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Despite being arguably the American League's best pitcher thus far this season, Mike Mussina has pitched in a lot of hard luck. If you don't believe me, consider the fact that he and Randy Johnson have the same number of wins despite the fact that Moose's ERA is more than two and a half runs better than Unit's. Indeed, in his last start he lasted seven innings, allowed just six baserunners and struck out seven, but earned a loss as four of those six men scored and the Yankee bats could only muster up two runs in his defense. The Indians have scored just one run over the last two nights, and with Moose facing off against Cliff Lee (5.12 ERA, 1.44 WHIP) the sweep would appear to be in order, but for some reason my confidence is low. Then again, this team hasn't given me any reason to doubt them thus far.
With Derek Jeter having played the field the last two days and Bubba Crosby having homered to lead off the Clippers' contest last night, Bubba has been activated and Nick Green (I swear he really was on the roster for the past week) has been designated for assignment. Having Bubba's legs and glove around for the Yankees upcoming six games under NL rules should be handy. I can envision a reoccurring late-game strategy that has Bubba running for Giambi, then moving into right field while Andy takes over at first and hits in the right fielder's spot, or better yet, hits in the pitchers spot and a new reliever hits in the right fielder's spot. Throw in Kevin Thompson as a righty foil to Bubba's leftyness (though I'd prefer to see Kevin get a few starts, that would make Bernie the righty bat off the bench, which would be fine) and the Yankees have a pretty solid bench for their second interleague stint of the year.
Meanwhile, despite being hit on the elbow by Jason Johnson's pitch last night, Jorge is back in the day game after the night game, with Joe Torre posting the same line-up as last night (no start for Kevin today). Hey, it worked last night!
Is your sweep confidence low because the Yanks are facing a Cliff?
Here's hoping NY's Corcoran has a better afternoon than Cleveland's Lee.
I agree with the first part of Brantley's statement but not the latter.
Moose has been better in terms of WHIP, Ks, K/BB, K/9, Induced DPs, QSs, and wins than Contreras. The only thing that Contreras has going for him is a lower ERA and a goose egg in the L column.
Any thoughts on who has been the better pitcher, and is it a sure thing that Ozzie give the start to the El Enigma?
Nice barehanded play by Cano and glove save and a beaut by Phillips to stop the bleeding at two.
Cano .351
Ignore last season regarding Melky. He wasn't ready then. I didn't think he was ready this year either, but once again Cliff was right.
So Cliff, what are the next winning lottery numbers?
Hits in the air.
Outs on the ground.
Hmmmmm.
This might be a good occasion to remind you that my prediction for Andy, if given regular playing time, was .260/.340/.480. Prior to this game he was hitting .260/.283/.450, which includes a lot of scattered at-bats from early in the season in which he was pressing/lost.
It's part of the military tradition, I think. There were a lot of military bases in Hawai`i, and in the old days, they ate a lot of canned food, including canned meat. It had to be shipped a long way, after all.
Peralta sucks.
Peralta sucks.
The kid does have some power!!
Here's hoping for a nice long Giambi at bat.
Melky!
Regardless, good for him.
Here's to the top of the order getting this thing tied in the bottom of the sixth.
Disgusting.
But Todd Hollandsworth?
That one was huge!
And Jeter looks thrilled to pieces.
basically u have said.. what someone might supposedly say.... so it wont be quoted by u
i get a bit miffed at that
Bernie goes boom! But it looked like a fly out.
(yet another stat padder)
Heh heh heh ....
Man - I hope someday that whole Jeter/A-Rod soap opera will just fade away. Seems every time one of them does something, they cut the camera to the other. Ok - so not every time - maybe it's just me - but it seems that way.
Let's hope this opens the flood gates for the MVP.
If I actually thought Arod was unclutch, why wouldn't I just say it, rather than hide behind some straw? After all, no one on this board even knows who I am. The risk of an internet backlash doesn't really scare me.
but for some reason i have found those kind of implied statements on so many fan forums..
mayb u wud just say it.. not many do..
143 Jason Michaels hit the wall so hard Pavano got hurt.
147 I assume that's just hyperbole.
Come on, Bubba. Please leave your walkoff homer swing in Columbus, and just get on base.
Pavano would be happy to know he's still at least good for a laugh at Bronx Banter.
Though maybe Bernie's so hot Torre doesn't want to pull him...
I can't imagine George is happy with the Mets' success monopolizing the papers, and with the way we're treading water with our injuries, a dumb trade seems imminent. Even though it's amazing we're in first, a loss today means 4-5 on the homestand, and Toronto will be a game back.
There's no reason for any panic trades - not now and not July 31st.
he just got beaned by the throw to second. hit him square in the back!
Let's go PO!
The image of him repeatedly trying to slam his bat into the slightly larger hole in the rack said it all.
But hey, welcome back, Bubba!
Peter Abraham says Bubba gave a Dotel scouting report today; sounds like he's almost ready.
Seems like it happens against Boston more often than anyone else...
Ah well, any chance the Twins sweep?
Did you see Bud's letter to the fans? It is on MLB.com. After all the scandal, he now decides to communicate with the fans. Right.
Hopefully Manny and Papi won't get another chance.
Red Sox lost.
Jays won.
Yanks in first place, Sox and Jays tied for 2nd.
o_O
The Socks problems are finally catching up to them, now it's the Jays turn.....
As for this game, the basic conclusion is.
A. Once Dotel comes back Small should be DFAed
B. Plz only play Bernie in RF when Wangs on the mound... cause then we rarely have to see his butcher defense.
"I have an idea, let's use our AAA guy to do our dirty work."
What a piece of work that Ozzie is.
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