10:24: Live blog over, kids. Back to some normal posting. And “Ghostbusters.” The boys just got arrested and the EPA man is going nuts. Enjoy!
10:21: They’ve postponed the game. Same game time tomorrow, but it will still be Game 1, picking it up in the 2nd. Sunday will be Game 2 at 3:07PM. No day off, Monday in Detroit.
10:17: Worth noting: because of the rules changes from 2009, they won’t just scrub this game. Playoff games that are suspended have to be played to their conclusion, so they’d pick it up again in the third inning with the score tied 1-1. No word on whether they’ll suspend it yet, but it’s still pouring in New York. Looks grim.
10:13: Sigourney Weaver in her Zuul phase: pretty important to me when I was, like, 11 years-old. Just sayin’.
10:00: Gozer was very big in Sumeria. Big time.
9:52: People at the ballpark tweeting that it is pouring even worse now. After they took the tarp on and treated the field. This is awesomeness. They may bang this game. Which kind of throws a wrench into this liveblog, but hell, I’ll stick with “Ghostbusters” until it’s over if that’s what it takes.
9:48: Also, even if Ecklersley is saying something that is 100% truthful, his manner is of the man you meet at a semi-seedy bar who has all kinds of theories about how the government is out to get you and stuff.
9:46: David Wells talking about how long you can go after a rain delay. He has always been a conundrum for me. Obviously didn’t take care of himself. Like, at all. But he was a durable mofo. If Kruk didn’t say that line about “I ain’t no athlete, I’m a ballplayer,” Wells would have eventually said it himself.
9:42: Tarp is off. They’re treating the field. But the radar is icky. We may be with “Ghostbusters” for a while. “That must be some cockroach.” “Bite your head off, man.”
9:37: Commercial for the “Footloose” remake. We needed that like we need a “Ghostbusters” remake. Oh, wait ...
9:28: “Type something, will you? We’re paying for this stuff.”
9:24: “Ghostbusters” is on VH-1 right now. So, like, someone tell me when this ballgame starts again. Until then, there is no baseball. There is only Zuul.
9:16: I wish this was a Braves game on TBS in the late 1980s so they’d show “Two Mules for Sister Sarah” during the rain delay.
9:09: And the tarp is out.
9:04: They gotta get the tarp out there.
9:02: Ugh, really coming down now. Just what everyone wants from the Sabathia-Verlander matchup: a long rain delay that puts A.J. Burnett in the game.
9:00: Verlander threw 25 pitches in that first inning. That’s definitely a pattern the Yankees would like to see repeated for a few innings.
8:58: End of 1. Tigers 1, Tigers’ defensive indecisiveness 1.
8:57: And it’s pouring rain. The rich people behind the plate pretty much sprinted back to whatever luxury digs they have back in rich person land.
8:55: And we’re tied. Looked like they could have gotten Jeter at home. I’ve got this notion that defensive miscues will cost the Tigers a game in this series. These aren’t egregious or anything, but they’re giving me the willies.
8:53: Eeek. Looked like Cabrera had the easy out at second base. Oh well.
8:52: Anderson called Avila “a good catch and throw guy.” Which he is, but it’s worth noting that Jeter’s on base because Avila could neither catch nor throw strike three.
8:48: Jeter probably stuck out on purpose in order to reach. Totally professional move on his part.
8:43: Top of the first over: Right field porch 1, Yankees 0.
8:41: Delmon Young homer. Caught by a guy from Geneseo -- on the sweatshirt -- who looked a little too happy to be catching an opponent’s homer.
8:39: Also: Anderson likes to call lineup slots the “___-hole.” Often. That will not get old.
8:36: I like Brian Anderson as an announcer, but someone should tell him that Alex Avila is not a rookie.
8:34: I like the Nissan truck commercial. I don’t like Deion Sanders commercials. That is all.
8:30: TBS promo: “Legends are born in October.” Which I suppose means that nothing legendary will happen in this game. Night folks!
8:23: Hey, Halladaysbiceps is back! Welcome back, sir. Comments just got more ... interesting.
8:22: Cal Ripken and David Wells in the studio show have me sayin’ “man, that’s some BALD.” Eckersley, however, has his hair feathered like the wings of a majestic bird.
8:20: A reader asks on Twitter: “Don’t bosses typically hire people to do things like liveblogging for them?” Hurm. Good point. And I’m guessing all the other HBT bloggers are off getting their Friday night drink on. As always, I’m a sucker.
8:13: Come on in. Sit right down. Get your refresh button good and loose, because I’m going to be live-blogging this game. LIKE A BOSS.