I've ALWAYS been a Joe Torre supporter, but I felt it was time for a change prior to this season. Tonight's game only further solidified my thinking. It's time for Joe Torre's tenure as Yankees manager to end. The Yankees blew a 6-2 lead thanks to Torre's over managing and mismanaging. Not just tonight, but in the games leading up to tonight.
Mariano Rivera blew last Sunday's game against Oakland. It happens. Mo is human. But he hadn't pitched in 4 days and wasn't used in either extra inning game on Friday or Saturday.
Mo blew a game again tonight.
Why? Because he couldn't locate his pitches.
Why? Because Torre hadn't used him since last SUNDAY!!!
Torre is afraid of stressing Mo's arm after the elbow issues he had late last season. So instead of overusing him, he's underusing him at the expense of the rest of the pen.
Scott Proctor pitched tonight for the 10th time in 15 games.
Luis Vizcaino pitched tonight for the 10th time in 15 games.
Torre has absolutely no clue how to work his bullpen any more (many will argue that he never did). Clueless to Genius Back to Clueless again. Brian Cashman gets a share of my wrath too for assembling a shambles of a starting staff and a strength and conditioning coach who doesn't know what he's doing.
Torre also panicked in bringing Mo in early in the 8th as well, but I'll give him a pass on that one. What's worse is keeping one-note Johnny, Mike Myers around. His double to David Ortiz got the ball rolling in the 8th.
Oh and constantly pinch-running for Giambi late is moronic. You've got the lead Joe, there' s no need to steal a base. It's not a defensive replacement. More over managing.
The final kicker in all this is that SuperJerk Schilling gets off the hook.
~~~
He will, He will, Rock you
Another magnificent performance by Alex Rodriguez will already be forgotten in this one. 2 more HRs and 4 more RBI to the total. He's now hit 12 in 15 games to match Mike Schmidt for the best start.
Also lost in this game was another very good outing for Andy Pettitte. Pettitte has watched both of his potential victories fall away in a Mo meltdown.
~~~
That's all for now before I have a meltdown.
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Friday, April 20, 2007
Sox Overcome Torre, 7-6
I've ALWAYS been a Joe Torre supporter, but I felt it was time for a change prior to this season. Tonight's game only further solidified my thinking. It's time for Joe Torre's tenure as Yankees manager to end. The Yankees blew a 6-2 lead thanks to Torre's over managing and mismanaging. Not just tonight, but in the games leading up to tonight.
Mariano Rivera blew last Sunday's game against Oakland. It happens. Mo is human. But he hadn't pitched in 4 days and wasn't used in either extra inning game on Friday or Saturday.
Mo blew a game again tonight.
Why? Because he couldn't locate his pitches.
Why? Because Torre hadn't used him since last SUNDAY!!!
Torre is afraid of stressing Mo's arm after the elbow issues he had late last season. So instead of overusing him, he's underusing him at the expense of the rest of the pen.
Scott Proctor pitched tonight for the 10th time in 15 games.
Luis Vizcaino pitched tonight for the 10th time in 15 games.
Torre has absolutely no clue how to work his bullpen any more (many will argue that he never did). Clueless to Genius Back to Clueless again. Brian Cashman gets a share of my wrath too for assembling a shambles of a starting staff and a strength and conditioning coach who doesn't know what he's doing.
Torre also panicked in bringing Mo in early in the 8th as well, but I'll give him a pass on that one. What's worse is keeping one-note Johnny, Mike Myers around. His double to David Ortiz got the ball rolling in the 8th.
Oh and constantly pinch-running for Giambi late is moronic. You've got the lead Joe, there' s no need to steal a base. It's not a defensive replacement. More over managing.
The final kicker in all this is that SuperJerk Schilling gets off the hook.
~~~
He will, He will, Rock you
Another magnificent performance by Alex Rodriguez will already be forgotten in this one. 2 more HRs and 4 more RBI to the total. He's now hit 12 in 15 games to match Mike Schmidt for the best start.
Also lost in this game was another very good outing for Andy Pettitte. Pettitte has watched both of his potential victories fall away in a Mo meltdown.
~~~
That's all for now before I have a meltdown.
Mariano Rivera blew last Sunday's game against Oakland. It happens. Mo is human. But he hadn't pitched in 4 days and wasn't used in either extra inning game on Friday or Saturday.
Mo blew a game again tonight.
Why? Because he couldn't locate his pitches.
Why? Because Torre hadn't used him since last SUNDAY!!!
Torre is afraid of stressing Mo's arm after the elbow issues he had late last season. So instead of overusing him, he's underusing him at the expense of the rest of the pen.
Scott Proctor pitched tonight for the 10th time in 15 games.
Luis Vizcaino pitched tonight for the 10th time in 15 games.
Torre has absolutely no clue how to work his bullpen any more (many will argue that he never did). Clueless to Genius Back to Clueless again. Brian Cashman gets a share of my wrath too for assembling a shambles of a starting staff and a strength and conditioning coach who doesn't know what he's doing.
Torre also panicked in bringing Mo in early in the 8th as well, but I'll give him a pass on that one. What's worse is keeping one-note Johnny, Mike Myers around. His double to David Ortiz got the ball rolling in the 8th.
Oh and constantly pinch-running for Giambi late is moronic. You've got the lead Joe, there' s no need to steal a base. It's not a defensive replacement. More over managing.
The final kicker in all this is that SuperJerk Schilling gets off the hook.
~~~
He will, He will, Rock you
Another magnificent performance by Alex Rodriguez will already be forgotten in this one. 2 more HRs and 4 more RBI to the total. He's now hit 12 in 15 games to match Mike Schmidt for the best start.
Also lost in this game was another very good outing for Andy Pettitte. Pettitte has watched both of his potential victories fall away in a Mo meltdown.
~~~
That's all for now before I have a meltdown.
Yankees vs. Boston Preview
3 Game Series
The Red Sox will be sending out their 3 guns, while the Yankees have their old reliable rifle and 2 starter pistols. But you never know.
Friday - Andy Pettitte vs. Curt Schilling
Saturday - Jeff Karstens vs. Josh Beckett
Sunday - Chase Wright vs. Dice-K
It took 14 games before Manny Ramirez finally hit one out of the park. Ramirez's HR tied the Jays up in the 8th yesterday, and the Sox went on to win in the 9th. Manny being Manny meant admiring his home run for a good 10 seconds or more before his walk broke out into a trot. Why doesn't anyone ever put one in this guy's ear? Manny has just reached the .200 level.
The Sox are getting solid starting pitcher so far, but their bats have been asleep. Hopefully they stay that way this weekend.
David Ortiz got off to a slow start, but Big Papi now has 5 HR and 13 RBI to go along with a .288 average.
Kevin Youkillis (.235), Jason Varitek (.189), Dustin Pedroia (.167), and Coco Crisp (.167) are all off to horrendous starts. On the other hand, J.D. Drew, who meaning talking heads feel will melt in the NY-Boston spotlight, has been hitting a torrid .341 with 8 walks.
The Sox bullpen has been a big worry to the team and understandably so. After failing to find a closer in spring training, the Sox restored Jon Papelbon to that role. That also meant, for the moment, moving Julian Tavarez, into the starting rotation. Mike Timlin has just returned from a strained oblique muscle, and is still struggling to find his way.
~~~
This little news item was barely noticeable yesterday. Humberto Sanchez underwent Tommy John surgery and is out for the rest of the year and part of next year. I happened to see a blurb about this on Rotoworld yesterday. But no mention during the radio broadcast of the game, or on any local radio sports updates.
Brian Cashman claims that no evidence of the ligament issue showed up on any scans, but became quite clear when Dr. James Andrews opened Sanchez's elbow up.
Mr. MRI himself, Carl Pavano, was found to have inflammation in his elbow and won't be back any time soon.
The Red Sox will be sending out their 3 guns, while the Yankees have their old reliable rifle and 2 starter pistols. But you never know.
Friday - Andy Pettitte vs. Curt Schilling
Saturday - Jeff Karstens vs. Josh Beckett
Sunday - Chase Wright vs. Dice-K
It took 14 games before Manny Ramirez finally hit one out of the park. Ramirez's HR tied the Jays up in the 8th yesterday, and the Sox went on to win in the 9th. Manny being Manny meant admiring his home run for a good 10 seconds or more before his walk broke out into a trot. Why doesn't anyone ever put one in this guy's ear? Manny has just reached the .200 level.
The Sox are getting solid starting pitcher so far, but their bats have been asleep. Hopefully they stay that way this weekend.
David Ortiz got off to a slow start, but Big Papi now has 5 HR and 13 RBI to go along with a .288 average.
Kevin Youkillis (.235), Jason Varitek (.189), Dustin Pedroia (.167), and Coco Crisp (.167) are all off to horrendous starts. On the other hand, J.D. Drew, who meaning talking heads feel will melt in the NY-Boston spotlight, has been hitting a torrid .341 with 8 walks.
The Sox bullpen has been a big worry to the team and understandably so. After failing to find a closer in spring training, the Sox restored Jon Papelbon to that role. That also meant, for the moment, moving Julian Tavarez, into the starting rotation. Mike Timlin has just returned from a strained oblique muscle, and is still struggling to find his way.
~~~
This little news item was barely noticeable yesterday. Humberto Sanchez underwent Tommy John surgery and is out for the rest of the year and part of next year. I happened to see a blurb about this on Rotoworld yesterday. But no mention during the radio broadcast of the game, or on any local radio sports updates.
Brian Cashman claims that no evidence of the ligament issue showed up on any scans, but became quite clear when Dr. James Andrews opened Sanchez's elbow up.
Mr. MRI himself, Carl Pavano, was found to have inflammation in his elbow and won't be back any time soon.
Yankees vs. Boston Preview
3 Game Series
The Red Sox will be sending out their 3 guns, while the Yankees have their old reliable rifle and 2 starter pistols. But you never know.
Friday - Andy Pettitte vs. Curt Schilling
Saturday - Jeff Karstens vs. Josh Beckett
Sunday - Chase Wright vs. Dice-K
It took 14 games before Manny Ramirez finally hit one out of the park. Ramirez's HR tied the Jays up in the 8th yesterday, and the Sox went on to win in the 9th. Manny being Manny meant admiring his home run for a good 10 seconds or more before his walk broke out into a trot. Why doesn't anyone ever put one in this guy's ear? Manny has just reached the .200 level.
The Sox are getting solid starting pitcher so far, but their bats have been asleep. Hopefully they stay that way this weekend.
David Ortiz got off to a slow start, but Big Papi now has 5 HR and 13 RBI to go along with a .288 average.
Kevin Youkillis (.235), Jason Varitek (.189), Dustin Pedroia (.167), and Coco Crisp (.167) are all off to horrendous starts. On the other hand, J.D. Drew, who meaning talking heads feel will melt in the NY-Boston spotlight, has been hitting a torrid .341 with 8 walks.
The Sox bullpen has been a big worry to the team and understandably so. After failing to find a closer in spring training, the Sox restored Jon Papelbon to that role. That also meant, for the moment, moving Julian Tavarez, into the starting rotation. Mike Timlin has just returned from a strained oblique muscle, and is still struggling to find his way.
~~~
This little news item was barely noticeable yesterday. Humberto Sanchez underwent Tommy John surgery and is out for the rest of the year and part of next year. I happened to see a blurb about this on Rotoworld yesterday. But no mention during the radio broadcast of the game, or on any local radio sports updates.
Brian Cashman claims that no evidence of the ligament issue showed up on any scans, but became quite clear when Dr. James Andrews opened Sanchez's elbow up.
Mr. MRI himself, Carl Pavano, was found to have inflammation in his elbow and won't be back any time soon.
The Red Sox will be sending out their 3 guns, while the Yankees have their old reliable rifle and 2 starter pistols. But you never know.
Friday - Andy Pettitte vs. Curt Schilling
Saturday - Jeff Karstens vs. Josh Beckett
Sunday - Chase Wright vs. Dice-K
It took 14 games before Manny Ramirez finally hit one out of the park. Ramirez's HR tied the Jays up in the 8th yesterday, and the Sox went on to win in the 9th. Manny being Manny meant admiring his home run for a good 10 seconds or more before his walk broke out into a trot. Why doesn't anyone ever put one in this guy's ear? Manny has just reached the .200 level.
The Sox are getting solid starting pitcher so far, but their bats have been asleep. Hopefully they stay that way this weekend.
David Ortiz got off to a slow start, but Big Papi now has 5 HR and 13 RBI to go along with a .288 average.
Kevin Youkillis (.235), Jason Varitek (.189), Dustin Pedroia (.167), and Coco Crisp (.167) are all off to horrendous starts. On the other hand, J.D. Drew, who meaning talking heads feel will melt in the NY-Boston spotlight, has been hitting a torrid .341 with 8 walks.
The Sox bullpen has been a big worry to the team and understandably so. After failing to find a closer in spring training, the Sox restored Jon Papelbon to that role. That also meant, for the moment, moving Julian Tavarez, into the starting rotation. Mike Timlin has just returned from a strained oblique muscle, and is still struggling to find his way.
~~~
This little news item was barely noticeable yesterday. Humberto Sanchez underwent Tommy John surgery and is out for the rest of the year and part of next year. I happened to see a blurb about this on Rotoworld yesterday. But no mention during the radio broadcast of the game, or on any local radio sports updates.
Brian Cashman claims that no evidence of the ligament issue showed up on any scans, but became quite clear when Dr. James Andrews opened Sanchez's elbow up.
Mr. MRI himself, Carl Pavano, was found to have inflammation in his elbow and won't be back any time soon.
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