Friday, June 10, 2005
Yankees at Cardinals
Hey, it worked last series...who am I to tinker with it?
1st: Jeter grounds to second. Nice hand for Womack. Womack grounds to second. Sheffield's bat wiggle is distracting. High fly to left center. Eckstein grounds to first. Four pitch walk to Grudzielanek. Bad pick off gets Grudz to third! Jeter makes his jumping throw and it's a bad one, Giambi can't pick the throw, Albert safe, Mark scores. Long single for Edmonds, runners at the corners. Larry! Base hit to right scores Albert, Jimmy to second. Oh, Sanders goes swinging. Nunez grounds to third.
2nd: Starting to rain in St. Louis. Grounds to short, David bobbles, but still get Rodriguez. Matsui pops to left. C'mon Jason. That was close, but Posada walks. Boos for Giambi. Popped to Reggie. Looks like a high strike zone tonight. Not good for either pitcher. Yadi flies to Womack in left (that's so weird, but he can't look worse out there than Manny). Marquis Ks. Eckstein grounds out 1-3.
3rd: Cano singles to right. Wang's first plate appearance. Bunt, Molina goes to second and gets the lead runner, but they can't get Wang at first. Jeter says "Dammit," after a foul. Jason, what's up? Another FC, Nunez gets Wang at second on a nice play. Womack bounces out 1-3. Grudz grounds to 2nd. Nice, one of the auctions at Pujols' golf thing yesterday raised $80,000. And he gets a double into the corner. Whoa, what just happened? Jimmy hits it to left, Albert is sent home, Jimmy almost gets picked off first after the relay to Jeter, but Giambi can't handle the throw, and Edmonds is on third. Larry walks (last ball intentional), setting up a double play. Reggie-base hit to right, Larry's incredibly awesome baserunning makes Sheffield throw off line, Edmonds scores, Larry at third, Sanders at second. IBB to Nunez to set up a double play for Yadi. PB!! Larry scores. Yadi lines to Sheffield. No one can advance. Cano misses Jason's grounder and two more runs score. Eckstein walks. Grudz flies out to right, making the first and third outs of the inning. Poor Mark.
4th: Marquis, with a big lead, walks Sheffield to lead off the inning. Rodriguez hits a can of corn to center. Nunez talks to Marquis about something. Arugh, Matsui singles past a diving Eckstein to center. Al tells a rambling story about how Torre got his job. Marquis not focusing. Posada, who is goofy looking, Ks. I know he knows he has this big lead focus problem, but I wonder how to fix it. Maybe it's just experience. Oh, Jason, come on. And Giambi pops to short. Not sure how I feel about the "pinball" theme Fox has going for the All Star Game. Albert has a not great at-bat, grounds out 6-3. Same thing for Jimmy, only 4-3. Oh, low strike to Walker. Now he walks. Jeter tries to be fancy and toss behind him while running away from second and screws up, two one, two out. And people think Jimmy showboats? Nunez grounds to Giambi, who kinda bobbles it but recovers for the put out.
5th: Cano lead off double. Big boos for Tino. Wang out of the game. Cheers do not drown out the boos. The $21 million oopsie for Jocketty grounds out to short, Cano to third. Damn, bloop double for Jeter, Cano scores. Ok, Marquis, now can you concentrate? Womack flies to center, Jeter to third. Sheffield grounds to short. Quantrill in. Yadi out. Marquis grounds to Jeter. Surprised he didn't make some pirouette on that play. Eck grounds to second. Bleh.
6th: Rodriguez grounds to second. Matsui grounds to third. Posada singles to right. Giambi grounds to second. HOW COULD MCGEE NOT TEAR DOWN 51??? What the hell? That ain't right. At all. Grudz grounds to short. Jose Albert! Home run to dead center - 415 feet. Curtain call. Jimmy grounds to the pitcher. Larry grounds to second.
7th: Cano grounds to first, unassisted. Bernie lifts it to center. Jeter grounds to short. Marquis at 101 pitches. I think he should go out for the 8th. I hope for a three pitch, three outs inning for him then. Sanders pops to right. Oh, no; Sheffield is lazy getting to a fly, Nunez out stretching a double into a triple. Damn, Molina lines right to second.
8th: Pinch hitter Russ Johnson strikes out. Sheffield grounds out to 3rd. Rodriguez singles to right. Goes to second of defensive indifference. Flores getting loose. Jason Ks Godzilla. Seabol pinch hits for Marquis after 113 pitches. Groom in to pitch. Seabol Ks. Wonderful game from Jason. Eckstein flies to right. Grudz gets a double. IBB to Albert, no cycle for him. Boooo! So pinch hitting for Jimmy. So's in a bit of a slump. And he looks totally overmatched-K.
9th: Flores and Taguchi in. A "Yankees suck" chant? That's not cool. Where are we, Shea? Posada flies out to Sanders on the track. Giambi walks. Molina talking to Flores, who hasn't been very sharp. I think Randy Flores is quite attractive. Cano goes down swinging. Let's go Flores! Foul pop up, comes out of Albert's glove. He's going to be mad. Sharp grounder to Nunez, out at 2nd!
That's a Winner! Wow, did the Yankees look bad. I gotta think Torre gave them hell in the clubhouse. Though he sounded pretty relaxed on Live at Shannon's.
1st: Jeter grounds to second. Nice hand for Womack. Womack grounds to second. Sheffield's bat wiggle is distracting. High fly to left center. Eckstein grounds to first. Four pitch walk to Grudzielanek. Bad pick off gets Grudz to third! Jeter makes his jumping throw and it's a bad one, Giambi can't pick the throw, Albert safe, Mark scores. Long single for Edmonds, runners at the corners. Larry! Base hit to right scores Albert, Jimmy to second. Oh, Sanders goes swinging. Nunez grounds to third.
2nd: Starting to rain in St. Louis. Grounds to short, David bobbles, but still get Rodriguez. Matsui pops to left. C'mon Jason. That was close, but Posada walks. Boos for Giambi. Popped to Reggie. Looks like a high strike zone tonight. Not good for either pitcher. Yadi flies to Womack in left (that's so weird, but he can't look worse out there than Manny). Marquis Ks. Eckstein grounds out 1-3.
3rd: Cano singles to right. Wang's first plate appearance. Bunt, Molina goes to second and gets the lead runner, but they can't get Wang at first. Jeter says "Dammit," after a foul. Jason, what's up? Another FC, Nunez gets Wang at second on a nice play. Womack bounces out 1-3. Grudz grounds to 2nd. Nice, one of the auctions at Pujols' golf thing yesterday raised $80,000. And he gets a double into the corner. Whoa, what just happened? Jimmy hits it to left, Albert is sent home, Jimmy almost gets picked off first after the relay to Jeter, but Giambi can't handle the throw, and Edmonds is on third. Larry walks (last ball intentional), setting up a double play. Reggie-base hit to right, Larry's incredibly awesome baserunning makes Sheffield throw off line, Edmonds scores, Larry at third, Sanders at second. IBB to Nunez to set up a double play for Yadi. PB!! Larry scores. Yadi lines to Sheffield. No one can advance. Cano misses Jason's grounder and two more runs score. Eckstein walks. Grudz flies out to right, making the first and third outs of the inning. Poor Mark.
4th: Marquis, with a big lead, walks Sheffield to lead off the inning. Rodriguez hits a can of corn to center. Nunez talks to Marquis about something. Arugh, Matsui singles past a diving Eckstein to center. Al tells a rambling story about how Torre got his job. Marquis not focusing. Posada, who is goofy looking, Ks. I know he knows he has this big lead focus problem, but I wonder how to fix it. Maybe it's just experience. Oh, Jason, come on. And Giambi pops to short. Not sure how I feel about the "pinball" theme Fox has going for the All Star Game. Albert has a not great at-bat, grounds out 6-3. Same thing for Jimmy, only 4-3. Oh, low strike to Walker. Now he walks. Jeter tries to be fancy and toss behind him while running away from second and screws up, two one, two out. And people think Jimmy showboats? Nunez grounds to Giambi, who kinda bobbles it but recovers for the put out.
5th: Cano lead off double. Big boos for Tino. Wang out of the game. Cheers do not drown out the boos. The $21 million oopsie for Jocketty grounds out to short, Cano to third. Damn, bloop double for Jeter, Cano scores. Ok, Marquis, now can you concentrate? Womack flies to center, Jeter to third. Sheffield grounds to short. Quantrill in. Yadi out. Marquis grounds to Jeter. Surprised he didn't make some pirouette on that play. Eck grounds to second. Bleh.
6th: Rodriguez grounds to second. Matsui grounds to third. Posada singles to right. Giambi grounds to second. HOW COULD MCGEE NOT TEAR DOWN 51??? What the hell? That ain't right. At all. Grudz grounds to short. Jose Albert! Home run to dead center - 415 feet. Curtain call. Jimmy grounds to the pitcher. Larry grounds to second.
7th: Cano grounds to first, unassisted. Bernie lifts it to center. Jeter grounds to short. Marquis at 101 pitches. I think he should go out for the 8th. I hope for a three pitch, three outs inning for him then. Sanders pops to right. Oh, no; Sheffield is lazy getting to a fly, Nunez out stretching a double into a triple. Damn, Molina lines right to second.
8th: Pinch hitter Russ Johnson strikes out. Sheffield grounds out to 3rd. Rodriguez singles to right. Goes to second of defensive indifference. Flores getting loose. Jason Ks Godzilla. Seabol pinch hits for Marquis after 113 pitches. Groom in to pitch. Seabol Ks. Wonderful game from Jason. Eckstein flies to right. Grudz gets a double. IBB to Albert, no cycle for him. Boooo! So pinch hitting for Jimmy. So's in a bit of a slump. And he looks totally overmatched-K.
9th: Flores and Taguchi in. A "Yankees suck" chant? That's not cool. Where are we, Shea? Posada flies out to Sanders on the track. Giambi walks. Molina talking to Flores, who hasn't been very sharp. I think Randy Flores is quite attractive. Cano goes down swinging. Let's go Flores! Foul pop up, comes out of Albert's glove. He's going to be mad. Sharp grounder to Nunez, out at 2nd!
That's a Winner! Wow, did the Yankees look bad. I gotta think Torre gave them hell in the clubhouse. Though he sounded pretty relaxed on Live at Shannon's.
