Moose didn’t really look like the Mussina of old tonight, but he did look a lot better than in his last starts and did good for the team today. Cano the Gold Glover (as opposed to Cano’s evil twin the Lead Glover) showed up tonight and that helped too.
Moose had some really good movement on the ball tonight and was placing it well, even though he did walk three guys (which normally leads to MUSSINA MELTDOWN). It would be great if he could keep this up, I’m a little worried about starting so many rookies (and an old guy with ligament damage and a bleeding forearm!) in the playoffs.
Here are some bad things from tonight:
- Joba pitching two innings. This means they assume they can get 7 or 8 innings out of Andy on Friday which makes me nervous. The seventh inning would have been a perfect time to plunk Farnsworth in, especially since he has been doing okay lately.
- Edwar coming into pitch even though he pitched two innings yesterday. It was only for one out, but COME ON. There are other relievers to pick from, Joe!
- FOUR OUT MARIANO SAVES MAKE LEO ANGRY!!!!
Over at the NY Times Yankee blog, Tyler Kepner writes that Bobby Abreu is making the Yankees forget Gary Sheffield. I have been trying to forget Gary Sheffield since before he was traded, personally.
In news that is making me upset, Andy Pettitte is thinking about retirement.
“I’m not real sure what I’m going to do,” said Pettitte, who is 13-8 with a 3.78 ERA. “It’s kind of strange, because for sure I didn’t expect my arm to respond the way it has this year. That’s the whole reason I wanted the option, so I didn’t feel obligated if I was hurting this year to come back.
“I want to sit down with my family, my wife and my oldest boy and see what they think. I’m really not even thinking about it now.”
Come back for just one more year, Andy, please. I’m not ready to say goodbye yet.
