-Whoever’s idea it was on the Red Sox to have Penny throw at A-Rod early deserves a raise. That game had 6-0 Yanks by the 3rd inning written all over it when you looked at the pitching match up, and the Sox set the tone right there that they would have none of it. And we can’t complain much either, Joba’s been throwing at Youkilis for the past two years.
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-I know the umpire had a big strike zone all night that both teams complained about, but Brad Penny’s performance was eerily reminiscent of the infamous Curt Schilling ‘Bloody Sock’ game. 92 MPH fastballs with nothing on them all night long that the Yanks could do nothing with. Exhibit A that the Red Sox are now officially in the Yankees’ heads.
-Speaking of fastballs, we should all know by now that the YES gun is a joke. Manny DelCarmen threw 2 change ups that YES had at 92 MPH, and I saw a few of Phil Hughes’ curveballs register at 95 MPH on Thursday.
-For all of you calling for Girardi’s head, an improved bullpen would make him look a lot smarter. If he had an effective Brian Bruney to call upon when CC faltered, the rest of that inning plays out completely differently. Girardi would be less apt to leave CC in, and if Bruney falters he backs him up with Mo. He wasn’t going to Mo for a 6 out save and I wouldn’t have either. Mo is 39 years old and has already shown signs of slipping this year. He went one batter too long with CC, but that’s his ace and he asked him to peform and he didn’t. Things like this go into a managers’ memory bank for future reference.
-As disgusted as we all are by the current 0-8 record vs the Sox, a lot can still change over time. I’ve been of the conviction all year that this Sox team will wear down over time with all the injury prone players on this roster. My prediction that Dice-K
is morphing into Hideo Nomo looks pretty good as well. Don’t expect Smoltz to ride in on a white horse just yet, either. Latest reports have him throwing 88-90 MPH fastballs in his rehab starts. The Yanks also showed that the vaunted Red Sox bullpen isn’t as impervious as we’ve been led to believe, at least not against a better lineup. I don’t care if we go 0-19 against the Sox during the regular season as long as we beat them in the playoffs.
-Our old pal El Duque has signed with the Rangers. Quick story, I was in LaGuardia airport about 5-6 years ago reading a magazine as I waited for my flight. I look up and see a guy with two of the hottest mamacitas you’ve ever seen, one on each arm. The one on his left was a dead ringer for Salma Hayek and the other was a blonde that looked like Shakira. And yes, it was Orlando, apparently on one of his ‘rehab’ stints. He was already one of my all time favorite Yanks before this lil’ incident, and that sighting put him in the top 3.
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I think after that A-Rod plunking it would only be right if we start the next series with a fastball right at Youk. That should cear the benches and hopefully get our guys fired up.
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Steve S. Reply:
June 12th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
I’m sorry, but the Sox threw at us for years when they couldn’t beat us. That’s an act of frustration, I’d rather find ways to beat them on the field rather than console myself with beanball wars.
That’s not to say we should be pin cushions, either. Torre took this good idea too far by telling pitchers not to protect their hitters. Occasional retaliation is fine, and can even be a good thing for team unity. But those incidents should be few and far between.
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Penny throwing at Arod isn’t the reason why the Yankees couldn’t hit him. Sure it had “6-0 written all over it” lot of games against the RS this year looked like that. But once again they fail with RISP.
Batting .134 against the Red Sox. They missed a bunch of FB down the middle. Just inexcusable.
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Er, is David Oppenheimer any relation to Damon, who directs the draft for the Yankees?
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Steve S. Reply:
June 12th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Dude, I write these things around 6am each morning. Cut me some slack.
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Good point about Boston’s relievers- the yanks scored 2 runs on homers and then added a single against ramon ramirez, the yanks on thurs scored three runs on delcarmen.
what is irritating is that we couldnt score on a pitcher w a 6 era! we need to hit better in the clutch. hopefully w nady coming back in a few weeks (crossing fingers), that will lengthen the lineup and fix the consistent problem of not scoring w risp
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It really shouldn’t take that to get fired up. Going into the series there had already been 11 batters hit. We hit 9 of 11. It hasn’t exactly worked well up to this point.
We need to play better in every facet of the game. We need to make the plays in the field, avoid stupid base running errors and like Trev says, we need clutch hits with runners in scoring position. We just left too many on base. We had so many chances in the three games.
I know everyone is going off on Joe, but I have to say my anger is more with Cashman. Hopefully he can get the job done and bring some arms for the pen to go with the guys we have coming back. Hopefully Nady will be all right. That has to be one of the worse Yankee outfields ever assembled in my lifetime.
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