Astros @ Yankmees April 29, 2013

[Mr. Happy]

Your lineups:

Astros

2BJose Altuve
RFBrandon Barnes
1BBrandon Laird
LFChris Carter
DHCarlos Pena
SSRonny Cedeno
CCarlos Corporan
3BMatt Dominguez
CFRobbie Grossman
HOU: Lucas Harrell (2-2, 4.08)

Bronx Bombers

CF Brett Gardner
2B Robinson Cano
LF Vernon Wells
DH Travis Hafner
RF Brennan Boesch
3B Jayson Nix
1B Lyle Overbay
SS Eduardo Nunez
C Austin Romine
NY-A: Andy Pettitte (3-1, 2.22)

[juliogotay]

Injuries aside, hard to believe that's the best lineup money can buy.

[Guinness]

Injuries aside, hard to believe that's the best lineup money can buy.

Judging by how often they've been on MLB Network and ESPN, it's a hall of fame lineup.

[Mr. Happy]

Injuries aside, hard to believe that's the best lineup money can buy.

Brennan Boesch is 4-4 off of Harrell, Hafter is 1-1 and Nix is 2-3. I am trying to decide whether I should sit Harrell tonight since they're on the road.

[geezerdonk]

The Astros lead in Brandons 2-0.

[NeilT]

The Astros lead in Brandons 2-0.

and in Carloses.

[Reuben]

That Yankees lineup would have been mighty fearsome in 2004. Overbay hit .301 with 53 doubles, Hafner hit .311 with 28 dingers and 109 RBI, Wells was coming off 2 straight 100-RBI seasons and about to win his first Gold Glove, and Pettitte was coming off a season where he won 21 games and finished 6th in CY voting.

I'll say one thing, though: Ol' Andy sure has found the fountain of youth. Yessir...

[OregonStrosFan]

Astros score 3 with 2 outs in T1.  Middle 1: HOU 3, NYY 0

[subnuclear]

2-out triple by Peña. Still 3-0.

[OregonStrosFan]

Aided by two double plays, Harrell has faced the minimum through three innings. 

End 3: HOU 3, NYY 0

[Matt]

Just got home to see Andy get run. I'm automatically happy.

[Matt]

Sooo there's a lot of pissed off people that paid $100 a ticket to watch these Yankees.

[OregonStrosFan]

Corporan gets every bit of that one.  His 2-run shot to RF makes it 8-0 with 1 out in T5.

[Mr. Happy]

That was a shot.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Wow Coporan.

[austro]

Sooo there's a lot of pissed off people that paid $100 a ticket to watch these Yankees.

Maybe some enterprising lawyer fan will sue, not unlike that asshole in Miami when the Spurs sat Duncan et al.

You know, I figured that if I was going to get to see the Astros on TV at all this year, it would be when they played the Red Sox or the Yankees. I was wrong.

[Reuben]

Corporan gets every bit of that one.  His 2-run shot to RF makes it 8-0 with 1 out in T5.

Of course, you all realize, blowing out the Yankees tonight virtually guarantees they'll lose the next two by a combined score of 19-1.

[Reuben]

Nice to see Grossman break his 0-for-21.

Barnes with another hit, bringing his average up to .389, and 3 RBI giving him 5 on the year.

[chuck]

Of course, you all realize, blowing out the Yankees tonight virtually guarantees they'll lose the next two by a combined score of 19-1.

That's fine with me. I've enjoyed watching Pettite get knocked around.

[Matt]

That's fine with me. I've enjoyed watching Pettite get knocked around.

I was just about to say, if there's gonna be one blow out game I'm glad its against Sweet Andy.

[Reuben]

Sooo there's a lot of pissed off people that paid $100 a ticket to watch these Yankees.

Then I can only imagine how the people who paid $1,000 feel.

[Matt]

Then I can only imagine how the people who paid $1,000 feel.

My guess is if they can pay $1,000 for a ticket to watch shitty baseball then they don't really care.

[Reuben]

CHRIS CARTER HAS 4 AT-BATS AND HAS NOT STRUCK OUT IN ANY OF THEM.

[chuck]

Then I can only imagine how the people who paid $1,000 feel.

There is no one who gets shown on camera at Yankee Stadium whose ticket is anywhere near $100.

[Ron Brand]

Power has been out here for almost two hours. Now that I have missed all the good stuff...

[chuck]

Power has been out here for almost two hours. Now that I have missed all the good stuff...

Is there some weather or did they put a Panamanian in charge of the power company?

[OregonStrosFan]

Holy crap. HPU just GIFTED Cano two balls in that AB.  Absolutely ridiculous.

[Matt]

Cano striked out at least twice in that AB before he singled.

[Reuben]

There is no one who gets shown on camera at Yankee Stadium whose ticket is anywhere near $100.

I'm planning to go to the game Wed night, looking on stubhub now for tickets... wondering, should I spring for the semi-decent $25-35 seats, or should I just go for the $8-12 ones and then self-upgrade to what will likely be large swaths of empty seats?

[Ron Brand]

Is there some weather or did they put a Panamanian in charge of the power company?

We heard a transformer blow, so I'm guessing Panamanian.

[chuck]

I'm planning to go to the game Wed night, looking on stubhub now for tickets... wondering, should I spring for the semi-decent $25-35 seats, or should I just go for the $8-12 ones and then self-upgrade to what will likely be large swaths of empty seats?

I don't know how vigilant he ushers are. They used to be quite a pain in th ass but I haven't been to the stadium in years.

[chuck]

We heard a transformer blow, so I'm guessing Panamanian.

Hell, thinking about it I haven't lost power here in months. That's got to be some sort of record.

[Ron Brand]

Hell, thinking about it I haven't lost power here in months. That's got to be some sort of record.

Hurricane bait.

[chuck]

Why the fuck does this thing not know I'm typing the? The the the the

[Reuben]

Why the fuck does this thing not know I'm typing the? The the the the

Iphone? That's certainly one of the things that annoys me the most. Has no recognition of missed characters.

[chuck]

Iphone? That's certainly one of the things that annoys me the most. Has no recognition of missed characters.

It's an iPad. I find that the phone is even worse, yes.

[Ron Brand]

Four hits for Corporan tonight.

[austro]

We heard a transformer blow, so I'm guessing Panamanian.

Probably a Panamanian squirrel that grew up believing that power lines never have power.

[Ron Brand]

Corporan comes up lame rounding second.

[chuck]

Four hits for Corporan tonight.

Somehow I just don't see him hitting a triple. Especially now. Hello, Q.

[geezerdonk]

Somebody stop him.

[Ron Brand]

9-1 Houston at the seventh inning stretch.

Kate Smith. Ok.

[Ron Brand]

I forgot about the Kate Smith Break. Maybe they'll show the YMCA bit too.

[chuck]

Probably a Panamanian squirrel that grew up believing that power lines never have power.

I was driving down the street recently and I saw a ladder propped up against some power lines in the middle of the block, you know, where they hang the lowest. There was no one around. I couldn't tell whether the worker had already been incinerated or if he'd gone in search of a more appropriate tool.

[chuck]

I forgot about the Kate Smith Break. Maybe they'll show the YMCA bit too.

I unmuted just in time to hear Ashby invite her to pull some meat. WTF?

[Ron Brand]

I'm happy for Jason Collins, his courage, and the positive public stances of many, but I'm really going to be happy when a story like that isn't a story anymore because it doesn't matter and no one cares.

[Ron Brand]

I unmuted just in time to hear Ashby invite her to pull some meat. WTF?

Well, I missed that. I've got the NY feed.

[chuck]

I'm happy for Jason Collins, his courage, and the positive public stances of many, but I'm really going to be happy when a story like that isn't a story anymore because it doesn't matter and no one cares.

Exactly.

[Ron Brand]

Romine takes a shot on a hard pitch that ran in and might've come off his hip bone. Ow.

[Ron Brand]

Harrell comes out.

[Ron Brand]

So to speak.

[chuck]

Harrell comes out.

NON-STORY.

[Ron Brand]

NON-STORY.

Joto.

[Ron Brand]

Blackley's pitching.

[Ron Brand]

I wondered what the hell was going on - I'm watching the NY feed all right, but it's from a network in New Delhi. I blame Obama.

[Ron Brand]

Barnes leads off the eighth with a double.

[chuck]

Joto.

I was laughing with a friend the other day about how although I try never to use gay slurs in English in Spanish mixing them in to your various greetings and insults is nearly inescapable. I often greet my friends, especially the Colombian ones, with Q'ubó, marica?

Panamanians use cueco which is fairly unique. When an opposing fútbol player gets hurt he gets regaled wih a stadium wide chant of CUEEEE-CO!

[Ron Brand]

Flare to center puts runners on the corners with no outs.

[Ron Brand]

I was laughing with a friend the other day about how although I try never to use gay slurs in English in Spanish mixing them in to your various greetings and insults is nearly inescapable. I often greet my friends, especially the Colombian ones, with Q'ubó, marica?

Panamanians use cueco which is fairly unique. When an opposing fútbol player gets hurt he gets regaled wih a stadium wide chant of CUEEEE-CO!

Really. You might as well call someone 'vato' or 'culo.' For some reason, 'joto' isn't as pejorative, but I have no idea why.

[chuck]

I wondered what the hell was going on - I'm watching the NY feed all right, but it's from a network in New Delhi. I blame Obama.

I blame Ed Wade and Rudy Giuliani in equal measure.

[Ron Brand]

Pena's called out on strikes. Pitch looked pretty far outside. Ump's got reservations somewhere.

[Ron Brand]

Cedeno flies out to right to end the top of the eighth.

[chuck]

Really. You might as well call someone 'vato' or 'culo.' For some reason, 'joto' isn't as pejorative, but I have no idea why.

Mexicans have a whole universe of insults and slang that I have only the vaguest notion of. Here a good one is ahuebado which basically means dumbass. It's more or less like calling someone a nutsack.

[Ron Brand]

Almost all of the commercials on this channel are for 'football,' but there was one for multiple sports, including cricket. And just now something in some version of an Indian language, for something like boxing or MMA. Weird that they'd have baseball.

[Ron Brand]

Charity from the NY announcers. "You look at this Astros roster...there's bright spots on there."

This is after praising Altuve as a 'great player.'

[Ron Brand]

Blackley has managed to load the bases with two outs.

[Ron Brand]

F8 and we go to the 9th, 9-1 Astros.

[moriartp]

Blackley has managed to load the bases with two outs.

I was four seconds away from posting "so how's Blackley looked this season?"

[Mr. Happy]

Blackley wasn't sharp that inning.

[Ron Brand]

Soft roller by Corporan is booted by Nunez and Carlos is safe at first.

[Ron Brand]

If you put a washing machine on casters and filled it with an unbalanced load, it would look like Corporan did running to first.

[Ron Brand]

Dominguez grounds out.

[Ron Brand]

Grossman grounds into a fielder's choice.

[Ron Brand]

Altuve flies out to right. On to the bottom of the ninth.

[Ron Brand]

Cruz on to close.

[Ron Brand]

Overbay pops foul to Dominguez.

[Ron Brand]

Nunez fouls out to Corporan.

[Ron Brand]

Couple hundred people in the stands.

[Matt]

"The Astros look like a young team." The Yankees announcers are very perceptive. Sharp.

[Ron Brand]

"The Astros look like a young team." The Yankees announcers are very perceptive. Sharp.

And they were looking at Dominguez when they said it.

[Ron Brand]

Romine flies out to center. Astros win!

[Matt]

And they were looking at Dominguez when they said it.

Well to be fair he is about 14 years old.

[HudsonHawk]

If you put a washing machine on casters and filled it with an unbalanced load, it would look like Corporan did running to first.

There's got to be a nickname in there somewhere..."Maytag"?  "Spin Cycle"?

[juliogotay]

"The Astros look like a young team." The Yankees announcers are very perceptive. Sharp.

How are their announcers? I've never thought they were befitting the number one media market in the world but maybe I was expecting too much. Considering the market gave us Mel Allen, Red Barber and Scully.

[austro]

The fuckers on ESPN said something to the effect of "even in their current state, the Yankees wouldn't want anybody from the Astros roster". What really makes me mad is that outside of Altuve and Harrell, and maybe Norris, they may be right.

[austro]

"Spin Cycle"?

That's gotta be Carter, doesn't it?

[Ron Brand]

How are their announcers? I've never thought they were befitting the number one media market in the world but maybe I was expecting too much. Considering the market gave us Mel Allen, Red Barber and Scully.

They were all right. Nothing befitting the legacy of those three. Or even Scooter Rizzuto.

[Ron Brand]

There's got to be a nickname in there somewhere..."Maytag"?  "Spin Cycle"?

You're right, there has to be a good one in there someplace.

[HudsonHawk]

How are their announcers? I've never thought they were befitting the number one media market in the world but maybe I was expecting too much. Considering the market gave us Mel Allen, Red Barber and Scully.

They're pretty blah.  Not good, not bad.  They sound like minor league announcers.  They're 1000x better than the Rangers' announcers.

I had to chuckle at one point when they were railing on the Astros for their low payroll..."They get a bit of a pass now for changing leagues, but that won't fly for long....they're gonna have to up their payroll significantly..."  The rant would have had a little more oomph had that low payroll not been kicking the living shit out of the Yankees at the time.

[HudsonHawk]

You're right, there has to be a good one in there someplace.

Ouch!

[HudsonHawk]

The fuckers on ESPN said something to the effect of "even in their current state, the Yankees wouldn't want anybody from the Astros roster". What really makes me mad is that outside of Altuve and Harrell, and maybe Norris, they may be right.

Maybe?  Outside of those three guys, no player on the Astros roster could start for any other team in baseball.  Probably only 5 or 6 could even make the 25-man of any other club.

[Ron Brand]

Ouch!

I didn't mean it like that, just thinking that maybe there's an alliterative one but I'd have to give it some thought. There's brighter minds than mine that are up to this task.

[HudsonHawk]

I didn't mean it like that, just thinking that maybe there's an alliterative one but I'd have to give it some thought. There's brighter minds than mine that are up to this task.

And brighter than me too apparently!

Ha!  Fuck 'em...we're as good as those cocksuckers.  Pound that ol' Budweiser!

[Bench]

I don't know how vigilant he ushers are. They used to be quite a pain in th ass but I haven't been to the stadium in years.

The ushers do not give a flying fuck anymore.  Buy the $5 ticket, sit where ever you want.

[Reuben]

The ushers do not give a flying fuck anymore.  Buy the $5 ticket, sit where ever you want.

Sounds like a plan to me. Gracias. This'll be the first time I've been to the new Yankee Stadium.

[Bench]

Sounds like a plan to me. Gracias. This'll be the first time I've been to the new Yankee Stadium.

Woops.  I thought we were talking about MMPUS.  Every one is a dick at Yankee Stadium.