Joe-Blow[s] Another One
Maybe it doesn't matter in the long run, but I just hate to see a game all but won get recklessly thrown away by Bumbles' stupid policies.
Yeah, I get why you want to rest Mo withan 8 1/2 game lead after he saved game one. But why wouldn't you warm him (or someone up) just in case you needed a last out. And while you're resting MO, can someone tell me why you'd go instead with the most overworked pitcher on the team , no, the most overworked pitcher in baseball? Proctor not only lost the game in embarrassing fashion, he threw over 30 pitches and now is presumably shot for tomorrow when we might well need him. Where the hell is Farnsworth; isn't sub-closing his role? And when it became apparent that the inning might get to Granderson, why not warm-up Meyers and let him do the only thing he knows how?
Chowder-threat or no chowder-threat, these games against Detroit are really important for October. If the Yankees swept the series, they would be in great position to not only secure home field advantage throughout the playoffs, but push the tigers out of first and into the Wild card. Wouldn't you rather face Detroit in a best of five series than Minnesota for example, with Santana, Loriano and Radke?
The Yankees were poised to win with only 3 hits. you don't throw away gift wins if you can help it. Plus, it's a shame to waste a really good outing from Wright, who kept them in the game into the seventh despite the anemic bats. He's ben awful lately as we know, but he deserved a win tonight.
Yeah, I get why you want to rest Mo withan 8 1/2 game lead after he saved game one. But why wouldn't you warm him (or someone up) just in case you needed a last out. And while you're resting MO, can someone tell me why you'd go instead with the most overworked pitcher on the team , no, the most overworked pitcher in baseball? Proctor not only lost the game in embarrassing fashion, he threw over 30 pitches and now is presumably shot for tomorrow when we might well need him. Where the hell is Farnsworth; isn't sub-closing his role? And when it became apparent that the inning might get to Granderson, why not warm-up Meyers and let him do the only thing he knows how?
Chowder-threat or no chowder-threat, these games against Detroit are really important for October. If the Yankees swept the series, they would be in great position to not only secure home field advantage throughout the playoffs, but push the tigers out of first and into the Wild card. Wouldn't you rather face Detroit in a best of five series than Minnesota for example, with Santana, Loriano and Radke?
The Yankees were poised to win with only 3 hits. you don't throw away gift wins if you can help it. Plus, it's a shame to waste a really good outing from Wright, who kept them in the game into the seventh despite the anemic bats. He's ben awful lately as we know, but he deserved a win tonight.
posted by joe valente | 9:39 PM
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Farnsworth claims he wanted to to pitch but that Torre deemed the stifness in his back made him unavailable.
I think your absolutely right that sentiment mixed with slavishness to managerial orthodoxy combined to convice the slow one to leave Proctor out there. After the failure to bring in Meyers, he should have bitten the bullet and brought in Mo to pitch to Monroe. While I didn't foresee the HR, I knew when Proctor walked Granderson, he was going to find a way to blow the lead.
As for Bruney, he strikes me as anothe Embree type: one pitch, very hard fastball, too little movement. That's why he can make batters look bad right before he gets beat by them.
The Yanks look to lose again today. They've alread left the bases loaded without scoring--the dreaded LOB--thanks to an unlucky at bat by Abreu, another awful at bat by AROD, and a still worse at bat by Cano.
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