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Michael Kay and Ken Singleton were discussing Gary Sheffield's latest comments as Sheffield came to bat in the first inning. No sooner had Kay reported that Sheffield told reporters before the game that his words were taken out of context, the Yankees' right fielder lined a two-run homer to left. Hey babe, say what you want, just keeping mashing. As far as what he told the press, Sheffield is at his usual upfront (and confounding) best:
"That's the life of being me," Sheffield said at Rogers Center on Friday. "It's tough for me to do interviews. When people have pens, they have motives. It was supposed to be a positive interview."...Of all the two people you pick, you pick probably the two guys I trust most in all of baseball," Sheffield said. "Not just on this team, but in all of baseball. Dearest friends, closest friends, personal relationships. That ain't even worth commenting on or defending."
...Of Jeter, he said Friday: "Jeter's our captain - he's not the leader, he's the captain. So that's a different ballgame. Every team I've been on, everybody leads in different ways. So it's not no shot at one particular person. There's a lot of leaders in baseball. That's what it was about."
(N.Y.Times)
Neither Jeter or Rodriguez seemed to be upset about Sheffield's comments. Nothing to see here, let's move along.
After Friday night's tidy 6-2 win in Toronto, Randy Johnson goes to the hill for the Yanks this afternoon. The Bombers gained a game in the AL East standings.
Aaron Small and Shawn Chacon have given the Yankees five good starts. Johnson and Mussina need to be lights out.
Jetes with a 2 out RBI hit... yes... finally
Sheff with a 2 out RBI hit... yes... typical
A-Rod K's with 2 on... crap... Guy's been good.
How many runs will RJ need today?
Anybody with GameDay see that 'Injury Delay' right after Giambi's AB... wondering if he pulled his groin running to 1st? Don't know about you, but I stained my shorts.
An idea: Cano's a pretty good 2 strike hitter. How about giving him the TAKE sign for the first 2 pitches of his ABs.
How about Giambi batting 5th and Matsui 6th?
Might make a little difference.
If Fox televises ONE game to your area before 7PM (regardless of who plays), all games, ALL GAMES before 7PM are automatically blacked out on MLB TV. Bummer.
Frank Menechino?!?!
I say RJ gives 1/3 of his salary to Chicone, 1/3 to Small and 1/3 to Clemens (just because RJ sucks) and pitchers like Clemens at least earn their keep.
Well George, I hope you're happy.
Bring on Nomo. At least with him, we will get what we paid for!!!!!!
I can hear the Sox fans laughing from here!
I'm going to have to find out what the Yanks' winning percentage is, sans Saturday games.
Sometimes when you score 5 runs for a $15 million pitcher, you win. Wouldn't that be nice? I think RJ hates being in NY and being a Yankee.
Ugh.
RJ: I can't put my finger on it today. I just wasn't very good.
Flaherty: His warm up was decent...Just one of those days. He didn't have his good stuff and they were swinging the bat well. He's trying to do too much. We're trying to slow him down a little bit...He becomes too quick in his delvery and that affects his mechanics and his slider becomes flat.
On the good side, the Bosox have lost twice in a row.
RJ/Pavano/Wright 4.80 $33,000,000
Al/Chacon/Small 3.86 $27.38
Wang 3.89 pays us for the privilage
OK.... I'm being silly.
Makes you wonder if George should shop at K-Mart more often.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/sports/baseball/07yankees.html
Blue Jays Pull Ahead Early vs. Johnson
By TYLER KEPNER
Published: August 7, 2005
TORONTO, Aug. 6 - Yankees Manager Joe Torre does not ask Randy Johnson about his back. Johnson's catcher, John Flaherty, does not want to talk about it. "I'm not going to touch that one," Flaherty said
Only Johnson knows how much his back affects his performance. It may be a measure of his greatness that, when he pitches the way he did Saturday, people wonder if there is a physical reason.
"He may be making some adjustments because of his back - and I'm guessing," Torre said Saturday after Johnson stumbled in an 8-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. "He's a competitor. He doesn't allow you a whole lot as far as talking about what he can't do."
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