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"Take me out to the ballgame!" Talking MLB Baseball
I am so thrilled by how well my Yankees are doing thus far. And I thought this would be a rebuilding year with little success!
ARod is closing in on some long-held hitting records. I'm pleased despite not quite having forgiven him for the Biogenesis scandal. He is a heckuva good player to have come back at his age after an entire season out and be hitting really well again.
Really sorry to learn that Chase Whitley had to have Tommy John surgery and will be out into next season. He was a bullpen asset that the Yanks needed this year. Oh, well. Nothing to do but hope that he comes back with his arm stronger than before as often occurs after Tommy John, I hear.
How's the season shaping up from your standpoint? Let's talk baseball!
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The Red Sox are having an up and down year. Last nights game was the perfect example of that when they let the opponent score multiple runs in one inning and wind up losing the game.
Oh well, it gives me a reason to yell at the TV.
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Dot, are you being serious? Aren't the Yankees 1-9 in their last 10 games? They went from 4 games up to 2 games behind the Rays. Their season may turn around, but for the Orioles's sake, I hope not!
Nevertheless, the Yanks are still in second place in the AL East, 2 games behind Tampa.
And (AHEM!), 2-1/2 games ahead of this obscure Boston team with funny-colored socks. (Sorry, manticorjenn. Couldn't resist raising the longstanding rivalry. heh heh)
Okay, I'll concede that the Yanks are in second place largely because everybody lower in the rankings is pretty much sucking eggs. The Yankees have been blown out of the water by the Rangers just lately.
But, we all know things can have changed a LOT by September.
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I don't have much to add except I will be watching the Yankees vs Mets at Citifield in September!!! I love going to any ball park however this trip had so little time in NY I just wanted to do the Crown tour of Liberty and I lost out in our family vote...I did win that we spend the morning in Central Park instead of shopping. Is anyone else going to this game?
And (AHEM!), 2-1/2 games ahead of this obscure Boston team with funny-colored socks. (Sorry, manticorjenn. Couldn't resist raising the longstanding rivalry. heh heh).
Well, we will just have to see what happens the rest of the season. If it is like I hope, we will both be in the playoffs and Boston will eek it out in the end.
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Then there's me....the lowly Indian fan whose season started with such high hopes and prospect until the dreaded SI cover course...why would they put the Indians on the cover? Of course, the team seems to finally be gelling - our starting pitchers are in a grove and we've a 5 game winning streak right now.
It's always been said - "you can't win a pennant in May, but you can sure loose one"
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and the Yankees are back in first place, I hope we get tanaka and jacoby back soon
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Another Yankees fan here! I am happy with the season and was looking forward to A-Rod returning. Still have to look forward to Tanaka returning as well as Nova. Ellsbury is also on his way back. Very excited to see some of the young bombers coming up and contributing. Going down to Trenton on Sunday to see Aaron Judge and the Thunder play.
Gregorious is doing nicely although I definitely still miss my idol Jeter.
Did you two both sign the online petition for Yogi Berra to be awarded the Pres. Medal of Freedom? We sure did when the YES guys mentioned that 80,000 more signatures were needed. Well, after the site crash was fixed, we did.
When we heard the announcement, we both said almost together, "That'll crash the site for sure." And when DH tried just seconds thereafter, sure enough.
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yes dot we did do the petition for yogi, I cried sunday night when they honored Bernie Williams and the core 4 came back Derek looks good
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The Tigers started out strong but are really struggling now. They need to get healthy, we have a lot of players with nagging minor injuries. I won't worry until after the 60th loss . The experts say your team will win 60, lose 60, it 's what they do with the remaining games after that how the season ends
I LOVE this time of year! The Indians are playing on the west coast right now, so their games don't start until 10:10 my time. Last night, we lit a fire, put the game on through the blue tooth speaker and relaxed in the backyard. LOVE summer
Side note: It's awesome that the tribe have shaved their heads in solidarity with a player whose daughter has recently begun treatment for cancer. It would be great if the team would sell the "pink" jersey to support cancer research the way the Bengals did this past season.
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"A woman suffered serious injuries after she was struck in the face by the shard from a broken bat that flew into the stands in front of horrified fans during the Red Sox game at Fenway Park on Friday night, officials said."
Not only did this poor woman suffer life-threatening head injuries, but her young son witnessed this terrible accident.
Yes, being struck by a flying chunk of a broken bat is unusual, but it is good reason not to be too relaxed and not paying attention to what is occurring on the field.
Be alert and aware when sitting in the lower deck near home plate, everyone.
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