Game Thread 4: April 16, 2009
by Jay on Apr 16, 2009 3:55 PM EDT
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Just want to point out, belatedly, that J-Honey is not aware that this is “a big game.”
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
GRADY SIZEMORE IS FUCKING GOD YOU BLOODY STUPID YANKEES
So 2009.
by Gradyforpresident on Apr 16, 2009 3:58 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I swear, I just show up, and they start kicking ass. I can’t explain it.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Jay on Apr 16, 2009 3:58 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
NEVER LEAVE
I'm *always* in the driver's seat, cugino -- Chuck
by Turkmenbashi on Apr 16, 2009 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
i have a hunch this will be the first line on grady’s HOF plaque…
by DontCallMeJoey on Apr 16, 2009 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Alright, who was it that was going to crap their pants is Grady his a GS? Time to pay the piper dude.
-Erik
by drerikbrady on Apr 16, 2009 3:58 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
PUT THAT BALL IN THE HALL OF FAME YOU JACKASSES!
by mjschaefer on Apr 16, 2009 3:58 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Damn it, that home run totally killed the rally.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Jay on Apr 16, 2009 3:59 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Thought the same thing, here. Wish Hammy was on that call.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 16, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
This is a strange rec. Anyone gonna fess up and explain?
by supermarioelia on Apr 16, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
SUCK IT SUCK IT SUCK IT SUCK IT SUCK IT, SUCKERS.
by FredOx on Apr 16, 2009 4:00 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
HAHA WE WANT SWISHER!!
LGT's resident Beer Advocate.
by LGT Patrick on Apr 16, 2009 4:00 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I love batting around against anybody. But against the Yankees as they open the new Yankee stadium? Too sweet.
-Erik
by drerikbrady on Apr 16, 2009 4:01 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I’ll be Steinbrenner tears this stadium down and builds a new one just so they can win their first game at the NEW YANKEES STADIUM
by AllenSmith on Apr 16, 2009 4:01 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Sweet Jesus. The sun is shining. The air is sweet. And the Indians are fucking up the New Yankee Stadium Home Opener. All is well in the world.
Eric Wedge. The Adam LaRoche of managers.
by emd2k3 on Apr 16, 2009 4:02 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
that really got out of hand fast. I mean that really escalated quickly
by dgcambridge on Apr 16, 2009 4:02 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
With a trident?
Eric Wedge. The Adam LaRoche of managers.
by emd2k3 on Apr 16, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
So what’s the record for quickest thread ever filled? Because, really. We may be on to something here.
by DisplacedBuckeye on Apr 16, 2009 4:02 PM EDT reply actions
the only possible thing that can top this over the weekend is a Pavano perfect game.
You know Selig? Ombudsman.
by rolub on Apr 16, 2009 4:03 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
So we crushed them in the last playoff game at Old Skankee stadium, and we demolish them in the first game at their new one
I'm *always* in the driver's seat, cugino -- Chuck
by Turkmenbashi on Apr 16, 2009 4:03 PM EDT reply actions 10 recs
I completely heart this.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 16, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
i was at the first yankee playoff game in ’01…shortly after 9/11. this guy NAILED it. always like hearing him do it now.
by DontCallMeJoey on Apr 16, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Can we let Wood pitch just to rub it in their faces?
Eric Wedge. The Adam LaRoche of managers.
by emd2k3 on Apr 16, 2009 4:03 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
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"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 16, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Can we burn the place down and salt the earth when we’re done here?
La Presidenta del Club de Amantes de Rafael Betancourt.
by salome on Apr 16, 2009 4:04 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
The place is currently being salted by very expensive Yankee fan tears.
by woodsmeister on Apr 16, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
All kidding aside, my luck this season has been incredible. There have only been about 15 innings worth watching this season, and I’ve seen all of them.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
yes, he must quit his day job and watch nothing but Tribe baseball the rest of the season …. 155-7 here we come
Random quote from an unnamed, non-SBN Yankees blog:
Is the new house jinxed? Should our team have known better than to upset the ghost of George Herman Ruth? Oh, Baseball Gods, what have we done?!?
ME TOO AND ALL MY COWORKERS THINK I’M INSANE
La Presidenta del Club de Amantes de Rafael Betancourt.
I am sitting in cubes sandwiched between two Yankees fans. When Grady hit the GS, I am almost certain they went to my boss to have me fired.
by DisplacedBuckeye on Apr 16, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
i iz in your stadium, sending rbis to cooperztown
As General Manager of this team, I demand to know when I'm getting a start.
by bigbrabbs on Apr 16, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
ATTENTION YANKEE STADIUM
I AM GRADYSIZEMORE OF BORG
YOU WILL ALL BE ASSIMILATED.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Jay on Apr 16, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
This is where everyone on the team gets their shit straight for the rest of the season.
LGT's resident Beer Advocate.
Note to Turk from above … the notion that Grady is merely good is a fallacy. He is already a great player, one of the 10 best in the game. If he “breaks out” any further, he’ll become the elite of the elite, among the best 2-3.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Is anyone happier than Chuck? This is like a perfect day.
by tabler84 on Apr 16, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
It’s interesting. I didn’t think that inanimate objects had asses, but Michael Kay has found a way to get his tongue all the way up this stadium’s ass.
Anyone else watching the game on MLB Network?
opinions?
by GenerationTribe on Apr 16, 2009 4:11 PM EDT reply actions
i like costas and reynolds, so i’m biased. too much slobbering over the yanks, but pretty good i guess
by DontCallMeJoey on Apr 16, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Costas calling a Tribe game takes me back to the 1995 & 1997 World Series games on NBC.
I am fan of Harold.
by GenerationTribe on Apr 16, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
They’re tiring the offense out, forcing them to run around and around and around those bases.
by Julie on Apr 16, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wow man leaves home for work at 1-1 and opens up the score to find it is now 10-1. Is this heaven?
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on Apr 16, 2009 4:15 PM EDT reply actions
everytime i see this commercial where d. pedroia is polishing his mvp it makes me sick.
although the commercial is pretty funny. and pedroia is a douche
I’ve heard the opposite from someone who has met him.
Besides, that comment he made about Cleveland fans (in the ‘07 playoffs) sure doesn’t sound like something from a “good” guy.
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge..." C. Darwin
I think Dusty is too small to technically be a douche. He’s a microdouche.
Eric Wedge. The Adam LaRoche of managers.
but a huge microdouche
(i’m choosing to ignore joeee’s comment b/c it’s less fun)
by DontCallMeJoey on Apr 16, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
or, as they say in French, “meeecrodouche”
by Logodaedalus on Apr 16, 2009 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Again, this would’ve been sweeter if we shelled the f out of CC, but we got a ridiculously hilarious amount of runs, including requisite Sizemore grandslam, and Lee pitched well. I’m happy so far. Just need Wood for three quick strikeouts in the 9th to complete the awesomeness.
Been thinking about it. I’m not giving Melky credit for that walk, and by the same token, I’m not giving Perez credit for Cody’s strikeout.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
That’s what I thought, just confirming. Re: yesterday, yeah my memory blows when I listen to games at work.
by SeattleVinny on Apr 16, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Very true. Heard something in I think yesterdays’ game about Willis and he working on his head movement. Was not right in other starts apparently.
by SeattleVinny on Apr 16, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
As long as Hafner hitting six XBH in six games is part of the deal, I think I’m on board.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Variance is a bitch in baseball, always got respect sample size in a long season. Team is good, IMO.
by SeattleVinny on Apr 16, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
They are just CLINGING to this “Jorge Posada hit the first home run” thing.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Potential NY Post Headline? Meet the new Bronx – same as the old Bronx.
Lead singer and driver of the Winnebago.
This is game 10 and Raffy’s 6th appearance.
by woodsmeister on Apr 16, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
30 pitches. 12 strikes.
Can we try someone else for a few pitches?
Eric Wedge. The Adam LaRoche of managers.
I agree with leaving Perez out there.
First, he has always been a guy who could go 2-3 innings occasionally.
Second, it’s a chance to get him some mop-up/tune-up work without having to put him in during a mop-up situation. (He entered the game before it was a blowout.)
Third, it is worth taking drastic steps to restore some semblance of a normal workload for the rest of the pen.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Third, it is worth taking drastic steps to restore some semblance of a normal workload for the rest of the pen.
Perez, conceivably, is our 2nd best reliever. I agree with your other points, but I’m not sure you use Perez for this role
Seriously. I’d be getting “You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here”-ed at the end of the game.
I’d be so hammered if I was there right now. I’d probably be inciting something.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
So how did Cliff Lee look? I see the box, looks like a lot of baserunners.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
They hit two balls hard the whole day. A Swisher double and the Posada homerun. Cliff got squeezed on the low strike and the outside corner, but he kept pounding it there. He stayed out of the middle of the plate, mixed in his secondary stuff. Many of their hits were grounders and a few infield singles, I believe.
VERY encouraging outing from Cliff. With a normal strike zone, he probably throws 7 or 8 innings.
by xrickx on Apr 16, 2009 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
hal reynolds only hit 21 dingers? i know he wasn’t a power player…but didn’t he have a pretty long career?
He’s a hugger, not a dinger.
Eric Wedge. The Adam LaRoche of managers.
by emd2k3 on Apr 16, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I’m glad Perez isn’t completely getting rocked this inning, but why is he still in there?
Il faut d'abord durer.
Good lord. If you want to know anything about the Indians first 10 days of minor league ball, read Tony’s latest
Maybe you could have a regular feature, giving a recap of Tony’s recaps.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Possibly. Maybe I’ll try that Word auto-summary feature on that piece.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Microsoft has a long history as a great developer of Mac software.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
True. I’ve enjoyed working with Office programs much more on Mac than on PC.
I'm *always* in the driver's seat, cugino -- Chuck
by Turkmenbashi on Apr 16, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I just hate when they think I’m retarded in Entourage for typing iPod instead of Ipod.
Eric Wedge. The Adam LaRoche of managers.
He’s really underperformed today. Hasn’t broken out for that big play.
by DisplacedBuckeye on Apr 16, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Hammy is a comedian. “Victor needs only a triple to hit for the cycle.”
by zempf on Apr 16, 2009 4:42 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
haha, an outfielder is going to have a break his leg in the outfield for Victor to get a triple.
by Ryan on Apr 16, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
If only you could pinch run during a hit.
Eric Wedge. The Adam LaRoche of managers.
by emd2k3 on Apr 16, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
This
I'm *always* in the driver's seat, cugino -- Chuck
by Turkmenbashi on Apr 16, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I seriously can’t believe all the empty seats.
It just validates all the horrible things I already believed about Yankees fans.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Honestly, would you expect different in Cleveland? In a 10-2 game?
Eric Wedge. The Adam LaRoche of managers.
I can’t wait to get home and watch the DVR. I’m listening to it, and it sounds quiet, but empty seats? How much do you think those seats cost?
Il faut d'abord durer.
You know, more people have paid more money to watch the home team lose than any time ever in baseball history, I suspect.
by woodsmeister on Apr 16, 2009 4:45 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Send those empty seats to Cooperstown!
by SuddenSam on Apr 16, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s either this or 2007 ALDS Game Four or 2004 ALCS Game Seven.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Doesn’t major league baseball set prices on playoff games? I suspect that the ticket prices for this game are well above what they were for that series, at least at face value.
by woodsmeister on Apr 16, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Love the understatement on MLB.com:
Jorge Posada tied it in the fifth with the Stadium’s first homer. Cleveland reclaimed the lead in the seventh.
That made me laugh also. ESPN is more honest:
The Yankees have opened their new digs, and the Indians have made themselves at home.
The Yankees have opened their new digs, and the Indians have peed on all the new rugs.
Fixed.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Jay on Apr 16, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 9 recs
seriously. some of us need to go back to work
by for the record on Apr 16, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Would anyone have believed, back when we were winning the ALDS across the street just 18 months ago, that we’d be putting Rafi L + R in a game basically to mop up?
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
No, that’s just a bonus.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Jay on Apr 16, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just want to point out, the go-ahead runner is on 2B.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Jay on Apr 16, 2009 4:58 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
he has to…i heard he can’t hit the curveball
by DontCallMeJoey on Apr 16, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually, putting the slowest working pitcher in the universe in for the 9th inning is, pretty much, a big FU to the Yankees from Wedge.
by woodsmeister on Apr 16, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Borowski would have ended this game by now. One way or the other.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Jay on Apr 16, 2009 5:00 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
You know what would have been great is if they’d brought in Pavano to pitch the 9th.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
When you’re Cash Man, you don’t really think twice before deciding to pay the Ransom….
Go ahead. Shoot me.
by Logodaedalus on Apr 16, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
About 2400 comments so far … we apparently were really up for this game.
I wonder if the Bureau of Labor Statistics has a report on how much SBN reduces worker productivity?
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Jay on Apr 16, 2009 5:06 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Consider the place christened! Don’t invite CLE to your Homecoming Game any more.
by JulioBernazard on Apr 16, 2009 5:07 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
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