Here come the Yankees
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jun 13, 2007 
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The Yankees have made up six games on Boston in 13 days. They now trail the Red Sox by 8.5 games and are 4.5 out in the wild card. That’s eight straight wins and 11 of 13.
The most important thing to come out of tonight’s game was the performance of Mike Mussina. His seven strikeouts in 7.2 innings offered proof that his curveball is back and that his velocity is up enough to create separation from his fastball.
A changeup only works if it’s at a different speed. Tom Glavine changed by throwing his change slower. Mussina isn’t quite there yet. He can still go 88, 89, 90 when he needs to.
This was the deepest Mussina has gotten into a game this season and he was thrilled afterward. As the team came up the runway after the game, he was waiting in the hallway fist bumping everybody.
The Yankees have that “today we win” vibe going for the first time all season. Everybody is loose, the bullpen is rested, the starters are working well and the lineup is wearing out opposing starters with patience and power.
We are on a roll now, only 8 & a half back, glad to see Moose back in the thick of things especially for my fantasy team. BoSox fans are really getting nervous now, maybe they will post on this blog now to try & burst our bubble.
It feels real good right now for keeping the faith. We’re being rewarded with some great play.
Must be fun for you, Pete, covering a happy group.
ESPN Radio is reporting that MLB is considering suspending Jason Giambi for not cooperating with the Mitchell investigation.
Pete, do you have any news on this?
Finally for 2 games in a row now our starting pitching has gone deep in to games, like they should. With the Abreu/A-Rod combo clicking, hopefully we can keep it up and steamroll right past the strugglin Metsies this weekend, leaving em’ coughing in the dust!
Is it just me or is Kim Jones getting hotter with age, who do you guys think is hitting that on the team? I bet Krazy Kyle is
MLB to suspend Giambi next week if he doesn’t cooperate with Mitchell investigation:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports.....sion_N.htm
“Commissioner Bud Selig is heading toward suspending Jason Giambi next week if the New York Yankees slugger does not cooperate with former Sen. George Mitchell’s investigation on steroid use, according to a high-ranking Major League Baseball official.”
“The official, who talked with Selig but has not been granted permission to speak publicly because of ongoing talks, said Selig wants Giambi’s decision by Tuesday.”
Yankees are having a good month. Abreu has stepped up his game and A-Rod is having another good month since April. Pitching is better so I have a lot of faith in this team. If this is a dream don’t wake me buddy.
i love having damon DH and melky in the field. and it showed. there were two plays that melky could have made a difference on. i like giambi and all, but its no coincidence that they started coming alive when he left the lineup
i meant to say tonight … melky could have made a difference tonight ….. we need an edit button pete, edit button !
this is the flexibility that Cashman has been preaching for the last 1.5 years. w/o giambi, the team is more flexible: let damon DH, put melky in CF, let posada DH, etc.
this is where the big contracts are hurting-it is painful to have a guy making big $ ride the pine. it is the same reason that torre runs farnsworthless out there in tight games…`cause he gets paid a lot.
people complain about losing sheff, but that move added roster flexibility and freed up $ to get clemens.
Will you always use spades, Pete? And what happens when they win 11, a Jack??
Who knows, all I know is I want to find out.
Yes,, Please Jason don’t come back…
the players union will have a field day with Selig if he ends up suspending Giambi.
How is that Giambi story news? It was clear that Selig would suspend him if he didn’t cooperate. Then it will get appealed and they’ll fight it out. Beyond that, suspending a guy who is out a month is sort of a moot point.
Peter, I was thinking the same thing. Giambi is already on the DL, probably for most if not all the season. Its kind of like sending you kid to their room when they are already there.
If there is a suspension it’ll work well for the Yanks. He will do his time on the DL then come back and be sent away again. No more Giambi in 2007.
If you notice as soon as he left is when the team got better.
It will make Selig look tough: suspending an injured player. You are right, the mlbpa will have a field day. Their record against mlb is comparable to the Harlem Globetrotters vs Washington Generals or Perry Mason vs Hamilton Burger.
So if he’s suspended (which I don’t think would hold up), it would start now?, while he is on the dl? Also wouldn’t that than open up, and allow the Yankees to maybe make the contract non-guaranteed and be allowed to just release him?
I like Jason and all, but him being gone has allowed this team to be more flexible. In all honesty it is almost like when Sheff went on the dl last year, the team started to gel and play better.
i dont think moose hit 90 on the gun all night .
The Giambi suspension will never hold.
Giambi’s absence right now has added stability, but I’ll take a healthy Giambi in the lineup any day. We are enjoying a small sample of Cairo, which will level off.
“Will you always use spades, Pete? And what happens when they win 11, a Jack??”
I was thinking more of a blackjack hand:
10 – Ace, Jack – 2,
all i know is if pete stops now, he risks jinxing the team.
didn’t Mussina slow his change last year or was that his curve?