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Wednesday, June 6, 2018

"Masterpiece" Theater

Just can't let this go by.

Seven innings, two runs... that's now a "masterpiece?"

The bar seems to have shifted.


30 comments:

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Only in the sense that it was not expected.

HoraceClarke66 said...

And against the Blue Jays' nothing lineup. BUT...we'll take it with gratitude!!

Anonymous said...

Sterling declared it a "brilliant" performance.

Someone please send him an emergency ration of hyperbole. He seems to be in danger of exhausting his monthly quota, and we're only one week into the month.

TheWinWarblist said...

Hyperbole hyschmerbole, as long as we won.

TheWinWarblist said...

I think The Master and His Handmaiden may have soiled themselves when Gary Sanchez advanced the runner on an out.

TheWinWarblist said...

And let us not forget the Mike Vaccaro in the great and loooong tradition of sportswriters is a complete twit.

Leinstery said...

Soft throwing career minor leaguer, the Yankees' kryptonite.

Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside said...

It’s Sonny Gray’s Day! A four inning no hitter!

Leinstery said...

My fault, Sonny can only pitch when I don't listen. I hadn't turned on John until Smoak. One must obey the laws of JuJu, and I didn't. This game will be on me.

TheWinWarblist said...

Leinstery, you must now make yourself prostrate before the JuJu. Atonement must be made.

TheWinWarblist said...

Ya fuckin' walnut!

TheWinWarblist said...

WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED!?!?!?!!?!

Leinstery said...

I hastily turned the radio off WinWarblist, looks like he got out of it.

I won't accept Sanchez's failing. He needs an international JuJu intervention. Send out the signal Duque.

The Master calls for us. Fucking Grandyman makes the catch.

TheWinWarblist said...

That was some masterful atonement, you magnificent commentariat you!

TheWinWarblist said...

I'm still in the hospital, but I'm driving home with my dress pants upon my head!!

Leinstery said...

Anything helps, the offense has been putrid. I have a bad feeling about this weekend. They're going to stub every toe against the lowly Mess.

Leinstery said...

Sanchez swinging at a ball in the dirt, what a piece of shit. Blue Jays will hit a cheapo to win the game. I'm out before that happens.

TheWinWarblist said...

Sanchez wasn't even closer to that ball in the dirt. Yaayyy.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Toonces,

This should end it.

Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...

The goddamned birds nesting in the trees outside my bedroom have started tweeting as the first rays of sun are appearing and - unable to get back to sleep - I decided to check the final score and... it's still going on: 14 innings and NO runs. No THAT'S a masterpiece. Can someone please call me when it's over (now that we've gone past the threat of Delicate Betances helping your neighbors to the north)?

Rufus T. Firefly said...

All Rise. 2-0 Yankees.

Leinstery said...

I'm still here. I thought it was later, like 11:30, but failed to realize that when nobody hits the game flies by. If this was a Red Sox game we'd be in the 6th. Anyways, Judge hitting a homer and it wasn't in the 4th inning or in a blowout? You're telling me it happened in a tie game in extras? An actual clutch hit? Gee wiz, check the sky see if it's still up there.

Luckily I managed to turn it on in time to hear John and Suzyn talk about D-Day, D-Day movies, and I think which theaters of the war Yankees served in.

Austria's Only Baseball Fan said...

Never mind calling me: it seems the Viennese birds have also awakened the Yankees' bats! (And how - just how? - can anyone consider limiting Gardy's role as an everyday player? He always comes through when we really need him.)

Leinstery said...

Cage those things Austria! Last month we had our Spanish victory women. This month is for the birds. We must harness their JuJu

TheWinWarblist said...

ALL RISE !!!!! Ahh-AHHH-AAAHHHHH-AAaAaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHaaaa-ah-ah-ah-aaaaaaaaAaAaHaHaHaaaAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!

HoraceClarke66 said...

I put this win down to the Habsburgs! As the song goes, tell it to the birds and the bees and the Viennese!

HoraceClarke66 said...

"Spare us the theatrics and the verbal gymnastics
He snaps back just like elastic
We break pineapples just like matchsticks."

Dedicated to the Twin Towers tonight, with apologies to Elvis Costello.

Terrific performance tonight by Sonny and Pen.

Sure, Toronto fielded one of the worst lineups I have ever seen from a major-league team—and I saw the 1968 Yankees. But hey, 13 shutout innings are about as much as you can ask, and every decent game from Sonny is another step away from Cole Hamels.

HoraceClarke66 said...

And yes, Leinstery is right: we desperately need a JuJu intervention for Sanchez!

KD said...

Duque is miserly with the IJI's. I do not believe Mr. Sanchez is worthy. A player must be seen as actually trying! I am very willing to be proven wrong, however.

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