IST - Orioles vs. Opponent

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: ESPN Stats & Info ?@ESPNStatsInfo When Alex Rodriguez struck out to end the #Yankees game last night, he became 1st MLB player in postseason history with 4 game-ending Ks.

MLB's facebook page asked if the Yankees should drop him in the order. I love that they're jumping all over this narrative.

[metirish]

It's delicious , contract through 2017.........love it.

[Frayed Knot]

I was half joking when I made reference during that last inning to the opponents losing and their fans blaming it all on ARod as a result being the best of all outcomes, but my brief listen to Steve Somers after the game found him doing a monolog on just that. Why is the "Lightening Rod" still hitting 3rd?, etc.
Of course the Schmoozer is good at doing stuff like that in order to ensure he'll have callers lining-up to chime in as soon as he returns from the first commercial break, but I have no doubt that would have been the most popular topic anyway.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Flaherty takes the bantamweight deep to give the O's a 1-0 lead.

[ashie62]

Jeter does have his moments and that was one

[Frayed Knot]

Ashie62 wrote: Jeter does have his moments and that was one

Misjudged fly-balls? Yeah, he gets some of those.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Mariano Rivera threw out the first pitch. He almost missed it - the guy who electrifies his pool for the winter was running late.

[metirish]

Ernie Johnson almost sounded sad with that Machado home run.

[ashie62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Ashie62 wrote: Jeter does have his moments and that was one Misjudged fly-balls? Yeah, he gets some of those.

It seemed dramatic to me.

[Frayed Knot]

OK, so this Miguel Gonzalez guy has shut down the Yanx the whole game except for the "dramatic" long fly that should have been caught.
The announcers just got through talking about the fact that there haven't even been any loud outs.
He hasn't walked a single batter and has just struck out four of the last five hitters he's faced.

So Buck is taking him out ... why?

[seawolf17]

Because somebody's got to give up that dramatic game-winning hit, and he just wasn't doing the job.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Doing my best not to watch Opponent hit, so wouldn't know where he was at re: pitch count.

[Frayed Knot]

Well, Buck the mad scientist is looking good so far.
O'Day has a quick, uneventful 8th inning.

[Frayed Knot]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Doing my best not to watch Opponent hit, so wouldn't know where he was at re: pitch count.

99 -- 69 for strikes

[Frayed Knot]

And now we're going to see Boone Logan for the lefty-hitting Thome ... and then someone else after that (Lowe?) for Reynolds.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Been waiting for THOME to get a fly ball to shallow right.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

OMG, pinch hitting for Arod.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

OMG again

[seawolf17]

Un. Fucking. Believable.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

I hate those guys.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

[metirish]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: OMG, pinch hitting for Arod.

And Ripkin making excuses for him, he's an awful color guy.

Meanwhile, Rodriguez looking all fake for the camera which he knew would be on him when Ibanez hit the home run.

[Frayed Knot]

Fuck man! Give away one out with a bunt and then another one getting caught off 2nd.
Not sure there's much the runner Andino was going to do about that one but still, Soriano got out of that inning by essentially retiring one batter.

[metirish]

Ripken thinks Texeria should bunt...

[Frayed Knot]

The opponents got 49 HRs this season out of Ibanez, Andruw, and Chavez this year in less than 900 ABs combined
And those are their freakin' part-time guys who are a combined 109 years old!

[Frayed Knot]

The way Angel Hernandez went looking into the stands there, it was pretty clear that if Swisher had gotten his hands on the ball underneath everything out there that he was going to get the call even though it clearly went off some fan's hands four rows deep.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Caught looking? That wasn't very Endy of Endy.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Nix is going to get the winning hit and all the stories will be about Jeter's leadership in stepping aside to give the hero his chance.

[Ceetar]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Caught looking? That wasn't very Endy of Endy.

yeah, usually he's more of a soft fly ball to centerfield off Suppan guy.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Well, that was fun to watch. Can't get enough of Teixiera looking stupid.