Sox Outlast Yanks, Go 8-0 this Season

What could I possibly say about last night?….o that’s right PATHETIC comes to mind…I want to start this off by saying I’m not one of those fans who always has the “doomsday” scenario in their mind, “If they don’t win tonite they’re doomed”, and I generally take one game at a time…it is a long season, but the performance last night was disgusting and inexcusable! Calling all Yankee batters…that was Brad Penny on the mound last night! And he is not the Brad Penny of years past, although it seemed that way, but he is the Brad Penny who has a 5.32 ERA and a WHIP of 1.56!!! Are you kidding me? The worst part about it, in my mind, is that they got 6 hits but couldn’t get ANY runs off of him!!! Oh and again TOO MANY BATTERS LEFT IN SCORING POSITION!!! C’mon guys the bats have to wake up…in the late innings we saw that Yankee fight but this game should’ve been a NO CONTEST!!!! Sabathia is out there pitching his heart out and we can’t get any runs for him? Well they did but I am really talking about against Penny…Penny hasn’t been good for 3 years and last night he looked like the Cy Young caliber pitcher he once was…maybe he reached back and found something from his past…I don’t know, either way the Yankees looked horrible against him last night…NOT GOOD!!!

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Another Bad Start for Wang

Even though I hate to admit it, it seems like maybe the Yankees experiment with Wang is coming to an end, and he has one more start to prove he should be in the rotation. The start will come against the Nationals and it will have huge implications upon where he will spend the rest of the year. In my opinion, he should be sent to the minors to work out the kinks and make all the necessary starts, unlike being rushed back this time in fear that Joba was hurt for an extended period of time. This means Hughes is back into the rotation again, figuring in that Wang wouldn’t perform, he has pitched well coming out of the pen and showed again he is a HUGE asset…he also performed and proved to be very effective last night when he relieved Wang in the 3rd. Hughes had one blemish, an opposite field homerun to Youkilis on a pitch that might have been a little high but wasn’t that bad and was more impressive hitting than it was bad pitching.

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Burnett Stuggles Against Boston

Well I have to admit all my predictions yesterday were horrible!!! I went 0 for 3 (Wings lost, Lakers lost, Yankees lost). Now I do have to defend myself to some degree, at least about my Yankee prediction. I said the Yankees only have a shot if Burnett pitched to his ability…ummmmm that obviously didn’t happen AT ALL!!! So I’ll take the hit for that prediction…but I really wasn’t wrong, vagueness can work for you sometimes (thumbs up!)…Anywho let’s dive right in to that debacle yesterday…what a despicable performance by Burnett and the Yankee batters. Side Track: Even though the Yanks only got 2 hits yesterday no one likes giving credit to how good Beckett’s performance was and it seems like people generally, me too I will admit (see above), blame the bats and never give credit to the pitcher. Beckett only gave up 1 hit in 6 innings and fanned 8 batters…he was on his “A” game and just flat out dominated the Yankee batters…so I will chalk this one up to a great pitching performance and fatigue on the Yankees part after a tough series with the Rays but they MUST show up these next two games…so what’s up with Burnett?

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Damon’s Homer Lifts Yankees Over Rays

Another great late inning win by the Yankees, just proving, once again, that no matter who the opponent, what the score, who’s pitching, etc. the Yanks always have a chance and are always in the game. I would like to start off congratulating Andy Pettitte on pitching a great game at home…FINALLY!!! I mean, I know I’m being a little over dramatic…over his last 3 home starts (not including yesterday) he only gave up 4 earned but he didnt look good. Last night Pettitte was there to pitch and displayed one of the NASTIEST sliders I have even seen him throw. Now I have to admit I am a little concerned about Pettitte…he seems to not be at his healthiest and is not dominating batters the way he has in the past….STOP!!! I know what your thinking…”HEY DUMMY!!! HE’S NOT 27 ANYMORE!!!” I know, I know…I just mean he is throwing meatballs at points and not using his smarts to get past batters. That 3-2 pitch to Kapler…SIDE TRACK: I truly believe that Pettitte was pissed off that he didn’t get the call on the pitch before…he threw a 2-2 curve

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Wang Struggles, Melky Hits Game Winner

Well let the debates begin….NOW! I haven’t heard them yet but I am sure there are sports talk radio shows that will blow up with callers yelling about Wang starting yesterday when Phil Hughes got sent to the bullpen for pitching much better than that so far this year. But one thing people have to remember is that WE WON THE GAME! I know that isn’t condolence for much people but…it doesn’t matter…Do people forget about how much of an asset Wang is? Is that what Yankee fans have become? I don’t remember Yankee fans turning their back on a player…Granted they have let them know when they fail but it seems like no one wants Wang to pitch anymore. The only argument I have is that they shouldn’t have made the move official but I do believe you needed to let Wang start after his performance in Cleveland. We can’t give up on this guy, in 2006 and 2007 he WON 19 GAMES EACH YEAR!!! Last year he was 8 and 2 before getting hurt!!! He’s too good to not let him try, and it’s early enough that if they did lose the game it wouldn’t have really mattered!

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