The Yankees were blown out by the Sox in the season opener, with deserved rejoicing by the Boston faithful as Boston knocked C.C. Sabathia out of the game in five innings, hanging four runs off of eight hits and four walks (one intentional) on the Yankee ace, and waiting out Yankee pitchers to the tune of 8 walks total. Meanwhile, the Yankees could only muster a couple of scratched runs on a dink from the catcher.
The Yankees officially have the highest payroll in baseball. Again. And tonight, $76,891,257 (roughly one-third) of it will be on display at The Stadium as Hiroki Kuroda gets the start against Clay Buchholz and the Sox, who have the fourth-highest payroll. Not that I care; it isn’t my money. It does give me a smirk that ARod makes more than Houston. Lineups follow, courtesy of PeteAbe, comment away.
Red Sox
Ellsbury CF
Nava DH
Pedroia 2B
Napoli 1B
Saltalamacchia C
Middlebrooks 3B
Victorino RF
Bradley LF
Iglesias SS
Clay Buchholz RHP
Yankees
Gardner CF
Ichiro RF
Cano 2B
Youkilis 3B
Hafner DH
Wells LF
Overbay 1B
Nunez SS
Stewart C
RHP Hiroki Kuroda RHP
Thank goodness I’ve been able to stream this on ESPN at work. Guessing I’ll need to mute the mofos again within 15 minutes of game start, just like last time.
Made it through one batter before I could not take the inanity. Silence, Boone/Sutcliffe. Aaron Boone commentating again, Christ.
Salty knocks Nava in with 2 out. Pedroia to 3rd. 1-0.
Kuroda dominates Middlebrooks, some ugly swings and the half is over. Got the pitch count up a little and did some damage. Good start.
I’m at my son’s farm ball practice. I should be able to catch the last three or four innings.
Yankees threaten 2 on, 2 out, but do not score.
Kuroda uncharacteristically wild: hits JBJ on 1-2 count, walks Ellsbury on 4 pitches. Loaded with 1 out.
> Yankees threaten
Opponents chuckle and say, “SURE you will.”
Now he hits Nava too, driving a run in. Same spot to both lefties, ankle/calf/shin area.
Well, Nava’s a switch hitter, but he was batting lefty.
Kuroda hurt? Maybe on the liner Victorino started the inning off with that Kuroda got a piece of with his pitching hand?
Kuroda out? Oh boy. Did he get hurt?
Just turned on the CBS feed, Sterling says Kuroda got hit on tip of the middle finger by the line drive… Combined with cold, they pull him.
Eppley starts off Pedroia with two excellent outside corner pitches, misses for ball 1, then Pedroia hits into a DP, ending the inning. Booooooo.
Salty amazing, Middlebrooks craptacular (though he did make a good play on a Gardner almost-infield-hit last) to start the season.
3-0 after Victorino (who has also started off hot) drives in Salty with yet another single.
Why?
JBJ’s first major league hit nets him his second major league RBI as Victorino (who stole 2nd) comes home.
6-0 after Iglesias double, Ellsbury single. Red Sox have 9 hits in just under 3 innings.
Hafner homer. 6-1.
Just got home…Big Bang Theory repeats on TBS baby!!!!
7-1, Pedroia RBI groundout.
My son’s farm team hit better than this.
Kate Smith time!
I know Rick Sutcliffe is a nice guy, but, man, he’s an awful analyst.
Props to Warren. This could have been worse. I mean better.
> Kate Smith time!
At some point, I hope someone with clout has the balls to say, “We’re in NEW YORK CITY! We have OTHER OPTIONS for what to do in the stretch.”
That whole “God Bless America” thing needs to stop. Not unlike Sweet Caroline.
^this.
False/forced patriotism is silly.
“You know who else made people wear pieces of flair…the Nazis.”
Pettitte is pitching tonight. Can he stop the bleeding?
“Pettitte is pitching tonight. Can he stop the bleeding?”
Yes. At least to a trickle.