per inning?

If I was Valentine, I’d bat Ciriaco higher and try to ride his ridiculously hot bat against the Yankees. Oh wait, never mind, if I was Valentine, I’d be napping right now.

By the way, the O’s get Verlander tonight and the Rays get Weaver. Sure would be an opportune time for Hughes to not shit the bed.

I read a little SoSH today.  Disappointingly sane, though it wasn’t a game thread.

Sure would be an opportune time for Hughes to not shit the bed.

Ironically, the only way this come to pass is if Fuse comes down with malaria or a foodborne illness, and spend the evening at the team hotel, shitting the bed.

Ironic.

over/under on bitter complaints?

the one thing about this series, I like having Kuroda in game 3 if, you know, something unpleasant needs to be averted….

The over/under on Hughes home runs allowed tonight is four.

In the first inning?

I fear for the future:

http://riveraveblues.com/2012/08/game-119-finish-them-74298/#comment-4705467

[1] Per minute?

Working the FB/CH combo to lefties very well.  Impressive so far.

Nice catch by Grabnderson.

The under is looking good on Hughes.

[11] Because he won’t be pitching after the 45 minute rain delay that is about to start?

Rain coming down here in midtown.

Edit: Not anymore

I finally looked at that choco-taco ad running on GD with the correct sampling to see what they were advertising, and, well, maybe my kids would find it fun to try, since they like ice cream and tacos and one likes chocolate.  Dunno why the ad is as ugly and annoying as possible.

[12] Whatever it takes to get that cash.

Swishalicious!

Now they can call the game.

[11] I see what you did there.

Is ridiculous that Jeter is DHing. McGehee is really bad at 3B

Rain starting up in my part of da Bronx as well.

Hughes is throwing a lot of changeups

Remember when the Red Sox had really imposing lineups?

Grabnderson!

Grabnderson !!!

I officially like Franklin Morales.

Marbtinson !

Martino! Belly to Belly!

Now that the Yankees have a lead there’s no chance they get the game in, right?

[25] I just hope BobbyV isn’t too quick to pull him. Leave him in, so he becomes a better pitcher by learning how to pitch when he sucksdoesn’t have his best stuff.

Edit: I mean shit, it’s not the playoffs yet. It isn’t like these games are meaningful or anything.

[28] They’ll make it to the 4th. It’ll be the first weather CT the team has pulled off.

Is Hughes pitching for townies tonight?

[29] It worked for Lester. IT’S THE ONLY WAY HE’LL LEARN.

Is it official yet?

NY people, what’s the forecast?

Whose lineup sucks more tonight? The Yankees’ is a joke.

It’s gonna rain for like 30-45 minutes, I think.

[35] A joke with 3 HRs. The best kind of joke.

Looks like weather is clearing up.

It would be happily if Irchiro went yard here.

My wife wants to name our son Isaiah. I don’t hate it. He could be a basketball player. Opinions?

When they knock the pitcher out of the game, can we say that the Yankees hitters have demoralesed TWN?

Double-post. Let me replace the second one with:
[40] How old is he?

[40] You know we’re in the age of the internet when someone asks their internet Yankee fan friends about the potential name of their child.

[40/42] You should let him earn his name when he becomes a man.

[40] Note that no one will call him by his full name, and I don’t see what’s more likely than “I”, so you’d want to be ok with that.  Or “Zay”.

[40] Depends on how you like Izzy. All the Isaiahs I know (ok, the two of them) both usually go by Izzy. It COULD guarantee him a future as the unheralded songwriting genius behind one of the most promising rock bands in decades that collapses into overindulgence once he leaves. So it’s got that going for it.

The important thing is ... you’re not going to let him go into journalism, are you?

his nickname could be Ice.

Derp.

OH WHAT THE SWEET JESUS TITTYFUCKING CHRIST?

[40] I just think of Isaiah Thomas.  Then I get angry.

Speaking of getting angry. . .

[45] Also you’ll be doing this…  Well, we (or I) call our first son “Pi”, though neither of those letters appears in his name.  One of his teachers once asked what my native language was.

[40] Meh. But it’s better than giving him a last name for a first name. Which is the current fashion.

[40] So long as you don’t name him Edward, Jacob, or Christian it’s all good.

[52] Did you tell her you spoke nerd?

[46] Gnr?

[55] He growled at her in Klingon. So, yes.

Hughes has thrown lots of changeups.

This is the Phil Hughes I remember.

what a nightmare of an inning

[60] Too early to judge. It ain’t over yet. Not nearly.

[55] Guess I should have.  I have the even worse habit of telling the kids “Time to go” in various languages when because English doesn’t work.  I guess some shrink is going to get rich in thirty years.

[61] You mean, “nightmare” may not do it justice.

Is it pouring up there? I can’t see the game (at work) and it is like the end times here in NJ…

Time to call this game.

Yeah. That sounds about right.

[63] There’s room for it to get worse.

Plus, with a 30+ pitch inning under his belt, next inning is when they’ll really hammer him.

At least the rally is dead.

yep…

[56] Indeed.

puke

I guess when it rains it pours then?

It’s official. Phil sucks. Hard. Enough is enough with this guy.

Jesus, Phil is terrible

Sadly, this is but the first of several HRs that Phil will allow tonight.

But, hey, none of the runs are earned!

At least Boston can also make errors.

[73] & [74] Well, he is really really good at hitting the middle of the plate about belt high… he can do that consistently.  Gotta be a strength, no?

Solo home runs never beat you you POS

I am warning you people now (and you know who you are) before you start making bullshit excuses for how Phil blah blah blah stuff babip bad luck blah blah blah, I will not respond well.

Fuse is a grease fire in the back of a beer truck rolling backwards down a hill with no breaks towards an orphanage.

[80] Can I point out that the homer was the only hard hit ball that inning? No?

I agree with the whole unearned runs thing… unless it is the PITCHER who makes the error.  If a pitcher gives away an out or two, how has he not “earned” any of those runs? Makes no sense to me.  When a fielder does it, sure, its not the pitcher’s fault.  But…

[81] Oh, now it’s on !!

If we lose 4-3 in 5 rain shortened innings I’ll hilarious.

Son of a ....

Phil Hughes…..dead to me yet again….

Was that Cano drive deep?

[70] Hmm, promising compared to early Metallica?  Megadeth circa 1990?  Alice In Chains?  The White Stripes?

Fourth Inning: Fuse - 33 pitches. Morales - 9 pitches.

Guess what happens to Phabulous Phil coming up ? BOHICA.

I’m so, so glad I didn’t post that thing I was planning on saying about Phil Hughes before this start…
...although who knows, could it be that, had I posted it, this would not have happened?
Oh, sure, it’s my fault.

Wait, you guys have never had Choco-Tacos? they are awesome.

[90] I’m warning you…

Ellsbury hit 30 home runs last year?

MMaster o the two strike foul ball is back.

Big Member is Ja Rule.

Phil has been good except for the times when he’s been terrible.

[88] Well, I was thinking more at the time Appetite was released in 87.

[96] I’m a race car and you got me in the fucking red…

settle down Vincent…

[96]
Disagree.