|
Moose it is!
2008-05-15 05:24
Okay, so the Yankee bats didn't exactly light it up against James Shields. They scored two runs. But it was enough to beat the Rays as Mike Mussina delivered and the Bombers won, 2-1. Mussina pitched slow and slower last night and it was a thing of beauty to watch. "Whether it's Joba throwing 96 or me throwing 86, they have to gear their approach to whatever speed is coming," Mussina said. "Well, if I can make them gear from 68 up to 85 or 86, that's a big spread. No matter how hard the top is, the spread is pretty large. The Yanks had some luck too when Gabe Gross lined into a double play to get Ross Olendorf out of trouble in the seventh. Gross hit the ball hard, but it was right at Jeter, who quickly flipped to Robinson Cano (four hits, Robinson Cano!) to double Cliff Floyd off second. Joba Chamberlian struck out the side in the eighth and Mariano Rivera was back to putting heads to bed in the ninth, notching his 11th save. Hey, a win is a win, right? Especially with Hank itching to show that his bite backs up his bark. Here's more from the Son of Steinbrenner, as reported by Bill Madden in the Daily News: This is what the new "Hammerin' Hank" had to say to me Wednesday when I reached him in Tampa with the greeting: "How 'bout those Rays!": Ah, so Hank gets the credit for Mussina's recent performance. Same as it ever was.
|
Hot from the Toaster
Search
Archives
2008 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 2007 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 2006 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 2005 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 2004 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 2003 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 2002 12 11 Contact
Upcoming Schedule
Wed 7/23 v MIN 1:05 YES (Mussina v Perkins) Bronx Bloggers
Beat Bloggers
Minor Leagues
Players
Boston Bloggers
Beat Blog
Player Blog
Lords of the Realm
Around the League
AL East
Information Overload
Retrosheet
The Professionals
The Late Greats
Our Founder
Suggested Reading
Alex:
Cliff:
Other Writing
Alex:
Bronx Banter Interviews
Roger Angell
Excerpts
Juicing the Game by Howard Bryant Part 1 Part 2
Players
25-man Roster: Infielders:
Outfielders:
Catchers:
Starting Pitchers:
Relief Pitchers:
15-day DL:
Coaches:
40-man Roster:
Designated for Assignment:
Select Minor Leaguers: AAA Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees: AA Trenton Thunder: A Tampa Yankees: Low-A Charleston RiverDogs: Low-A Staten Island Yankees: Rookie Gulf Coast Yankees: Key: The Recently Departed
2008 Yankees:
2008 Campers/mLers:
2007 Yankees:
2007 Campers and mLers:
Molina Trade:
Abreu Trade
Food Blogs
Syndication
 
About the Toaster
Baseball Toaster runs on some experimental software called Fairpole. It's still under development. For more information, please visit the Fairpole blog, or read the FAQ. |
"Make mine a Hankeken."
mattpat in last night's thread pointed out that br has moose on pace for 21-12 - certainly it is a long season and who knows what will happen when he sees the same team multiple times, but i would be wonderful and somewhat amazing if moose could get his 20win season this year
"I've just got to clean up the mistakes of the last five years and make us what we should be."
Gotta wonder what he considers the mistakes from the past five years, and who is responsible for them. Those are some powerful words.
Talk radio LOVES Hank, as do the daily rags. He is money in the bank.
Raul Mondesi
Jaret Wright
Carl Pavano
Tony Womack
Aaron Boone
Randy Johnson
Javy Vazquez
Kevin Brown
continuation of list ....
keeping Suzyn Waldman, Michael Kay and John Sterling
trading away Dioner Navarro
;-P
To comment, please log in.
Not a member? Register!