11:11 AM EDT Friday, April 18 2008
Eileen and I are going to see the Yankees against the O's in Camden Yards tonight. It will be really interesting to see what Hughes can do and Kennedy tomorrow. So far the young Yankee starter have been less than good. If Hughes and/or Kennedy gets rocked this weekend here in Baltimore, the Yankees have to start thinking about starting Joba. At this point is seems that we have very little chance of winning 3 out of every 5 games we play. We are 6-1 in games started by Wang/Pettite, 2-7 in the rest. That might be a good stat to keep an eye on as the season progresses.
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10:08 PM EDT Friday, April 11 2008
The Yankees got a big win in the first of 3 against the Sox tonight in large part due to the pitching performance of Chien-Ming Wang. If Abreu had caught the ball that went just over his glove in the bullpen for a homerun, we would be talking about his no-hitter. He actually gave up a lot of fly balls, but pitching a complete game is great considering the Yankees are in a stretch of playing 20 games in 20 days with 11 of the last 13 being on the raod. Although they left a lot of runners on base, the Yankees offense seems to be starting to click. Giambi's homerun should get him going and as soon as Cano starts hitting and they get Jeter back, they should start putting up some crooked numbers. The Yankees are probably looking at a loss tomorrow with Mussina going against Beckett, so hopefully they can take the series on Sunday with Hughes going up against Dice-K.
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7:17 PM EDT Sunday, September 23 2007
The Yankees won today and the Sox lost, which has the Yankees 1.5 games back in the AL East. With the Sox off tomorrow, the Yankees could pull to within 1 game of the Sox with 6 to play. It's interesting how the wild card has changed things. People have noted quite a few parallels between this season and the 1978 season. One big difference is that if the Yankees and the Sox were tied, there would be no one game playoff and no Bucky Dent. In fact, there is very little left to play for in the AL. We know the Indians, Angels, Yankees and Sox will be the 4 teams in the playoffs AL, but they could be in any order, 1-4 seeds. Of course every team wants to get that number one seed, but I think all the teams think it is more important to get their starting rotation lined up. So it's too bad, this combined Yankees charge and Sox collapse basically means nothing. I was in New York this weekend, wanting to get an update on things, and every time I asked someone if the Sox won or lost, they all responded with a "who cares?". Everyone I talked to about it agreed on one thing, they don't want the Yankees to have to play the Angels in a 5 game series, which I totally agree with. The good thing about the wild card is that it lines up another possible Yankees v. Sox ALCS, which is something that could never happen without the wildcard.
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7:18 PM EDT Saturday, September 15 2007
The Red Sox effectively clinched the division today, and Beckett effectively clinched the Cy Young. That's ok, A-Rod has had the MVP clinched for a while. But one thing that bothers me, and has for a while, is the way warnings work in baseball. When a Yankee pitcher accidentally hits Youkalis, on a 1-2 count in a 1-1 game with Big Papi on deck, on a Pitch Youk dove into the plate on (admittedly much like Jeter does), on a pitch he arguably swung at, and then Josh Beckett hits Youkalis' counter point Giambi with a first pitch fastball with 2 outs, nobody on and a 4 run lead, only the Sox should receive a warning. Why should the Yankees be penalized? What if the Yankees hit another batter, totally unintentionally? He is thrown out of the game because Beckett hit somebody on purpose? And automatic suspension are issued to Torre and the pitcher? I'm not saying Beckett shouldn't have hit Giambi, they've got to send a message with all that's happened with Youkalis, but again, why should the Yankees be penalized for this? If the Yankees bring in a guy and he pretty clearly throws at a Red Sox in retaliation, then the umpire can thrown him out of the game, but I don't think that both teams should receive a warning. Your team should only receive a warning if your team intentionally throws at someone.
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9:51 AM EDT Saturday, September 15 2007
Last night's improbable win, was amazing, but it means nothing unless the Yankees can sweep Boston. If they do, they will will be 2.5 games back, which is deficit that can be made up. After this series, the Yankees have 13 games left, Boston 12. And again, assuming a sweep, the Yankees would be 12-7 against Boston this year (after a 1-5 start), which gives them the tie-breaker for the division. If Yankees finish 10-3, which is totally feasible with 3 against Baltimore, 4 against Toronto, 3 at Tampa and 3 at Baltimore, and Boston finishes 7-5, which is probably less feasible with 3 at Toronto, 3 at Tampa, 2 against Oakland and 4 against Minnesota, they would finish in a tie at 96-66. With the tiebreaker, that gives the Yankees the division and possibly the #1 seed, if the Angels and the Indians each lose 5 or more in the remainder of the season. If all this happens, and the Yankees go on to win the world series, we'll look back on this game as one of the turning points. If not, at least it shows we can come back against Okajima and Papelbon.
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