Kei Igawa is Japanese for Cy Young

February

Print those playoff tickets. Kei Igawa allowed an infield single by Brett Gardner to start the intrasquad game then retired the next five batters he faced, four on grounders.

19 pitches, 14 strikes.

Meanwhile, Jeff Karstens is baffling the starters. Six up and six down.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 at 12:51 pm by Peter Abraham.
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10 Responses to “Kei Igawa is Japanese for Cy Young”

Ross February 27th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
have the fans booed A-Rod yet?
jennifer February 27th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Sounds Good. I can’t wait until Thursday!! The first day we get to see real live baseball. Spring is in the air!!
dan February 27th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
awesome, i cant wait to watch him pitch, i really like this guy
jennifer February 27th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
must be since jeff has sat everyone down so far. LOL
Inferno February 27th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Keis not exactly facing a solid lineup though is he
sammy February 27th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
I wonder how many fans read this, Peter, and are panicking right now.

the joy of baseball.
the chaos that is the baseball fan.
jennifer February 27th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Joe wanted to start him out slowly. This is a good confidence booster for Kei and also Jeff. He shut down a all star lineup so far. I”m impressed.
Doreen February 27th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
You all know how the Yankees are against rookies! Of course, Karstens is setting them down. Seriously, though, I liked Karstens when he came up last year.
Wolf In Pinstripes February 27th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
I liked Jeff when he was called up last year, too. Frankly, I don’t understand why I’ve seen some people on message boards, etc. make negative remarks about him. I thought he did a commendable job.
Anthony February 27th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
I guess Karstens just doesn’t seem like he’d be a great pitcher. We still remember getting burned on other flashes in the pan like Chacon and Small. But maybe Karstens is different, I certainly hope he is because he’s probably going to be the first one called up to replace Pavano and keep the space warm for Hughes or Clemens after June.

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