NOTES ON A SELF-EXECUTION
1. Turns out Proctor already walked in the winning run this year (against LA) and if WHIPs were restricted to walks, his would still be almost 1.oo. The lesson is he's a middle reliever who hasn't the control or the nerve to pitch with the game on the line. This isn't a question of overuse but of limited ability. Slow Joe should go with (an underused Mo) in such situations. The meat of the order was coming up in thwe 10th; Torre should have given them a chance to win the game.
2. Proctor would still have gotten out of trouble if instead of hotdogging his catch of the bunt, he had taken the opportunity for an easy double off at second, as Jorge was screaming at him to do. Of course, the O's first run came on the lackluster defense of Bobby Abreau. Last night, I should have said No Offense, No Bullpen, No Bench, No Glovework, No Chance. There are just so many things the Yanks do poorly (No bunting too).
3. As JBAUER says, they are wasting an explosive year by AROD. But they are also wasting Jeter's 345, 410 and Posada's 339, 405. Cano, Matsui, Abreau have all been terrible and Damon is turning into another Giambi, someone whose defense is so bad yopu can only DH him and whose rep as a hitter far exceeds his real proficiency.
4 Clemens-Bedard tonight. I say they lose again.
5 What do all of these people have in common: Torre, Cashman, Guidry, Mattingly, Abreau, Rivera, AROD, Nieves, Cairo,Damon, Giambi, Matsui, Farnsworth, Proctor, Mussina and Meyers?
2. Proctor would still have gotten out of trouble if instead of hotdogging his catch of the bunt, he had taken the opportunity for an easy double off at second, as Jorge was screaming at him to do. Of course, the O's first run came on the lackluster defense of Bobby Abreau. Last night, I should have said No Offense, No Bullpen, No Bench, No Glovework, No Chance. There are just so many things the Yanks do poorly (No bunting too).
3. As JBAUER says, they are wasting an explosive year by AROD. But they are also wasting Jeter's 345, 410 and Posada's 339, 405. Cano, Matsui, Abreau have all been terrible and Damon is turning into another Giambi, someone whose defense is so bad yopu can only DH him and whose rep as a hitter far exceeds his real proficiency.
4 Clemens-Bedard tonight. I say they lose again.
5 What do all of these people have in common: Torre, Cashman, Guidry, Mattingly, Abreau, Rivera, AROD, Nieves, Cairo,Damon, Giambi, Matsui, Farnsworth, Proctor, Mussina and Meyers?
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