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He's given up 3 in 5 innings and he's been lucky. Francona may want to get the pen ready, jon doesn't have it

It does make sense medically, but it would seem that the procedure he performed is more of a patch than a true fix, meaning that he'll break down. But if there was some HGH built into that fat, then maybe he wont. Regardless, you guys know my stance on cheating. I dont really care if he's loading up on Winstrol and greenies, as long as he produces

Did anyone look at Ian Kennedy's line thus far this yr? Grandy has been great, but when you combine Coke, Jackson, AND Kennedy, we sure gave up a whole hell of a lot

Its one of those unwritten rules. In college, it is illegal to bowl over the catcher, but they also enforce blocking the plate without the ball

They dropped his arm slot and turned down his velocity. They have turned him into a true lefty specialist. He used to sit in the 90s with a big overhand 12-6 curve. Now, he's sitting 80s with a wicked sidearm slider. The sox did wonders with his delivery

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6605984 Glioblastoma multiforme, the same thing that felled Bobby Murcer. Typically, people die within 9 months of diagnosis. Tough break for the kid. I remember watching him and Darryl and Gooden in 1986. One of my first baseball memories

Well, that's the nature of the game. If a guy in pads is going to block the plate with his leg, you should have the right to clear said obstruction by force. You shouldnt have to slide around him.

Exactly ORS. If a catcher doesnt want to get barrelled over, he shouldnt stick his leg over the plate.

and the Yanks win

Confirmed today. He had his surgery and he will need another surgery in 8-10 weeks to remove some hardware. ESPN is trying to push a BS agenda of protecting the catcher. Seriously, they might be the biggest sports network, but they are all for the pussification of America. It's rare to see a collision, and it is rarer to see the catcher this seriously injured. It's part of the game, you deal with it

8IP 1ER...another solid outing from the big fella. He's rollin now

Cano does look like he's heating up again. When he gets hot, he carries the team

He's a kid who needs another yr of minor league seasoning. I think he will eventually be good, but starting him here isnt a good way to build up his psyche

Are you guys aware that this is the only game being televised today? All of us will miss the Verlander vs Beckett performance since ESPN has the f***ing sunday night game

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Mariano has never been good in tie situations. His 3 BSV in 16 chances is a little high for him, but he typically has a week where he blows 2 or 3, and he already had that. He blew a save vs Baltimore recently after another solid stretch. His stuff looks about as good as ever. His location betrayed him in his 3 BSV's but so be it. He is far from a problem. In terms of Nova, he's been a rookie. His May prior to last night had been solid. He's had inconsistent command of his fastball, and last night he had no command of his fastball. And his secondary stuff isnt good enough to pitch backwards. The way he pitches, he is gonna give up the hits, but he needs to limit walks to be anything more than our 5th starter. Very encouraged once again by Noesi. I think he can step into Aceves' abandoned role from 2009 since our GM stupidly let him walk. He comes right at hitters, is throwing harder in a relief role and has shown good offspeed stuff. I think he needs to stay in the bigs. Discouraged once again by the offense. We scored 3 runs on homers early, are able to tie the game off Felix in the 7th then get nothing off their pen for the next 5 innings? And we have a starting 9 making well over $100 million? Really? Jeter has had almost exactly the same BA and OBP in May and April, meaning he doesnt look like a guy primed for a breakout. Worse, he could even be primed for a dropoff, which would be devastating Nick Swisher followed up an awful April with an abysmal May. Everyone talks about his great numbers vs lefties, well, his OPS as a RHH is under .700 and his OPS as a LHH is under .600. This is the one that hurts the most, because he's 30, in his prime, and expected to give us solid at bats from both sides. Instead, he cannot hit the f***ing ball And Posada. Oh Posada. His May is an improvement, especially the .377OBP, but his power is gone. The only good thing about his April was that he was good for an occasional HR. But he hasnt hit one since April 14th. He's 0 for 26 as a RHH as well, meaning that he is completely useless and now platooned out when a lefty comes in. His May numbers are somewhat encouraging and his leash should be extended into the end of June. But if July 1 comes and he's still hitting under .200, continues to show a dearth of power, and furthers the idea that he's not a platoon DH, then an upgrade is necessary. I never thought I would say this, but our offense is not championship caliber. I thought Jeter's yr last yr would push him to prepare a little harder this yr and come back in a bit better shape and maybe give one more season of Jeterian performance. But he looks more like a statue, he's lost his ability to drive the ball, and his baserunning has suffered. Sufficed to say, his resigning looks abysmal right now. And we dont have much to do about it anyway. Nunez has been a liability in the field and Pena (in AAA) cannot hit better, so my guess is that we just live with it. In the OF and at DH, though, that is a different story. We have internal candidates who can do better. I would love to see Vasquez in the OF or at DH. The guy has hit 18 homers already in AAA and has power to all fields. The guy cannot be any worse. Hell, a .700OPS and any power at all is better than Swish at this point. And Montero needs to start hitting again as well. His AVG is nice (.305), but that is because he's coasting off a red hot start. Once he starts hitting for power and average, he'll be up here. And you can be sure as s*** that we'll get someone in trade this yr. My guess is Beltran, but we'll see how that works out. We cannot have 3 guys absolutely dragging ass in the lineup for long. Because 1 or 2 guys go into a slump and all of a sudden the offense is punchless.

and we gave the lead away. What the f***?

Imagine how much he would have made if he went to FA. He'd probably get $25 mil a yr for the next 10 yrs

Yanks take Felix deep twice, have a 3-1 lead

The Bruins are not as good as the Canucks, plain and simple. But if Tim Thomas can stand on his head like he did vs Tampa aside from 2 games, then they could pull it off

Anthony Swarzak has a no-no through 7 in a spot start for Liriano

Why teams dont run all over Salty, I dont know. He had all day to make that throw, and he bounces it. Lowrie is definitely not a good defender, but thats on Salty

You know, he was villified for chasing the title. He had a no win situation, if he won, then he was expected to. If he didnt, then he's a failure. Regardless, he got them to the finals now going through 2 of the best teams in the game. And look at the shitbox that he left. Holy s***. The team remained almost completely intact sans Lebron and instead of being a 60 win game, they are a 60 loss team. Can you blame him for leaving? I can't. It was a douchy special that was essentially all about him guised with a benefit to the Boys and Girls club, but this kid actually did the job. I think Miami wins the title in 6

You decline a breathalizer if you have something to hide. If you werent drinking, then you should just take it and deal with it. Then again, I have seen significant discordances between blood and breathalizer, so I dont trust them as much as the courts do. But still, if you werent drinking, just take the test and avoid a night in the can

Lebron is owning the game now. He essentially said, "You know what Bulls, score all you want, I will take this game over in the end."