New York Yankees 9 - New York Mets 3
Mood Music - Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen
After getting shut down by Mike Pelfrey for most of the afternoon, the New York Yankees broke through in the 7th inning against the New York Mets, banging out eight runs on six hits, and hopefully putting to bed the RISP narrative for a while. Alex Rodriguez hit four singles, Brett Gardner chipped in two big hits, and Derek Jeter tied the game with the biggest hit of all, a bases loaded single.
Ivan Nova was erratic, but solid, giving up 3 runs in 6.2 innings. While he only conceded one walk, the Mets were able to accumulate 11 hits (10 singles) against Nova. While sinkerballers are prone to giving up singles, Nova pitched himself into trouble nearly every inning.


Nova has to do a better job of keeping his fastball down to be the dominant ground ball machine that he has been at times this season, but all things considered, this is the type of the start the Yankees need from him. He pitched into the 7th inning, kept the team in the game, and let the bats take care of the rest.
Luis Ayala and Lance Pendleton finished out the game, allowing nary a baserunner. A great win, and another series won for the Yankees.
Play of the game: Derek Jeter's game tying single
Comment of the Game: I'mGivingYouAPromiseOfABroadcast
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I'm glad the Yankees are winning again
Now bring on the Blue Jays and just walk Bautista every time he’s up at the plate
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unless the bases are loaded
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giving up 1 run is better than giving up 4
Honestly, I want to hold him to one home run for the series. Hopefully a solo HR too.
by long time listener on May 22, 2011 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
He had like 4 IBBs until last week. I guess pitchers are smarter than their managers sometimes.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
holy fuck
Girardi just confessed that he called Granderson’s bunt. Get your pitchforks and torches and meet me by Gate 2.
by long time listener on May 22, 2011 4:21 PM EDT reply actions
I like how you say confessed
Did he apologize? This is getting ridiculous.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
nope
He said that because Granderson was facing a lefty he hadn’t seen, the bunt was the right call. I don’t like “Fire Girardi!” hysterics, but what do you do when your manager is committed to making bad strategic decisions?
by long time listener on May 22, 2011 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Even worse
He probably feels vindicated by how the rest of the inning played out. Baseball can be cruel when it seems to be kind.
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Sigh.
It's like being a huge fan of winning, which we do, relentlessly.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 22, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
It wasn't such a bad call. Granderson is more prone to strikeout vs. a lefty and making
him bunt forced the Met’s hand. They walked Tex and A-Rod came up with the bases sacked. As good as Granderson has been vs. lefties he’s still very capable of looking bad vs. them. I guess he wanted that guy to get to third with less than two out badly, perhaps thinking that creating a situation where a run could score on something other than a hit could take pressure of the hitter and produce an even better outcome. Obviously, if they had been behind it wouldn’t have been the right call.
it is always a terrible call to have your best hitter not hit
by long time listener on May 22, 2011 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah...
It's like being a huge fan of winning, which we do, relentlessly.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 22, 2011 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
In fairness to Granderson, the fact that he's our best hitter at the moment is not
necessarily flattering. It says a lot about the inadequacies of certain hitters so far. As much as I like him, he doesn’t walk enough and strikes out too much. You can live with the fact that he hits the ball in the air too much because he hits many homers, but with his speed a more level swing might allow him to take advantage of his speed.
Granderson is having a fantastic year
And even if he’s just the best of a bad crop of hitters, your best hitter is still your best hitter. It doesn’t make sense to take the bat out of his hand and hope that lesser hitters come through.
by long time listener on May 22, 2011 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I honestly feel some of Girardi's motivation there was to facilitate a run, make it easier to score.
In doing so, he created a situation where you’re giving away an out and making it more possible for them to avoid a big inning. I honestly was already petrified of not scoring anymore runs after 1st and 2nd, and then maybe the Mets come back and score and we lose a game we shouldn’t. If that sounds like scared baseball then so be it. The guys need to start hitting like they’re capable of hitting and Girardi won’t ask them to manufacture runs anymore. He might have even been thinking about how deflating it would’ve been not to score there. I know I was.
Playing scared is stupid.
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by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 22, 2011 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree. I'm not saying it was the right play and I can't say
that there was any real connection between the bunt and the big inning, but sometimes little ball is effective.
if you're afraid of not scoring, having your best hitter make an out is not the right play
by long time listener on May 22, 2011 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
THIS THIS THIS
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Maye he just wanted to put pressure on the defense. He obviously was already
envisioning Tex being walked and A-Rod with the bases juiced and nowhere to put him.
that was clearly his strategy
And it “worked” because A-Rod hit a dribbler, then Cano and Gardner and Dickerson got hits. But if we have men on base for Granderson, I always want him swinging away, no matter the pitcher or the score. There are only a couple of guys – Tex, A-Rod and Cano – who are as likely or more likely to reach base or get and extra base hit.
by long time listener on May 22, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
The only reason it worked
Is a combination of luck, and the Mets’ manager being worse than Girardi.
I know you want to set up the DP, but walking a somewhat slumping Tex to get to ARod, who’s been hitting the ball well this series? And who’ s tied for the all time lead in grand slams? Does the binder really say this is a good idea?
In fact, I don't think there was any connection between the
bunt and what happened subsequently, unless you want to argue that by having a runner on third he can score on a slow roller, whereas if he’s on second he can’t, but I can’t imagine that kind of thinking entering a manager’s mind.
I agree with you and I certainly am not saying it was the
right move. You’re thinking is very valid. Today the bunt didn’t hurt us.
If you wouldn't have A-Rod bunt, you don't have Grandy bunt.
He’s fast, yes, but he’s also destroying baseballs right now. He needs to swing away.
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by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 22, 2011 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Granderson has been the second best hitter in the American League
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He shouldn't have bunted
He’s the most dangerous hitter right now and I want him swinging the bat every time he comes up to the plate. If he was struggling right now, then absolutely it is the right call. But with the way he’s been hitting and just crushing the ball, it’s not the right call to make.
However, it got the tying run 90 feet away and allowed the heart of the order a chance to do some real damage, and it worked out. I don’t see how it’s such a big deal. It wasn’t the right play but it worked out and the Yankees won, so why are people complaining and arguing about it?
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It's just back and forth banter. We're not really arguing as much as trying
to figure our Joe’s reason for calling the play
on my way home I was listening to Sterling on the radio
In the postgame show, and Waldman said that Girardi was asked why Granderson bunted, and Joe said that he wanted to get the winning run 90 feet away. That alone isn’t bad reasoning and it wasn’t the play that was bad when considering who was coming up in the order, it’s just the fact that it was Curtis Granderson (2nd in the league in HR) who was doing the bunting.
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I know that
I’m just repeating what I heard Waldman say. I’m guessing that he thinks with the way the bullpen has been pitching the game is pretty much over if the Yanks take the lead.
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You're probably right.
He’s probably wrong, though. That’s not going to by absolutely dependable.
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Just because something worked in one specific instance, doesn't mean it was the right call.
It's like being a huge fan of winning, which we do, relentlessly.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 22, 2011 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I never said it was the right call
I’m just saying it worked out and the Yankees won, and it seems like people are still focusing on the bad things or the negatives that may have happened. The had an 8 run inning, and people are still focusing on a sac bunt.
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Because it was a really friggin stupid sac bunt...
We’re supposed to score runs, and yay for the fact that we did, but we’re not supposed to bunt with our best hitter. Obviously that’s going to get more attention.
It's like being a huge fan of winning, which we do, relentlessly.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 22, 2011 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
What chambliss76 said below, and because bad strategies catch up with you over a season
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 5:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
What's interesting is that a guy people mention often on this post as being a
brilliant strategist probably would’ve done the same thing. Billy Martin. The game has changed in 30 years though.
Absolutely
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 5:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Been listening to Dancing in the Dark a lot lately
Bad, bad day here (bombs + an invasion of sorts at a military installation), so at least the Yanks cheered me up.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:21 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Karachi (Pakistan)
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Glad the Yankees were a little light in the day for you.
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Thanks.
I forgot it was a day game, and tuned in in the 7th inning. Good timing, I guess.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That's exactly when I decided to wake up too!
To the asshat that hit me: thanks for the broken arm. ...Fucker.
I think I just beat you out
10 hours of sleep during the day, haha. Yayy for Sundays. Not so yayy for sucky Monday morning classes.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:50 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That's why you register for afternoon classes!
To the asshat that hit me: thanks for the broken arm. ...Fucker.
It's a TA class
I mark class participation and snooze, usually. Needed the cash, otherwise I wouldn’t have signed up for a morning class :p
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:56 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It's the getting up at 7.30 part that's miserable
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 5:00 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
surprised to find a Yankee fan in Pakistan
Stay safe.
by long time listener on May 22, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha, yeah.
I’ve been over this story before, I think. The Subway Series in 2000 was the first time I ever saw baseball. Had to pick a team, and I liked Paul O’ Neill. Boom, Yankee fan.
Good choice too, I guess. The last decade has been pretty miserable for Mets fans.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:30 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
to say the least
The best moment of the decade for them was probably that catch by Endy Chavez in game 7. (Considering the circumstances, I think it’s best defensive play I’ve ever seen.) It’s been really downhill since Beltran took that called strike 3.
by long time listener on May 22, 2011 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel for them when I visit AA, because it's a great community.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:40 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Alcoholics Anonymous?
Has it been that bad for them?
I bet it's good to be playing again, huh?
by david d on May 22, 2011 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm guessing Pakistan
From this story.
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Hang in there, my friend.
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by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 22, 2011 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks
Happened about 3 miles from my place. The sad part is that the general reaction by now is a big meh.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The sad part is that the general reaction by now is a big meh.
How so?
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Happens every other day
Last year had about a 1,000 people killed in bombings + another thousand in targeted attacks. You’ve got to stop being surprised at some point. There’s panic for about five minutes, and then you move on? Not much else to do.
Sorry for dragging this off-topic, btw.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:32 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That’s quite alright. It’s a pretty terrible thing to have to live with, and I think we can all hope that these types of things stop happening as soon as possible. For the time being though, do take care of yourself.
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Thanks again
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:42 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Best of luck with everything, my man. Stay safe.
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Thanks, Duggan.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
What time are the games on in Karachi?
can you get MLB.com there to watch live?
It's a 9 hour time difference without DST (we're +5 GMT)
So 4.05 a.m. start time, usually. I’m up often, and watch if I can find a stream. I have the MLB app for my iPod, which gets highlights up quickly. Otherwise, it’s Gameday + PA for me.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Keep yer head low and
hopes high — from Yankeeland. If you want to keep your mind off things — root for the Cubbies tonight. They play the Sox.
Thank you!
I’ll always root against the Red Sox. All day, every day. Go Cubs!
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Every day
I know this won’t be popular, but I like Sterling. He’s my voice for the Yankees, for better or worse. I love listening to the game in the background with Gameday.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 5:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
After I moved to Texas, he and Michael Kay were my connection
I understand exactly what you mean. If this is indeed his last season, I’ll be a little sad about it.
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Indeed.
People talk about Vin Scully and Niehaus and how they made listening to the game a pleasure, but I always have the home broadcast so I’ve never heard either. I like Kay too, because, well, most of the highlights on MLB.com are usually from YES.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 5:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I like him as well
I have to drive a ton since I always go back and forth between my home in NYC and my home in upstate NY where my family lives (and driving is cheaper than flying), so I get to listen to Sterling a lot. And I really enjoy hearing him. He messes up a lot and he’s a goof, but he has the perfect radio voice and his HR calls make listening to the game fun. I hope this isn’t his last year- I’ll be sad if it is.
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Exactly
He’s a goof, but he’s our goof. He does have a great radio voice. I cringe at the “that’s hit deeeeep to left field” sometimes in close games, but that’s part of what makes listening fun.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 5:31 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It's Waldman I don't care for
Sterling I have no problem with at all, cept for a couple of his HR calls. Otherwise, I think he calls a pretty decent game.
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on May 22, 2011 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
make sure you keep your testicles in tact
Last night, a comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. Somebody knows
You're boys are beting the tar out of the West Indies, so there's that.
In all seriousness though, stay safe.
A home run would have just showed our dependence on the long ball
And nobody wants that. Nooo.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:25 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Oh my God.
While I was drifting in and out of sleep, I missed Girardi calling for Granderson to BUNT?! are you fucking kidding me? THE DUDE HAS 16 HOME RUNS AND IS HITTING BETTER THAN ANYONE ON YOUR TEAM.
UTTER HORSESHIT.
Unless you're a pitcher or Gustavo Molina, kindly SWING THE BAT and ignore the Binder's bunt signal.
Pretty much my reaction too
What does Grandy have to do to join the non-bunting clique? Have a painting of himself as a unicorn? Become a ninja?
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:35 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Get traded, probably.
It's like being a huge fan of winning, which we do, relentlessly.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 22, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Depends.
Does unicorn him shoot laser beams from his eyes?
To the asshat that hit me: thanks for the broken arm. ...Fucker.
Yes, and with one hand behind his back, pinning Austin Jackson to the floor.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 5:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Nova pitched himself into trouble
But also pitched himself out of trouble almost every time. It will come back to bite him sometimes during games, but i’ll sing up for 6.2ip 3er any day of the week .
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
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Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
by CasanovaWong on May 22, 2011 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
Heck, I’d sing for it too, if that would help. He’s being everything you want from a No. 5 starter (are he and Garcia co-No.5’s now?) and I hope he can improve his K rate, but I’ll take what he’s giving us right now with a big thank you.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 4:46 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Nova is giving us what we need from him
He’s not the kind of pitcher who is going to consistently dominate. He’s going to give up his share of hits, and sometimes the other team is going to string together enough hits to put the game out of reach. But sometimes he’ll get enough double plays to limit the damage, and our offense and bullpen should get us wins in those games.
by long time listener on May 22, 2011 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
After DJ's 3000th hit
Can we get a Fire Girardi counter, with each Soriano-is-the-8th-inning-guy-don’t-disrespect-him! and bunt call getting a point each? Should be fun.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 5:10 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Can you imagine a Joe Girardi drinking game?
We’d all get alcohol poisoning.
To the asshat that hit me: thanks for the broken arm. ...Fucker.
That would be brutal
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 5:13 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Especially on nights before 7:30 classes
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Haha, I'm a teetotaller
But I’d probably get sick in that game if I was keeping up with orange juice or soda, even.
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 5:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, that would induce a diabetic coma.
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Great game
Nice to see A-Rod swinging the bat well again.
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He had a bunch of hits
But to say “hitting the ball well” is a stretch. This had to be the quitest 9 runs the Yankees have ever scored. A LOT of cheap hits/runs.
I bet it's good to be playing again, huh?
He's been hitting great since the 2 HR day in Tampa
Wasn’t just today. He’s getting hot again.
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Complaining about a 4-5 day for ARod seems like nitpicking
Some of it was just good luck to even out the bad luck of line drives to Reyes, etc. Point is, he got 5 chances to keep an inning going, and came through on four of them. That’s a win.
Not complaining at all
But other than Grandy’s HR and Cano’s solid single no other balls were “well hit”, so to speak. Well placed, yes.
I bet it's good to be playing again, huh?
LoL, I got comment of the game?
Hahahahahahaha
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on May 22, 2011 5:16 PM EDT reply actions
Gotta give long time listener some competition!
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by Hasan Paliwala on May 22, 2011 5:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
But, if you don’t follow through on the promise, you get banned.
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I might be a little late to Tuesday's start, cause I have to go Wedding Suit shopping with the groom.
I should hopefully be back by 7 though.
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on May 22, 2011 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, congrats to Duggan for picking one of the few Springsteen songs I like
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on May 22, 2011 5:26 PM EDT reply actions
I really like Born in the U.S.A. and Dancing in the Dark. Born to Run, however, is one of my favorite vocal performance and I absoluvely love it. It’s four and a half minutes of pure emotion.
Everything else he does can range from boring to decent to fairly good, IMO.
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Never been a fan of his at all really
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on May 22, 2011 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
This is one of the songs they play before the Chicago Marathon
It’s great for getting runners in the mood to, well, run I guess. I grew up in Jersey, so I am of course required by law to be a big fan :-)
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Awesome game today.
I watched with my family of Yankees and Mets fans. Nice environment.
The only thing better than an Anderson is a Granderson
I'm glad that dj apears to be out of his slump... hopefully
This could mean two things: Number one, it could be simply because the captain has never failed against the group across town that people call a baseball teaM, (well, I’m being a little cruel. Mets aren’t that bad), or it could be the beginning of his pulling out of the slump, or, this gives him the confidence to start raking the ball again.
A good analysis of sac bunting %
http://networkedblogs.com/icUBN
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