Bad AJ! Bad!

by jscape2000 on Sep 12, 2009 5:16 PM EDT in Game Recap

There are days that I think AJ just wasn't well trained.

He doesn't really know what good and bad are, and so the Yankees need to spend some effort trying to teach him how to behave. I keep waiting to see Girardi bring AJ a treat in between inning, or Jorge run to the mound with a squirt bottle of water and spray AJ on the nose after a 4 pitch walk.

I understand the critics and I understand the defenders.

It's not like he walked 7 the way he usually does. AJ kept it around the plate. It was just one bad inning.

But it was one really bad inning.

At least it happened with Molina behind the plate. Feel free to use this post as your "He's a frickin' moron! -He's a lousy catcher! -The entire pitching staff hates him because he doesn't know how to call a game" open thread.

At least Mr. Matusz will give hope to all my friends who are Orioles fans- in a couple of years (if Angelos doesn't get involved) Baltimore might just have a pitching staff.

Boston at Tampa later tonight- let's see if the Yanks can back down their magic number.

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One bad inning is enough to lose the game.

True, AJ threw only one bad inning and several excellent innings. Thing is, in the postseason that won’t be good enough… the teams will all be good, and their pitching staffs all good enough that one bad inning stands a good chance to sink the Yankees for that game. One thing about the great pitchers in baseball history has been their ability to avoid the bad inning: if they put some men on, even in a situation that looks grim, somehow they manage to escape having given up only a run or two at worst, time after time after time after time. IMHO that’s what’s lacking with AJ. He has the ability to be dominant, and certainly has enough major league experience, but he needs desperately to acquire the ability to avoid the bad inning. Only then will he truly be great.

by pinstriper on Sep 12, 2009 5:31 PM EDT reply actions