Archive for April 17th, 2007

Pitch selection

This sounds like a second guess except for the fact that Roundtablers know a typical pitching sequence for Mo over the years has been going “up the ladder” when he’s got a batter 0-2, especially a batter that he should overpower.  Perhaps that’s what they were going for, and Mo missed badly.  But it’s not [...]

Pitch Selection.

I am not going to go down the road of “oh Mo had a bad game” with respect to Sunday.   I had just spent about 7 hours in my basement bailing water and caught the 9th inning.  Mo had two outs, one guy on and Jason Kendal at the plate.  Kendal can be a tough [...]

Rumor has it…

The Yankees recognize that they are in a bind for this weekend vs. Boston.  And maybe Steinbrenner is not paying much attention right now (three-fifths of the rotation, plus Karstens are hurt).  But you can bet that he will be paying attention this weekend – with Swindal getting the freeze out – the quality of the [...]