Yardwork: Series Over
Baseball October 18th. 2009, 9:36am
Yankees 4, Angels 3, 13 innings: Well, this series was fun while it lasted. Maicer Izturis tried to be the hero in the bottom of the 13th, but made a bad throw to second that skipped into the outfield, allowing Jerry Hairston Jr to score the game winning run. Now the Yankees have a 2-0 lead as the series shifts to California.
I can’t really tell if A-Rod is clutch or not because he popped up to end the 12th with the bases loaded. On the other hand, he did hit a solo home run to tied the game in the 11th after the Angels had taken the lead in the top of the inning.
As for the picture, I chose Joe Girardi walking to the mound because it was a pretty regular sight last night. The Yankees used 8 pitchers last night. That’s their entire bullpen. David Robertson got the win. Don’t worry, genetic testing is being done to determine his “true Yankeeness.”
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October 18th, 2009 at 9:37 am
one step closer to the end of baseball season!
October 18th, 2009 at 9:45 am
This… this is not something to celebrate. Fourth months of being entirely adrift with no goal or purpose? You wish ill on me Dirt.
October 18th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Dollars to donuts the Angels win all three games in Anaheim now…
October 18th, 2009 at 9:58 am
What a a great day of college football, frauds reveled all over, OSU, VT, Neb, KU. Supposedly great teams all look average at best. And ND kept it “competitive”, sure some schools win games, but it takes a really great coach to keep it close. Iowa V Boise St title game here we come.
October 18th, 2009 at 9:58 am
one step closer to the end of baseball season!
which puts me one step closer to 10 hoops posts/day for 7 months
October 18th, 2009 at 10:02 am
What a a great day of college football, frauds reveled all over, OSU, VT, Neb, KU. Supposedly great teams all look average at best
Yay parity! This way, ALL teams are meh and uninspiring. How’s that working out for ‘ya?
Iowa V Boise St title game here we come.
Where amazing happens (and I pray it does)
October 18th, 2009 at 10:06 am
usc will win the NC
October 18th, 2009 at 10:11 am
You wish ill on me Dirt.
Not exactly. You can become a basketball expert if you’d like. It’s not remotely difficult.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:11 am
ya really how can you be excited about the end of baseball season? so we get months of endless top ten plays of seeing some guy who’s 6′9 dunk a basketball like its a big deal? fucking cant stand the NBA
October 18th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Yes!
Yes – again!
October 18th, 2009 at 10:15 am
usc will win the NC
right now, today, I agree w/ you on that. I’d say Alabama/USC with USC winning.
Subject to changing my mind every week
October 18th, 2009 at 10:16 am
it was over last offseason when the yankees bought all the best players
October 18th, 2009 at 10:17 am
I’d actually look forward to this.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:19 am
LeBron > Kobe, its that easy.
/certified expert
October 18th, 2009 at 10:20 am
lol is this really an argument still?
October 18th, 2009 at 10:21 am
coop, you also have to know that Dwight Howard’s low post game is garbage. But that’s the gist of it.
Besides, Taguchi, we’re looking for a basketball to whom statistics are absolutely everything. That seems right up your alley.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:22 am
October 18th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Basketball statistics, by the team nature of the game, are a lot harder to analyze then baseball statistics, but John Hollinger is doing some real interesting stuff… hey, you’re making fun of me.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:23 am
sunday morning. im hungover
and hopefully not shopping for douchey T shirts.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:24 am
hey, you’re making fun of me.
I’m actually making fun of NickP.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:24 am
I think TBL banned all those guys.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:26 am
I feel like I missed out on him and Hef. Did they tell TBL that clutch doesn’t exist or something?
October 18th, 2009 at 10:27 am
saw a stat the other day that kevin garnett leads the league in both creepy facial gestures and chest pounds per game. top that kobe.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:27 am
TBL drunkenly scolded a comment thread last night while at a bar.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:28 am
FetchBeadlemania is still around.October 18th, 2009 at 10:28 am
They play an open mic day all week long at http://www.majorleaguejerk.com.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Link? I don’t feel like looking. Trying to decide on how bad I want to beat fetch in fantasy today too….
Oh shit. The Colts have a bye. Half my team isn’t playing this week.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:30 am
JPQ tried to explain why AJ Burnett sucked to Fetch using ERA and WHIP last night, I felt sorry for him.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:31 am
http://www.collegegear.com/sf/stores/1337/c-133714.shtml
lol is this really an argument still?
recc: Do all the top TBL commenters get a free t-shirt? I’m hoping I’m one, so I took the liberty of picking mine out. I’ll email you my address
October 18th, 2009 at 10:32 am
They play an open mic day all week long at http://www.majorleaguejerk.com.
Be nice Sanders. They get dozens of hits on that website every day.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:33 am
usual. Paolo gets in some fights, TBL tells us to “calm down”, doesn’t mention Paolo by name.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:33 am
just pick whatever for me. all those shirts look awesome.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Put me down for this one.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:38 am
JPQ tried to explain why AJ Burnett sucked to Fetch using ERA and WHIP last night, I felt sorry for him.
taguchi: I was out of my league on stats. I only was a pretty good pitcher from age 8 to 18, wtf do I know about WHIP
You started in on me a little last night about Joba, but I was getting off. My point was I agree that 200 innings vs 70 innings is important for arm development, but you also have to learn how to pitch yourself out of situations.
Throwing three innings then sitting down and having orange slices while the other guys deal with much more difficult late inning “situations” (I imagine stat geeks look at all 27 outs as a separate event, but they’re not) also helps “throwers” learn to “pitch”
October 18th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Oh, that wasn’t what I was arguing JPQ. I was arguing that the people who just want Joba to be in the pen because “he’s good at it” are foolish, since he could well be good at starting too and that’s a far more valuable skill. I totally agree that he was horribly mismanaged thsi year. WHIP to fetch is an extremely simplistic stat, was the point.
I would disagree with this.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:42 am
i’m not a stat geek.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:43 am
taguchi who is your picture of
October 18th, 2009 at 10:43 am
I would disagree with this.
eh, not disagree, but I think it’s simplistic.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Bobby “the brain” Heenan.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:46 am
LeBron > Kobe, its that easy.
/certified expert
It’s a good thing it’s Sunday. Otherwise this would generate 300 angry replies.
frauds reveled all over, OSU, VT, Neb, KU
Paolo: Biggest fraud is Florida!
one step closer to the end of baseball season!
Well right now is the best part of the baseball season. If the Dodgers can steal this game, we might have one decent LCS.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Let’s go…Buffalo!
October 18th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Let’s go…Buffalo!
+1 from me. I’ll root.
My 1 o’clock slate is so awesome. Two tremendous games. Vikes/Ravens and Giants/Saints. The DVR is magic today.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:49 am
(I imagine stat geeks look at all 27 outs as a separate event, but they’re not)
I would disagree with this.
well that’s good. I was afraid every out/hit/whatever is looked at in a vacuum (except for Jeter and clutch-lol). I know nothing about Sabremetrics, and don’t care to. I just get real sick of hearing stats only and not how “intangibles” come into play.
The 2004 Sox don’t win the WS unless the “Idiots” like Millar and Damon help relax that team. Same thing w/ the Yankees this year with girardi not being so tightly wound and Swisher and Burnett loosening up that ultra-stiff team of the last 10 years.
Many people who immerse themselves in the stat game never played at a competitive level, and don’t understand that a lot of the “off the field” goes into “on the field”
taguchi who is your picture of
duder: Glenn Beck
thx bsanders. Bills need all the help they can get, and they’ll get it from the Jets haters, thankd God
October 18th, 2009 at 10:49 am
i get browns steelers and then 2 shitty 4 o clock games
October 18th, 2009 at 10:49 am
I have Vikes/Ravens and…Lions/Packers. Looks like I’ll be working the Red Zone Channel a bit. I’ll be the biggest Titans fan alive during the 4 p.m. games.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Bryan Burwell is classy. Essentially, he hopes the Jaguars moves so the Rams don’t.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:51 am
How is that, BSanders? I would get it in a heartbeat if Time Warner didn’t suck.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:52 am
WHIP is about as far into pitching stats as I go. In my mind, something that shows me how many baserunners you allow per inning is a good indicator of how good you are at getting people out.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:53 am
/get off my lawn’d
//fuck statheads. i wanna beat them up with their fancy numbers and words
October 18th, 2009 at 10:53 am
For once, I’m lucky. I haven’t actually seen a Giants game since week 2, even though I had them, because all they were playing was patsies and cupcakes.
I’m sure they’ll push the Saints around up front, because they push everybody around up front. I seen half a Saints game, when they embarrassed Philly, so I’m pretty intrigued.
I’d watch the ravens play every week. I hope they assassinate Favre.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:53 am
from espn bottom scroll:
CB from UConn dies from on campus stabbing.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:53 am
I like this Burwell column much better
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columnists.nsf/bryanburwell/story/9AF899FB9806F64E8625764F0014626D?OpenDocument
October 18th, 2009 at 10:53 am
I like it. I had the Sunday Ticket package for the past three years and they had it there, too. The studio host can be a bit grating, and they sometimes inexplicably will stay with terrible games while exciting stuff is going on in good matchups, but for the most part it’s good.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:55 am
and the 4:00s suck. of the 4, 2 are on TV in DC. not good for your friendly neighborhood bartender
October 18th, 2009 at 10:56 am
My slate is pretty kickass today too. Ravens/Vikes and Saints/Giants at noon, then Pats/Titans a 3. God I hope the Titans win. That would be so awesome.
I’ll still probably have RedZone on a lot though.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:58 am
This is Kerry Collins’ last stand. Titans are down two starting corners, but Brady’s legs are still a month away from being able to throw that jump ball into double coverage and hope Moss comes down with it, 2007-style. Good thing he still has Welker on the extended handoff.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:59 am
The studio host can be a bit grating
To each their own I guess. When I had the free preview, I thought he did a pretty good job for how rapid of a pace the show goes. He was also pretty self deprecating when he made jokes that he knew fell short. Kind of refreshing to see considering the “jokes” from cbs, fox, and nbc.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:59 am
From CBS Sportsline regarding the Hawkeyes defensive coordinator. Awesome.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Its a life changing experience, especially if your primary market is a team that sucks and you dont like. I had it for the first time last week and I imagined thats what it felt like to watch people walk on the moon the first time. No commercials, no breaks, all action all the time.
October 18th, 2009 at 11:00 am
pitt, kc, ginas, and iggles today, you guys can order up your ferrari’s and thank me later
October 18th, 2009 at 11:02 am
read the comments on the column I linked. People are full of rage.
October 18th, 2009 at 11:02 am
pitt, kc, ginas, and iggles today, you guys can order up your t-shirts and thank me later
thanks recc!!
October 18th, 2009 at 11:02 am
haha i knew jpq would make that switch
October 18th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Jpq, did you enjoy Jeter’s clutch home run?
October 18th, 2009 at 11:04 am
you guys dont miss anything huh, tough to be hungover on a comment thread these days
October 18th, 2009 at 11:06 am
what shirt did you end up buying?
October 18th, 2009 at 11:07 am
/looks around for Jay
You know… I actually like Tom Jackson on Countdown. And of course, Da Coach. The rest of that set can go to hell though.
/runs
October 18th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Jpq, did you enjoy Jeter’s clutch home run?
not as much as his clutch double clutch of that double play ball
/say that three times fast
October 18th, 2009 at 11:09 am
im leaning towards the touchdown jesus beer shirt, duder
October 18th, 2009 at 11:12 am
I imagine the people who actually have the Pizza Hut iPhone application look something like this.
October 18th, 2009 at 11:12 am
you guys dont miss anything huh, tough to be hungover on a comment thread these days
recc: when you do what I did and link to prove a point, and someone goes to the main website of your link and it’s a white supremicist site and you get crucified over it, you look for the “misery loves company thing”
October 18th, 2009 at 11:17 am
tough to be hungover on a comment thread these days
Just wait till you come in here talking about hooking up with Hooters waitresses.
October 18th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Link?
October 18th, 2009 at 11:22 am
October 18th, 2009 at 11:22 am
bsanders, check Friday’s round-up. Look for MSU’s comments.
October 18th, 2009 at 11:23 am
anybody this this video of TBL buying beer last night after his night at the bar ended??
October 18th, 2009 at 11:24 am
and the path of rage they engendered.
October 18th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Was he carrying seven cases?
October 18th, 2009 at 11:28 am
I forgot about how funny this was:
That’s also the thread where Ohheelyeah defends those that are actively against miscegenation as reasonable people who we should have an understanding of.
October 18th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Was he carrying seven cases?
who knew a simple question like that would elicit 100 various theories as to how to accomplish that feat
/butt caliper’d
October 18th, 2009 at 11:31 am
That’s also the thread where Ohheelyeah defends those that are actively against miscegenation as reasonable people who we should have an understanding of.
hours later I flipped back and saw GOTG’s response at the end of the thread. He was pissed. I had to almost re-read the whole thread to see who said/why he said it that pissed him off so much
October 18th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Nothing will top TarBaby’s performance on the night of Obama’s election where his heart surgeon self basically inferred he lets black people die on the operating table.
October 18th, 2009 at 11:37 am
look at taguchi, using mescegination in a sentence. I had to put the captions on during O Brother Where Art Thou to figure out what Homer Stokes was saying when he said that. Then I had to look it up. That’s how arcane that word is.
October 18th, 2009 at 11:39 am
O Brother Where Art Thou
Man of Constant Sorrow is on my iTouch
Bob Dylan’s version isn’t as good, btw
October 18th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Did anyone see Frank Caliendo on Fox doing Barkley and Shaq.
October 18th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Sorry I’m way late on this (stupid hangover) but there’s no question that the best way to break in a young starter is by having him throw some short and long relief. The problem occurs when they dominate in the bullpen and then start and do mediocre. That leads to an outcry of people who want him to remain in the bullpen when it is much less valuable. That’s all I was saying.
As for WHIP, it is a simplistic but good stat. The problem with WHIP is that it is influenced by the defense and thus doesn’t tell you exactly how good a pitcher is