That was the best pitching performance I never saw.
All right, I saw some of it, but after Gaudin's shaky inning, the writing was on the wall.
In the biggest series of the season, in a game you have to win, despite what Girardi will say, you go with Sergio Mitre in the 11th? The guy throws 5 pitches, the game is over and you're in second place. Where you should have been for the last week.
My two favorite things to yell at the TV these days are "Don't you take him out" and "Put that damn book down and manage the team." This is both pointless and embarrassing. I feel like Mickey in Rocky II, reacting to Apollo saying Rocky got lucky. I kick over my TV tray and storm, at ranting.
Of course, by "kick over my TV tray," I mean "Reach for my chocolate milk on my TV tray" and by "storm out" I mean, "change the channel."
It's close. Shut up. It is.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Walk off
AP PHOTOOur hero ...
Great, now I'll have to hear from my about how dreamy Nick Swisher.
Great, now I'll have to hear from my about how dreamy Nick Swisher.
Fine. He is. But she doesn't have to rub it in my face.
On their faces
Did lose to the Orioles.
This is horrible. Two bloopers, a walk and three runs later, the game is over. In the first inning.
Beaten by a rookie, again.
And the Rays are smoking the Red Sox.
Day game today. Another must win.
Breath held ... now.
This is horrible. Two bloopers, a walk and three runs later, the game is over. In the first inning.
Beaten by a rookie, again.
And the Rays are smoking the Red Sox.
Day game today. Another must win.
Breath held ... now.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Stumbling
Can't lose to the Orioles.
CC will right the ship, so we got that.
Can't blame A-Rod for coming off the DL and the team going south. He's producing. The pitching stinks.
AJ Burnett's head is so far up his tookus it's eventually going to right itself. This can't not happen.
Brett Gardner will never reach his potential if he can't 1) execute a sac bunt and 2) bunt for base hits. He could win a batting title if the Yanks dig up Brett Butler and assign him as Gardner's personal bunting coach. This, or some similar scenario, also can't not happen.
CC will right the ship, so we got that.
Can't blame A-Rod for coming off the DL and the team going south. He's producing. The pitching stinks.
AJ Burnett's head is so far up his tookus it's eventually going to right itself. This can't not happen.
Brett Gardner will never reach his potential if he can't 1) execute a sac bunt and 2) bunt for base hits. He could win a batting title if the Yanks dig up Brett Butler and assign him as Gardner's personal bunting coach. This, or some similar scenario, also can't not happen.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Where was I?
Two topics seem inescapable these days:
Joe Giradi going to the Cubs.
Derek Jeter, in the throes of his worst year, and his expiring contract.
To the first, I say good riddance. Frankly, I don't know who's next in line, but I'm in the "Anybody but Joe" camp. Have fun in Chi-town JG. And take your braces with you.
As for Jeter, I just heard someone call him Marco Scutaro. Wow. And ouch.
Speculation is Jeter wants A-Rod money, or at least in the $20 million per year stratosphere. Other speculation if pinstripes aren't in Jeter's future, he doesn't care about the money and he's done.
Yankees fans, at least 99 percent of them, love DJ and imagining the Yankees without him is much like me trying to imagine my life without hands. It just doesn't compute.
Because it's not my money, I say, pay the man. Because it's Derek Jeter, I say, pay the man. But because he's hitting .260 and appears to be limping around the bases, I say ... um, how about do the Paul O'Neill and take contracts year to year. Derek's defense has never been better. At least there's that.
This situation would have been much less awkward had the Yankees and Jeter come to some kind of agreement last year, when the 35-year-old SS was playing out of his mind.
Some guys just need to stay where there are, whatever the cost. And considering the Yankees are well off, there are worse things the Yankees could do with there's money.
Joe Giradi going to the Cubs.
Derek Jeter, in the throes of his worst year, and his expiring contract.
To the first, I say good riddance. Frankly, I don't know who's next in line, but I'm in the "Anybody but Joe" camp. Have fun in Chi-town JG. And take your braces with you.
As for Jeter, I just heard someone call him Marco Scutaro. Wow. And ouch.
Speculation is Jeter wants A-Rod money, or at least in the $20 million per year stratosphere. Other speculation if pinstripes aren't in Jeter's future, he doesn't care about the money and he's done.
Yankees fans, at least 99 percent of them, love DJ and imagining the Yankees without him is much like me trying to imagine my life without hands. It just doesn't compute.
Because it's not my money, I say, pay the man. Because it's Derek Jeter, I say, pay the man. But because he's hitting .260 and appears to be limping around the bases, I say ... um, how about do the Paul O'Neill and take contracts year to year. Derek's defense has never been better. At least there's that.
This situation would have been much less awkward had the Yankees and Jeter come to some kind of agreement last year, when the 35-year-old SS was playing out of his mind.
Some guys just need to stay where there are, whatever the cost. And considering the Yankees are well off, there are worse things the Yankees could do with there's money.
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