First off, here’s his line: 5IP, 7H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 5K, 2HBP. 91 pitches, 51 strikes. 5GO-4AO. Not very impressive, that’s true. But here are some encouraging things: Started off with a nearly 1:1 Strike:Ball ratio but found his command as he went on and came out ahead. Lots of baserunners but not a lot [...]
Archive of entries posted on August 2008
It's Almost Pavano Time!
The Yankees couldn’t get their act together in time to get Mike Mussina his 17th win of the season last night. He was fine though he didn’t have his best stuff and got screwed over by the amazing defensive combination of Bobby Abreu and Johnny Damon when a ball that should have been caught turned [...]
Pitching Matchups In The (Latest) Baltimore Series
Friday, August 22nd Mike Mussina (16-7, 3.35ERA, 1.2WHIP) vs Radhames Liz (4-3, 7.47ERA, 1.787WHIP) The Orioles–out of nowhere, with people like Aubrey Huff, Melvin Mora and Luke Scott all performing very well–have something like the third best offense in the AL. Mussina’s had some trouble with them this year, and I expect this to continue [...]
Well At Least The Bullpen Has Two Mop-Up Guys Now
I don’t even really know how Billy Traber and Chris Britton got back into the bullpen, but at least the Yankees have some mop-up men who are not afraid to allow runs, right? Ponson is so bad and it’s finally really caught up to him, I don’t think he’ll be having any BABIP induced “good” [...]
Yeah so, let’s not start Sidney Ponson against Boston. Bring up Victor Zambrano so we can witness a new kind of awful or something at least.
Joe Torre Has A Blog
Murray Chass has a not blog, Joe Torre has an actual blog. It’s like they’ll let anyone on the internet. It’s truly a piece of work, it seems like someone made a Joe Torre parody blog…but it’s a 100% MLB backed work. Consider me subscribed, perhaps he will share his bullpen strategies with us!
