An hour later and Giambi still hasn’t swung
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jun 06, 2008 
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“Checked swing, close,” Ed Montague told a pool reporter. “I had him offering at the ball. I haven’t looked at it.”
Giambi didn’t say anything in public about the call. That’s not his style. But if you watch the replay, it wasn’t a swing.
That said, the Yankees shouldn’t be life-and-death in the 8th inning against a team that had lost 15 of its last 17 games.
The Yankees are not some great team playing poorly at this point. They’re a .500 team. They’ve been either .500, a game up or a game behind for 47 days this season.
They have the better part of four months to change that. That’s the only positive.
You are too funny Pete. I stayed up a little extra late hoping for some sort of post-game comic relief from you.
The title of this entry was just what I needed. Great line:
“An hour later and Giambi still hasn’t swung.”
LOL!
a perfect example of why the home plate umpire should NEVER make a check swing call.
If they plated a run both times they had a runner at third with less than two outs that non swing would not matter.
This is depressing.
Oh well, let’s get them tomorrow!
Repeat from last thread in defense of Trisha:
ok I hate to be on this side of the argument, but as someone who earlier bashed the sox, I must defend Trisha. This is a public blog and anyone can say anything.
In general I do agree that focusing on the Red Sox lowers Yankee fans to the level of Red Sox fans, however until freedom of speech is taken away, we are free to route for the Yankees anyway that we want.
I’ll take 100 posters like Trisha who care everyday rather than one shapeshifter or russ m or hello offense etc who comes on here to bring Yankee fans down. I do not care how Red Sox fans on this board feel, they are not the intended audience.
not that a blown call should have lost this game, the offense did.. but what’s everyone think about fining the umps for blown calls??
I think fining the umps is a stupid idea.
Scott
Bannister-tomorrow
Greinke-Sunday
Hochevar-Monday
Alrighty…
They [Yanks] should consider themselves blessed even at last place. They really don’t belong with the other 4 uber class teams in the AL East.
That’s my thoughts on this next season I want umpires getting fined for blown calls, maybe if you hit them in thier pockets they will learn to stop taking the opposing players side.
Good idea Brandon, except who makes those calls, Bob Watson? Because I think we know how that would turn out.
Okay, I think I got a little carried away, sorry bout that.
Moving on.
The Yankees have some serious issues they need to work out before they can worry about other teams.
I know I don’t know nearly enough baseball to be able to site them all, but the big, glaring ones, would be as follows:
1) issues with starting pitching–we can’t seem to get all five starters to pitch well at the same time.
Mike Mussina has more wins than anyone else on the team–which is awesome for Mike, but right now, a 39 year-old number 5 starter shouldn’t be our ace.
Wang has had shaky, if not outright bad, outings four times (at least) in a row, and you have to begin to wonder if he’s hurt and hiding something
Joba will be fine (or he should be), but it’ll be a few starts before he can go seven or eight.
Pettitte is showing signs of his age, looking like he’s had to battle fatigue.
Rasner has done everything that’s been asked of him, and certainly prove he can handle the majors, but the Yankees have stopped giving him any run support.
2) Bullpen
Without Joba, outside of Rivera, can you honestly be confident with anyone out there?
We’re about to blow out Ohlendorf’s arm.
Edwar is still either really good or really bad.
Farnsworth can’t be used in a high leverage situation.
LaTroy Hawkins, who by most accounts is a great man, is just not a very good pitcher.
Who would have thought we’d (okay, me) long for the days of Brian Bruney?
3) Offense
Our saving grace last season was our offense. Why has it disappeared this year?
Why do we seem to be incapable of clutch hitting this year? What happened to Robbie? And I know all about the pitchers we’ve drafted an the position players we have in the minors, but what the heck are we going to do now when half the offense looks like it’s not showing up?
I know, as a 22 year old Yankee fan, I’ve been spoiled and that the playoffs are not actually a given every year, but at the same time, I’ve got the Nets and the Jets if I want to go root for a team where .500 is a good thing.
Rebecca–Optimist Prime–Mission 2708
No apology needed; you expressed your thoughts.
Your summary of “what’s up” with our yankees is right on.
You had every right to say what you thought, Rebecca. Everyone else does. No apologies necessary.
I’m not worried about the pitching, it is light years ahead of last year. The 8th inning will be solved when Melancon is ready. The offense is another story, specifically average with RISP, absolutely killing the team. I don’t konw what the answer is, hopefully Joe and Cash do.
Anyone watching Stanford the kid looks good pitching.
You cannot fine, suspend, fire, or do whatever to umpires for making bad calls. I’m sorry, that’s just stupid. They are HUMAN. Baseball has 2 choices, and you can’t do both. It can go either way. The 1st choice is let the umpiring situation stay like it is now. Live with the blown calls by home plate umpires, live with the incredibly inconsistent strike zones, and live with the tainted game results that come with it. But what are you going to fine or fire umpires for? Not being perfect? If you’re going to do that, then why wouldn’t you go with option #2, ELIMINATE the home plate umpire. The technology is already in a lot of ball parks and it would just take a matter of time to iron it out for use as the computerized home plate umpire. You’d have no ball/strike arguments, no error, and when a team losses it can never be because of a bad strike zone, bad called strike, check swing, etc.
But you can’t penalize umpires for making mistakes. That’s what you sign up for when you have a person behind the plate instead of a rock solid piece of technology.
“I do not care how Red Sox fans on this board feel, they are not the intended audience.”
That’s true. However, the trouble is, when you have posters talking trash about the Red Sox, it gives them Red Sox fans EVERY reason to come here in droves and talk trash BACK.
Which only helps degrade this place into a further cesspool.
*those – not them.
sell.
that was seriously the worst check swing missed call i’ve ever seen. jason shouldve been 0-2 w/ 2 walks, instead he was 0-3.
I read that Hank Steinbrenner wants to resign Cashman!
If he does I will stop watching the Yankees until the
Steinbrenners sell the team!
Is this guy Blind or Stupid! Cashman has Done Squat since
he let Roger, Petitte and Wells go after the 2003 season!
How long does he get to freeload and Do Nothing to
improve the Team! By the way Hank did you ever think that
the reason the Yankees aren’t hitting this year is because
Don Mattingly isn’t the hitting coach anymore?
Do You Think Cashman could at least get us a Decent hitting
Coach or is that beyond his capacity?
I think the only complaint I have about Bleich right now is that he’s given up quite a few fly balls. That and his velocity has been inconsistent, but I’ll take that with the nearly-perfect command so far. When he misses, he’s not missing by much, and he’s missing off the plate.
0-2; I’d love to see Bleich drop his curve here.
And there it is (the curve). Third strikeout today (commentators got that one wrong).
Angel, in an ideal world that’s a fair point, trash taling them encourages them to come back. I’m not convinced they wouldn’t necessarily be here anyway, on any blog on any subject there are always trolls. Freedom of speech pretty much guarantees it. I would like to visit your ideal blog, and if anyone can create it, it’s blog-afficianado Pete Abraham.
And a 1-2-3 inning for the lefty from Stanford. The left-handed Kennedy comparisons I read someone float today don’t seem totally off; he’s pounding that strike-zone, and has a nice, easy delivery (as SJ mentioned in the previous thread).
Did I mention he has a nice, sharp curveball?
Again, the only disappointment thus far have been the long fly balls he keeps giving up (granted, they’re using aluminum bats, and the wind is apparently blowing out), and the inconsistent fastball velocity (it’s touching 91, and sitting in the high-80s).
DFox – I agree 100%.
I don’t think you should assume Joba will be fine. He hasn’t started in 1.5 years, that was in college, and he doesn’t have many pro innings under his belt. The talent is there but consistency won’t be.
Same thing with Rasner. Rembember, Melky was just as hot to start the year. Ride Rasner as long as he lasts.
It looks to me like Jeter has changed his stance throughout the year & from the past. It appears he isn’t crouching, getting deep or pushing off his back leg. Watching him, it looks like it is all arms/upper body.
The offense is a National League offense – no production from the bottom third. Posada will help but how healthy is he? If he hits near his career norm, helpful but it is all on Cano.
I hope Hawkins gets to league average. Since he wasn’t bad last year, he might net a Type B draft pick.
Phoenix, he has alot of Andy Pettitte in his pitches, too.
EN – I may be mistaken, but I don’t think I am, Long was the hitting coach last year and Mattingly was the bench coach.
EN.. Long is a better hitting coach than Mattingly, blame the players.. and also, you criticize Cash.. all I have to say is what I say to all Cash haters.. what would YOU do different??
DFOX.. way to be mature and call me stupid. and I’d love to have a computer do the strike calling , if it meant it would be 100% accurate and not slow down the game. I’m just saying the umps rush a lot of calls it seems / don’t get good views and for making those mistakes , they should be penalized. It’s their job and when job performance suffers, penalties must be given
I am hesitant to enter the discussion about Red Sox bashing for obvious reasons, but decided to offer a thought or two.
Yes, freedom speech exists but Angel is correct in the observation that if posts merely bash the Red Sox it will attract all kinds of negative posts from Red Sox fans.
I wasn’t born last night, and fully realize this is a Yankee blog and so I don’t expect warm fuzzy feelings extended towards the Sox.
But simply bashing another team does “dumb down” this blog.
If you obsessively rant about another team you are letting that team establish your identity, and the Yankees with their rich tradition of winning so many world championships don’t need to stoop to that level in my opinion.
Doesn’t quite have the velocity Pettitte did in his prime (not today, at least). But yes, I certainly see the comparison there. He also lacks the killer pick-off move, but from what I saw earlier this game, it seemed adequate enough.
Castro with a 2-run shot; that might be the smartest Wade looks all night. I still think that was a poor pick at #10…
Wiggum: you’re right, we probably shouldn’t assume Joba will be fine, but it’s not as though he’s never started before.
What I don’t get is how we went from having the best offense in the league last year to what we have this year…and the only significant difference that we have Molina as our back up and not Nieves
Seriously, what happened?
Wiggum, you are correct
Wiggum, Chamberlain started during his minor league games, and was somewhat successful at it….or, at leastthat’s the rumor going around. It’s hardly new to him.
http://minors.baseball-referen.....?pid=34596
Great job by Rasner. It’s a shame he didn’t get any support. I thought Giambi’s HR would have fired them up, not! I was hoping Giardi would have protested the Giambi call and gotten tossed. Where have you gone Billy and Lou!Heck, even Joe would have angued that one. There’s always tomorrow (or next year).
This team needs some changes.
Rebecca: losing A-Rod and Posada for a significant stretch of time had something to do with it. The guys at the Yankees Replacement-Level Blog suggested they might have lost at least ten runs this season with the two of them out.
Now, does that raise the Yankee offense to the top of the pack? No, but it makes the offense far more respectable.
The other problem, of course, has been Cano’s hitting. It’s been really, really, bad, but I really think he’ll turn it around.
Man on third, but I can’t fault Bleich too much, although it wasn’t a great pick-off throw. Bleich is ahead of the count right now for the umpteenth time tonight, though.
Wiggum, the rumor has it that Chamberlain started while in the minors last year. If that’s true, it won’t be that much of a shock to him.
Good Evening
I hate Johnny Gomes very much.He is not much of a MAN in my opinion.I still can remember him pushing Duncan from behind,and Shelley never went down.Then throwing punches while a teammate holds down Crisp???
You Johnny Gomes have been X !!!
here we go pay attention, now we get to see the competitor attribute in Bleich
Phoenix, that last pickoff looked an awful lot like Pettitte’s pickoff in Minnesota.
GB: He did until he went to Scranton.
Of course, Bleich gets the ball on the ground and it goes through the infield for a base hit. I clearly need to be careful what I wish for; perhaps he should have kept to the flyball outs!
Not a bad pitch on 1-2, though. I haven’t been counting pitched, but Bleich should have another inning left on him depending on how quickly he gets through this.
jay, I can’t find the part in my post where I called YOU stupid. I called the IDEA stupid.
Just think of it this way, here’s what you’re saying to the umpires: we have this computerized system that can perfectly call balls and strikes. BUT, we want to keep the “human” element. Therefore, we need you guys to go out and call the games, but we also need you to be as good as this computer system we have. Is that really fair? You can’t have the best of both worlds. They have to decide what’s more important, having a person behind the plate (I’ve yet to understand why this has any importance) or having spot on strike/ball calls. But imposing fines on the umpires would be like this: the airline industry decides that for some reason, whatever it is, they want to use human navigators instead of computerized navigation systems. Can you honestly ask the human navigators holding a compass to produce the same results as an onboard computerized navigator? Of course not, and that’s why MLB is in a holding pattern because they have to go one way or the other. If QuesTec was never invented then it would be a different story, you’d be able to impose penalties on umpires, but with a seamless system standing by, it’s just not fair.
Team is just pathetic. Guys hit with no one on and hit pop up easy fly balls with guys on. Kyle Davies sucks, I live in K.C and he sucks.
Santana’s days of going CG are over…
Correct, Rebecca but he made one start in three appearances at Scranton, all in a 12 day period. He’ll be fine. He should be able to get to 5 or so innings on Sunday. Nothing was hit very hard off of Chamberlain. It was his control, but, he hadn’t pitched in a while.
Man on 3rd 1 out and Bleich gets out of it.
Strikeout four, although that pitch might have been off the plate. Bleich’s pitch count is getting up there, though. I think he’s over 50 pitches…
1st pitch groundout to 1st base. I was about to suggest this might be Bleich’s last inning depending on how long it took for him to get that 3rd out, but he might have enough pitches left for the 6th.
WOW that kid minimized the damage, I’m impressed w/ his pitch count past 5 innings is like 62 pitches. He bared down w/ his curveball and fastball, stranded that runner at 3B.
I’m not going to belabor this. There is zero tolerance for crude sexual remarks and personal attacks on this blog.
Zero tolerance. Do it again and your IP address will be banned.
You want to act like a jerk, go to another blog. You are not welcome here.
I don’t give a damn whether somebody annoys you or starts it or whatever. Either ignore them or be an adult. If you aren’t smart enough to write something without being crude, just don’t post. Sit in the dark and contemplate your stupidity.
This is a blog to talk about the Yankees and baseball, not for assorted idiots to attack each other.
I’ve been impressed by Bleiche’s outing. great control. I think that once Nardi Contreras and Gil Patterson work with him, he’ll pick up a couple more MPHs and sharpen the breaking pitches.
Sometimes games go like this one did. Trouble is too many of them seem to be going like this.
Davies was pitching well today. Not saying anything about how he normally does, but he was on today. So it goes.
Its just frustrating to see this team under perform so much. A game like today wouldn’t feel quite as bad if the Yankees were above .500. This is just tough to see them hovering at the .500 mark though, so it makes every loss seem worse.
GB: I was at the game on Tuesday. No control, though he did get squeezed on a couple of pitches (not enough to make a huge difference, though).
GB7 Opp saids when healthy Bleich throws 93 mph. We drafted a kid today in Rd.36
Chris Dwyer, Salisbury (Conn.) School, LHP. Throws 93 with a tremendous curve. A high school teammate of Hewitt’s who also may be overlooked because he plays in the north. Clemson’s No. 1 recruit.
I agree, I think Bleich has a bright future. If the reports of his healthy velocity are true (92-94), then I think he’ll prove to be a great asset for the Yankees’ lefty-deprived system.
It’ll be incredibly inspiring to have a system where Mike Dunn isn’t your best lefty by default!
But what impresses me most about Bleich’s command tonight is that he’s still working his way back from missing a good chunk of the college season.
I saw Chamberlain’s game from my luxury box here in Georgia, and, you’re right, his control was a mess from the start. Hate to blame it on nerves, because it’s never been an issue, but, then, he’s never tried to conserve enery over a long period in front of 55,000 fans, either. He’ll be worlds better Sunday, but, a start on the West Coast will be interesting….better teams.
Brandon/Phoenix, if Bleiche can keep a consistant 91-94 MPH and good movement combined with a good breaking ball, NYY has something to add to the rotation. I hope they have him in Charleston this season. I’d like an “Up Close And Personal” view.
Not happy with the leadoff walk, but, it’s only one of two mistakes that he’s made.
THAT REALLY HOW YOU READ IT? GET DUMBER
GB7 if Dwyer signs you might see him first.
That was a major-league pitch sequence for Bleich’s strikeout to the lefty. Pound him inside, get to a 2-strike count, and put him away with the curve outside.
Bleich’s command from the first four innings isn’t with him here in the 6th, but CS is still struggling to square the bat on his pitches, so something’s working.
Brandon, I’ve got box seats at Palsen Stadium for tomorrow and Sunday to see Charleston against Savannah. A chance to see Montero, Snyder and Angellini. They do need to clean up their defense, but, those kids can hit.
GreenBeret7,
Well, posters at River Ave. Blues were suggesting that if Bleich can throw the fastball consistently in the 91-94 range with the kind of command he’s showing tonight along with a solid breaking pitch (curve) and changeup, he certainly profiles to be a good mid-rotation starter, maybe even peaking as a No. 2.
I definitely don’t disagree. I think even if his fastball tops out at 90-91, being a lefty, Bleich could make a serviceable back-of-the-rotation starter. Again, I think he compares well as a left-handed Ian Kennedy (*perhaps* without the gaudy strikeout totals, but with fewer walks?), or–best-case scenario–an Andy Pettitte.
As much as I’d love to stay up and watch the rest of Bleich’s performance, I drove two hours up from the Shore today (okay, yesterday) and have to drive up to Scranton tomorrow.
Hope to see some of you at the game there.
Night all. Sorry for losing my cool.
they really can’t square it w/ aluminum bats, that 90 mph digs in thier hands.
Hard to judge, but, Bleiche looks to be more of a fly ball pitcher. They need to teach him to sink it a little. Still impressive, because not much is being hit hard. Great job by the youngster. Can’t wait to see Cole pitch, probably next year.
GreenBeret7- I see Angelini is only hitting 250, but the kid isn’t even 20 so thats a good thing. Have you seen him in live action yet, and I can just assume from Montero’s numbers that he is a beast. I am looking forward to seeing these kids when they come to Lakewood in August.
Well Rebecca, I think that was Bleich’s last inning, so I don’t think you’ll be missing much. Safe driving!
I don’t know about the rest of you, but–as I think has been clear from my flurry of posts tonight–I like what I saw from Bleich. I’m glad I got a chance to see him (if only on T.V.) after reading so much about him the last day-and-a-half. He doesn’t have the ace-potential of a guy like Cole, but I think Bleich is showing that he definitely has the potential to be an asset at the major-league level.
Phoenix, I’ll take a good 3-5 start any time. He’s not as rough/unpolished as some of the so-called experts were claiming. Maybe, he’ll be ready by 2010, mid-late season.
GreenBeret7 – I concur on the flyball tendencies. I’m not sure how much of that can be put on the aluminum bats, although Bleich wasn’t exactly working the bottom half of the zone as much as I think I’d like him to. Still, he certainly played the edges horizontally really well, especially during the first four innings. Pitchers who can throw strikes without leaving anything on the center of the plate are usually successful, regardless of how much “pure” stuff they may or may not have.
The biggest questions are: will the curve translate to the majors, especially considering the seams difference on college and major league fastballs? Where is Bleich’s velocity? Is he a high-80s pitcher (88-90/91) or a low-90s pitcher (91-93/94)?
The few times Bleich threw his changeup, that didn’t seem a half-bad pitch, either.
Mark, I’ve seen the kids twice this year when they’ve come to Savannah. Angellini is just now starting to hit. He and Molina strike out a lot, but, right now, Montero, Snyder and Angellini’s defense is terrible. I’m hoping that Suttle and/or Laird learn to play 1st base. Not great defense at third, either. Montero can really mash. When he hits, it stays hit. A lot of passed balls behind the plate, though.
how would one discern a good team playing poorly from a .500 team?
You’re right in your looks at Bleiche’s game tonight, Phoenix. Although, he stayed really calm during that 4th inning mess. That was good to see. Hopefully, he’ll have another televised game during the road to Omaha.
GreenBeret7- Thanks for the info, and looking forward to you giving your thoughts on what you see when you attend the games tomorrow and Sunday.
Mark, that should be Montero, and, not Molina in that above post. My eraser isn’t working, tonight.
Thanks, Mark. I may try to get a wireless connection for Saturday night’s game. Sunday will be me, the River Dogs and Yanks. I’ll try sending out a few updates, though.
anybody know how hard Luke Grienke (Zach’s brother) throws, I’ve read 88 mph but his draft video show 90 mph w/ a bit more to add.
GreenBeret7- I know you are really into following the kids, and Pete promoted it before, but the Nomaas draft blog is great. Pete and the Nomaas blog have put up some great info on the draft. They have a lot of quotes up from the kids the Yanks took yesterday.
A break from your regularly scheduled Bleich webcast:
“The numbers he’s [Chris Smith] put up are startling: His .725 (37 for 51) batting average and 1.529 slugging average lead the nation. His on-base percentage of .763 is third nationally. He’s already hit 10 home runs (tied for second in the Southern Section) with 36 RBIs and 20 stolen bases. He hit two more homers Friday, including a tape-measure grand slam that cleared two fences, a residential street and a water channel before landing on the grounds of an elementary school.”
That’s another Yankees pick I came to like a great deal after I read more information on him. I don’t know how much stock one can take in those numbers (it’s high school ball, after all), but it seems like Smith is a pretty good athlete, with legitimate power and a good plate approach. In some reports, I read that his swing compares to–this is not to make any judgment on his upside, I repeat, this is NOT to make any judgment on his upside–Barry Bonds.
He seems to have a really good head screwed on, too.
“Smith’s reputation extends beyond his teammates. His talent has made him an icon to baseball-playing youngsters in the Compton community.
“Chris is bringing baseball back to the inner-city because the kids at the parks are looking up to him,†Pickens said. “Some of these kids don’t know who Kobe Bryant or LeBron James is, but they know who Chris is.â€
“It makes me feel good being a peer to these kids,†Smith said. “It’s an honor and a big responsibility to be a role model.—
All quotes were taken from this article (http://www.wavenewspapers.com/.....38;he=.com), which was linked over at River Ave. Blues.
The Fallen Phoenix, trust me I know, we were posting about him since last night. Kid chokes up the bat like Barry Bonds, has a Bondesque swing w/ Ortiz power.
I’ve looked at NOMAAS, Mark and I’m not overly impressed with the snobbish attitudes by a few of them. Never crazy about those that have no problem reminding everyone of how smart they are. I guess that’s why I like this place. Nobody knows anything.
Just kidding, guys. Did you see the picture of Cole as a little kid at Yankee Stadium that they showed tonight. Sign saying that he was a future Yankee.
I too found the title of the post typically witty and all too true. Mr. Abraham, you’re always good for a laugh and some insightful commentary. I also agree with Pete Abe and Parrot Guy that the check-swing that wasn’t really should have mattered a lot less against the Royals, and had the Yankees plated some runners. 1-7 with RISP is terrible, and with the team 12th with RISP in the AL, it has everything to do with the Yanks are positively mediocre.
Rasner pitched a terrific game, yet this team couldn’t muster more than one stinking run off a guy with a career ERA over six and a sub-.500 record. Pathetic, as was losing to a team that had lost 11 straight road games.
The way the Yankees need to rebound is that we need the “new” Joba in the pen. I don’t see you don’t call up a Melancon, Cox, or McCutchen already. Farnsworth, Hawkins, and Ohlendorf just can’t be trusted.
Phoenix, if he has a Bonds-esque swing and approach and has his head screwed on right, instead of screwed up like Bonds, the Yanks stole a gem.
Zach,
Agree…call up ‘em sooner rather than later so we see what we have…
Fix that pen NOW!
Just was looking at our draft, and saw we took a starting pitcher from Fullerton named Cory Abiso. Maybe we get to see him pitch this weekend.
GB7 check that beautiful swing
Christopher Smith
If anybody is interested I’ll be on WFAN after the 2 a.m. update.
I will be listening Pete, make sure you inform them about Melancon, because I guarantee the 8th inning option will come in question.
Thanks, Brandon. Anytime the bat is a blur through the strike zone, you’ve got to be happy. Hopefully, he comes to Charleston this year, but, guessing it’ll be Staten Island.
If you see Russo, tell him to stop spitting into the microphone. I don’t care if he gets electrocuted, but, replacing all of that soaking wet equipment is going to cost the fans money to pay for replacements.
No problem GB we’re waiting for him to sign. Oppenheimer sure sounded like it.
yeah Pete!
I’ll be tuning in…
Brandon, did you see where the Texas Rangers DFA’d Ponson, despite his 4-1 record and 3.88 ERA? Showing disrespect to his team mates and team personnel.
oh god … I really don’t want him..
DFOX is 100% right. MLB NEEDS to use as much electronic/technological assistance as possible. just so many reasons to do it.
Brandon, I don’t want him back, either. You can bet the house that the next game he wins on another team, somebody will be whining about Cashmam letting another one get away. I’ve already seen that because NYY didn’t take a shot at Colon. Last year, nobody would have wasted a bullet on him.
so true
Mark, Arbiso is pitching on saturday. Would have been great for him and Bleiche to have hooked up in a duel.
Green Beret :
Glad to see you back and your usual good banter.
In a side note, Gil Patterson is no longer affiliated with the Yankees. He went to the Oakland A’s organization over last winter.
Im not a sox fan
How was the WFAN interview? I missed it!
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