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It is going to be a scorcher out there today. Dude, with Steve Trachsel on the mound and McCarver and Buck on the mic, this could be a long one for everone invovled. One of the keys for the Yanks is keeping Reyes off base as they did last night. He reaches against Randy and things could get sticky. Alex Rodriguez went 0-4 last night. He just missed getting good wood on two pitches (in his second at bat, resulting in a fly ball to left, and in his final time up, resulting in a pop out in foul ground to the catcher) and heard the boo birds by the end of the night. Maybe he breaks out a can of whup ass today. In this kind of heat you've got to think this one will be a barn-burner. Like that crazy Matt Franco game years ago.
Hopefully, the Bombers can take another won and secure a series victory. Stay cool, y'hear.
Let's Go Yan-Kees.
Johnny Damon CF
Derek Jeter SS
Jason Giambi DH
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jorge Posada C
Andy Phillips 1B
Melky Cabrera LF
Bubba Crosby RF
Miguel Cairo 2B
Randy Johnson LHP
And in other news...the Yanks have released Erubiel Durazo. Guess they figure with Andy playing well, we don't need him?
Nice start, JD!
Randy seemed really freaked over having the speedy Reyes on. Looked like he was trying to do what Villone did yesterday and pick him off. Or at least keep him from stealing.
I'm off to enjoy the rare sunny Saturday...don't think I can deal with watching Trachsel pitch against our offense, and listening to Buck and McCarver all afternoon. Hold the fort, guys.
These announcers really induce fury.
22 It should be a regular AM radio station
But it got a run in, anyway.
Oliver's warming. The Yanks have done a good job making Trachsel work, anyway.
Er, for the Mets, I mean.
I guess it could have been worse for hte Yankees as well.
And we have "5 innings" Wright pitching tomorrow. The bullpen's going to be shot to hell by the time we get to Cleveland.
You know, between Moose going 4, Randy probably going no better than five, and Jaret Wright going tomorrow, I really feel sorry for the bullpen. They're the victims in all this.
Yay.
45 Yes.
However, I am not content with losing the game that Johnson pitches because he can't keep the other team from scoring less than 5 runs.
Did you see that graphic they flashed on the screen? We're scoring a run less per game without Sheff and Matsui.
But our winning percentage is higher. Weird.
And Miggy gets on base. Better to be lucky than good. And it looks like he's taken Trachsel out on the play, too.
Another bat would be nice, but only at a reasonable price.
Besides, for the most part, our mid-season acquisitions haven't worked out for us. Jeff Weaver? Matt Lawton? We'd have been better off without them.
But something has to be done about the wonder-trio of Bernie-Bubba-Melky. What a sink-hole (.740/.620/.680 OPS respective).
The problem today was Randy Johnson. If we scored the 1 run per game today that ShefSui gives us, it wouldn't have made a whit of difference.
But I don't see running out to get another starter as being a solution. Randy's going to keep getting his starts no matter how much he sucks.
More likely, we'll end up futzing around with this year's equivalents of Tony Womack, Matt Lawton, and Ruben Sierra.
In any case, Matsui's due back in August and Sheff in September.
So what would people want from the Indians, and at what price are ya'll willing to pay. (not much else going on until tomorrow night's game.)
I'm not sure I agree that prices drop as the deadline comes closer, but I hope your right. Likewise, I think that there is zero chance we see Sheff in pinstripes again, and slightly higher than zero chance Matsui actually plays effectively this year (and if he does come back in August, do we use August and September as spring training part II for Matsui?)--but again I hope your confidence is well placed.
I've heard speculation that the Yanks might be interested in Wickman. I can't get too excited about him, though. I'm happy with our young guys (Beam and Smith both did great today). Plus Dotel should be joining the team after the break.
BTW, what's going on with Rasner? His shoulder was supposedly only a few days' problem, but he's still on the DL, more than 15 days later.
You beat willis 2-1. He pitched 8 innings and gave up 2 runs. The sox lost to willis 5-2. Willis gave up 2 runs in 7 innings. In other words, his game era is higher in your game.
So you have no point. The yankees beating willis had nothing to do with hitting him better, they didn't. It had to do with the marlins getting runs of sox starting pitching.
You really say some bizarre stuff randym77.
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