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Unpleasant Thought

"I have one year left.  I might call it over." — Mariano Rivera, quoted by George King in the Post.

I prefer to remain in denial regarding the inevitability that there is a day coming relatively soon when Mo will no longer pitch for the Yankees ever again.

Yankee Bats Located

ALDS: Tigers-Yanks Gamer V

For the marbles.  Comment away.

Hell: The Sequel... Yanks-Tigers Gamer IV

Will this be another torturous night in the Motor City culminating in the demise of the Yankees' season, or will the Bombers prevail to see this matter settled in the Bronx? We will know soon enough. AJ Burnett has a 7.17 career ERA in Detroit. Rick Porcello doesn't. Comment away.

Best Of Three: Yanks-Tigers ALDS Gamer

C.C. Sabathia and Justin Verlander try again, this time in chilly but mostly dry Detroit. Lineups follow, comment away.

Differential: Tigers-Yanks ALDS Gamer II

Sorry about that.. time zones had me mixed up.  Here's a place to ponder what the heck is wrong with Freddy, as he's already given up two runs.  Max Scherzer is known for giving up the long ball.  Let's get them back.  Comment away.

Divisionus Interruptus

Tarp is going out onto the field halting BP which Detroit was taking in the rain.  We'll see...

Autumn is Here: Bruins-Islanders Preseason Gamer Tigers-Yanks ALDS Gamer

Have at it, Bombers fans. update.. lineups added - ag

Let's Go Yankees... clap..clap..clap-clap-clap

Play To Win: Yanks-Rays Gamer

At least a little bit.  Comment away.

Puckering: Sox/Rays Postmortems

Matt Joyce and Ben Zobrist homered, with the go-ahead shot coming off of the plainly obvious mole Rayfael Soriano (how could we NOT SEE that coming), and the Tampa infield turned their third triple play in team history, a bases-loaded 543 off the bat of Russell "Headlong" Martin. Seriously Russell, I know Brett Gardner claims it is faster, and for him, maybe it is. You ain't Brett Gardner.

Meanwhile, Boston pitchers Daniel Bard and Jonathan Papelbon needed 25 and 28 pitches respectively in the incredibly intense eighth and ninth innings to squeeze past Baltimore at Camden.  Rookie catcher Ryan Lavarnway and Baltimore backstop Matt Wieters were the stars for their teams at the plate and in the field.

Boston will pitch Jon Lester on three days rest in Baltimore tomorrow, while Tampa will pitch David Price, also on three days. Regardless of your allegiance, one can only hope for more of the same. As for the Yankees part, perceiving a pinch or a pound of Machiavellianism makes for more than a little fun. Gametime is 7pm Wednesday night. See you then.