Thoughts from Yankee Stadium
by jscape2000
on May 25, 2008 8:31 PM EDT
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- Is there anything worse than a holiday crowd? I've never seen a worse crowd at the Stadium- they're up and down the aisles; I spent half the game craning my neck around people walking to the bathroom/ beer stand; I couldn't get a "Let's Go Yankees" going in the 3rd, 4th, or 5th innings; they have no idea what's going on in the game.
Case in point: today they started and sustained the Wave during the bottom of the eighth, with Arod on deck as the tying run.
- Wang did a great job to recover and get through 6 innings having allowed only 3 runs in 95 pitches. I don't understand why he started the 7th, and if he did pitch the 7th, why he wasn't going batter to batter.
- Remember last season when I suggested Edwar would be significantly more effective if he was used at a 50 game pace (twice a week) rather at the 70 game pace Torre was using him? Well, he's been underexposed in the Girardi regime, and he has yet to allow an earned run (though today was close).
- Imagine there was a pitcher in New York who absolutely could not pitch to a particular team. Let's call him "Jose Contreras" just for fun. Now imagine that the manager brought Jose in to face the team he could not beat twice in one three game set, and wound up losing both games. We'd talk about firing the manager, right?
So how does John McLaren still have a job after bring Arthur Rhodes into today's game? And after batting Jose Vidro (.233/.280/.361) in the three-hole all series?
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Re your first bullet, it will only get worse next year, much worse. The new Stadium will be full of people who won’t be able to get through the whole role call. It will be a whole season of World Series type crowds, corporate types who could care less about the outcome of the game.
Re the second bullet, Joe trusted Wang more than he trusted Edwar and Ohlendorf, and so do I. Can’t really fault him for that one. Joba and Farnsworth were unavailable. But you have to like what we’ve seen from Edwar so far. He is moving up on the depth chart.
"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 25, 2008 8:56 PM EDT 0 recs
In McLaren's defense....
Vidro did go 7 for 13 with 5 RBI over the weekend in a series in which his team scored a total of 13 runs. That’s pretty darn good production from a guy that wasn’t expected to be a thorn in the Yanks’ side the whole weekend.
I also think Edwar is most effective when he’s used twice a week instead of 3 or 4. Even though he only has two pitches (one plus pitch), his enigma will always be that he gives up way too many free passes. I hope he doesn’t move up too far on the depth because he’s most effective where he is right now.
The best thing about this current stretch is the Red Sox have suddenly lost 3 straight games after winning 7 straight games coming into Friday night.
Yanks are now just 3.0 GB of Boston in the loss column. I worry less about the Rays because they aren’t going to sustain this run all season. It’s still going to come down to the Yanks/Red Sox for the AL East title.
Needless to say, things are looking a whole lot sunnier than it did a week ago. And they should get Posada back by the end of the first week of June.
by anaconda on May 25, 2008 9:08 PM EDT 0 recs
Okay
When I was at the Stadium last weekend, they tried to get the wave going and people were screaming at them “We do NOT do the wave in the Bronx!!” and they stopped it. Then they tried it again and a group broke out with “the wave’s retarded!” chant and it stopped.
it’s really up to the non-wavers to stop it. Be New Yorkers dammit.
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
by bxgrl1 on May 25, 2008 9:53 PM EDT 0 recs
There were some chants
and I booed. But, I mean, it even went through the right field bleachers (except section 35).
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on
May 26, 2008 2:28 AM EDT
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I was going to say section 35 would not do the wave
Booing doesn’t work. You have to say stop it. Loud. It makes me crazy.
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
by bxgrl1 on
May 26, 2008 8:50 AM EDT
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Wang
In Chin’s defense, i actually watched this game from home because i had to work, but he looked strong going into the 7th. I thought he was actually getting better as the game went along, but, they teed off on him with some really hard hits. Glad we’re coming around with our pitching a little though….. LETS GO YANKEES!!
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by PSULion29 on May 26, 2008 9:45 AM EDT 0 recs
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