Praying for Regression

by jscape2000 on May 1, 2008 11:12 PM EDT in Game Recap

Cano	2007	2008
BB%	5.9	6.2
K%	13.8	13.2
LD%	16.9	17.4
GB%	52.2	51.1
FB%	30.9	31.5

Don't let NoMaas fool you. Robinson Cano hasn't been the worst player in the league, just the most unlucky.
We'd expect BABIP to be LD% plus .120. Robbie's expected BABIP is .284, his actual is .156.

It's not very consoling on a night the Yankees sucked, but maybe it will help me sleep.

Seattle brings its anemic offense into town tomorrow: Bedard v Wang, Hernandez v Mussina, Silva v Rasner. We're 2 under .500 and 4 back of the first place Rays.

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I didn't like what I saw tonight

Cano didn’t have good at bats.
Cano didn’t have good body language. He’s frustrated, he’s impatient.

Cano needs to sit a couple of days.

It’s hard with Arod Posada and WB on the DL but CAno needs time off.

I hope Rasner is good. This team is in disarray. Let’s see if Joe G. can spark them and pull them together.

I’m going Tuesday night v The Indians. Hope for better weather.

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)

by Cbeck3 on May 1, 2008 11:28 PM EDT reply actions

Ian Kennedy or Ian Bannen...?

Hmmmm….let’s see: Yankees discussing skipping Ian Kennedy’s next turn—I say YES! Let’s let Ian Bannen pitch instead! This stellar Scot actor has turned in myriad great performances in a host of films in a career spanning nearly 5 decades! I say YES! to Ian Bannen and goodbye Ian Kennedy who will soon be doing community theater starring in the Scranton Dinner Theater’s revival of Damn Yankees!
So now we have the convenient rib injury to the Oh for NUTHIN’ Phil Hughes and the soon to be announced departure of an overmatched, clueless Ian Kennedy…. Ahh, yes, it seems like just yesterday that I was being denounced as a ledge standing maniac screaming into the night that the Hughes-Kennedy combo was a recipe for disaster considering that any $200 million team was built to WIN NOW!

Oh but what do I know?

Tootles everyone—great weekend to all! (How soon until Jets/Giants’ Camp(s) open???)

by Bixby on May 2, 2008 9:20 AM EDT reply actions

Never fear

You’re still being denounced as a ledge standing gloom and doom manic who clearly does not follow the Yankees closely enough to understand that they are not in Win Now mode- that their current bloated payroll is (finally) on its way down.

"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on May 2, 2008 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions

Sorry

but the Yanks are always in win now mode.

If you don’t believe me watch what happens if they miss the playoffs.

"Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankees win."
-- Phil Rizzuto after hearing about the Pope's death

by matthaggs on May 2, 2008 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't?

I don’t follow the Yankees closely enough…? Oh you’re right about that - I follow them just CLOSELY ENOUGH to have known before you and Ana were touting the viability of Hughes and Kennedy in this rotation that this was the road to nowhere…Now I’ll let you and the crew here go ahead and bash me some more and I’ll keep my yap shut and endure the sticks and stones because Lord knows I wouldn’t want to get another one of those little missives from the site administrator that I was on double secret probation…and I suppose you know nothing about that do ya’?
Now getting back to following this team closely: Yeah you’re right about that Jsc - I don’t have enough clothespins to keep the stench of this crew’s performance out of my nostrils so it’s better to keep a safe distance: This team is old, mediocre in every sense of the word, lacking any reasonable form of excitement or entertainment value. This is a team that makes me yearn for the annual HOF preseason football game as I can at least be entertained instead of infuriated at what a hack like Brian Cashman has done with this team. By the way: The Yankees are the single worst conditioned team in all of modern sports – a veritable trainwreck of health. Year in and year out – a mess.

by Bixby on May 2, 2008 10:46 AM EDT reply actions

The Probation

Yeah, I know about that. Anaconda wanted to warn you about shouting or reposting the same message in different threads- I forget which. But since you’re shouting at me, I’ll guess it was shouting. Either way, he used the warn feature that’s built into the new platform (it shows you something about the site that we hadn’t used it before), and we discovered that it also put you on probation. Now we know.

Do you really think the Yanks have worse luck with injuries than any other team? Have you watched the A’s or the Jays the last few seasons? The Red Sox in August 2006? From 2002-2006, what were the major Yankee injuries? Jeter dislocated a shoulder, Bernie had shoulder trouble, Moose’s elbow barked a few times. We’ve had bad luck with injuries last season and so far this season, but I doubt it’s the conditioning program this year.

Do you really think Arod is out of shape?

"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on May 2, 2008 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions

Oh man

Another one of these?

Look, dude, you actually had a funny moment or two the first time you came around. Now you’re truly just obnoxious. Take a deep breath and count to 10.

I always feel pressure. What I don't have is fear. -- El Duque

by LateInningRelief on May 2, 2008 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions