Friday, August 7, 2026

Game Thread – 08/07/26 – PolyMarket Edition (delayed start)


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(place your bets - what time will the first pitch take place) 

62 comments:

  1. Even though the Braves are on a hot streak, I have a feeling the Yankees win tonite. You gotta think these bastards will score some runs against this lousy pitcher the Braves are starting. They're due. Overdue. And I don't believe in the Braves bullpen - they blow leads like Boone blows bubbles. Prediction: Yankees probably win tonite, then get killed in the next two games.

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  2. How could we possibly lose now that The Intern has signed a 35-yo catcher whose last good season was seven years ago?

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  3. Once again, the offense is stinking up the joint. three innings in the books & nary a hit.

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  4. But once again, the team that cannot score unless it's home run derby

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  5. Watching paint dry is more interesting…

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  6. I guess the humidifier wasn't workin' tonite. And they've run out of those super hard wound balls.

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  7. With the Yanks, 1-0 is like 13-0…

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  8. Fernando Cruz hasn't been pitching well lately. The splitter not splittin'

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  9. Of course, that don't have any effect whatsoever on Boone's usage of Cruz.

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  10. Seems like the offense is even worse since the trade deadline moves. We usually weren't gettin' shut out.

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  11. Amazing, Boone is pinch hitting for Grisham

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  12. Must've been gut wrenching for Boone to remove Grisham

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  13. Didn't make any diff. Our pinch hitters never hit

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  14. Maybe somebody should tell Ben Rice that the object is to hit the ball, not whiff at it.

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  15. Goldschmidt in to pinch hit. Boone just can't wait to throw him in there.

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  16. Another K. Do you get the feelin' that this just ain't our night?

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  17. Been a long time since a new Yankee Classic…

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  18. 2-0 Braves. That sure takes the starch out of the bottom of the 9th.

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  19. Good Bye
    Cruel World
    They’re leaving us tonight
    Goodbye
    Goodbye
    Goodbye

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  20. “Well, they’re heading for the exits Jiggs…”

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  21. Boone didn’t even react to that home run - he just tossed in a few more pacifying seeds into his pie hole.

    I LOVE this team


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  22. This here is another one where the search for the most ineffective reliever turned out splendidly. Four relievers, two gave up a run a piece. I long for the days of one reliever who finished the game. Those days are gone....

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  23. Jones will soon be joining Dominguez in Scranton.

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  24. At least Lombard got a knock. Wasn't much of a knock, (using my best pirate voice) but it'll look like a line drive in the box score....

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  25. At least the bastards got Rice up there for a last chance.

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  26. It's official: the Braves bullpen sucks!

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  27. The Nats were ok with trading Garcia because….

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  28. Bednar held them. So can these bastards score a fucking run and end this thing?

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  29. Awful AB by Caballero. He is a 26th man, but can’t do the little things

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  30. Bases loaded. You know the Yankees are incapable of getting a hit. So gotta hope for a wild pitch, hit by pitch

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  31. Best bunt attempt that I’ve seen in decades

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  32. Now, that wasn’t so hard, was it?

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  33. Braves blow a lot of games. Their bullpen sucks. I don't know how they've won so many games. Every time I look at the scoreboard, they're blowing a game in the 9th.

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  34. Good golly Suzyn has still got some electric energy

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  35. In case you’re wondering, and you probably aren’t, both Volpe & Dominguez’ homered tonight in the SWB loss, although Volpe also struck out 3x just for shits & giggles

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    1. Whenever Volpe homered, I always cringed because that meant he would start swinging for the fences for weeks on end.

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  36. This is a double win for us: the fucking Dodgers blew their game in the 9th (Edwin Diaz). Fucking Dodgers lose!!!!

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  37. Though of course the Red Sox won. Saw the whole game in a bar—very rare for me—with Hinkey Haines' cousin, who accompanied us on our Stadium sojourn. What a miraculous turnaround.

    Will file a full report tomorrow—but then going to Old-Timers' Day with another friend. Can't wait to see the widows Ruth and Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio introduced last...

    Remember: Follow the Knicks!

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