Night stuff...
My mother is fucking insane. She finally crossed the line tonight, and that's the end of our relationship so far as I'm concerned. She's been pulling this shit for years, and I'm fucking sick of it. I'm not speaking out of anger here, by the way; I mean every word. She's a control freak, and she can't stand that I'm not a pussy that's going to get bossed around like some crony at work.
Yankees block:
1st Inning: Jeter leads off with a single, just like the last several games. Cano grounds to short, who fumbles enough to just get Jeter instead of pulling in a double play. So Cano is on first, one out. Sheffield walked, Matsui struck out looking. Two on, two outs. Bah, A-rod grounded to third and that's the end of the inning.
...Weird, Womack's not playing. I'm glad he was pulled rather than Tino, though.
Ichiro Suzuki leads off... I like watching this guy play. Wow, nice hit. He hit a short line drive right over second: leadoff single. Ichiro steals second base. Winn grounds to short and is out. One man on second, one out. Crap, Beltre got a nice single to short right field. Ichiro was held at third because Sheffield has a cannon for a right arm. Two men on, one out, one in scoring position. What we need right now is a grounder to third or a line drive to an infielder to stop Ichiro from scoring. Or a strikeout! Yay. Two outs. Shit! Two runs on a double by Ibanez. Damn! Base hit from Boone, so a man on first and third because A-rod fell in the mud. Thank God, it's over with a fly to Matsui in left.
Yankees 0, Mariners 2; inning over.
Inning 2: Tino grounds out to... second, I think. Bernie Williams is back tonight in CF, and up now... full count... walked. Giambi has been doing decently the last few games, so I hope he delivers now. Even a sac fly would be fine. Man, he's been up there forever. Shit, he was down looking. The 3rd strike looked a bit high to me, but what do I know? Oh, it was well within in the strike zone. Flaherty is our last chance this inning. Full count for Flaherty... nice! Bernie makes it to third, Flaherty stops at first on a light bloop to short right field. C'mon Jeter! Nope, grounded to short and the Mariners are up.
The first batter flied out, I think. I was writing about marriage below, so I wasn't watching. Bloomquist grounds to Jeter at short, who makes the play to Tino. Two outs. Ichiro hits a line drive right to Sheffield in RF, and it's over.
Yankees 0, Mariners 2; inning over.
Inning 3: Cano got a nice double to deep center field. Sheffield walks for the second time this game. Two men on, a big fat zero outs! Nice. They HAVE to score this time! Whew, not if Matsui keeps swinging like that though... I have to wonder how weird this is to read. It makes sense to me because I have the game on, but it seems like I might sound like a nut to an outsider. Matsui is ahead in the count 2-1... and I'm not sure that was a strike. 2-2, though. Matsui chops one to second, advancing the runners though getting out himself. Good play, all things consider. It doesn't rest on A-rod's shoulders this time, but I'd sure like to see him get a solid right field single just now. I realize that right handed batters don't typically hit to right field... and he doesn't. Grounded to third, and Cano scores. Tino just got intentionally walked; pussies. They're banking on Bernie's rust. Just like yesterday I hope he blasts one out of the field for a 3 run homerun. Just like yesterday, it doesn't happen, and Bernie grounds to first for the third out.
Leadoff batter grounds to A-rod at third, who makes the play to Tino for the first out. Whew, big swing by Beltre. Wang is even in the count, 2-2... slowish grounder to short, two outs. I feel bad because I don't know most of the Mariners' names. The huge 6'8" first baseman is up now. Nice, Wang struck him out looking. Oh, Sexson is his name.
Yankees 1, Mariners 2; inning over.
Inning 4: Giambi starts out with a slow chop to the pitcher who will beat him to first for the out. Flaherty... is I have no idea where in the count because they don't have the thing that tells you up on the screen. Well, he flied to Winn in left, so that's two quick outs. Jeter gets a nice line drive single to right. Cano, damn, just railed it to third. Quick three outs, that was.
Ibanez grounded out, though I'm not sure where. Boone grounds right to Tino at first. Whoever the third batter was chopped right to Wang for the third out. Very quick inning.
Yankees 1, Mariners 2; inning over.
Inning 5: Sheffield got on base somehow... and subsequently gets caught in a run down when he steals too soon. Brilliant. Matsui grounds right to first for an easy second out. A-rod walks. Nice hit by Tino: a single on the ground past first to right field. Two outs, two on; if Bernie doesn't deliver I'll be sad. He's far behind in the count, and I'm guessing he'll choke. Yep, he flies to Winn in left. Great. How many runners have they left on base so far, eight? Jesus.
Olivo grounds to A-rod who makes the play to Tino at first. Easy second out grounder to Cano. Looks like it's going to be another short inning. Well, maybe not, Ichiro is up. I'm betting he'll get at least a single here. And I lost that bet; another grounder to Cano for the third out.
Yankees 1, Mariners 2; inning over.
Inning 6: Giambi leads off. Oh, I was wrong about how many they left on, by the way. It's 9 runners in 5 innings. AKA awful. Back to Giambi... his second strike out tonight. I honestly don't think he's playing that badly lately, despite appearances. I don't want to see him kicked to the minors, but I have a bad feeling about Giambi's future. Flaherty is up now; struck out swinging. What an awful pitch to swing at, though he's hardly the only one to fall for Sele's slider tonight. C'mon Jeter, again! He doesn't look too happy right now... it's 2-2 on the count. 3-2... struck out swinging. Argh. Sele struck out all three batters this inning!
Randy Winn leads off for the Mariners. He grounds one to Tino, easy out at first. Beltre is up next... struck out swinging. Sexson, Mr. First Base Giant, fouls two right away. Low/left ball, foul... high ball... ball inside/low... struck out swinging! Nice job, Wang.
Yankees 1, Mariners 2; inning over... running out of time.
Inning 7: Cano starts out with a grounder to second; out. Wow, Sheffield almost turned himself inside out on that swing. Whoa, nice diving stop by the Mariners SS. Sheffield made it to first, with one out. Matsui knocked one off the right field wall there, only making a single but moving Sheffield to third. It was only about 8 feet short of a home run. A-rod walks, bases loaded for Tino! Now would be a great time for another grand slam. If they don't score here, with the bases loaded and only one out, I might just stop watching tonight. Shit! Broken bat grounder to third, but lucky that Sexson didn't hold on to the ball at first for the double play. Bases still loaded with Bernie coming up, two outs, no runs. SWEET! Grand slam for Bernie! 5-2! Giambi got a hit! Man, this is great. Flaherty makes a nice single line drive to the gap between left and center. Womack comes in to pinch run for Giambi at second. I won't be disappointed too bad if Jeter doesn't make it happen here, but I'd love to see something... Womack steals third. Triple twos! I can come up with dumb sayings just like an announcer. Full count for Jeter; he fouls it off to right. Jeter struck out looking. Well, no big deal. Grand slam! How freakin cool is that.
Wang is really pitching a great game. This is the guy up from AA, if I recall correctly, which makes it all the better. Alright, so the first batter for the Mariners flied out and the second hit it to center where Bernie should have got it, but he got a slow start for some reason and missed the catch, leading to a double. Bah. Well, Reed just got an RBI double deep center which let the other runner, Boone I think, score. Wang is done; they're bringing in Tanyon Sturtze, which I think is a good choice. Suddenly 5 runs doesn't seem like that many... 2 runs is easily doable in a good inning. Olivo is at bat, behind on the count 0-2 now. C'mon, strikeout. I want this inning to end before the lead shrinks to one. Heh, he swung but the ball was in the dirt so he's out at first. Bloomquist is done for the game and Hanson is pinch hitting instead. Foul fly for the third out to A-rod, inning over. Sweet.
Yankees 5, Mariners 3; inning over.
Inning 8: Oh my, what a start. Cano got a single, then Sheffield grounded one to Boone who messed up the shoulda-been-double-play and now Cano is on third and Sheffield on first. No outs. Matsui is 2-2 on the count; he grounded one to Boone at second, who barely made the play at first; Cano scored, Sheffield is on third, and there's one out. Very close play at first. WTF? A fuckin redo? Are they going to explain, or what? They're saying Matsui might have hit it twice in the swing (again off the bounce). And now he strikes out. Ugh. *angry face* C'mon A-rod, make 'em pay! Nice, RBI single for A-rod. Cano scores (again), Sheffield goes to second. Two runners on, one out. Sigh, Tino flied out to Ichiro. Two outs. Bernie is up.. first pitch strike. Yeah I don't think that second pitch was a strike, looked high to me. 0-2 in the count. Grounded to first, three outs. That makes it 6-3...
Ichiro leads off for the Mariners. Easy grounder to Tino, one down. Tom Gordon is pitching this inning, if you're curious. 3-1 in the count for Randy Winn; make that a walk. One on, one out. Beltre is up... a strike and a foul so far, 0-2 in the count... 1-2... two more fouls, still 1-2... ugh ball in the dirt, Winn moves to second. 3-2 in the count... strikes out swinging. Hot. Two down, one runner on second. Nice, some Mariner hit a foul fly that Tino caught over the rolled up tarp. Three outs, one man left on.
Yankees 6, Mariners 3; inning over.
Inning 9: Womack starts off for the Yankees. The score/count thingy isn't up, again, which is annoying; I think he's 3-1, but who knows? 3-2 on a foul. Struck out swinging. Flaherty comes up... Mariano Rivera is getting ready in the bullpen, if you're curious. Jesus, keep chopping there Washington. Two strikes swinging in a row... fouled back... 0-2 in the count. Slow grounder to third, two outs. Jeter is 1-1 in the count; big swing, big fat strike. One ball, two strikes (swinging). Ball in the dirt, 2-2. Fouled back, still 2-2. Struck out looking, apparently three strikeouts in a row for Jeter. Barring a Seattle miracle, this game is over.
Well that's 3-0 so far for the first Mariner up. Walked 'em. Great start. Jesus, that's 6 balls and 2 strikes for Rivera so far. It's 2-1 in the count for Boone. Double play grounder to Jeter, two men down. Good play. 1-2 in the count for... I don't know who this guy is, #7. Broken bat single to short center field for Reed (apparently). Two outs, runner on first. Dobbs is 1-2 in the count... fouls away to stay alive... argh, ball in the dirt through Flaherty's legs, and Reed moves to second. 2-2 in the count. Another foul, Dobbs is stiiiiiilll alive. Whew, game over on a swinging strikeout. Heh, he swung at a shoulder high pitch.
Game over! 6-3. The Yankees are 20-19, having won 9 games in a row now. Cool.
I've been thinking about how crazy you would have to be to get married these days... if you're a man. Women are favored incredibly in divorces, and since over 50% of American marriages end in divorce, of which 70% are initiated by women... you'd have to be a moron to go into that situation with your eyes open. I can forgive ignorance, but if you know what you're getting into and end up getting shafted anyway, well, nice job idiot. That won't be me, ever. I don't care what kind of woman you are, I'm not taking the chance. If you trust someone and love them enough to marry them in the SPIRIT of the ceremony, why should it matter if you don't get married? Why do you need a contract? Risk vs gain... marriage is a terrible proposal for men in America.
Man, it's hard to talk to people online, write on here about non-Yankees game stuff, and write about the game all at once.
I feel like I'm always living for the future these days. The sad thing is for some people they do it their whole lives. There has to be some balance...
