They too could run into outs. This just happened right now in the Mariners/White Sox game: – B. Anderson walked – B. Anderson caught stealing, catcher to second – A. Ramirez singled to right – A. Ramirez caught stealing, catcher to second And that is why I hate when people complain that the Yankees are [...]
Archive of entries posted on April 2009
Lost Opportunities
You win some games, and you lose some games. Mariano doesn’t convert every save. It really sucks when he blows one, but that’s just life and unless he starts going all Joe Borowski there’s no need for concern. If he doesn’t blow it, the Yankees win the game but when you leave 28 runners on [...]
Nick Green: Integral Member of THE RIVALRY
Ken Rosenthal lists Nick Green as “subplot” to keep an eye on in this week’s series. Believe it or not, the fill-in shortstop has his own small place in the Sox-Yankees rivalry. I don’t believe it, because it’s not true. Green is better at second than short, but injuries to both Julio Lugo and Jed [...]
Pitching Matchups – Boston Series
First Boston series of ten million over the course of the season. I don’t care the way some people do about rivalries in general, and this particular one I find myself sick of weeks in advance due to the constant pushing it gets from ESPN/etc. These teams are pretty evenly matched, but Boston has been [...]
Who Loves Quality Starts? Me.
While Chien-Ming Wang is struggling compared to where he was last year, Andy Pettitte is pitching much better than I expected so far. He never does that great in cold weather and it’s been pretty chilly out (well, one of his starts was in a dome and also Florida but you know what I mean) [...]
Don't Buy Day of Game Price–Buy StubHub
I had tickets for yesterday’s rainout and won’t be attending another evening game until the 30th because of the Yankees schedule and my plans. Toying with the idea of going tonight, I first checked what was available through Ticketmaster and was turned off by the insane day of game prices. $150 for Main Level seating? [...]
Pitching Matchups – Oakland Series
Monday, April 20th Andy Pettitte (1-0, .767WHIP, 2.51ERA) vs Dana Eveland (0-0, 1.969WHIP, 6.75ERA) Andy’s looked pretty good against some tough offensive teams so far, and this will be his first start at the New Yankee Stadium (if it happens, the weather isn’t looking so hot). He is sadly probably due for a bad (or [...]
Is Dave Eiland Right About Wang's Sinker?
After the last disaster of a start the Yankees got from Chien-Ming Wang, Dave Eiland said that he thought Wang’s sinker was better than it had been in his first two starts. Using the Pitch F/X tool provided by Brooks Baseball it’s pretty easy to check out how it was behaving for each start. So, [...]
Look for a Phantom Injury To Occur
Well, I was honestly mystified by the decision to bring up from AAA Anthony Claggett of all people. He is honestly, not very good, as I assume anyone who watched the game noticed. Anyway, for the third straight game Chien-Ming Wang was awful. He looked pretty good in the first, not great, but okay. Then [...]
Chien-Ming Wang's Last Chance?
Chien-Ming Wang takes the mound in a few hours for his third start of the season. In case you can’t recall, his first two have been simply atrocious and it seems something is mechanically wrong with him. You can tell just from his release points something funky is going on when he’s delivering the ball. [...]
