Edgy MD

Congratulations on your escape, Curtis Granderson. You, Tejada, have also, for now, mastered the art of autoliberation. .185.182.196.167.107A hit in his next pinch- hitting appearance gets him to .217, and then it's off to the races. . . . . . . . . .A promotion and a hit in his first trip gets him to .214. If this happens, I expect he'll be sent down again immediately. . . . . . . .One hit gets him up to .204. A 1-1, 1-2, or 1-3 liberates him, as does any number of two-hit games. A 1-4 keeps him dreaming, however. . . . . .Welcome, son, to the club you didn't want to join. There's no rule that says shortstops can't hit, Wilmer. A 1-1, a 1-2, a 1-3 or a two- hit game, and you and I are best buds.Needs a promotion and a 4-4. IT COULD HAPPEN! . . . . . . . . . . . . I can say no more.

All that game needed was a steady rain and an unseasonable chill.

Leadoff walkie-talkie.

Nope. It's a Familia Affair.

"Valverde, you get the ninth. Just so you know, we'll be needing a roster spot after the game. Go get 'em."

And now there's a ball on the field... and now there's an equpiment problem...nd now there's a delay as a naked drunk dude runs around on the field... and we're ready to get back under w... oh, another beach ball delay here... .

Polish your shoes, Laggy!!

Let's tack a few on here and make it stupid.

Way to stay with it, Tehoddy. That's what most redeems Murphy's defense. He stays with the play really well.

Six outs to hold a five-run lead, and it's totally in doubt. #WinningUgly

We're far from Recker.

Seats behind the plate starting to look like Citi Field. Leadoff man walks on four pitches. This is the way we roll.

Well, we're 2/3 of the way.

Notice the leadership Jeter is showing out there.

They get a call the other way and Girardi goes out and demands an early shower.

Strikes three and four to Solarte, both called ballz.

Um, if that 0-2 pitch wasn't a strike, where was it?

Grandy at .198 right now, d'Arnaud at .200, Tejada at .204.

How indeed.

Gwreck wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Maybe, but what a waste of energy and lack of perspective arguing over "WHO'S TO BLAME?!" --- treating a season as a blameworthy writeoff at 18-19 I would submit it's perfectly reasonable to appreciate that the team is competitive and enjoyable, etc. while simultaneously recognizing that the last five seasons were awful. Is this really about the last five seasons? That wasn't what was going on in that column at all. Want to know what happened the last five seasons? The team, that had been spending beyond it's means for a while, lost the illusion that they could afford to do this when the Madoff scandal broke. In a perfect storm, their markers were coming due on long-term, expensive, foolish, unmovable contracts. Who's to blame for this? Everyone of us knows the answer. Madoff in in his fraud and Wilpon in his foolishness. What's to argue about? Rubin is trying to attack somebody for the team's performance this year, crying a never-before situation --- a crisis! --- is afoot because of the mis-management of Alderson. It's utter nonsense and anybody who buys it is cutting his nose off... to spite his shirt. Meanwhile, the team is stomping a much more expensive Yankee roster with greater concerns, top to bottom.

That was a potential triple decker!! (You don't think that means they're sending Wheeler back out, do you?)

Giving me sort of what i was hoping for out of Flores. "Hey, I went to physical fitness camp too!" OFF THE POLE!!!

This guy just comes set and stands there like a statue.

Lagares gets exactly the same type of double that nobody gets if Lagares is on defense.

Amazing that Wheeler gets out of that. Amazin'.