Tanya: A hit! I'm happy for Alex.

Steve: And yet, no runs.

Tanya: Let's not walk the leadoff hitter this time, eh Phil?

Steve: Charity begins at home, and Phil is pitching at home. Still, he'll have to work to walk him after getting ahead 1-2.

Tanya: Can we go back to the walk?

Steve: There's the answer to your question, Tanya. He could do it until the fifth.

Tanya: I wish I could say I'm surprised. I'm not. I don't think anyone is more infuriating with 2 strikes than Hughes.

Steve: You think he nibbles at that point?

Tanya: Absolutely.

Steve: Not that time, but yes, in general. And another K. The Yankees have to score at least one run, right?

Tanya: They should. If they can't off Joe Saunders, they have no business winning anyway.

Steve: That's sort of a tautology, isn't it?

Tanya: It would be hard to win with zero runs, yes.

Steve: Having said that, would it really surprise you if they didn't? This is clearly not the 1998 Yankees. They seem closer to the 2000 Yankees in some ways.

Tanya: It would surprise me if they were shutout in this game, absolutely.

Steve: In this part, against this pitcher, they should really do a lot more than just that. But I meant in general. I don't mean to be pessimistic, but...I'm pessimistic. Especially when Granderson bunts to go down 0-2.

Tanya: Awful. Flailing again.

Steve: Time to rethink that option?

Tanya: Why is a guy who can't buy a hit giving away strikes?

Steve: Just trying to change his karma, I think. OOOOF. I shouted, "It's gone!" Apparently I fooled Russell Martin.

Tanya: I thought it was gone, and that that was too good to be true. Apparently it was.

Steve: Okay, so we know what our excuse was, but where was Martin?

Tanya: Forgot how many outs there were?

Steve: Boy, I hope not.

Tanya: Can't figure out why else he was that far off the base.

Steve: Because it's a free country?