A-Rod falls short of 162-game hit streak

April

Stunning news from the Bronx, where Alex Rodriguez is 0 for 4 and the Yankees are down 5-2 in the eighth inning.

Strange but true: He’s 0 for 6 against Fausto Carmona lifetime with five strikeouts.

Barring a comeback, the Yankees go to Boston two games out of first. But focus on what happens tonight in Tampa. If Chien-Ming Wang gets through his rehab start and joins the rotation, it will be huge for the Yanks.

Once they get their rotation in order, the standings in April will be swiftly forgotten.

I’m off to Boston tonight and plan to blog my brains out this weekend.

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 19th, 2007 at 4:17 pm by Peter Abraham.
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18 Responses to “A-Rod falls short of 162-game hit streak”

Global Warming April 19th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
The offense will seriously need to show up this weekend or we are in for a long series.

Have a safe trip.
SJ44 April 19th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Best chance is Game One. Papelbon has worked two days in a row. Will Tito work him a third day if its close?

Andy has to give them quality and innings and this team has hit Schilling quite well the past couple of years.

If they can win Game 1, its already a successful weekend, IMO, given the state of the rotation.
Global Warming April 19th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Nicely said.

Win game 1 behind Pettitte and the pray we steal one of the next two games with an offensive explosion.

After that series is over in Boston, we play Tampa and get Matsui and Wang back.

Should be a good boost to the team.
kasey April 19th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
“Once they get their rotation in order, the standings in April will be swiftly forgotten.”

unless boston keeps playing well.

tito said he’d work papelbon “no more than three days in a row” at the beginning of the season.

i’d agree, if they take 1 of 3, it’s a success. a sweep puts them five games back, though, which isn’t really a great place to be, i don’t care if it’s april or not.

they’ll be seeing three very good pitchers this weekend, all three of whom are pitching very well. it’s so rare that either of these teams sweeps the other in a series, but i wouldn’t be completely shocked to see the yankees drop all three this weekend. boston’s just playing better right now. doesn’t necessarily mean they’re going to run away with the division, but they’re playing very well right now and the yankees are playing exactly as their record would indicate.

as for today’s game, this is what happens when you have to go to your bullpen in the 5th or 6th inning nearly every game. ideally, you’d like to be able to go to bruney, proctor or farnsworth as soon as vizcaino gets into trouble, but torre doesn’t have that luxury, as he had to go to bruney in the 5th, and has had to use proctor nearly every day. until they get some innings from the starting pitchers, this team is going to have a tough time playing any better than .500 baseball.
hmmm April 19th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
agreed.
Josh April 19th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
arods fault
Alfred April 19th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
how do I hope that your headline is incorrect
Alfred April 19th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
omg, here we go
Paolo April 19th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
say what??? again???
hmmm April 19th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
HOLY SCHNIKES!!!!

this guy is amazing.
UKYankee April 19th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
spoke a little too soon pete!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hmmm April 19th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Borowski was probably quaking in his boots when he saw A-Rod coming up.

mr. clutch.
nettles April 19th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Jeet’s gonna have to share the title of Captain Clutch if this keeps up!!! WTG A-ROD!!!
UKYankee April 19th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
why do they even pitch to him….I think maybe the deluded image of him created by certain bloggers based on 1 yr of a 12yr career are oddly working in his favour right now. No way they pitch to pujols
Big Johnson April 19th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
The author of this blog should be ashamed of him/herself for releasing such a pathetic post before the game is over. Obviously not a true yankee fan.

Remember Yogi well.
SPARKY O FROM THE 'VILLE April 19th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
WHEN YOU COME TO THE FORK IN THE ROAD TAKE IT!!!!!!!!!
Peter Abraham April 19th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Big: Based on the photo and the name Peter, I am a man. And, correct, I’m not a Yankee fan. I cover the team for a newspaper. But, hey, thanks for posting.
kris April 19th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
kasey:

You are such a worry wart! I guess all this anguish, pessimism, “let’s look at the dark side” attitude keep your creative juices going. Good for you! But man, if you believe you are “just being realistic, unlike some brainless rah-rah-we-are-going-to-sweep-the-sox yankees fans”, and you are “educating” us here, then I cannot disagree more.

Again, I am not accusing you of being a sox fan. In fact, I believe you are yankees fan. The fact that you are a fan just makes your negative attitude even more “remarkable” to me.

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