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Archive of entries posted on May 2008

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.

Trying To Throw Fastballs Past Batters = Not Good

The harder it comes in, the harder it goes out. Belt high fastballs never end well.

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 [...]

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: … 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 [...]

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 [...]

Apparently, Things Can Get Worse

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 [...]