Thursday, June 7, 2018

Thirteen innings, lucky number

I’m on the road this morning. What happened last night?

Can anyone put it into verse?

19 comments:

  1. I’ll tell ya what happened... absolutely nothing, for hours. I went to the bathroom.... came back... did I miss anything? Nope, nothing. Then I went and changed the air cleaner in my car, came back, still nothing. Dicked around I the garage for a while with the radio on... 9+ innings, nothing. So I went to bed, watched some YouTube videos. Later, I thought... hmm wonder f the Yankees won? Turned the radio back on and found that Aaron Judge was as bored with this game as I was so he put it away. Then, because all of his hits are non-clutch, Stanton did a me too. The end. Long boring game.

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  2. I was in Cleveland watching the Schmindians beat the Brewers. was attacked by midges. Shades of Joba! (By the way, we need a dude like Kluber.)

    One more park crossed off the bucket list....

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  3. IllI give you my best free verse ... A-hem ... Ahh-AHHH-AAAHHHHH-AAaAaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHaaaa-ah-ah-ah-aaaaaaaaAaAaHaHaHaaaAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!

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  4. I kept tuning in and tuning out, a total snooze fest which is surprising since Sasha Grey was pitching ( good night for him, Brava),,,,, finally finally finally checked back in, but just after the 13th inning blasts, damn,,,,,,, any other year this would have been a pineapple for us, cue the mighty WinWarblist AAAaaaaaaHHhiiiiiiiiiiiiAAAaahahahhaAAAAAaaaa!!!

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  5. We didn't expect much from Sonny
    The guy with a head that is funny
    He channeled Cy Young
    And I coughed up a lung
    Cheering, "He's well worth the money!"

    But Toronto had their Cy as well
    And our BAs were going to hell
    When Aaron took over
    And ended in clover
    By ringing the ball like a bell

    John Carlo stepped up to the plate
    Lacking pressure, he can be just great
    He lasered a shot
    And went into a trot
    And you thought that it must just be fate

    The bullpen kept Blue Jays at bay
    They floundered while our guys made hay
    'Twas no doubt about it
    We might as well flout it
    These Yankees are doing OK

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  6. THIS WAS THE EXACT KIND OF GAME WE WOULD LOSE THE LAST 4 - 5 YEARS.

    ON THE ROAD.

    EXTRA INNINGS.

    NOT NOW.

    GREAT BULLPEN WORK. (EVEN DELLIN).

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  7. It took too long
    For Judge to swing

    So after thirteen
    We finally sing.



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  8. I second that emotion LBJ, John M, bravo, a rhyme supreme!

    And absolutely ALLCAPS, any other year we'd have gone to bed sleeping with a pineapple pillow!

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  9. Really good job John M.

    Here's a slightly different take done to "Penny Lane"

    "Sonny Grey"

    Sonny Grey, the pitcher, helped to win a baseball game
    Attacked the plate, had good command, more strikes than balls.
    In the 13th Judge cleared the wall.
    and ended his shame...

    It was nice to see John Carlo playing like he’s mad
    it seems that Didi might again has found his stroke
    Although Sanchez is still a “moke’
    We won anyway.

    Sonny Grey looks like he just turned it around.
    But we've been here before and run aground.
    So, we'll see
    meanwhile back...

    Gleybar Torres suffers from trying to do too much
    He should stop swinging every time for the fence
    Also, Mueller should indict Mike Pence
    I just had to say…

    In other Yankee news it looks like Austin's spit the bit
    It's likely that we get Torreyes back today,
    this doesn't mean that he'll get to play
    he should get to stay.

    Sonny Grey looks like he just turned it around.
    But we've been here before and run aground…

    Sonny Grey

    Doug K.

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  10. The only living boy in WishawJune 7, 2018 at 12:23 PM

    Brilliant stuff I'm very impressed

    Poetry and song some very funny talented posters on here.

    The most Bohemian of Yankee blogs on the net :D

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  11. Great work, John M. and Alphonso!

    Here's my take, with apologies to Tennessee Ernie Ford:

    "You play thirteen frames and whattaya get?
    Another win closer to a-playin' the Mets
    Sonny put in eight and the pen did five
    They shut down the Jays and that's no jive.

    If you see us comin' you better get lost.
    A lotta teams didn't and a lot got tossed.
    One fist's Giancarlo, the other is Judge
    They'll pound you down to a puddle of sludge.

    They was born one mornin' in an' old wood crate
    Picked up a bat and walked up to the plate.
    Hit that ball into the upper deck
    Left-a Cashman gaspin' 'Now what the heck?'

    You play thirteen frames an' whattaya get?
    Still a game behind Boston who we ain't caught yet.
    Metsies don't you cross us cause we ain't got time,
    We'll beat you down like some old French mime."

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  12. Thirteen innings and thirteen comments!

    Oops. now 14.

    D'OH!

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  13. Now you've done it. We have to get up to at least 26 now.

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  14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5EAahh2JfQ

    Some vintage John (and regretfully some Michael Kay) against the Mets.

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  15. Off topic, but another example of the small market (RTA (tm)) fan base:


    http://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/06/07/cell-phone-lights-cause-delay-in-red-sox-tigers-game-at-fenway-park/

    At least it wasn't blow-up dolls on family day.

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  16. More small market (RTA (tm))news but interesting anyway.

    El Duque wondering about the latest (reserve a wing in the HOF) (RTA (tm))prospect:
    http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-2018-difference-between-yankees-and.html

    Legitimate concerns that have fortunately not panned out:

    From old frenemy Pete Abe:

    https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2018/06/06/rafael-devers-may-need-trip-minors/tbVWz7u8dSVBq3TSKKkenO/story.html

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  17. Great work on Devers, Rufus.

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