LL Cool J would like to request that we not call it a comeback.

We’re in first, and will have a share of first tonite no matter what the Baltimore Bucks do tonite !

Man, do I love being a frontrunner.

Best April game ever.

I turned on FOX for the perfect game and got treated to an even more perfect game as a result.

Bobby V visited the Nip And Tuck set today for help.

[3]
This.

I was at that May 13th game with Mattingly, and it was my birthday.
But as wonderful as that was, it was unavoidably tinged with a sense of Mattingly not being Mattingly.  And the Twins?
The awesomeness of this game was tinged only with more awesomeness.

Mother Nature will apparently try to spare Boston tomorrow.

Someone on BTF chatter posted that this was a near dead ringer for a 1950 game where the Townies led 9-0 and lost 15-10.  In that game Billy Martin became the first player to get two hit in the same inning in his first two ABs.

[9] I went for a walk at one point during the game and subjected myself to Waldling (via MLB At bat). The male half mentioned that exact game, although not that it was the first inning where the Yankees went crazy.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1950/B04180BOS1950.htm

That’s the retrosheet PBP of the game, seems like Martin didn’t go 2-2 in the first inning. Damn, 2012’s previously iffy start seems pretty great after today’s miracle.

EDIT: This is the first time I ever thought about how the Yankee catcher has the same surname as the eternal #1.

Posted at 8:42:43 pm on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 by tedbrogen

I’d say a game-tying HR dying on the track is close enough. Great way to start their first 5 game losing streak of the season.

By ‘their’ I clearly meant Boston’s.

Also, I am an idiot. Thank you for proving me wrong, Yankees! Maybe they should let Fuse and Garcia keep starting just to continually rip out their opponents’ hearts.

best fangraph evah:

http://www.fangraphs.com/wins.aspx?date=2012-04-21&team=Red Sox&dh=0&season=2012

weather (not looking good):

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Boston&state=MA&site=BOX&textField1=42.3583&textField2=-71.0603&e=0

If this is rained out, I claim the sweep.

So are we still pissed about giving up Aceves and Melancon?

We should have kept Aceves LAST year and let him go this year.  That’s what General Patton would have done.

Did anyone ever say anything about losing Melancon?

People said something, mostly because he ended up with the Red Sox.

I’m more upset about IPK than Ace or Mel.