Post-game show
Posted by: Brian Heyman - Posted in Misc on May 01, 2010 
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After this 6-4 win over the White Sox, the Yankees sounded very satisfied with their 15-7 final record for April, especially considering the 15 road games and that several players haven’t hit all that much yet. The 15 wins tied them for their fifth most by the end of April since 1955. They picked up a game on Tampa Bay and are 1 1/2 back.
“I thought we had a very good April,” Joe Girardi said. “We had a tough schedule. We had a lot of games on the road, a long West Coast trip. There were a lot of opportunities for players to get distracted with some of the celebrations and some of the awards that players have received. But I thought our guys have played extremely well.”
Derek Jeter went 3 for 4 and passed Ken Griffey Jr. for most hits by an active player with 2,778.
Andy Pettitte was marveling at Jeter’s clutch work, his two-out, two-run homer in the fifth and his two-run go-ahead triple in the seventh.
“Anybody who asks me who do you want up at the plate with everybody you played with for the years, he’s the man,” Pettitte said. “If you need a big hit out of somebody, you want him up there. He loves it. You can see it in his eyes. He wants to be in that situation. You’ve got to embrace those situations to be successful.”
Pettitte, after getting this no-decision, finished April at 3-0 with a 2.12 ERA in five starts. It was just his second undefeated April. In 1997, he went 5-0.
Robinson Cano finished the month at .400 (34 for 85) with eight homers and 18 RBI. He’s just the second American League player to ever hit at least .400 and launch at least eight homers in April in the expansion era (since 1961). Manny Ramirez was the other, in 2001. Cano is just the fourth Yankees player to hit at least .400 in April with a minimum of 50 plate appearances, joining Paul O’Neill, Clete Boyer and Willie Randolph. Cano has batted .382 over his last two Aprils with 13 homers and 34 RBI.
Brett Gardner enters May with an AL-high 10 steals.
Alfredo Aceves is now 2-0 this year and 13-1 for his career.
Mariano Rivera is now 7 for 7 in saves and 51 for his last 51 at home, tying Eric Gagne’s all-time record. Rivera fanned two in the ninth to move past Roger Clemens for 10th on the team’s all-time strikeout list with 1,015.
That’s it from Yankee Stadium for now. At 1:05 this afternoon, the Yankees are scheduled to be back at it with Chicago. Javier Vazquez and John Danks will be the starters.
Just keep piling up the hits Derek.
Actually, Phil and Buerhle are pitching on Sunday; Javy pitches tomorrow.
Lots of good info, thanks Brian! Andy has had an unbelievable start to his 2010; hopefully he can keep it up. Jeter never ages – the man was born to hit. I’ve seen some fans killing him for not walking, but he’s hitting .330; I’ll take that.
Nice post, yanks look good so far. Now if Tex, nj and javy play to their career numbers this team will be unstoppable
Brian,
Thanks for the post-game and the awesome factoids.
Jeter POG. Cano POM. And the only way to stop that thief BG is to lock him up in jail and throw away the key.
Andy. Again. Such a warrior.
Love this team.
Have the Yankees shifted the rotation and moved Hughes to the #4 spot or is that the sunday starters. It was supposed to be Vazquez vs, Danks.
Migggggggyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a performance by Andy tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I didn’t bother to read the game thread but how many chicken littles were whining and moaning in the 1st inning claiming this team was going to lose tonight – and maybe tomorrow and Sunday, too?
Probably more than a handful.
Jeter’s hitting 330 with the 2 and 3 hitters hitting less than 150. He looks as good today as 5 yrs ago and who ever deceided to lead him off was a genius. Jeter is awesome in the leadoff spot, it has cut down his dp’s, gives him 20-30 more at bats each year and adds a double leadoff threat with Gardner hitting 9th. We’ve still got to solve the weakness vs leftys especially late in games. Don’t like Grandy and Gardy together vs leftys. Gardner has actually handled them and gets better swings than Granderson. Might think about playing Gardner in CF and gamble with Thames in LF vs leftys. Granderson just can’t handle them.
Jeter hit leadoff before Damon was on the team and was actually a better leadoff hitter than Damon.
Jeter is just awesome and Robinson Cano is the man.
Granderson is going to play regularly against lefties.
He’s not hitting righties or lefties right now, so it’s a little early to proclaim Granderson not fit to start against lefties on April 30th.
The only time Thames should see LF is against a NL lefty. He’s brutal out there.
I didn’t bother to read the game thread but how many chicken littles were whining and moaning in the 1st inning claiming this team was going to lose tonight – and maybe tomorrow and Sunday, too?
Probably more than a handful.
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Well, I was at the Stadium tonight and am happy to report that there was merely a collective groan. Then we settled in as the general feeling was that as long as there was going to be an eventual victory ( which was highly probable), they might as well stake them 3 runs to make it interesting.
Good times.
I love this kid, Deron Williams!! And he’s SO HOT! The spelling of Deron contributes greatly to his hotness factor!!
Could you please stop with all the hot this and hot that?
How many ways can you possibly annoy this board!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Red Sox, media and umpiring conspiracies, and now hot ballplayers.
If you didn’t have anything annoying to say you wouldn’t have anything to say at all.
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bronx, crowd sounded good on tv.
my neice was there she’s weel grounded – no fear.
“I’ve seen some fans killing him for not walking, but he’s hitting .330; I’ll take that.”
I figured out Jeter’s strategy. He’s pace for 238 hits this year. He’s going to swing at everything for a year, try to hit .350 and get #3000 THIS year…
Jazz are moving on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boozer is so GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LAKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another solid game for gardy, happy to see him doing well.
Gardy is providing to this team!! What a huge stolen base!! He got in the head of Freddy, and Jeeties followed with the blast!!!
have to draw the Line at “jeeties”
It’s just great when this blog is troll free.
Mariano Rivera is now 7 for 7 in saves and 51 for his last 51 at home, tying Eric Gagne?s all-time record.
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And that must tie for the most stupid stat known. Some doofus kept track. Yeesh.
The proliferation of useless information is exponential to simplistic input. Gigo
Gardner’s at bat vs Thornton, in context, was a thing of beauty. Zip.
51 consecutive home saves. boy that’s crucial.
This Rangers/Mariners game is nuts. 0-0 12th inning. Seattle had 2nd and 3rd no out in the 10th and didn’t score. Bases loaded with Ichiro on 3rd, 1 out. Ichiro attempts to steal home and is out and the batter strikes out and they don’t score again.
They deserve to lose this.
sounds like bad baseball.
And the Rangers score the go ahead run on 2 singles, a throwing error and a wild pitch.
pat just saw on MLB network it was a suicide squeeze atempt
You say it’s early to bench Granderson vs leftys but his lifetime numbers over a significant time are awful and watching him swing vs leftys is tough to watch. Gardner actually handles them better. That’s why Johnson and Thames while lifetime good hitters (thames only vs leftys) they add no defensive flexibility for Joe. We really needed a DH that could handle leftys and play the outfield occasionally. Damon would have been perfect but the timing and personalities got messed up. There’s plenty of time to address this later but we will absolutely need a right handed bat that can play the outfield at some time this year. If that gets fixed and Tex and Johnson get going, look out. This team could be great.
For those of you going through the various permutations (is there even GTLU this weekend?)
Jorge said he could’ve played, but they wanted to give him an extra day. Could he DH tomorrow? When’s the last time Granderson had an off day? Will Thames DH? So perplexing.
Please, please, please put Gardner in the field tomorrow. Thank you.
Uncle E. Thanks for the explanation. I’m following it on gameday and it just said caught stealing.
Niters All!!!
If we’re going with GTLU tomorrow based on cutie patooties, then Grandy and Gardy have gotta be in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PENS WIN!!! LAKERS WIN!!! YANKEES WIN!!! ORIOLES WIN!!!!
yeah seemed a little odd
Bronx Jeers…
Just a wee bi
t jealous of your evening tonight, but I am glad you enjoyed it and brought us a win.
I’m impressed with what Long accomplished with Swisher over the winter. He quieted down that Bouncing Betty approach. He’s still flailing at junk but small steps.
what is up with the mets? really
SAS,
Are you traveling cross-country? It’s nice of you to check in.
Granderson had never worked with Kevin Long in the past and he did seem to have a much better approach against lefties in ST and the first week or so of the regular season.
But he has since struggled against both lefties and righties. Perhaps he’ll start having better ABs against lefties like he did earlier in the season when he starts hitting righties again.
Plus, Granderson is an excellent centerfielder and Thames just cannot play too many games in the outfield.
Give the dude a chance. It’s only his first month in pinstripes and it’s taking time to adjust.
Okay here are my thoughts on what the Yankees must do in order to be successful this year:
1) play Gardner everyday. He is just too important to this team both offensively, defensively, on the base paths and so. Just provides the Yankees with such emotion lift when he’s running around and making the opposition “nervous.”
2) do a DH platoon between Nick Johnson and Marcus Thames (assuming he is such a good hitter against lefties like some here are saying).
3) get another effective middle reliever. Right now, I’d say this is really their weak spot. Joba and Mariano I’m not worried about but the other guys I don’t feel that comfortable about.
SAS
Careful with that return key. It reads like you said ” just a wee bi ”
Remember, we’re in mixed company here.
Seriously, I don’t think you could spend your sports entertainment dollar any better than seeing Marian get another save.
And I’m kind of relieved he didn’t give up the rare run given as we were just talking about it last night.
I’m also very pleased that Robbie went 1-4 and finished April at an even .400. That was another potential jinx discussed last night.
Franco I’d like to believe he’ll change but history says he won’t, things usually get tougher in NY for most players. It’s too bad Winn lost his skills last year because he might have been a cheap part time fit but last years dropoff seems real especially vs leftys. He only hit 154 vs them. He looked terrible in spring training and equally bad in the few games he’s played. He’ll be DFA soon since presently he’s useless.
pistol pete,
Is it my imagination or is EVERYTHING you ever post about some perceived failing of a 15-7 team?
Genuine question…
“Give the dude a chance. It’s only his first month in pinstripes and it’s taking time to adjust.”
Excellent point GF.
Grandy’s struggles came up in a discussion I shared tonight and luckily I was lucid enough to point out another former Yankee that also struggled in their first season in pinstripes. Roger Clemens.
The fact is that Curtis already “earned his Stripes” (I know how you hate that term) at Fenway. He’s got credit at the bank.
Regardless, like Tex, he’s always contributing with his glove and we all know that his bat will come around.
Granderson’s game has somewhat changed the last couple of years.
He was one of the main catalysts for that Tigers’ lineup and he doesn’t have to be with NYY.
Also, and this is worth noting, he has the short porch to play with instead of such a cavernous yard he came from. He’s now got a different hitting coach. Long has done a lot of great work with this club.
He’s still young enough to improve his game, whether it’s against lefties or righties.
But, again, it’s now only May 1st. Lots of games to play before you start benching starters like that regularly.
M
Thanks for noticing that I checked in.
Tomorrow night we hope to be in that glorious town of Joplin, MO. My father was stationed there during WWII. My mother hated every minute there. It is better now.
Bronx Jeers
Every time I post I am having problems especially tonight. I try to read what I say before sending it, but I didn’t see that faux pas.
Stuckey I make plenty of positive posts if you bother reading them but I also call it like it is. I’m not a Yankee schill like Kay, Sterling, of Lorentz. Tonite I’ve had many positive posts for Rivera, Jeter, Posada, Cano, and Gardner. But if you think this lineup will last all year you’re wrong. Winn stinks, he’ll be DFA soon, and we have little flexibility with Johnson, Thames, and Granderson and Gardner vs leftys as a combo is weak. These are facts, just the facts. The Yanks are off to a great start but to beat good teams and good pitching the line up will need improving, period.
Only Yankee fans can complain about their 5th outfielder.
where is pat m and bo knows . have they left
Somebody needs to put a cork or a fist in his mouth to shut him up. Not exactly who he thinks “we” are that does all the hard work while “the lazy (US) Americans sit on computers sending e-mails”. It’s sure as Hell not him. He’s been paid pretty damned well to play baseball.
“Ozzie on hot topic: The players’ association issued a statement Friday opposing Arizona’s tough new immigration law and mentioned players and their families having to be ready to prove their identity and legal status there. Guillen was asked about the subject, and the native of Venezuela said he was disappointed, especially for the sake of immigrant workers.
“Those guys are workaholics,” Guillen said. “This country can’t survive without them … Mexicans, all the Latinos. They can’t survive. Sorry. Because there are a lot of people from this country who are very lazy. We (aren’t). A lot of people in this country want to be on the computer and send e-mails to people. We do the hard work. We’re the ones who have to go out there and work in the sun all day long to make this country better.”
Then, there’s bit of stupidity.
“Asked if he wished things had ended differently with Vazquez, Guillen said, “I don’t care about him. He’s not feeding my family. I think things didn’t work out for us. … I wish him the best after tomorrow’s game because I think everybody here is prepared to beat him.”
?Vazquez needs to pitch better to silence critics: NEW YORK — Javier Vazquez has been taking hits from all sides … http://bit.ly/bAE75U 1 hr ago
Ozzie did have a nice quote on Jeter though:
“He is God. He’s God all the time. It’s fun to watch him play the game. He’s the #1 ambassador in this game. The guy always has good looking women around him too, I mean, God bless him.”
great win last night
I think Jeter got tired of Robbie getting all the attention 
wont be able to watch the game today as we are off to bring birthday cake to our son in college, but I will be sending lots of good vibes to Javy!!!
Have a great day, upstate kate!
I didn’t get to see any of the game last night…sounds like Andy did his usual damage limiting and gave the offense an opportunity to win the game. He has a remarkable ability to find himself in bad starts and do it quickly.
15-7 is an awesome start..the best two teams in baseball appear to be in the same division this year.
Go Javy today!
I think this is becoming more and more a legit question…
Is the Yankee infield the greatest of all time? If this is who Cano is now, if he’s taken that next step to being an elite player then I think anyone would be hard pressed to find a better one.
blake
Don’t ask Joe Morgan because you know what his answer would be.
Amazing how the childish Brian Heyman think Javy Vazquez needs to pitch better to silence critics.
How childish a thought of him.
raymagnetic May 1st, 2010 at 8:23 am
Amazing how the childish Brian Heyman think Javy Vazquez needs to pitch better to silence critics.
How childish a thought of him.
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Based on some comments here yesterday, I’m not sure he can silence them no matter what he does.
I don’t think the issue is Javy needing to pitch better.
It’s the ridiculous and misplaced hatred some have for the guy that’s the issue.
Blake —
You might want to hold off on that question until Alex and Tex starting hitting the ball as opposed to their weak (Alex) and anemic (Tex) production thus far in 2010.
But once they are again hitting like they normally do you can make a pretty good argument in their favor against the Reds for example.
Alex over Rose, Jetes over Concepcion, Morgan over Cano and Tex/Tony Perez is a push.
You could take a look at last years infield results and make the argument for the best season for an infield. Would have a really strong argument against any of the 70′s Reds teams. Posada even holds up ok against Bench. Advantage to Johnny, but Jorge is no gimme.
If the main issue the Yankees have is the #4 SP we ought to be happy.
The RS are spinning out of control as a team and if they don’t stop it soon it’s going to get ugly.
On local sports radio they just refered Bard as the Proctor of the RS. He’s pitching almost every day.
The RS are spinning out of control as a team…..
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Only one game below .500
rt56rt May 1st, 2010 at 8:56 am
The RS are spinning out of control as a team?..
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Only one game below .500
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The record doesn’t tell the story. There’s quite a bit of unrest going on.
Until the RS get retooled, if that even happens this year, they aren’t a factor.
The Yankees and Rays are much better teams.
They would have to suffer major injuries to come back to the pack enough for this current Red Sox team to overtake either one of them.
The Sox just have too many holes. If you watch them play, their margin of error for success is slim.
It’s a very flawed team.
Yanks need to change Saturday day games start times to 12:05 so MLB extra innings doesn’t black them out.:)
One game under .500 during the weak part of their schedule.
Lost their last 2 Baltimore. 1-6 against the Yankees and Rays, with all of those games played at Fenway.
Not a contending team in their current makeup.
The RS are a poorly constructed team with alot of mismacthed pieces.
To many players playing for their next contract.
Phil Columbus May 1st, 2010 at 9:02 am
Yanks need to change Saturday day games start times to 12:05 so MLB extra innings doesn?t black them out.:)
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They changed that so you get to see some of them. Not sure if it’s all of them or not.
So when do they start playing the good teams? It seems like they have been shuttling back and forward between the Jays and Orioles forever. For gods sake, does the cycle ever end?
Maine,
They remind me of the 07-08 Yankee teams.
Old, unathletic, bad contracts, no help available at the AAA and AA levels.
162+ million dollar payroll and not a lot to show for it.
They play the same amount of games the Yankees play against the O’s and Jays.
That’s why not piling up wins against these teams, especially at home, hurts them.
They also have the bad luck of being in a division with the two best teams in baseball.
i don’t even think about vazquez pitching poorly as a major problem as of may 1st.
on any team in april , there are going to be veteran players who start slow.
jeter has done it, alex, cc, everyone at one time or another.
if we wake up on june first and vazquez is still in a funk then there’s a major problem.
looking at fangraphs his four seam fastball velocity is down a couple of mph. it’s time to get that velocity back.
according to fangraphs he’s throwing a lot of two seamers that he didn’t throw before.
i think he’s got to work on stuff more than results today and get back to his establishing his four seam fastball with a normal velocity.
if he can’t , they need to take a deeper look and see what’s up.
hopefully he’ll get in 6 innings and get some of his velocity back.
SJ44
The players they brought in this yr also really aren’t good fits. Gonzales(sp) would have been better at ss than Scuttero. It doesn’t work when you try to plug too many holes with temp. players.
They would have been better off to just suffer though this year and then retool after some of those contracts come off the books.
You guys are right about the RS. They aren’t in the same position as the Indians, but they need to strip this team down and rebuild it. Pedroia and Youk are thier only 2 everyday players to build around. Drew,Cameron,Beltre,Papi,Lowell,Marco,Varitek and Vmart are average to below average performers. Thats over 50% of thier non pitcher roster.
Maine
Only if the Fox game is at 4:00. They have a 3 hour lead in or out.
randy
Even though it would be nice if Vazquez gets straightened out I think they could fill that spot without to much difficulty, either from within or via a trade.
Randy-
Last year JV played Winter ball and participated in the WBC.
Normally, you would think that would have tired him out but he said he felt great last year and it showed in the results.
This year neither.
Perhaps, that explains some of the missing velocity ?
As long as he isn’t injured it should return.
Phil Columbus May 1st, 2010 at 9:17 am
Maine
Only if the Fox game is at 4:00. They have a 3 hour lead in or out.
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I haven’t checked but isn’t the home team allowed to show the game? If that’s the case you may be able to see it on the home teams channel.
“Until the RS get retooled, if that even happens this year, they aren’t a factor.”
i think they made a major blunder when they put so much emphasis on shoving victor martinez into the line up as their starting catcher.
and when is the last time they have made a free agent signing like sabathia or teixeira that really separates a team from the competition ?
if a team is going to compete with the yankees every year, that team needs to go after a big dog every 3-4 years.
theo and co. have taken the looking for undervalued players too far.
they needed someone who was better than pedroia or youkillis to set the tone.
bottom line, i think theo is doing a very acceptable job of getting the red sox where i like them to be .
keep hunting for bargains theo
For Boston, if Pedroia, Youkilis, and VMart don’t produce, they don’t score runs. Big mistake, IMO, letting Bay walk and trying to replace his offense with Cameron’s defense. Especially in Fenway, where there isn’t as big a difference between a great and good OF as there is in some more spacious outfields.
randy
Their biggest blunder was ticking Tex. off so he wouldn’t sign with them.
“Even though it would be nice if Vazquez gets straightened out I think they could fill that spot without to much difficulty, either from within or via a trade.”
maine yankee-
i agree, but it would be kind of a shame considering he was looking to be a solid at least #3 type pitcher who would give lots of innings plus he’s costing 10 million which isn’t chicken feed.
lets just sit back and watch him pitch for another month and if he’s still bad , we’ll go after him like my maine relatives go after a moose who wanders past their kitchen window in hunting season
( actually i don’t think it has to be hunting season for them)
Also, Beckett is highly overrated, at least in reg season play. He is basically AJ Burnett, performance-wise. Good, sometimes vert good, but pretty much a #2 pitcher. Lackey is a # 2 or 3, Lester is a #2, maybe a budding #1. Everybody else is a wildcard, but the team was built on what was supposed to be 4 #1 starters, not 3 #2s and then who knows.
What the Sox don’t have is Derek Jeter. His legend continues to grow. Andy put it best in his quote above. Everytime Derek does something like he did yesterday, I say enjoy it because it can’t last forever. Feels like I’ve been saying that since 1996.
Did anyone notice the wave being done right behind home plate last night?
Yuck.
randy
People in Maine don’t do that.
“Amazing how the childish Brian Heyman think Javy Vazquez needs to pitch better to silence critics.
How childish a thought of him.
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It is.
Javy Vazquez needs to pitch better because that’s his job – to pitch well enough to help the Yankees wins.
To “silence his critics” is both superfluous and redundant.
How “fans” and the media respond to Vazquez is entirely beside the point.
I don’t care if Abner Doubleday tweeted it, it’s a stupid sentiment and I’m surprised you don’t recognize that fact.
“Alex over Rose, Jetes over Concepcion, Morgan over Cano and Tex/Tony Perez is a push.”
IDK that I would be so quick to take Morgan over Cano. Morgan had just 1 year with power numbers better than Cano, and maybe not even that after this year. Also, Morgan had just 2 years of over .300, and was .270 career.
If you are talking overall career vs career, Morgan gets the nod. But, if we are talking about one season, each in their prime, it is at least a push. I know Morgan is a HOF, but Cano is that good. I have been saying for a while that if Cano just puts up his career avgs in all categories for another 10-15 years(easier said than done), he is a HOF. That is not even accounting for improvement or the way he is playing thus far this year.
Mark in Tampa…and Clay Buchholz isn’t a buddinh #1…
As for the RS this year, I agree with SJ…very reminiscing of those 07-08 Yankees’ teams. However, it won’t be reported that way, Papi will be run out of town, sooner or later Paplebon will become a victim, and no one will take the Boy Wonder to task….funny how the media works that way.
In regards to Javy…all I want to see is a competitive attitude out there on the mound. I want to see the guy who racks up innings, while keeping his team in the game.
Phil Columbus May 1st, 2010 at 9:39 am
What the Sox don?t have is Derek Jeter. His legend continues to grow. Andy put it best in his quote above. Everytime Derek does something like he did yesterday, I say enjoy it because it can?t last forever. Feels like I?ve been saying that since 1996.
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Their Jeter (Nomar) got run out of town.
Doreen
I saw the wave last night. Tried to forget it.
Listening to Ozzie Guillen is what I would imagine CR9 would sound like if handed a microphone.
There may be an iota of sense in there, but it’s surrounded by so much rambling insanity that you can only think, “This guy is nuts!”
Joe Morgan is a HOF player. Robinson Cano isn’t that player yet.
You can’t compare power numbers because the eras were different.
Let’s hope Cano becomes as good a player as Morgan was.
He’s not there yet by a longshot.
“People in Maine don’t do that.”
not at least when they could get caught
Wow it must have been the Special K with Strawberries I ate right before bed because I had the craziest dream last night! I dreamed that
1. The Yankees won
2. The Sux lost to the Orioles in extra innings
3. The Rays lost to KC
4. The Jays pounded the A’s
5. The AL West was separated by 1/2 game, with two teams tied for 1st and the other two 1/2 game out.
and this was the craziest one of all
6. The Washington Nationals were in 2ND PLACE IN THE NL EAST, ONLY ONE GAME OUT OF FIRST PLACE
Remind me not to eat right before bed anymore! Uh, what? It wasn’t a dr…?
YOWZA!!! Especially to number 6.
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Every day I get an inspirational email sent to me through some on-line evangelical organization. Part of it is a quotation from Charles Spurgeon. Here’s today’s quotation:
“There is nothing too great for us to ask for or for God to grant.”
I was wondering if that included getting Javy a win today and straightened out for the future. Just in case this is a busy request day, I’ll mojo with the food I bought from thebona fide Puerto Rican restaurant!
Can you hear it? The silence of all the Gardner bashers.
Heavy. What Eric Gagne ever did, or what anyone ever did with the Regular Season Total Save Stat at home (which is a meaningless and deceptive stat quoted on its own ) is irrelevant to what Rivera does. Rivera’s name should never be mentioned in the same sentence as Gagne. Good grief.
Is the glove being used my the Boston Red Sox catcher, Victor Martinez, a first baseman’s mitt? He is currently catching Tim Wakefield. If it is a first baseman’s mitt, is it legal to use?