O's 10, Yankees 9 (11 innings): THAT WAS AWESOME

by SC on May 28, 2008 12:32 AM EDT

LaToya Hawkins, I'm sorry, but Alex Cintron is absolutely your father, you beanball-missing hack. Leave now and never come back!

The ninth inning rain delay that seemed to last 36 years and has forever put the Extra Innings menu music in my brain was pretty lame, but otherwise this was a bizarre and fun game. Nine home runs! Twice the Orioles went back-to-back, both times involving Yankee Killer Kevin Millar! And a walkoff fly ball single by Alex Cintron, who pinch-ran for Ramon "Home Run" Hernandez.

And LaToya being the goat -- chef kiss that stuff. Magnifique.

Jeter also had a hideous game, which was amusing.

We were lucky to win this one. The Yankees should've blown it up in the top of the 11th, but nearly were held scoreless after a shot up the middle by A-Rod was picked off by Brian Roberts on the hop to start the rare 4-2-5 double play. Matsui singled home a run after that, but they were held.

And then Hawkins took over. Oh, the fun we had!

Brian Burres got waxed tonight but in the end, who remembers that? The Yankees went up 4-0, we tied it 4-4. The Yankees went up 8-4, we tied it 8-8. The Yankees went up 9-8, we tied it 9-9, and then took our first and last lead of the game. Oh, the fun we had!

There can't be too many more like this, can there?

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ALEX CINTRON, BABY.

by zknower on May 28, 2008 12:35 AM EDT 0 recs

BIRDLAND, BABY!

"We’re not concerned about what other teams think. I know teams come in here thinking we’re playing the Orioles. And then 9 innings later, they got the loss, they know what we’re about." ~Adam Jones

by Stacey on May 28, 2008 12:37 AM EDT 0 recs

what a game

Yankee,s only scored 1 run off the pen after Buress left.
Albers got the win.( hr,s 5 by the O,s

by hagers on May 28, 2008 1:00 AM EDT 0 recs

wow.

just got home and it took me five minutes to comprehend that the o’s actually won, against the yankees, in extra innings.

ABOVE .500 IS BIRDLAND

by Dr. J on May 28, 2008 4:27 AM EDT 0 recs

FAH Q Yankees.

Things like that make life as an O’s fan worth living!!! Yeah Bitches!!!

"Chickens are hard to catch." Jennifer Scott (Luuuuuuuke's Mom)

by dayzd toe on May 28, 2008 8:54 AM EDT 0 recs

Know that scene in the Matrix

where Neo flies in and grabs Morpheus and the Keymaker off the exploding truck?

Link can’t even make sound, just shoots his fists up into air?

I was Link twice in the 11th inning last night. OMG, that is why I watch this game.

Ronnie's OK, McCarver's the dillweed

by 33 on May 28, 2008 8:57 AM EDT 0 recs

man...

so, is this some sort of kharmic payback for that shouldbeensuspended yanks game last year when the o’s got jobbed?

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on May 28, 2008 9:03 AM EDT 0 recs

Orioles Motherfucking Magic. Feel that shit happen, y'all.

"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again."

by 2632 on May 28, 2008 9:20 AM EDT 0 recs

Damn. Missed the ending.

I had to be up at 6:00 AM. I hung in waiting for the rain delay to pass, but wound up in bed by 11:45. I have to sheepishly admit that I didn’t expect to wake up to a W. Good time. The yankees are still number suck.

by drj on May 28, 2008 9:43 AM EDT 0 recs

wuss.

I had to be at work BY 6 AM and made it the whole way through the game…

by getxstoked on May 28, 2008 3:44 PM EDT up 0 recs

How sweet it is...

After Mariano Rivera stranded two runners in the 10th, I headed to bed for my own sanity. It was worth it to hear from my Yankee-fan roommate this morning:

sigh “So the Orioles won.”

by Brotz13 on May 28, 2008 9:44 AM EDT 0 recs

What a game!

Good way to start our homestand.. series win over the Yanks.

I don’t want to jinx us the same way that Chanumas does (nice job trying to destroy our 11th inning, buddy..) – but is our bullpen the shit or what?! Especially after last year’s staff – these guys are doing an amazing job.

by Y Not on May 28, 2008 10:25 AM EDT 0 recs

Savor this one, O’s fans.

One of my least favorite Orioles-Yankees games ever (behind classics like “The Jeffrey Fucking Maier Game” and “Jack Cust falls TWICE behind third and home”) occurred on July 4, 2005, just as the Orioles amazing start was beginning to fall apart.

Bruce Chen started and was horrible, giving up 6 runs in 1 and a third innings, putting the O’s down 0-6 in the 2nd. They chipped away all game and took an 8-6 lead in the 7th, only to give up 7 runs in the 8th and lose 8-13. That game particularly pissed me off, because it was a gutty comeback that then they then blew late. I had visions of that last night…thanks for exorcising those demons right away in the 11th, Melvin and Aubrey.

Now, if the Yankees blow the game today because Jeter falls twice between third and home, my spiritual healing will be nearly complete.

Why the Hell Not?

by BrianS on May 28, 2008 10:42 AM EDT 0 recs

mine wont be complete

until maier is beheaded. by my hands.
that incident led to the first ever “1000 man march all over dave harris’ face” day at lakeland reg HS. i will never be healed.

btw, did you noticed you thanked melmo and aubrey? strange huh?

"Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July." - Earl Weaver

by daveh873 on May 28, 2008 11:05 AM EDT up 0 recs

I remember this game

It was the day I moved to Boston and it was the first thing I heard about my first day at work there.

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on May 28, 2008 5:48 PM EDT up 0 recs

we need another poll

for favorite moment of the game. for me … it had to be Mora’s demented “slide” into home to score from first on Huff’s double in the 11th.

what a game. the team has personality and doesn’t stop battling … that’s enough for me.

by cubotic on May 28, 2008 11:22 AM EDT 0 recs

Mine...

definitely Razors Whale Dive

"Chickens are hard to catch." Jennifer Scott (Luuuuuuuke's Mom)

by dayzd toe on May 28, 2008 11:48 AM EDT up 0 recs

i'm in a library.. and

that just made me do one of those terrible ‘snort laughs’

by Y Not on May 28, 2008 3:12 PM EDT up 0 recs

O's to Yanks

YOU WILL NOT PASS!

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on May 28, 2008 1:31 PM EDT 0 recs

across this line you do not...

oh, and birdman, yankee is NOT the preferred nomenclature. northeastern americans, please!

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on May 28, 2008 1:48 PM EDT up 0 recs

The Yankees are entering a world of pain.

Mark your score 0, Yanks.

by Y Not on May 28, 2008 3:13 PM EDT up 0 recs

MFY

works for me

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on May 29, 2008 4:19 PM EDT up 0 recs