Thoughts from the Stadium
by jscape2000
on May 20, 2008 10:33 AM EDT
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I'm starting to strongly dislike Joe Girardi.
- I agree with anaconda, he's been shuffling the lineup too much. Unless there's a situation like Giambi's foot last season that we don't know about (remember all those 6th inning pinch runs?), I think he should take Arod's return as a chance to run the same lineup out there for a week.
It can't result in fewer runs, right?
- He over manages the hitters. I don't have a stat to back this up, but I feel like he puts on a ton of hit and runs. I watched Melky swing at a pitch at his eyes last night because Cano was running from first. There were a couple other times yesterday when it looked like there were plays on.
Joe shows some understanding of numbers, so he must understand that psychologically and statistically, forcing a batter to swing at a ball to protect the runner takes away whatever advantage the hitter might have.
This is not to say there is no situation that merits a hit and run- but those situations come around far less often than the amount the play is used.
As I said to Ed at the stadium Sunday, I'm fine with a run and hit, but unless the baserunner feels he has a decent shot at making it on his own, I don't want the batter to have to alter his approach. Hitting is hard enough already.
- Sunday night, Joe Girardi committed the cardinal sin. He lifted Wang, then brought in a fresh pitcher to intentionally walk a batter.
I'm not saying Olendorf would have come out of the bullpen throwing strikes- but he was never even given the chance to. How many freakin' times do you have to see this before realizing that these guys aren't machines? The come in from the pen in the mindset to throw strikes, then the first thing you do is have them walk a guy, and then you're surprised when he can't relocate the strike zone.
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And the one time
he should have definitely used a righty bat, he didn’t.
Abreu looked helpless against Perez, and his career numbers vs. him were atrocious.
That was a Duncan in RF game if there ever was one.
He’s been acting a bit desperate the past few weeks.
"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 20, 2008 11:29 AM EDT 0 recs
On the other hand
I think it’s send Duncan back to Scranton time.
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 20, 2008 2:37 PM EDT
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I just recently discovered this site and thought that I would take a minute to commiserate. It is hard enough just being a Yankees fan in general as far as taking crap goes, but to be in a slump like this – sheesh!
by kentuckygirl0724 on May 20, 2008 12:57 PM EDT 0 recs
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to bringing in a fresh arm to throw four balls, that has always been a big issue for me. My philosophy is for whoever creates the mess puts the runner on. I had a situation several weeks ago where I ordered a free pass to a kid who was just killing us. The kid was leading off the inning and our pitcher was throwing a decent game. After he threw four balls, I lifted him. My reliever got three quick outs, and the runner was stranded on second. Perfect … or maybe not…
We lost the game 4-2, and afterwards the pitcher’s parents approached me and complained that the walk on his stat line made him look bad. “No, the 4 earned runs in 5 innings made him look bad,” I replied.
Explaining my philosophy to this hump was an exercise in futility, but I did my best. His concern was and remains his kid’s stat line. As he left he said, “Scouts look at things like base on ball ratios, coach.”
Ahh, the unspoiled joys of being an AAU coach.
"Baseball is the background music of my life." -George Will
by Ronster22 on
May 20, 2008 2:56 PM EDT
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