(Lauren Ambrose's Queen Marie, the king's second, younger, wife, is still too idealistic to join in this cynical exchange.) And you can sense the audience warming with relief to the gallows humor, which is not so different from what is heard in late-night television monologues.
In meteorological terms, however, the island will have come as a warm relief after the chill that has greeted her elsewhere.
Thoughtful sequencing keeps the effort from feeling too much like an onslaught; after the heady chromaticism of "Rabbit Cake," it's a warm relief to encounter the walking bass line and bluesy feeling of "Slow Song for a Dog".
As Mendoza warmed up in relief of Andy Pettitte, who was knocked around for 11 singles, Hargrove told Hairston he might call for a suicide squeeze.
Torre said he had two relief pitchers, Stanton and Ramiro Mendoza, warming up "just in the event that something happens," but nothing that happened prompted him to summon Stanton.
The assessment warned that the storms, droughts and food shortages that might result from a warming planet in coming decades would create numerous relief emergencies.
Meanwhile, a warming house became packed to the gills with those seeking relief from the cold.
The relief pitcher Chan Ho Park, who slightly strained his right hamstring while warming up in the bullpen Thursday night, went on the 15-day disabled list, the Yankees announced.
Manager Bobby Valentine hesitated using him in relief because he was unsure how Gonzalez would adapt to warming up in the bullpen.
Just before opportunity turned to another Mets disappointment, this one a 4-3 loss to the Marlins, the backup catcher Omir Santos was in the Citi Field bullpen, getting a relief pitcher warmed up.
