Pitchers hitting is only going to be a problem once today for Pettitte. He won’t be up until there are two outs in the third inning. Next time up wouldn’t be until 2 outs in the 6th, and he won’t last that long anyway.

Pettitte had to hit with Houston.  He’ll be okay.

Wombat Pete, if you are really interested in getting a value for your Dzerzhinsky poster I can tell you where to go.

“40 year old men shouldn’t be trying to bunt 95 mph fastballs or running the bases.”

Can’t wait for the last few years of A-Rod’s contract.

It’s also possible that Andy Pettitte is Bryce Harper’s father.  You never know.

“40 year old men shouldn’t be trying to bunt 95 mph fastballs or running the bases.”

Younger players on the Yankees have been that with RISP.

Pin, I was interested in what you wrote, but I answered it on the New Yorker page - take a look, if you would be so kind.
I admit to self-interest - it would be good for us to have the kind of conversation that was developing here anyway going in the comments there!

From the previous thread:

Was the gun running hot last night or was Fuse really throwing 94-95?

I seem to remember seeing Fuse hit that on various stadium guns over his last few starts. He isn’t consistently in that range, but he can max out at that. Appears the velocity is back.

Hahahaha - “And the young lefthander, Andy Pettitte…”

- Al Leiter in an old timey announcer voice

Bryce, Battlecat is your father, or daddy, if you will.

How could the immortal Bryce Harper strike out against some old guy?
Game must be fixed.

Congratulations to Jordan Zimmermann on pitching the 23rd Perfect Game in Major League Baseball history.

Congratulations to Jordan Zimmermann on pitching his first career no-hitter.

Apparently, Leiter prefers to stand while doing color commentary. I find it cool how much Leiter enjoys baseball and explaining the intricacies of the game instead of, you know, talking about how he has never had ketchup.

Ted, are you tell me that Al Leiter has never had ketchup?

Kay doesn’t like condiments.  Apparently he’s never eaten ketchup. Or soup. Or a banana.

I think he was made in a laboratory.

I don’t know how that wasn’t caught, it looked like Ibanez was right there.

I like how Sterling talks (everyday) about how the Yankees pursued Ibanez because he can play the field. It gives me hope that I, too, could someday roam the center field grass before I turn 50, because Cash is a nice guy.

Ketchup is terrible.

Nice job by Chavez to get back, although he will now miss the remainder of the season with an ankle injury. Hopefully, Grandy hit a HR to make that effort matter.

Edit - or really anything that scores a run here.

[18] I assume by ‘Ketchup’ you have ironically nicknamed Michael Kay ‘Ketchup’.

I love ketchup.

Teix walk followed by ARod K or weak pop out to the infield.

[21] I assume by ‘ketchup’ you mean the condiment, and not that dbag, Michael Kay.

Ah, Cano was actually on deck, so Teix took it upon himself to K.

Ketchup, the condiment, is mildly disgusting.

Wow, that first strike to Swisher was at his shins. No exaggeration. Tim Timmons is confused.  Pedroia is not batting.

I find that, not infrequently, refreshing this site gives nothing new. Then suddenly, after a while, 10 new comments appear.
Is this happening to anyone else?

The weather is pretty nice here in the northeast.  I imagine weekend game chatters are going to be shorter on days like today.

Now we get to see Zimmermann pitch around Chavez in order to get to the pitcher.  National League style baseball is so awesome….....

Ketchup has its place, like on french fries.

Do the Nats have a good bullpen?

de-fense!

Ketchup has its place

That’s condimentism.

That Nationals basically BEGGED the Yankees to score that inning.

Although brown gravy, blue cheese dressing, tartar sauce, malt vinegar, or really good mayonnaise are all better on fries.

If Pettite outhomers Harper today it will really teach the youth of the world something.

The Nats have their clown shoes on today.

36. Oh, do they?

^^^

clown question

If there’s leftover ketchup in the packet I will slurp it out.

noises from the crowd mic: “Nady you’re a traitor. You’re a traitor Nady. Strikeout on purpose.”

Oh sure, flash leather on the line drives.

triple play? or just a line out douple play?

who needs hits.

[42]
The guys I play guitar with in Washington Square Park?

so you’re one of those people?

at least Chavez isn’t terrible.

Chavez can win this game on his own, he don’t need no damn “team.”
At least until he breaks.

Hugo si.  Martino no.

I have, on occasion, been one of those people. A lot of fun, actually!
When I’m not conducting my radio show, writing British best-sellers or making the Cheka the fearful progenitor of the KGB.

43 Im in WSP all the time.  Do you play regularly? Where exactly?

All these leads with no home runs confuse me.

Last Sunday, I bet that the Yanks wouldn’t sweep both ATL and WASH.  If they do, I have to buy a 300 dollar plane ticket.  The AA theory is going strong this week.

I missed the birth of the AA theory thing.  Can someone explain it, please?

And bebop - irregularly. Once a month? More accurately - a few times a month, but that month comes only 1 on 3 or 4 months.  Now that I think of it, it depends on who’s in town.  Do you play?

I suggest you check out my History Channel Series “Ancient Aliens”.  In it, you will watch, astounded, as I uncover the secrets to the Yankees recent successes.  As the title suggests, Girardi is in communication with the Estra-Terrestrials.

It is my belief that Gardner’s delayed return to the team is actually a cover-up of his indefinite length abduction.

No I don’t play but I’ve lived in the hood all my life and am old enough that as a kid I played stoop ball inside the circle which was a great stoop ball field. I sometimes go there to get a little sun and listen to Suze and Serling and post via my Razr Maxx.

Bases clogging up

Overheard on the mound “Just walk Cano.  We’ve got them right where we want them.”

Bebop, how can ANYONE who lived there when you were a kid afford to live anywhere NEAR there now? Rent control?

Sigh.

[57] Maybe his mom gives him a good deal on the basement

He’s rich?  I hope.

Whatever magic elixir Andy took on his year off is amazing.

I expected Pettitte to be terrible.  At best a sort of 4 runs in 5 innings guy and hope the bullpen hangs on.  But. As usual I’m wrong and happy to be so.

I expected more Pettitte.

57 my last name is Trump

I inherited a rent controlled apartment

Trump Basement. I guess that does have a nice ring to it.

Trump Basement International? Trump Basement Plaza?

I would live in the Trump Basement Intercontinental

[66]
Awesome.

Actually,
[65]
Awesome.

You’re fired.  Wombat Pete you are the apprentice, oh wait only SG can do the firing here.

!!!

I was right in [63].

Nice throw.  He was safe though.

I missed a little.  Why did Pettitte come out?  Or no good reason?

On replay that was a horrible call.

How did Swish get hurt?

[75] Sliding into home he hit a bat and the catcher.

Serling never mentioned that he was safe.  Oh wait, its Serling.

We never should have let the Yankee Clippard go.  I really liked that nickname.

[76] Thanks.

0-10 with RISP, this is way past bad luck

Which stiff did our talent evaluators get for Clippard?  Didn’t Clippard have a terrific K rate in the minors?

And the answer is the near great Jonathan Albaladejo

Jeter sucks

Jeter sucks

Teixeira has a chance to win me back

We traded him for 59 innings of Jonathan Albaladejo.

True Teixeira Moment.

[85] or he can pop out. 

Shit.

Ballocks.

Clippard threw almost 30 pitches.  We’ll win it in the 11th or 12th.

I really like Chavez.  Great complementary player.

I think Mark Newman has literally said that NYY just never even considered putting Clippard in the pen.

[92] He’s probably wasted there.

That was poor talent evaluation, but overall the bullpen has been excellent.  I’d love to have Clippard back but whaddya gonna do?

Swisher left quad contusion

Swisher left quad contusion

Off to the glue factory, then.

Siddown Rook.

Pretty tolerant of the ump not to run him.

“You don’t win a gold glove by accident.”—Michael Kay

“You sure don’t.”—Rafael Palmiero.

Derek Jeter, 2012 Yankee team Captain, attributes his 35 golden glove awards directly to wisdom gained on a journey to the Nazca lines when he was a rookie.