New York Yankees at Seattle Mariners: 08/13 game thread

Will we get 613 comments on tonight's game thread, just like last night. Hopefully, if we do, they will come in a little quicker because I don't want to sit here for 14 innings again. Fun as last night was. By the way, catcher Rob Johnson confirmed pre-game that the pickoff of Scott Podsednik at third base in last night's 10th inning was a set-play between him and third baseman Adrian Beltre. They had noticed Podsednik wandering a little too far off the bag on each pitch. "We both saw it and we both signaled each other,'' Johnson said. Johnson said it wasn't that tough for him to stay so focused behind the plate for the full 14 innings. "Not in that type of ballgame,'' he said. "You're going to be on-point about things.'' Read more...