Jaso's on-base percentage is .250. He still has the dreads. Jacob Turner walks him. Toothpick sighting! You sent me a bunch of good texts last night re: last night's action. I will include them, retroactively, as yesterday's entry because I got wasted on deck work, sun, a busted grill, and whiskey & coke and I didn't write anything yesterday at all.
You followed up today with this news: VargasCut.
It's Vargas at home for Kansas City to face the Yankees, who send Michael Pineda to the mound.
Turner got out of that inning on nine pitches, which is incredible considering he walked the first batter. It was a fielder's choice, then a GIDP. R-Zimm fans. He has cooled somewhat. Murphy, 3-1, he has cooled as well.
Josh Bell fouls one into the catcher's glove, strike two. The catcher returns the ball to the pitcher, Turner. Who in turn feels the ball and decides he doesn't want it, presumably because the ball is scuffed. Pitchers used to engage in deceit, e.g. sandpaper, to scuff balls but now they seem uninterested in the possible advantages accruing from a scuffed ball. I don't understand this.
I saw Victor with a big wad earlier. Gardner singles to left and the 'Cut is underway. Saw ChawBoy Davis with his usual cheek-wad. Holliday and Gardner ... cousins? Gary Sánchez, probably dipping. Sánchez sends a rocket to left center but Cain makes it an 8. Gardner, gum. Joe West, wattles. HolliK on a knuckle curve, credit Suzyn W on WFAN. Castro doubles in Gardner. There are a couple of fellas there in Kansas City in wigs and wearing robes. But Judge fans on three pitches. B says Vargas is mound-dippin', just a little, lower right lip. John and Suzyn are talking about seeing a yellow-breasted chat. I don't know this bird at all. Could it be a Kansas City bird?
I don't think J-Varg was ever dippin'. He has puffy upper and lower lips. It's still 1-0 NYY, top of the fourth, two out, two on.
It's 6-0 NYY, still in the top of the fourth, and the Yankees have batted around. This is the first time I've seen Vargas this year. No bueno. Hicks homered and then Gardner tripled. Suzyn is talking about switch-hitting as a gift: oh, if I could only have become a switch-hitter! A switch-hitting, drop-and-drive pitcher. Dream, dream, woebegone, erstwhile, and yesteryear. Vargas gets through four with his life but the 1.01 ERA he entered this game with is like the bottle of water someone tries to get through airport security with—long gone, in a big plastic trash bag heading to the nearest landfill. One-handle, arrivederci! Hello, 2.03.
The Orioles are down to their last out. It's up to Machado, who is 0-for-4. Justin Wilson pitches with two men on. Right down the middle, fouled off. Now a check swing on high and out. Wilson the lefty. First and third. A strike and it's 1-and-2. Just in, 2-and-2. Gary Thorne calls the game on MASN. A foul straight back on a big swing. High and out, did he check? Same as before. C.B. Bucknor. He was involved in another controversial game-ending play this season. He was the home plate ump for that "Hey, let's try an at-bat where it takes four strikes to have a strikeout" incident involving the Nationals and someone else. I watched the play but I don't think I wrote about it. Werth was real pissed about it and came in from left field after strike four to get in Bucknor's face. Thank you for watching. I can't watch 4-2 Crads leading in the eighth, 100 m.p.h. from Rosenthal. Now a K on 101. Rosie's renaissance coincides with the Crads being on the comeback. His nickname then is "The Fulcrum". Another good nickname with similar basis would be "The Margin".
Thanks for watching.
You followed up today with this news: VargasCut.
It's Vargas at home for Kansas City to face the Yankees, who send Michael Pineda to the mound.
Turner got out of that inning on nine pitches, which is incredible considering he walked the first batter. It was a fielder's choice, then a GIDP. R-Zimm fans. He has cooled somewhat. Murphy, 3-1, he has cooled as well.
Josh Bell fouls one into the catcher's glove, strike two. The catcher returns the ball to the pitcher, Turner. Who in turn feels the ball and decides he doesn't want it, presumably because the ball is scuffed. Pitchers used to engage in deceit, e.g. sandpaper, to scuff balls but now they seem uninterested in the possible advantages accruing from a scuffed ball. I don't understand this.
I saw Victor with a big wad earlier. Gardner singles to left and the 'Cut is underway. Saw ChawBoy Davis with his usual cheek-wad. Holliday and Gardner ... cousins? Gary Sánchez, probably dipping. Sánchez sends a rocket to left center but Cain makes it an 8. Gardner, gum. Joe West, wattles. HolliK on a knuckle curve, credit Suzyn W on WFAN. Castro doubles in Gardner. There are a couple of fellas there in Kansas City in wigs and wearing robes. But Judge fans on three pitches. B says Vargas is mound-dippin', just a little, lower right lip. John and Suzyn are talking about seeing a yellow-breasted chat. I don't know this bird at all. Could it be a Kansas City bird?
I don't think J-Varg was ever dippin'. He has puffy upper and lower lips. It's still 1-0 NYY, top of the fourth, two out, two on.
It's 6-0 NYY, still in the top of the fourth, and the Yankees have batted around. This is the first time I've seen Vargas this year. No bueno. Hicks homered and then Gardner tripled. Suzyn is talking about switch-hitting as a gift: oh, if I could only have become a switch-hitter! A switch-hitting, drop-and-drive pitcher. Dream, dream, woebegone, erstwhile, and yesteryear. Vargas gets through four with his life but the 1.01 ERA he entered this game with is like the bottle of water someone tries to get through airport security with—long gone, in a big plastic trash bag heading to the nearest landfill. One-handle, arrivederci! Hello, 2.03.
The Orioles are down to their last out. It's up to Machado, who is 0-for-4. Justin Wilson pitches with two men on. Right down the middle, fouled off. Now a check swing on high and out. Wilson the lefty. First and third. A strike and it's 1-and-2. Just in, 2-and-2. Gary Thorne calls the game on MASN. A foul straight back on a big swing. High and out, did he check? Same as before. C.B. Bucknor. He was involved in another controversial game-ending play this season. He was the home plate ump for that "Hey, let's try an at-bat where it takes four strikes to have a strikeout" incident involving the Nationals and someone else. I watched the play but I don't think I wrote about it. Werth was real pissed about it and came in from left field after strike four to get in Bucknor's face. Thank you for watching. I can't watch 4-2 Crads leading in the eighth, 100 m.p.h. from Rosenthal. Now a K on 101. Rosie's renaissance coincides with the Crads being on the comeback. His nickname then is "The Fulcrum". Another good nickname with similar basis would be "The Margin".
Thanks for watching.
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