It is high, it is far, it is... caught!: My Favorite Episode Of The Love Boat Was When Jennifer Steinbrenner Donated Money To Cover The Emergency Surgery For The Passenger Played By Vic Tayback

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Saturday, October 19, 2019

My Favorite Episode Of The Love Boat Was When Jennifer Steinbrenner Donated Money To Cover The Emergency Surgery For The Passenger Played By Vic Tayback

Posted by I'm Bill White at 1:20 PM

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JM said...: And that, Anonymous, is why the vast majority of people who had cable 5 years ago still have cable. And people who no longer have cable have Hulu, for instance, which carries YES, at least locally in and around the city. Then there's Fox Sports Now, or whatever it's called, that lets you stream the games.

Also, ratings services are still catching up to digital viewers. They're getting there, though.

So along with Love Boat reruns, a lot of people are watching Yankees games, I think. If only Jennifer would help out with the team, there would probably be more.

If Vic Tayback was our manager viewership would go through the roof.; October 19, 2019 at 5:02 PM
JM said...: "Heller had a 1.23 ERA and nine strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings for the Yankees this season after returning from Tommy John surgery."

My apologies for calling Heller a disparaging name. He may be our key to winning tonight.; October 19, 2019 at 5:08 PM
Anonymous said...: I WISH HAL WOULD PAY HARD ATTENTION TO THOSE PICTURES IN THE BACKGROUND.; October 19, 2019 at 6:12 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Wow, no Stanton. AGAIN. Time to pull the trigger, put Tauchman on the roster. Honestly!; October 19, 2019 at 6:58 PM
13bit said...: Hal doesn't care, ALL-CAPS. He doesn't care. That's all we need to know. Money, yes. Yankees victories? not so much. He's a dick.; October 19, 2019 at 6:59 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: They're saving Stanton for the world series, the one that no yankees will play in.; October 19, 2019 at 7:06 PM
13bit said...: The eyes of Texas are upon you
All the live long days
The eyes of Texas are upon you
And you cannot get away

Do not think you can escape them
From night till early in the morn
The eyes of Texas are upon you
Till Gabriel blows his horn; October 19, 2019 at 7:38 PM
JM said...: So five out of nine guys in the lineup are in horrific slumps. Sanchez is a disaster, Eddie looks awful, Brett and Didi and Gio...oh my.

If we survive today, it'll be y miracle. Good thing we left all those other guys off the roster and kept Mr. Gonad in case we need a key pinch hit strikeout late in the game.; October 19, 2019 at 7:38 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: John just mentioned that it is Happ's birthday today. He just turned 67. Good thing he's signed for another year.; October 19, 2019 at 7:50 PM
JM said...: It's good to hear that I'm still younger than at least one major league player.; October 19, 2019 at 7:53 PM
TheWinWarblist said...: I am already sated and drunk on sushi and wine. I am watching. But I will not hope. I will not love. My heart is closed, like a secret garden. I am here for you Bill. And you Duque. And Hoss and bitty and 'Phonso. Not for the Yankees who have cruelly wrenched and torn at my heart.

Love you all, my Babies ...

Fuck you all.; October 19, 2019 at 7:54 PM
JM said...: Aaron Hicks just said our bullpen is our strength. He must've missed a few games when he was in the whirlpool.

God, Winnie, now I want sushi. Damn.; October 19, 2019 at 7:57 PM
JM said...: Bad enough to listen to Buck and Smoltz, do they have to be on camera, too?; October 19, 2019 at 8:02 PM
JM said...: Rosenthal is a rodent.; October 19, 2019 at 8:03 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: I have emerged from my week-long dip into the Film du Look school and found it to be pretty much a style-over-substance thing that was probably interesting in the early 1980s but doesn’t hold up (with the exception of Beineix’s three-hour cut of “37°2 let matin”). For a palate cleanser I’ve had “You Can’t Take It With You” on but I guess I may switch it off and have a look at the doings in Texas. Missed you all last night. Geez – they win the game I decided to not watch.

Oh shit! Given the unpredictability of Juju (and the punishing treatment of the Juju Gods), maybe I should just stick to Frank Capra for the next four hours…; October 19, 2019 at 8:12 PM
JM said...: And that was the part of the order that can hit.

Hoo boy.; October 19, 2019 at 8:13 PM
JM said...: I just watched "You Can't Take It With You" the other day for the millionth time. It was still great. Unlike our lineup.; October 19, 2019 at 8:15 PM
I'm Bill White said...: AJ Hinch picked Brad Peacock because he has a slow heartbeat.

Tom Verducci; October 19, 2019 at 8:17 PM
I'm Bill White said...: John Sterling's voice is in a very good timbre tonight. He is a man's man. A true professional. Suzyn also on top of the rock pile.; October 19, 2019 at 8:19 PM
JM said...: Wtf is Green doing? Buzz em, already.; October 19, 2019 at 8:23 PM
JM said...: The Houston fans are such incredible yahoos. What amazing hicks.; October 19, 2019 at 8:24 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Warbler! Get ahold of yourself!

I want you to stand up. I want you to go over to the window. I want you to TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS AND PUT THEM ON YOUR HEAD!; October 19, 2019 at 8:24 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: You know, if clutch existed, I would say that Altuve is the most clutch player in the game today.; October 19, 2019 at 8:25 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: If it existed.; October 19, 2019 at 8:25 PM
JM said...: Green is not pitching in a Greenlike way.

3-0. Fuck.; October 19, 2019 at 8:28 PM
JM said...: I wonder who had Green pitching so differently than the way he's effective?

Gee, who could that be?; October 19, 2019 at 8:31 PM
Platoni said...: Why on earth did this team turn into pumpkins they moment they step into the other orange juice arena?; October 19, 2019 at 8:32 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Well THAT was depressing.

Yeah, JM, I was thinking the same thing. I was going to say, if he gets through the first inning, the Yanks should pull him then.

But he didn't get through the first inning.

Well, what to say? A paper-thin pitching staff, finally giving way.; October 19, 2019 at 8:32 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: If Yul Brenner had been a Yankee, would we be calling him Yuli?

JM: I have a huge collection of Capra - one of my favourites as director and as a writer for others.; October 19, 2019 at 8:32 PM
JM said...: Speaking of ratings, a Houston-Washington Series should set new records for people watching Will & Grace reruns.; October 19, 2019 at 8:35 PM
JM said...: Capra movies are incredibly satisfying.; October 19, 2019 at 8:36 PM
Platoni said...: Encarnacion back to his old ALCS self. Doesn't Boone know we've won all games Glassy Stanton has played in the playoffs this year and lost all those he hasn't?; October 19, 2019 at 8:36 PM
JM said...: Didi breaks out, Sanchez will strand him. Of course.; October 19, 2019 at 8:37 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Actually, I think that could be a GREAT World Series. Houston truly does have a terrific team—another sign of a good team? Look at how many different guys are stepping up for them: Altuve, Springer, Correa, Gurriel, pitchers like Peacock, who looks like he could pitch a complete-game no-hitter—and Washington has the one pitching staff that might be able to shut it down.; October 19, 2019 at 8:37 PM
Platoni said...: Will Gary strike out looking or swinging?

Or perhaps we'll be pleasantly surprised and it'll be a foul tip; October 19, 2019 at 8:38 PM
JM said...: Holy shit, he got a hit!!!; October 19, 2019 at 8:38 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Capra was a Chemical engineer. Was famous for something else though.; October 19, 2019 at 8:38 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Wow, a two out hit!

With runners in scoring position?!

What the fuck is going on??????; October 19, 2019 at 8:39 PM
JM said...: Hoss, 98% of the country doesn't give a crap about those teams. They're not where the money is for TV.; October 19, 2019 at 8:39 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Hey, Didi got us our hit, at least. The Yanks are such awful natural hitters now that I always fear, when they play any good team, that they could be no-hit.; October 19, 2019 at 8:39 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: And boy, yeah, that was wild.

Well, say what we will about Sanchez, at least he's playing. Unlike, um, someone we could name.; October 19, 2019 at 8:41 PM
JM said...: And all this with two out.; October 19, 2019 at 8:43 PM
JM said...: If Dunkin' Donuts is now just Dunkin', what are they dunking? Makes no sense to me.; October 19, 2019 at 8:45 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: One thing: I don't expect a major-league team to act like a high-school varsity. And I realize that that 3-run homer was very, very bad.

But could it be possible for Ma Boone to get the guys up and looking determined still, and not like their best friend just died?
I'm tired unto death of all those TV shots of Judge and Torres looking as shellshocked as if they just got off the line at Verdun.; October 19, 2019 at 8:45 PM
I'm Bill White said...: This is Brett’s moment,; October 19, 2019 at 8:48 PM
JM said...: And he whiffs.

I'm so old I remember when Gardner had a neck.; October 19, 2019 at 8:49 PM
I'm Bill White said...: Really, I meant it.; October 19, 2019 at 8:50 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Strike two was a couple inches inside.
Strike three was three inches outside.

Umpire sucks. They have been told to let the ASSholtros win.; October 19, 2019 at 8:50 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Bad calls. But on the second one, it's close, you know the ump is giving in to the crowd...you gotta try to at least foul it off.; October 19, 2019 at 8:51 PM
Anonymous said...: Absolutely stiffed by the umpire. Ridiculous.; October 19, 2019 at 8:52 PM
JM said...: Happ.; October 19, 2019 at 8:52 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: The fucking umps call call pitches OUTSIDE and INSIDE strikes.

PICK A FUCKING STRIKE ZONE ASSHOLES!

I know I should have watched the zombie movie.; October 19, 2019 at 8:53 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: A cruel joke from the Juju Gods: The Curse of The 1s

Yankees’ score: 1
Gardner’s #: 11
Gardner’s average: .111; October 19, 2019 at 8:53 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Sorry for the stuttering, but I am FUCKING PISSED OFF!; October 19, 2019 at 8:53 PM
I'm Bill White said...: If I ran a baseball team I’d ask the company that makes the Peyronie’s Disease pills to sponsor the foul poles. I’d also sell John Sterling action figures with a pull string.; October 19, 2019 at 8:54 PM
13bit said...: If only there had been a decent pitcher we could have picked up for only cash, no prospects, a few months ago, all this might have been different. Too bad NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE. Not. One. Pitcher. Nobody better than Happ or Green. Such a shame that the market was so thin this year. All it would have taken would have been some money from Hal, but he's poor. He's on food stamps. He put all of his money in Stanton.

FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU - HAL, BRIAN, RANDY, ROTHFUCK ET AL; October 19, 2019 at 8:56 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Who is that fat pig ump? Same fucking pitch to an ASSholetro is a fucking ball.; October 19, 2019 at 8:58 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: Stupid excuse for bad calls by the umps.; October 19, 2019 at 8:59 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: Is being morbidly obese a requirement for being an MLB ump?; October 19, 2019 at 9:02 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: 13bit,

I don't remember any pitchers being available. None that would play for food stamps anyway.

At least HAL got that new satellite TV for his yacht.; October 19, 2019 at 9:02 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: "Is being morbidly obese a requirement for being an MLB ump?"

No, but it helps getting you picked for playoff series. Bad eyesight is a lucky bonus.; October 19, 2019 at 9:04 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Bill White,

The foul poles would need to favor the yankees. Rotated each half inning.; October 19, 2019 at 9:09 PM
TheWinWarblist said...: I'm not wearing pants. On my head or anywhere really ...; October 19, 2019 at 9:11 PM
JM said...: Let me picture that for a minute....

Yeah. Yeah, that was worth it.

Two outs, two on, and no-hit Eddie.; October 19, 2019 at 9:16 PM
JM said...: Pants are overrated.; October 19, 2019 at 9:16 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Damn, looked like Hicks ALMOST got that one.; October 19, 2019 at 9:17 PM
JM said...: I want that Sterling action figure. A great Christmas gift.; October 19, 2019 at 9:17 PM
JM said...: Walk, Eddie.; October 19, 2019 at 9:18 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Wow, he walked The Parrot. That was a gift.; October 19, 2019 at 9:20 PM
Suzyn's Bitch said...: I have a good feeling about Sir Didi tonight!; October 19, 2019 at 9:20 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: What is Birdman doing there? I though he was benched for this game?; October 19, 2019 at 9:20 PM
Suzyn's Bitch said...: Fuck!; October 19, 2019 at 9:23 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Oh Didi, my Didi! Our fearful trip is done—I fear.

First pitch? From a new pitcher? And not a big meatball straight down the pike?

Oy.; October 19, 2019 at 9:24 PM
Platoni said...: I have run out of ways to say "FUCK!".; October 19, 2019 at 9:26 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Game over. Cessa is warming.; October 19, 2019 at 9:27 PM
Leinstery said...: Didi ain't coming back. How many men are they leaving on base tonight? 18 is my bet. They score 2 and leave 18 on base.; October 19, 2019 at 9:27 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: You think they'll score that many?

That's very optimistic.; October 19, 2019 at 9:29 PM
Suzyn's Bitch said...: Well, at least we got Pressley out of there. Return to sender!!; October 19, 2019 at 9:30 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: Jesus Mary and Joseph hangin’ off the cross: I had to check out the reference to understand what Peyronie's disease is. The photos on Wikipedia have ruined my night! Holy shit! Almost spit my Remy Martin VSOP on my keyboard.

FUCK YOU HAL AND MAY YOU GET PEYRONIE’S DISEASE!; October 19, 2019 at 9:34 PM
13bit said...: I mean, even if there HAD been even one good pitcher available in August, we could not have gotten him. We're a poor team, after all. Sucks being in a small market and having no money. Luckily, we have great baseball minds on the team and they realized that we have everything we need in house. What a fucking relief that is.; October 19, 2019 at 9:37 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: I know. Absolutely no way Dallas Keuchel was coming to a team like the Yankees for a few more bucks (as if we had it!).

And thank goodness we didn't try to tempt lifelong Yankees fan Patrick Corbin with a contract. Why, if that were the case we might even have the chance to win the World Series.; October 19, 2019 at 9:40 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: AoBF,

Please do not commit alcohol abuse by wasting it on your keyboard. If you must, as least pick some cheap rot-gut. Aged a respectable 20 hours.; October 19, 2019 at 9:41 PM
JM said...: The most happy fella!!!!; October 19, 2019 at 9:41 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Gi-o-o-o!

GIO!; October 19, 2019 at 9:42 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: 13bit - you're running close to overstepping your Irony Allotment for the night.; October 19, 2019 at 9:42 PM
JM said...: Oh so close.; October 19, 2019 at 9:44 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: What is the name of the fat fuck home plate ump?; October 19, 2019 at 9:47 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: Gio's full name is Giovanny - I guess it would be too confusing it we had a Giovanny and a Giancarlo.

FUCKING reCAPTCHA is making me go through 10 or more screens! And I'm not even though my first Remy!; October 19, 2019 at 9:48 PM
Anonymous said...: Now the strike zone as apparently completely random. Fucking ridiculous.; October 19, 2019 at 9:53 PM
JM said...: Ump stinks.

AOBF, try just clicking Publish. That works for me, I just sign in then.; October 19, 2019 at 9:54 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: Rufus, if you want to test your ability to avoid spewing good liquor on your keyboard, have a look at: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induratio_penis_plastica; October 19, 2019 at 9:55 PM
Unknown said...: Houstonians! Lock your doors! There is a lion on the loose!; October 19, 2019 at 9:57 PM
JM said...: Cessi did just fine.; October 19, 2019 at 10:01 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: AoBF,

Last link you post that I'll ever look at.

And it was not alcohol that was in danger of covering my keyboard, it was bile and stomach acid.

I survived, but DON'T EVER FUCKING DO THAT AGAIN!

And I mean that in the nicest possible way.; October 19, 2019 at 10:04 PM
TheWinWarblist said...: And now your hopes (not mine! I have none!) rest on Lou Cessa. Lou fucking Cessa.

Fuck you Hal. Fuck fuck fuck fuck you Hal.; October 19, 2019 at 10:05 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: It irks me that they cannot hit Urquiddy.; October 19, 2019 at 10:06 PM
TheWinWarblist said...: Hoss, there is so much here that irks the the fuckin' bejeezus outta me.; October 19, 2019 at 10:10 PM
JM said...: Hicks and Ed, K-men.; October 19, 2019 at 10:10 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: The silver lining of our imminent departure from the playoffs is that I shall never have to watch The Parrot hit again.; October 19, 2019 at 10:11 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Urkel? Fucking Urkel?

C'mon guys, have a fucking gonad!; October 19, 2019 at 10:11 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: Hoss, keep talkin' like that and soon you'll slander Verlander.; October 19, 2019 at 10:11 PM
JM said...: I like it. Catchy.; October 19, 2019 at 10:13 PM
JM said...: That fat load bunted? Any is safe?; October 19, 2019 at 10:14 PM
JM said...: And is safe.

Sanchez not hustling. Again.; October 19, 2019 at 10:14 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Yep, he's safe. Because Sanchez took so long with that ball.; October 19, 2019 at 10:15 PM
Platoni said...: It is absolutely obscene how bad EE has gotten since Minnesota; October 19, 2019 at 10:16 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Too bad Carlton is no longer on the roster. Good time for a designated hitter.

Fucking ASSholetros!; October 19, 2019 at 10:17 PM
JM said...: Another bad ball call.; October 19, 2019 at 10:17 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: Rufus: blame Bill White (He Is) for bringing up the dreaded disease in the first place. And he seems to have subsequently disappeared; maybe he checked out the Wikipedia page.; October 19, 2019 at 10:24 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Didn't cost us. But we're back to Didi failing to connect against this mediocrity.; October 19, 2019 at 10:24 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: OK,

Their guy bunts for a hit.

Yankees have Sir Didi up with the overshift on.

Gee a bunt hit would nice there...

AND FUCKING EASY!.

Naw....

Just swing for the fences on every pitch.; October 19, 2019 at 10:24 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: The ridiculous thing is that the Yankees are all pressing as if they are five runs down in the ninth, all swinging for the fences. They're trailing by one, against a gaggle of relievers. Maybe, just maybe, you could bunch together a double and a single? No?; October 19, 2019 at 10:26 PM
JM said...: Gio is hitting. Gardy is hitting, that liner notwithstanding.; October 19, 2019 at 10:29 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: “Didi’s been off his game a little bit.” Oh, for the infinite wisdom of the Fox announcers!; October 19, 2019 at 10:29 PM
JM said...: Contact hitting, that is.; October 19, 2019 at 10:29 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Dang. And of course, Sancho managed to alertly stroll back to second on that one.; October 19, 2019 at 10:30 PM
JM said...: Fox Sports is as vile as Fox News.; October 19, 2019 at 10:30 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Mistake to pull Irky. We were doing nothing with him, that Texas Leaguer and Gardy's sinking pop fly notwithstanding. Who knows what you'll get next?; October 19, 2019 at 10:31 PM
JM said...: DJ not doing it tonight.; October 19, 2019 at 10:32 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Does anyone else hear the fan chants?

Doesn't it sound like "Let's go, ASSHOLES!"?

And AoBF, Bill White is one of the elder statesmen here, I would never blame him for your poor taste.

And I won't even get into the Courvoisier vs. Remy part, except to say Courvoisier for VSOP, Remy for VS.; October 19, 2019 at 10:32 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: Oh Gardy: you been robbed!; October 19, 2019 at 10:33 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Why whywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhy always the first pitch swinging on a new pitcher????

Maybe the guy doesn't have his touch tonight. Maybe he can't find the plate. Maybe he'll miss twice and sail a nice, big, fat one right into your wheelhouse.

Nope. First pitch every time.; October 19, 2019 at 10:33 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: There IS no such thing as clutch.

At least for the Yankees in this series.; October 19, 2019 at 10:33 PM
Platoni said...: A billion chances, give or take a couple; October 19, 2019 at 10:34 PM
Anonymous said...: Are they under orders to swing at the first pitch regardless of where it is?; October 19, 2019 at 10:34 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Hoss,

Better ask Bud Dry.; October 19, 2019 at 10:36 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: At least Otto seams to be chained to a chair in the clubhouse.; October 19, 2019 at 10:37 PM
Anonymous said...: Ooh. Look what happened when he didn't swing at the first pitch of the new pitcher.; October 19, 2019 at 10:38 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: This is the time of year—always, or at least for the last 20 years—when the very sight of the Yankees batters begins to disgust me.

When I know that even when they are only down a run or two, it is insurmountable.

When the desperation oozes out of their very eyeballs.

When they are obviously straining too hard, swinging too wild, trying always to win everything with one swing of the bat. Really, it's when I just can't stand to see them up there anymore.

I am too old, and can still remember
The cool, inscrutable confidence of a Paul O'Neill
Showing that he could foul off Benitez's pitches until the end of time.
Derek Jeter, happy to be up there, probing for weak spots like a surgeon with his scalpel.
Reggie like the warhorse, crying ha-ha at the next pitch he sees.

These guys
Don't have it.; October 19, 2019 at 10:38 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Kahnle wanted to know "where the fuck was that?" on ball four.; October 19, 2019 at 10:39 PM
JM said...: Kahnle sucking. We're dead.; October 19, 2019 at 10:39 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: Sweet Rufus: I was merely trying to understand honourable Bill White's reference. That was not an example of my poor taste. Should I ever purposefully unleash it you'll know!

And they were out of Courvoisier VSOP at the 25% sale (and it would have been my first choice); the Remy was the only VSOP on the shelf (and I still saved about €12).

Here comes "tree trunk legs" Tommy! (An announcer's quote; NOT mine!"); October 19, 2019 at 10:41 PM
Joe of AZ said...: What I don't fuckin like is this worthless fuckin offense.... how incompetent do you have to be to continue to swing for the fence when you're only down one run against a fucking bullpen which can be had....it's not like the stros have Dennis fucking eckerslly out there...damn ....fuck cashman; October 19, 2019 at 10:41 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: God this ump sucks.; October 19, 2019 at 10:41 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: So...the strategy was to concede that run?

I don't get it.; October 19, 2019 at 10:42 PM
JM said...: That was a stupid play. Oh, Didi.; October 19, 2019 at 10:42 PM
Joe of AZ said...: Word has it holds that Ellsbury will come in at the top of the ninth for a 3 run Homer to save the day and give Yanks a lead...; October 19, 2019 at 10:43 PM
JM said...: Another bad call.; October 19, 2019 at 10:46 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Jesus the ump sucks.; October 19, 2019 at 10:46 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: AoBF,

Understood. Sometimes you need to go with the cards you're dealt.; October 19, 2019 at 10:48 PM
JM said...: Another passed ball.; October 19, 2019 at 10:49 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Gary is still scary.; October 19, 2019 at 10:49 PM
JM said...: How many Sanchez mistakes can we afford?; October 19, 2019 at 10:49 PM
Suzyn's Bitch said...: The Sanchino sucks as a catcher!!; October 19, 2019 at 10:51 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Can I tell you how much I absolutely despise Gary Sanchez?; October 19, 2019 at 10:51 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: Hoss, despite his repeated public endorsement of your current President, I still have an autographed O'Neill #21 baseball (from the 2001 World Series) in a case on my desk, two T-shirts (short sleeve/long sleeve), three baseball cards (one autographed), and a signed photo of him topping a team victory pile-up. In my years in NYC I LOVED him, as did all the patrons at the Irish pub which was my second home. Last time I saw him (playing) was in September 2001 (haven't been to the USA since 2003, and off-season at that); October 19, 2019 at 10:52 PM
JM said...: Lyon and Otto up.

We're so dead.; October 19, 2019 at 10:53 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Can they get anything for Sanchez in the offseason and resign Romine?; October 19, 2019 at 10:53 PM
JM said...: Paulie has the IQ of a brick but he could play ball.; October 19, 2019 at 10:54 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Wow, Gary held onto strike three!

Will wonders never cease?; October 19, 2019 at 10:54 PM
Platoni said...: Gary sucks for long stretches of time, then does enough good things to get on everyone's good graces for a while...then promptly goes back to sucking again. He's Greg Bird work more home runs; October 19, 2019 at 10:54 PM
Platoni said...: With, you fucking autocorrect; October 19, 2019 at 10:55 PM
Suzyn's Bitch said...: We're lucky that was Alvarez at the plate; October 19, 2019 at 10:55 PM
Suzyn's Bitch said...: ...any other ASStro and it would be 6 - 2; October 19, 2019 at 10:56 PM
JM said...: Another bad call.; October 19, 2019 at 10:57 PM
13bit said...: Hey Ho! Hey Ho! ICS has GOT TO GO

Cheap ownership, moronic front office, bad field managing, bad conditioning staff, no real baseball wisdom, a bunch of retreads and some guys with heart who are not being given a shot, even though they got us here. I always think - even though the song was about a dumb boyfriend - of the Blondie song titled "No Imagination." Boone and Cash could not think outside of the box to save their lives. Robotic, predictable choices. Nothing inspired going on here. And Stanton? He'd have done better if his manager or he had decided to sit out the rest of this season. I already hated him, but I was ready to give him a pass. He has done a lot of damage in the past week to his already soiled reputation. In fact, I'll kind of hate his guts forever unless he singlehandedly comes back next year and leads us to a World Series victory. What are the chances of that happening?

And Cashman won't take responsibility or pay for this debacle. He'll come away unscathed, as usual.; October 19, 2019 at 10:57 PM
JM said...: Judge gets lucky. Nice leap.; October 19, 2019 at 10:58 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: They are now referring to it as “Kahnle’s lower half” (!!!).; October 19, 2019 at 10:58 PM
Suzyn's Bitch said...: Home plate ump is on drugs!; October 19, 2019 at 10:58 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Yes, but our leading power hitter managed to get a single off an infielder's glove anyway. Whoopee!

Torres, now, swinging like a maniac.; October 19, 2019 at 10:59 PM
JM said...: Bit, you is correct.; October 19, 2019 at 10:59 PM
ranger_lp said...: Ottazero warming up...bad sign; October 19, 2019 at 10:59 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Otto up. So is my blood pressure.; October 19, 2019 at 10:59 PM
Anonymous said...: Another quality AB. God, I miss those patient teams of the '90s.; October 19, 2019 at 11:00 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: If Otto pitches with a guy on base, I'm taking my crossword and going to bed.; October 19, 2019 at 11:01 PM
Anonymous said...: Literally swinging at every pitch. What's the mound visit for? "Just pitch it anywhere."; October 19, 2019 at 11:03 PM
13bit said...: As Elvis sang - someone mentioned Elvis earlier, I believe, in the haze and fog of war - "IT'S NOW OR NEVER...."; October 19, 2019 at 11:04 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: “Lead-off man is on!” (And they neglected to mention it’s Judge).

Wish I could sync up with WFAN but it’s too complicated to do it with my computer.; October 19, 2019 at 11:05 PM
JM said...: Double play.

We're very dead.

And Eddie leads off next inning.; October 19, 2019 at 11:05 PM
Anonymous said...: Finding new ways to fuck up every inning.; October 19, 2019 at 11:05 PM
Suzyn's Bitch said...: Fuck me!!!!!!!!!!!!; October 19, 2019 at 11:05 PM
ranger_lp said...: Nobody knows how to run bases any more...; October 19, 2019 at 11:06 PM
JM said...: This is pointless. I'm quitting.

See you all tomorrow for the wake.; October 19, 2019 at 11:06 PM
13bit said...: DICKWADS, DOUCHEBAGS, FUCKFACES, ASSHOLES, SHITFUCKS, ASSWIPES, SCUMSUCKING DILDOES, SCHMUCKS, JERKS, MORONS, SHIT, DICKS, DIRTBAGS, ASSFUCKS, PATHETIC FUCKS...; October 19, 2019 at 11:06 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: What went on with Stanton is beyond belief—really unprecedented.

It's one thing to get injured. It's one thing to slump.

It's another thing altogether to be unable to go but unwilling—and un-ordered—to give up your spot on the roster. I cannot think of another ballplayer in the history of this team that was so selfish.; October 19, 2019 at 11:07 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: And...Mr. Zero is in. Shutdown is imminent.; October 19, 2019 at 11:08 PM
13bit said...: JM, I'm with you. I'm going to bed. Good night, Otto, turn out the lights after you blow it up. I guess that Boone doesn't realize there are six outs left in the season and Ottavino, with his 20.25 ERA in the post season, is in to deal with it. ARE THEY FUCKING IDIOTS???????????; October 19, 2019 at 11:09 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswagglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers, and Methodists!; October 19, 2019 at 11:12 PM
13bit said...: all on crystal meth, Rufus... Bull Dykes on crystal meth with sledge hammers...; October 19, 2019 at 11:14 PM
Suzyn's Bitch said...: ...and contact hitters; October 19, 2019 at 11:15 PM
ranger_lp said...: Stupid roofs...; October 19, 2019 at 11:15 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Otto, go back to driving Bart's bus!; October 19, 2019 at 11:15 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Nobody left, Bitty. Nobody left. 13 pitchers, and no one to trust.

Too bad we can't play the ALCS in a real park, where balls don't hit off guide wires and such.; October 19, 2019 at 11:15 PM
BernBabyBern said...: Baseball should not be played in stadiums where fly balls can hit fucking girders.; October 19, 2019 at 11:16 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: I'm having flashbacks to Tampa.; October 19, 2019 at 11:16 PM
Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...: 13bit - you missed ROSETTENSCHLEMMER: as best as I can, it's "gourmet of licking assholes." My multilingual vocabulary knows no bounds.

“One of the best double-plays in ALCS history.” Really? Fuck Fox and their puss-oozing announcers.

(Sorry but CAPTCHA is giving me a ten minute delay!); October 19, 2019 at 11:16 PM
Suzyn's Bitch said...: I think the home plate ump is a bull dyke. Sounds like a woman...; October 19, 2019 at 11:17 PM
ranger_lp said...: Ottazero survived; October 19, 2019 at 11:18 PM
HoraceClarke66 said...: Funny, they're down 2 runs, and they are absolutely dead. Dead as a mackerel.

All they can think to do is hope they somehow hit two mammoth home runs.

What was the rally against Pedro in 2003? Double, single, double, double, I think and...presto whammo...three runs!

But what would the algorithm say?; October 19, 2019 at 11:18 PM
13bit said...: Ok. six outs left. It's time.

These guys either get an erection and get it done or we start talking about Hal's next big non-move after the winter meetings.

I'm getting into bed, but will check in from my iPad. It's been a fun run, folks. see you around the ranch. time to buy a Nats hat for real on Amazon.; October 19, 2019 at 11:18 PM
BernBabyBern said...: So, who hits the solo home run to give us false hope? To tease us? I'm betting on Encarnacion.; October 19, 2019 at 11:19 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Houston weather:

79 degrees, clear, 5 mph wind.

WHY IS THE FUCKING ROOF CLOSED?

FUCK YOU HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUT FOR TRYING TO GET AN ADVANTAGE FROM LEAVING THE ROOF CLOSED!; October 19, 2019 at 11:19 PM
13bit said...: AOB - Nobody does those compound words better than the Germans. Grand, powerful, dynamic and always a mouthful. I'm obviously not in bed yet.; October 19, 2019 at 11:20 PM
Suzyn's Bitch said...: No Nats hat here, I'd rather binge-watch Schitt's Creek!; October 19, 2019 at 11:20 PM
13bit said...: Bye Bye EE! Nice knowing you. Another sack of shit down the toilet.; October 19, 2019 at 11:20 PM
Anonymous said...: Absolutely pathetic.; October 19, 2019 at 11:21 PM
BernBabyBern said...: OK, so it's not going to be EE, who has been completely worthless.; October 19, 2019 at 11:21 PM
13bit said...: it's part of my last-ditch reverse juju strategy, Suzyn's Bitch...; October 19, 2019 at 11:21 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: AoBF,

You are really giving the fox a(sshole)nnouncers way too much credit.

They are not nearly that good.; October 19, 2019 at 11:22 PM
13bit said...: Nice last at-bat as a Yankee, Didi! See you in Seattle!; October 19, 2019 at 11:22 PM