I’m mildly freaking out here after yesterday’s game and some bad news for the lineup. Phil Hughes’ fastball was still way below where it should be, and his command was off. He wasn’t hitting where he wanted because of the movement but now that it’s start #2 I am starting to get concerned about him. [...]
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The Rotation, Once Through
Now that we’ve seen the entire rotation at least once (Wang twice now), here are some observations: Chien-Ming Wang – Looked very solid twice now, against teams with differing levels of offense. If he continues to be able to use his slider and changeup the way he did in his first two starts he’ll do [...]
Yankees/Twins – Pitching Notes
Phil Hughes picked up where he left off his last outing. Rain will not keep him down. Hughes 4.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Those two walks were both in the fourth inning and were both four pitch walks, when Hughes seemed a little tired. Girardi left him in to get out of the [...]
Just In Case You Were Unsure, The Daily News Is Still Ridiculous
It seems that in Yankee land you are damned if you do, and damned if you don’t in regards to spending money. If you spend too much people cry that you spend too much and if you are concerned about your payroll hitting $300million you are a terrible person who doesn’t want to spend! The [...]
I Am A Crazy Baseball Fan, Here Is My Story
So the Alex Rodriguez sweepstakes wound up not being so exciting, and the Miguel Cabrera sweepstakes do not involve the Yankees and I don’t care about them. This leaves the very exciting Johan Santana sweepstakes for me to care deeply about. The latest reports are that the Yankees have offered up Phil Hughes and Melky [...]
