The Yankees are letting the voices of the people be heard by opening up the “Essential Games of Yankee Stadium” DVD for a people’s vote. The good thing is, it’s not a write-in so no pesky Yankee haters can attempt to stuff the ballot. You can vote for up to five games from the list [...]
Archive of entries posted on May 2008
Nailing Down A Quality Start
Andy Pettitte’s command is still a bit lacking but he made it through to pull in his third quality start in a row. The homerun Melvin Mora hit was off a good pitch, not the meatballs he had been leaving up there for a few starts in late April. Here’s his line for the night: [...]
Summary of LaTroy Hawkins' Most Recent Appearance, In Pictures
I don’t really have the words in me to explain my frustration and anger at this game, so make due with a picture.
This Is The Cano I Don't Love
I really want to love Robinson Cano, and I go through periods where he is at the top of my favorite players on the team. The problem is there is Good Cano and Bad Cano. And Bad Cano is very, very bad and has at bats like this: It is so supremely frustrating to see [...]
MLB.Com Getting A Little Ahead Of Themselves
This is the headline they ran all morning: If you can’t read the text under the picture, it says “Jon Lester tries to secure a place in history beside Johnny Vander Meer as the only ones with consecutive no-nos when he takes the ball at 4 ET in Oakland.” Reach much, MLB?
The Real Kyle Farnsworth Has Returned
Every time Kyle Farnsworth pitches I die a little inside. At least this is the last year of his fabulous contract.
I Almost Remember What Runs Are Like
You know what would be fantastic? If the Yankees could score some runs. That would be amazing.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
