Bronx, N.Y., August 30, 2009 — All around Yankee land, I’m sure there are a host of mildly disgruntled fans (how angry can you be with the best record in baseball?) patting themselves on the back smugly, opining that they were right all along. After all, if young Joba Chamberlain is to be sent out to the mound to pitch only three frames and toss the rock a mere 35 times, what is the difference from what he would have been doing had he been retained in the bullpen setup role so many of the rooting horde wanted for him? Thus is the state of things in the Bronx, where coming off a 5-1 homestand following up on a 7-3 road trip, the pinstriped passionate would rather talk about player decisions than revel in another win, this one an 8-3 drubbing of the White Sox that completed a three-game sweep. Continue reading FrankenYankees
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Bronx, N.Y., August 28, 2009 — Despite a stellar though short career playing on baseball’s biggest stage, young Robbie Cano appeared to be on the way to another of “those” nights in a rainy Yankee Stadium. Possessed of a solid glove and stellar arm, the Bombers’ second sacker fields his position and turns the dp as well as anyone. He is possessed of a sweet, line-drive swing to all fields, and his .313 ba going in give him an offensive number unmatched by anyone in Pinstripes this side of mvp candidate Derek Jeter. But. There’s a new-fangled number on a 2009 boxscore, pretty far down the line. It comes after doubles, triples, home runs, times at bat, rbi’s. Right after two-out rbi’s. “Runners left in scoring position, 2 out.” After nine innings, three players had made this ignominious list: Chicago’s Alex Rios, 1, Yankee Nick Swisher 1. And Robbie Cano 4. Continue reading [Long] Fly in the Ointment Bronx, N.Y., August 26, 2009 — Yankee veteran southpaw Andy Pettitte outdueled his much younger lefthanded counterpart, Derek Holland, Wednesday night in a 9-2 win over Texas in Yankee Stadium. Despite the fact that the Yanks jumped in front in this one early, the contest was in doubt much of the game, particularly given the 10-run comeback the Rangers had put up following an early Yankee lead on Tuesday. Continue reading Jorge, Hairston Hurt Holland Bronx, N.Y., August 8, 2009 — It was only fitting that titular Yankee ace CC Sabathia got the ball in the Bronx Saturday in Game Three of four against the Red Sox. The Yanks had just beaten the Sox two straight in games that couldn’t have been more different. They won Thursday, and drove John Smoltz out of Boston, perhaps even out of baseball, but certainly from the America League, with a bombastic 13-7, four-hour lathering. A day later in a game approaching six hours, they beat Boston 2-0 in 15, in a game where if the phrase “playoff atmosphere” didn’t fit like a baseball glove, it was only because this was better than most playoff baseball. Continue reading CC the Noun, and the Verb |
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