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You Gotta Laugh
So there I was watching the scoring tick over this morning on the internet, on the Devil Rays at Yankees game feeling rat-shit.
It didn't look too good when the Devil rays knocked out Randy Johnson (how do the lowly rays keep doing this?) for 7 earned runs in 3 innings. It looked like a blow-out loss as the score stood at 8-2. The Rays then tacked on another 2 runs on the top of the 4th, making it a 10-2 ball game. Yankees fought back adding 4 then 1 in the 5th and 6th innings but the Devil Rays then tacked on yet another run making it 11-7 going into the 8th inning. By this time, I was thinking, "come on guys, 4 measley runs against the Devil rays. You're the YANKEES, do something!"

They did. They exploded for 13 runs in the bottom of the 8th to bail out Randy Johnson.
Here's the Play-by-Play of that Yankee inning:

- Yankees eighth.
- Nunez pitching.
- Cano singled to center.
- Jeter singled to right, Cano to third.
- Sierra pinch-hitting for Womack.
- Sierra grounded out, second baseman Cantu to first baseman Lee, Cano scored, Jeter to second.
- Sheffield singled to left, Jeter to third.
- A.Rodriguez singled to left, Jeter scored, Sheffield to second.
- Harper pitching.
- Matsui doubled to right, Sheffield scored, A.Rodriguez to third.
- Giambi was intentionally walked.
- Ru.Johnson pinch-running for Giambi.
- Williams tripled to center, A.Rodriguez scored, Matsui scored, Ru.Johnson scored.
- Posada homered to right on a full count, Williams scored.
- Cano flied out to center fielder Hollins.
- Jeter infield single to second.
- Sierra singled to right, Jeter to third.
- Sheffield homered to center on a full count, Jeter scored, Sierra scored.
- A.Rodriguez homered to right on a 1-1 count.
- Matsui homered to center on a 2-1 count.
- Ru.Johnson flied out to right fielder Huff.

Thus endeth the bottoom of the 8th that scored 13 runs. That's one LONG inning.
The game chatterers in BTF were dozing off with talk about J1F's sexual experiences with his slightly overwieght girlfriend 'Lindsey' when the 8th inning befell them. It's a fun read from post 201 down...

My fantasy baseball team just fattened up on this effort by Derek Jeter (5-for-6, 5runs, 1 RBI 1HR, 1 double) and Hideki Matsui (4-for5, 1 walk, 4runs, 2 RBI, 1HR, 1 double), so it's even more sweet for me. Jeter is now at .310, Matsui is back at .295. Bring on the rest of the Al East, fellas. A 20-11 win, boys and girls. Savour that one.

- Art Neuro