound way down. did moron just say something about an angels steal of second?
ReplyDeletei believe in you, vlad.
ReplyDeletetek ain't batting here.
ReplyDeleteCOME ON
ReplyDeletevlad stretching his legs!
ReplyDeleteHe can't count...
ReplyDeleteVlad forgets sometimes how many times you have to not swing at a pitch in order to walk.
ReplyDeleteif there was any doubt left Vlad's paying attention tonight....
ReplyDeleteclean it out, vg.
ReplyDeleteMoron was talking about Figgins at second, how Cano was playing behind second in case a throw to second or Figgins stealing third. Put him in good position to field that liner up the middle.
ReplyDeleteso the camera was focused on Jeter there why.....? Oh, right, the whole "he created us in his image" thing
ReplyDeleteRUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteONE RUN GAME.
ReplyDelete3-2 fuckers
ReplyDeleteyes vlad!
ReplyDeletei thought he was saying that because the LAA stole second (which obviously is wrong), cano was near the bag to field the ball.
ReplyDeletei will also accept a blast here.
ReplyDeletealright kendry, make use of that right field.
ReplyDeletethe crowd quiet, knowing the inevitable doom is right around the corner.
ReplyDelete9th:
ReplyDeletekendrick
rivera
napoli
aybar
figgins
may one of the fuckers on the above mentioned list get on base and may another one of said fuckers drive him home.
21 pitches for FB in that inning.
ReplyDeletehe threw more than 29 in a game only twice this year:
31 vs boston 4/24
32 vs mets 6/12
hey angels: you really should not allow any runs here.
ReplyDeleteAnd what were the outcomes in those games?
ReplyDeleteblown save against us:
ReplyDelete1.1-4-2-0-3
that was the game bay hit a 2-out, bot 9th dong off him. yook won it in 11 with a dong off marte.
mets:
1.1-1-1-1-2
nyy won it in the bot 9th
wtf - throwing the game?
ReplyDeleteWell, the Angels are trying hard to lose this game right now.
ReplyDeleteWorthless fucksticks. looks like i'll need to make up this 10 bucks on the phillies.
ReplyDeleteand yet they don't have to do anything to lose. they are already down by a run.
ReplyDeleteNote: The June 12th game was the one where the Mets dropped a popup with two outs in the 9th to lose the game.
ReplyDeleteunbelievable.
ReplyDeletethe 1919 white sox couldn't do any better.
Are you fucking serious
ReplyDeleteLike I said...trying hard to lose the game.
ReplyDeletewhat the fuck was that?????
ReplyDeletemike butcher, what a fucking appropriate name.
i assume the mfy will get the guys on base in, with 0 outs, so 6-2 at least.
ReplyDeletefuck the fucking angel fuckers
WWJD
ReplyDeleteWhat would Jeter do?
I think I may go to sleep now to avoid watching the Yankee celebration. Is that just mean or what?
ReplyDeleteThe threat of Jeter coming to the plate caused both those errors.
ReplyDeleteFB has allowed 5 runs in a game twice (once to Bos) and 6 runs once.
ReplyDeleteWhy is that mean? Fuck them! I'm not watching the celebration. I'm watching what I hope to be Rivera's greatest moment...Juan Rivera that is. And Mariano's greatest defeat.
ReplyDeleteSmall comfort at this point, Allan, but whatever.
ReplyDeleteThe Phillies will get them anyway. I can't wait to see Pedro shut them down.
(Mean to Harvey, Tim. Not mean to the Yankees.)
ReplyDeleteI think I may go to sleep now to avoid watching the Yankee celebration. Is that just mean or what?
ReplyDeleteWon't Harvey be dancing around?
hold 'em here.
ReplyDelete2 runs is not a mountain to overcome.
Ahh, mean to Harvey....maybe. But even so, I think its understandable given your team.
ReplyDeleteHarvey may prefer to celebrate without me. Dancing around or not.
ReplyDeleteMojo music? Ain't No Mountain High Enough?
ReplyDeleteso - arod dong here, right?
ReplyDeleteStand up, Torii you piece of crap
ReplyDeleteOK. I am going to sleep. I will undoubtedly hear the results soon enough.
ReplyDeleteGood night. See you all either at the WS or tomorrow or in April.
Night, Amy.
ReplyDeletePathetic SoCal shitfucks.
long wait for f-bat?
ReplyDeleteHe really smelled the bat on that one?
ReplyDeleteThe problem here is the Angels all feel like they've lost. Look at Kendrick. He so doesn't want to be there.
ReplyDeletecoming back now would qualify as shocking the world.
ReplyDeleteAdenhart: "Helllloooooo?!!"
ReplyDeleteit's true, though. look at them on the bench. they are dead-eyed -- already packing for the plane ride home.
ReplyDeleteMcCarver, please die
ReplyDeletelet's not start suckin each others dicks quite yet.
ReplyDelete--the Wolf
ReplyDeleteget camera on Jeter! Oh wait, the perma-Jeter cam is ALWAYS on Jeter.
ReplyDeleteGo Phillies.
ReplyDeleteSo, PHILLY!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFruitbat celebrated less just now than Joba has after any outing.
ReplyDeletewell, the defending champs just have to come through now. No problem against this bunch.
ReplyDeleteGo Phillies.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I would have said that anyways. Fucking Angels. It was a car crash 8th inning.
And actually, the Phillies have really been the steamrollers in this postseason. They're a fucking buzzsaw. Cliff Lee, Pedro, Cole Hamels, Happ in the bullpen... only question really is their bullpen.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna specifically buy Angels games for Fenway next year to give Torii an earful along with everybody else.
ReplyDeleteUnrelated: I still think LDS should be 7 game series as well.
ReplyDeleteBut then again, I think a lot of things and MLB will never listen.
ReplyDeleteI am interested to see how many save opportunities are actually blown. We always hear how fucking wonderful rivera is but how is he really when compared to the whole picture data? I mean how likely is it for a shitty closer to blow a game and how many wins can actually attributed to him and how much of the credit for a win goes to where it belongs, the people who pitched and played the other 8 innings? Would rivera have half as many saves if he were on the Royals for the last 15 years?
ReplyDeleteIsh, I'm sure MLB will grant your wish this time. It's inevitable. More TV, money money. If only they'd shorten the season by a week or 10 days, so we're not playing baseball on Thanksgiving. (Not Canadian Thanksgiving, either.)
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