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And Sam Borden couldn’t be more wrong.
We need AJ at home and we need Andy on the road.
Burnett will be the Game 2 starter.
Burnett has been better at home and Girardi is going to want to split up the lefties.
Girardi is also a big believer like Torre that Game 3 is the big swing game of the series and he’s going to want the guy he really trusts (Pettitte) pitching that game.
Sam you haven’t been watching the last few starts for each.
We need AJ to start the 2nd game and Andy to start the pivotal 3rd game.
We need AJ at home and we need Andy on the road.
But do you need AJ starting Game Five?
San Borden is wrong.Is this your proposed replacement Pete?
Oh boy!
Well I certainly would be nervous with AJ Burnett in a Game 5, maybe that’s Sam’s point. Andy would be ready to pitch in or pitch game 1 of the ALCS, not a bad thing.
http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.....id=4439255
Lets hope this Joba shows up. Minus the 4 runs of course.
GREAT article on the changes in Girardi
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09.....1&hpw
Pitching problems at this point in time of the season = No championship for the Yankees this year! Wait ’til next year!
OMG Pete, these are your new colleagues.
http://www.boston.com/sports/b.....ns/?page=2
Good luck rising to that level of homeristic journalism. It’s tough to read your postings on how the writers don’t root for the teams they cover – and then read this garbage from Globe hacks like Cafardo. What a joke. Have fun there.
I’m in no mood for troll jerks today.
Especially troll jerks whose team has spent the past month AT LEAST five games behind the team with the pitching problems.
Right.
“It’s tough to read your postings on how the writers don’t root for the teams they cover – and then read this garbage from Globe hacks like Cafardo. What a joke. Have fun there.”
Not for nothing, but I don’t see what’s real bothersome about this piece, ‘cept that he seemed to forget the Red Sox did lose two games at OYS in ’04. His assessments of both teams seems to be about right on.
GF, no I don’t want to be part of the bridge-jumping brigade. I realize that what I consider a realistic attitude most consider negative……..that’s just me.
As to Joba, I’ve said it about Phil so I have to be fair – the process of becoming a good starting pitcher (nevermind an ace-type pitcher) is fraught with bumps along the way. When these kids become top notch starters, though, it will be the journey that they took from green rookie to reliable veteran that will be the most satisfying. It’s the same reason Yankee fans are especially proud of their homegrown talent, the same reason why fans of any team who develop good players take pride in them (and thereby, the same reason fans don’t feel the same way about signing top free agents – what’s to feel especially prideful about when you buy a finished product?).
I am by no means giving up on Joba nor do I mean to imply I have no faith in him ever developing his full potential. Right now, his poor performances concern me and I would think any Yankee fan would be concerned. We’re trying to win a WS here, so frankly ANY player’s poor performance is worrisome.
“That is an understatement. Since June 20, after Rodriguez’s first day off, he has hit .316. His on-base-plus-slugging percentage since then is .962 — better than that of Minnesota’s Joe Mauer, the presumptive American League Most Valuable Player.”
I said wow
Carl – i also liked the nugget in there about the Vets taking youngers players out and the mentoring relationship (Mo and Coke)
I was thinking the same thing 2 weeks ago but the more I think about it you do want AP starting the 3rd game on the road, plus breaking up the lefties makes sense too. Game 5 would be game 5, all hands on deck. Luckily AJ seems to have righted the ship, but AP has clearly been the #2 for the 2nd half.
Communication is essential, Girardi said, and that is the basis for the harmonious clubhouse he runs. That and the winning, of course, which Burnett punctuates by slamming a pie in the face of a player who ends a game with a hit.
In this area, too, Girardi makes his feelings clear. The ritual amuses him, and though he has never smashed a pie on a player, he knows he may be a target.
“A. J. told me they’re going to get me,” Girardi said. “And I said I want banana cream.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09.....2&hpw
My playoff rotation:
Game 1: Burnett – AJ is better if he goes up against the likes of Verlander, Beckett,…
Game 2: CC – starting our real #1 against their #2 should give an even better matchup
Game 3: Pettitte – perfect guy to start on the road
No Boston Cream?
Good news with Hairston Jr., only tendinitis…I’ve never heard a pop from that before but obviously we’ll take it.
I would start Pettitte in game 1. CC and then AJ.
With the off day, I would not worry about back to back lefties. If it gets to 2-2 then your ace is pitching game 5.
Sam–I appreciated your piece and questions it raised. I may be in the vast minority on this, but (assuming the Yankees face the Tigers), I would choose to play the shorter series. I have a hunch (hope? prayer?) that Joba’s struggles will recede as the Joba rules expire–starting this weekend. But even if his starts remain potential disasters, I would still choose the shorter series against Detroit. To me it’s obvious that the one thing that could easily end the Yankees’ postseason way too early is facing a really dominant starter too many times in a series. The key to winning the ALDS is limiting Verlander’s opportunity to pitch. Let Joba pitch game four against Washburn, Porcello, or whoever else Detroit would start. Just keep Verlanders off the mound as often as possible.