TSCG !

Grandy with the steal!

Woohoo!

Get ‘em home, Swish!

If Gardner drives Granderson in, then this would be the kind of run that Jon Miller would orgasm over.

Time for another Gardner backhand to left, perhaps?

He’s got to flatten that out and go cross-court.

Yay Granderson!!!

“Clean up in the ESPN pre-game booth! Clean up in the ESPN pre-game booth!”

[203] Even better.

Granderson is so awesome.

Well, Lads, it’s about time for me to head to a Masters BBQ. Try to hold onto the lead. I recommend showers.

I hope Park emerges as teh 8th inning guy, so we can call them HoMo.

Even with buses clogging the street in front of me, three busses high, honking and hissing… I’ll trade Matsui and Damon at their ages, etc., for Granderson and (a playing) Nick Johnson any day.

[211] ...or we could leave it as Chopper and not be stupid.

Calling it “HoMo” isn’t stupid. If I meant it as an insult it would be.

I think this qualifies as Good AJ, yes, fellas?

Well, that sounded silly.

yay, it hit something.

[212] Granderson hates busses, too. And while Damon could have gotten to that ball, as deep as it was, Burrell had time to tag up and still reach 2nd.

This place needs to be blown up with a nuke.

Oh, this is some shenanigans.

Time for grocery shopping.  I am excited about this Granderson acquisition.

“On-Field Delay”
Explain?

Different speakers/cat walks count differently?!?

What the fuck?

What a joke of a baseball park.

booo field rules.

It hit the ridiculously stupid catwalk/speaker, Pete.

And the umps APPEAR to have called it wrongly - in that it hit a speaker that would mean it was a foul ball, but they ruled it hit a speaker that means it is a single.

Freakin’ nonsense.

Good AJ settles down and isn’t fazed by this, right?

Pena is going to homer, isn’t he.

I also have to go…it’s 75 out and I want to be outdoors before it’s too late.

This sucks.
Yankz: Go to the window. Open it.  Problem solved.

Oh, okay, the rules are different.

Still stupid, but at least the umps called it technically accurately.

Fuck.

Seriously, is this professional baseball, or some kind of pinball-rounders hybrid game?

The rules are that if it hits off of a catwalk and falls in, it is called dependent on where it lands - fair or foul.

Which is ridiculously stupid, but whatever.

It certainly would be nice if the announcers actually knew the ground rule and could explain it articulately.

Hurrah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disaster was inevitable - and yet failed to occur.
I’m dumbfounded.

Luckily, the shenanigans didn’t hurt the Yanks that inning.

Ok, crisis averted. Hopefully Burnett goes another one, and it will be Mo time in no time.

Think Burnett will unleash “Battle Mode” to the press again after today?

It certainly would be nice if the announcers actually knew the ground rule and could explain it articulately.

Yeah, it is quite silly to see announcers complaining about the call (and through them, having us complain) only to learn that they’re wrong.

Seriously, is this professional baseball, or some kind of pinball-rounders hybrid game?

I really don’t get it.

What would be the harm of calling it a foul ball?

I mean, I get it if you hit a certain catwalk out in the outfield, okay, call it a homer or a ground rule double - THAT makes sense.

But a popup to first should go for a single because it hits a catwalk?

Ridiculous.

The rules are that if it hits off of a catwalk and falls in, it is called dependent on where it lands - fair or foul.

Which is ridiculously stupid, but whatever.

Well, that’s the rule now.  But we all know that they will change it as soon as the Yankees win a game on a popup that hits a catwalk.

You know what would be interesting? What if Burrell had SUCCEEDED in taking out Teix’s legs and keeping him from getting the ball/knocking him off the base?

Would the umps allow it?

Well, that’s the rule now.  But we all know that they will change it as soon as the Yankees win a game on a popup that hits a catwalk.

It’s funny because it’s true.

Yeah, it is quite silly to see announcers complaining about the call (and through them, having us complain) only to learn that they’re wrong.

The TBS guys even had graphics cued up for just this contingency.  Which they promptly used to explain in detail what happens if a ball hits one of the higher catwalks in fair territory (HR, duh).  They never even bothered to tell us what the ball in question actually hit.

[244] I thought they explained that for the lower catwalks it depends on where the ball hits the catwalk (homer or foul), but the uppers it depends on where the ball falls to.

I don’t understand why there are so many different rules.  If a batted ball hits a bird, isn’t it a dead ball?  Shouldn’t the same rule apply here to any ball that hits anything sticking out into the field of play?

Two-run double is awesome, but I’ll admit I really wanted that to clear the fences.

teh Rod!  and it’s on TBS!  afternoon, ladies and gents…

[242] Burrell was out by more than ten feet.  I think he had already been called out before he went into his slide.  That’s what made it such a bush league play.

And BTW, Teixeira and Rodriguez really suck.

I’m falling in like with the Rays pa-jerseys. They should wear them more.

I don’t understand why there are so many different rules.  If a batted ball hits a bird, isn’t it a dead ball?  Shouldn’t the same rule apply here to any ball that hits anything sticking out into the field of play?

I suppose the problem stems from them not wanting home runs to be called dead because of a stupid catwalk.

And I guess once they said that THESE catwalks mean home runs, I guess they figured that they would make the OTHER catwalks mean “if it hits this and drops in fair territory, it’s a hit.”

It’s a dumb idea, though. Just because you make one exception doesn’t mean you need to make more.

To post [79], A-Rod and I say: “Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

I think he had already been called out before he went into his slide.  That’s what made it such a bush league play.

I thought it was closer than that (he was going to clearly be out, but the ball hadn’t already hit Teix’s gloves before he began his slide), but yeah, if that was the case then you’re right, it wouldn’t matter.

They should hang a pinata at the tippy top of the dome and if a home team player hits it, you get eleventy runs. If a visitor hits it, they get red carded for the rest of the series.

A-Rod has smote a couple balls this year. I’m pretty sure at least one will clear the fence. But Teix? BUST.

hurrah for runs

[254] And so begins the real-life version of Calvinball.

And I guess once they said that THESE catwalks mean home runs, I guess they figured that they would make the OTHER catwalks mean “if it hits this and drops in fair territory, it’s a hit.”

But that makes no sense.  Why not say that a ball that hits anything else in foul territory and bounces back onto the field is also a fair ball.  The C and D rings being HR is logical because they are above the stands in fair territory (balls that hit those in foul territory are foul balls.  Since parts of the lower rings are also in foul territory, the rule should be the same for those (ie—if it hits the catwalk above foul territory it should be a foul ball).

[255]

Has smitten?

Hey, what the heck, let’s screw the Yanks again!

Grandy caught that.
Bring on the robots!

WTF?

Yay, DP!

  I think he had already been called out before he went into his slide.  That’s what made it such a bush league play.

I thought it was closer than that (he was going to clearly be out, but the ball hadn’t already hit Teix’s gloves before he began his slide), but yeah, if that was the case then you’re right, it wouldn’t matter.

On YES, they showed Burrell in the dugout after the play and both O’neill and Tino said they could see him mouth “I was hoping it would hit me” or something like that. 
So he was trying to stop the ball from getting to Teix, but it was still stupid.  You don’t slide at a fielder in a play like that no matter what your intention is.  It’s like a guy sliding feet first into the first baseman when he squibs a ball to the catcher.

Didn’t matter. But still. WTF?

The grandy man got robbed

They should hang a pinata at the tippy top of the dome and if a home team player hits it, you get eleventy runs.

No, it should be at least eleventy-one.

Another bad call overcome.

But that makes no sense.  Why not say that a ball that hits anything else in foul territory and bounces back onto the field is also a fair ball.  The C and D rings being HR is logical because they are above the stands in fair territory (balls that hit those in foul territory are foul balls.  Since parts of the lower rings are also in foul territory, the rule should be the same for those (ie—if it hits the catwalk above foul territory it should be a foul ball).

I agree - it doesn’t make sense.

I think the word you’re looking for is “smated”.

We’ve switched your A J Burnett with some nice tasty Rick Honeycutt—let’s see if anyone notices!

[259] Smitten and smote are both valid past participles of smite. Smote is a little more fun in my book.

Granderson sucks against righties.

Or perhaps: it hab been smut?

[272]
Nice.

NOTHIN’
but
  NET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This lineup isn’t half-bad.

Okay, I think I can go enjoy the sunshine now!

Later, fellas!

Swish smutted that pitch

I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, but the trend suggest that NY will not score in the 9th inning.  That’s a ‘statistic’, right?
Better hold them here, I say.

‘Smutted’ wins.

Look who’s batting .314 with more RBI than Weiters: TVSBG. How about putting him on your chart, Buck ?

91 on the Joba fastball?

Joba no bada

I said HOLD THEM HERE, dagnabbit.

TBS showing 93 on one of them.

There were, per GD, 2 95s and a 94.
Still not 2-year-ago Joba.

Oh, good. Deuce Mitre warming. Oy.

Joba’s slider doesn’t look sharp today.

At this stage, I am resigned to Joba having average MLB stuff.
/blatant lie

[289] I hate Joba for not being awesome like he once was.

/only a little.

27 pitches. At least he’s getting stretched out for starting.

Are all of the Yankee off-days in April?

So it wasn’t a soul-eating performance.  He was probably still full from lunch.

I’d like to see a Posada/Navaro footrace

Was Navarro running backwards to first?

April wins in the bank—I hear they count as much as wins in September!

Not a bad start to the season at all.

[252] redux.
Excellent.

When do the Yankees get to play some chump teams?

4-2 away against maybe the second and third best teams in baseball. I like.