Yanks face a can’t-lose situation as Boston is down in Tampa Bay, and they made hay while they could last night. Javier Vazquez notched win number 7 – can you dig it – after seven innings of three-hit ball. The A’s scored on a CoCo Crisp sac fly after a triple. In all fairness, the triple was a fly ball to the wall that could have been misplayed by call-up Chad Curtis. Javy was clearly angry for giving up the sacrifice, kicking the mound dirt up in disgust. But he was settled, and four more innings later he left it to Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera, who both did their jobs. Yanks space a full game over the Sox, who lost to TB.
Scott Rolen checked his swing on an inside offering from Mike Pelfrey which grazed his forearm. Home plate umpire Jerry Meals saw a foul tip, and called it suchly, only to have the field crew reverse the call and award Rolen the base. Men were on first, second, and third at the time. Well, the Mets just lost it from there. Rod Barajas almost executed a flying knee drop, if not for David Wright restraining him, and Jerry Manuel flipped his lid. The Reds plated six runners that inning. Angel Pagan led off in the bottom half with a solo shot, and the Mets followed him for four more runs. They didn’t gain the lead. Pelfrey has given up seventeen earned runs in 28 1/3 innings over his last five starts.
“It’s just not cool,” …… “It’s just a serious, gross lack of tact. At the end of the day, I hope I do not become associated with that kind of approach.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2010/07/06/2010-07-06_dallas_blasts_as_for_maverick_arod_tshirt.html
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAa
Dallas Braden fast becoming the arbiter of all unwritten rules on tact and class in baseball.
Wonder what the janitor found in HIS locker.
I’m still speechless over Sal, btw. Not like he died or anything but I feel like I have to do a homage, or, and “Buddio-age”.
btw you noticed that they used the silhouette, and you noticed how it kind of looks like the “spit clap K” I did for ya?
He is still posting articles everyday.
Dally is just a dick.
So what was he talking about?! I can’t get to him from work, they blocked the “wordpress” part of the hit.
I noticed that they circumnavigated just like you. You are a problem solver, no doubt.
Not sure what is going on with him.
http://bostondirtdogs.boston.com/
Flop in the trop, I think I’ve heard that before. I love the dirt dogs because they say what the press can’t. Dice K has officially come home to roost.
Red Sox SUCK.
Figuring out how to do GIF files – those are the little animations like the “laser show” bit. You know me, always something new. I always look at Sal like just a straight baseball writer man although his pshops are priceless. I have a good surprise for him to based on his “Jobano’s” pic.
Mets got hosed last night. Some asshole ump changes a call from 100 feet a way and ruins good game. What a douche.
And how is Joey Votto not on the all-star team.
This bullshit smells worse in this heat.
Later.
BTW, I respect the mocking of that shirt.
MLBTR
Peter Gammons hears rumblings of a Lee-B.J. Upton deal and wonders if a third team could be involved along with the Mariners and Rays (Twitter link).
I KNOW that the whole scrape between Upton and Longoria was trade-related but I couldn’t figure out how. could be something to do with this.
ticker is updated.
Zobrist leading off for the Rays btw. Upton used to be their leadoff guy. Rays are low on the runs scored list in any case. I realize that their rotation is sucking wind right now but showed a lot of “moxy” the first half. As a “right now” rental Lee would def. rally those young guys for the second half.
Also, does Seattle have a fetish for head cases? BJ was the Upton brother who drop-kicked the umpire in the minors, right?
TB leads AL in ERA & WHIP:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2010-standard-pitching.shtml
I just added Jose Canseco’s twitter feed…enjoy
Lucas Duda has six homers in his past eight games.
Someone let Omar know.
If you are a Mets fan, you should learn this kids name.
LUCAS DUDA…thanks kev. How’s the daddy gig going? Teeth yet?
Hey howdy, boys and girls, hope you all had a great holoiday weekend.
A little football related article to whet the whistle.
This guy’s the best in the business. GET YOUR MIND RIGHT !
Dan Bickley – Arizona Republic
Gathered under a gazebo, we wait for our leader. The temperature already is nauseating. It’s 8:53 a.m., a bad time to be climbing a mountain in late June.
But that’s just how John Lott wants it.
“This is going to hurt,” says Beanie Wells.
“My water is already warm,” says David Moosman.
“You need any sunscreen?” asks Max Hall.
“No, dude. You left me spotted last time,” says Dean Muhtadi.
Off we go.
Lott and his “puppies” are climbing Camelback Mountain once again, like they do most every week during voluntary workouts. The group is comprised of rookies trying to make the Cardinals, players who swear by Lott’s methods and an intruder with a digital recorder. We all know better than to ask questions.
“I tell them not to worry about the light at the end of the tunnel. There is no light,” said Lott, the Cardinals’ strength and conditioning coach. “Right now, you are with me. I don’t care what the other rookies are doing. This is what we are doing. I’m not asking. I’m telling. These aren’t questions. This is how we’re training. And if you don’t like the way the Cardinals do it, let us know.”
To Lott, the mountain has become a metaphor, a simulator and a training tool. He began climbing the year the Cardinals ascended to the Super Bowl, and hasn’t stopped yet. He divides the challenge into four segments for easy application, one for each NFL quarter: the bench, the face, the gauntlet and Amen corner.
“Because when you get to the top, you turn left and you’re in Heaven,” Lott said.
The small, skinny guys bolt for the top. They are light on their feet, and will reach the summit in about 30 minutes. No one can touch veteran linebacker Clark Haggans, who once scaled the mountain in 26 minutes.
“That was in mid-July,” Haggans said. “When I got to the top, I threw up. But I still made it.”
The heavy guys slog. Rookie Dan Williams is a 327-pound nose tackle from Tennessee, and probably wondering why he couldn’t have been drafted by the Raiders. He needed 1:12 to finish the previous week and Lott is riding shotgun, riding him hard.
Along the way, everyone must dig hard to reach the top, and that’s the point.
“This teaches a team to find its second wind,” Lott said. “We can run all day until our (private parts) fall off, and it won’t mean a thing. This replicates the feeling of getting back to the huddle, and getting on to the next play.
“Out here, there are times when you want to quit, when you can’t see the top, when you think (the climb) is never going to end. That’s the way it is during the push and pull of a football game. This is the closest thing I’ve ever done to get you in football shape without playing football.”
Lott is both stern and comical, and around the game, his reputation is without peer. Players gravitate to the fearless authority in his voice. He dishes out a wide array of nicknames. He calls Matt Leinart “Shaggy doo.”
“He’ll call me back and say, ‘Hey John, it’s Shag,’ ” Lott said.
The players feel the results, and love him even more. On his watch, the Cardinals have lost much blubber and gained much fourth-quarter stamina. His re-signing over the off-season should not be understated, and is a credit to the way Michael Bidwill is running the operation.
Lott costs a lot of money, but he’s worth it. And he’s the perfect man to make the first impression on the next generation of would-be Cardinals.
“The first time I met John Lott, it was a month before the draft,” Wells said. “I came to Arizona and the first thing he said to me was, ‘Dude, you’ve got to lose some weight.’ They hadn’t even drafted me yet!”
Wells has lost 20 pounds since that day, shedding 12 minutes off his mountain time.
At the top, we wait for the last two members of the group. Williams clocks in just under an hour, achieving Lott’s goal. Everyone claps, and the coach gathers everyone in a circle.
He reminds everyone to not litter. He says that grey underfoot means slippery, red is tacky and to keep your toes up on the way down. And then he gets rolling.
“This is about improvement, fortitude, and getting your mind right,” Lott says.
“Nobody thinks we’re going to do this. Some people think we’re going to get annihilated this year. But out there, folks, is where we’re going to play for the championship.”
Lott points into the distance, into the stunning expanse of blue sky and brown haze, where the University of Phoenix Stadium is clearly visible. Shivers race up and down my arms.
Maybe it’s uprising of heat stroke. But probably not.
Johan Santana just hit his first Major League Home Run. Off the foul pole in Right. Entertaining stuff
Some guy just fell from the upper deck chasing a foul ball at the Rangers game.Hope it was a mexican
Spirit, nice to hear from you, and thanks for that deep cut.
You gotta leave Santana in.
Wow Johan GOLFED that one.
Hey Slammer did you hear about Johan’s golf escapade.
Watching J-Man’s presser right now…snuffle snuffle hahahahahaha
Dude, Gangsta is one of my heroes.
Him and Retardi are lousy managers…BUT, Jerry is a Stoner Icon.
Potheads of the world are United admiring him as one of their own. Seriously, I’m watching the presser too and I always picture a huge Bong on the table..
“Uhm, herm, hrm harruph…High Times…sniffle, whoa, ehhh Chappelles Show…leadoff..snurf, snarf…’m hungry”
Good night for a win
George in the lineup and Gardner still in the leadoff spot. Whatta ya know
64 degrees in Oakland..I’m seriously hating right now
Mo out of the All Star game-
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100706&content_id=12001648&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
“pitching hurt”
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100706&content_id=12001648&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
whatta ya know…WORD jrz
icon…hahahaha
Beat me to it lev
nice drop, lev. Mo shoots straight.
I think it is a 40 year old guy who has “been there, done that” and would rather take a breath more than anything else. If he was “hurt”, he wouldn’t be throwing.
Anyone know if Gangsta’s into Purple Drank?
good point, lev
Mo says Mo needs a break, Mo needs a break.
Gangsta does sort of remind me of Wavy Gravy
I’m frying an egg on the laptop here. Yas hungry?
CG, SHO for Johan???????? The RSS aint never gonna catch the wkering krew
True Story:
I gave Wavy Gravy a Big Hug at a Dead show once..he told me to be careful because his back was “permanently fucked up from all the beat downs he got from the Pigs in the 60s”
CC doesn’t wake up until the second or third inning.
that’s it for me, I have third degree burns on my forearms. later all.
Later lb
pigs hahahahaha
jrz, wrecking crew has me hopeless IN THE FIRST HALF. I’m already looking at next year.
alright later.
Any chance Lee gets traded before the Yankees gotta face his ass on Friday?
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