Thoughts from Yankee Stadium

by jscape2000 on May 25, 2008 8:31 PM EDT in Game Recap

Excuse me, but there's a baseball game going on at this concession stand!

and sustained

Demerits for General Girardi

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.

Edwar!

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).

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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 reply actions

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 reply actions

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 reply actions

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 up reply actions

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 up reply actions

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!!

For the Glory of Old State

by PSULion29 on May 26, 2008 9:45 AM EDT reply actions