Archive for August, 2010

Pennant Race

Now that is an old school term. Now it’s Divison winner, ALCS or NLCS champion, you don’t hear “AL pennant winner” thrown around. Words and terms change, I read that they are thinking of only publishing the bible of the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary electronically, with no printed edition.
So it is that I am [...]

Super Nova

Look what the Yankees found.  This guy looks good and doesn’t get rattled.  A.J. – take a good long look at your playoff replacement.  It’s a good thing that the Yankees have some talent at the minor league level… Mosley and Nova have helped while Pettitte is on the shelf and Burnett and Hughes stink [...]

Summer is over, back to business!

Ok, a little more tuning up for a week.  It’s time to shake the sand out of your shoes and get ready for the stretch run.  Thoughts:
1) Andy Pettitte – I think he’ll be fine.  As long as no “pulling” or “catching” in the groin area (and they’ve been very cautious remember July 18 was [...]

Choose Your Cup.

Man in Black: All right. Who do you root for in tonight’s match up between the Red Sox and the Rays? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we find out who is right… and who is out of the playoffs.
Vizzini: But it’s so simple.  All I have to do is [...]

Well, that didn’t last long.

So much for 30 games over .500.  That lasted all of one day, after taking nearly a month to get there.   The Yankees reached 29 games over .500 on July 29 when their record reached 65-36.   Then they lost, and won and lost and won etc.  They are 12-12 since July 29, which is how [...]

Godzilla

While Hideki Matsui is hitting three run bombs in Fenway Park tonight, Nick Johnson is on the DL…as he has been for most of the year.
Now, newly aquired Lance Berkam is on the DL too. Berkam was hitting .179  with 4 RBI in 39 at bats. To be honest, his being on the DL isn’t [...]

Captain DP

Apparently, others are taking notice of Captain Jete’s tremendous ground ball rate and penanct for the DP.  His 2.06 ground ball/fly ball ratio means 2 out of every three balls he puts in play are on the ground and he’s among the AL leaders in GDPs.   This was the stretch where the Yankees needed to [...]

Unknown Pitchers and the Mets

What is it with pitchers the Yankees have never seen and their inability to get any type of offense.  Max Scherzer can be very good, but this continual poor performance against unknown pitchers is extremely frustrating.  And captain clutch is quickly downward negotiating his salary.  As much as he is loved in New York, baseball [...]

Contrast NYY vs. NYM

I didn’t watch the last three innings last night — but because of all the sports news being dominated by K-Rod today I never heard that the Yanks won until I got to work.
Great rally, Thames is good clutch hitter. Why he wants his name pronounced as if it has a “i” in it baffles me [...]

2 over

That is the Yankees record in the 2nd half so far.  13-11 since the All-Star break and 3-6 in August. The test vs Tam, Tor, Boston and Tex (4-7 so far) has been a failure.  And today they face Cliff Lee.   Good Luck.  I place most of the blame for this on the offense, which has [...]

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