Friday, September 02, 2011

This was worth watching, and especially good to watch cued up the DVR and fast forwarding through the interminable waits between pitches and commercials. Alfredo Aceves must be sipping Becket Kool-Aid. He was beyond hopeless wasting over a minute between pitches, making everyone step out, blah, blah, blah. Bite me Alfredo.

Finally, they put Freddie Garcia in an A.J. Burnet suit and send him out to the mound. Whoever it was had off-speed command, an infrequent but most effective slider, and other assorted junk. Does anyone know the whereabouts of Jamie Moyer last night? Burnet pitched six solid. Period. He had Ortiz out looking in the 6th on an unhittable, mesmerizing curve ball. The pitch also mesmerized home plate umpire I. Mustbe Blind, as he stood gazing for several seconds before call it a ball.

Logan came in an got Crawford swinging and in his only move tonight that displayed any imagination or invention Joe Girardi brought in Wade to turn Jed Lowerie around to the left side. Curtis Granderson save Girardi, Wade and possible the game with a spectacular diving catch on a sinking liner that Lowerie laced to right center. I suspect everyone in Fenway heard Lowerie scream "Fuck" as he crossed first base after Granderson's web gem.

Nick Swisher earned a pie in the face and a hand grenade down his shorts for not knowing the number of outs when he went to the plate in the 5th. Cano had just single with one out and Nick "Hey,Dude" layed down a sacrifice bunt. It was also interesting that when Swisher went back to the dugout, A-Rod was the first player to approach him. When Swisher came Derek Jeter gave him a look that we've all seen in grade school. The half smile look that gets flashed when you know someone is going to catch hell from the teacher. That's not a good look for a Yankee Captain, particularly in Boston.

Nice call by Girardi not to bunt Nunez in the top of the 6th but rather letting him swing away and ground into a double play. Had he bunted Russell Martin over to 2nd after his leadoff single that would have given Jeter and Granderson RBI opportunities. And who need those when you're down 2 - 1? Michael Kay was aware enough to suggest that Girardi could have used Eric Chvez as a pinch hitter in that situation. Apparently Joe was watching the game on his Dick Tracy Wrist Communicator and actually used Mike's idea in the 7th and Chavez drove in thie 4th run of the game.

Russell Martin was not big offensively but superb behind the plate. The Yankees are so solid defensively up the middle and it really starts with Martin and ends with Granderson. And we already know that Teixeira is the arguably the best defensive 1st basemen in the league - although he got out of position, grabbed a ball that was destined for Cano's glove, and made a poor throw to first that pulled a hustling A.J. Burnet off the bag at 1st- and Gardner the best defensive left fielder. This is the stuff that stirs my wahoo and keeps my syrup running.

Speaking of wahoo - Annie, I heard a rumor from a very unreliable source that Jacoby Elsbury is Jete's latest love interest. (Just want to see if your still paying attention).

Boston pitchers continued to hit Yankee batters. Teixeira got hit on the knee and one of Our Booth Bozos opined that Teixeira was lucky it was only a curve ball that got him - got him well enough to put him out of the game. They pitch inside - with intent to hit people more often than any other team in baseball.

David Ortiz is an ass. He showed up both the home plate umpire and 3rd base umpire last night. He waved a 5 Finger Salute to 3rd when he was called for a strike on a correctly called yes-he-went strike and turned and gave the home plate umpire the Ortiz Evil Eye and Babble on a called strike. Big Papi? Big Whoop.

Yawn. It's late. Nice win. I'll clean this up in the morning.


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