Andy’s curveball command wasn’t working well tonight and it cost him because he couldn’t use it like he normally would though overall he looked solid. Breaks my heart to see him give up homeruns of course, though hopefully it’s something he’ll get under control. It doesn’t help when the Yankees can’t score more than two [...]
Archive of entries posted on May 2008
20,000 Angry Fans Booing
Last night’s official attendance was 50,993, though I am going to go out on a limb here and assume that’s how many people bought tickets because I was at the game and the stadium was half full, if not less. The weather last night was terrible, and honestly I am surprised there were no delays [...]
Reminder: Chien-Ming Wang Is Awesome
I have no idea what is being said but I assume it’s about Chien-Ming Wang being awesome because he is:
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Things I’m looking forward to: The comedy that will be Kei Igawa starting one of the Yankees’ upcoming games against the Tigers. How many homeruns will they hit off my favorite Three True Outcome pitcher??
Melky Cabrera: Offensive Machine
Ian Kennedy is going to be starting at Scranton today. Hopefully he will show immediate signs of improvement and build his confidence up because I just don’t know how long I can survive with Kei Igawa back in the rotation.
Citing this, a lot of people right now are saying that it’s clear the Yankees should [...]
Trying To Throw Fastballs Past Batters = Not Good
The harder it comes in, the harder it goes out. Belt high fastballs never end well.
Ian Kennedy Starts At Scranton, Remembers How To Throw Strikes
Notice the absence of nibbling:
Sure there is a lot more you can get away with in AAA than MLB but hopefully he’ll keep it up for 3-4 more starts and then also do this “throwing strikes” thing with the big team.
Avoiding The Sweep
The Yankees avoided a sweep today, thankfully. Yesterday was…a game. Chien-Ming Wang looked okay though not as good as he has in most of his starts (too many walks!) but kept the Yankees in the game, the problem was mostly that dastardly Cliff Lee who absolutely refuses to fall to Earth. Your BaBIP is around [...]
The Kei Igawa Experience Returns Tonight
The Yankees aren’t expecting miracles when Kei Igawa, the veteran Japanese left-hander, joins them to make a start against the Tigers in the first game of a three-game series in Detroit on Friday night.
Just a good, solid start that includes a lot of strikes would be just fine with Yankees manger Joe Girardi, whose team [...]
How To Waste A Pitcher At-Bat
I was looking over the box score of the Phillies/Giants game and saw this:
IBB – O Vizquel 3 (by A Eaton, C Durbin)
Wondering why anyone would ever intentionally walk Omar Vizquel I dug through the play-by-play. I figured maybe it was to try and set up a 1-out double play. No, it was far funnier [...]
I Almost Remember What Runs Are Like
You know what would be fantastic?
If the Yankees could score some runs. That would be amazing.
