For a moment, it looked as though AJ Burnett was going to give the Yankees the strong outing they desperately needed from him. Bengie Molina had other plans. With two outs in the top of the 6th, Burnett was one out away from giving the Yankees six strong. Something nobody believed Burnett could have done [...]
This afternoon I convinced myself that just because Cliff Lee was on the mound, it didn’t mean the Rangers had this game in the bag. How wrong I was. Cliff Lee pitched eight solid innings and an early mistake by Andy Pettitte allowed Texas to score two runs on a Josh Hamilton home run in [...]
The Yankees’ three-game sweep of the Twins allows the team to rest, and also allows the team to keep their pitching properly aligned on full rest for the ALCS, while the Rays and Rangers’ series goes to the max. Tuesday’s series deciding game between the Ray and Rangers will feature both teams’ number one starters. [...]
Yes, the Yankees are the defending World Series champions and yes, they have the highest payroll in baseball and are expected to win it all every year, but if the Yankees can pull out a title this year after stumbling down the stretch of the regular season, it will be a true accomplishment. The New [...]
Yes, Yankee fans know how bad AJ Burnett has struggled this season. His struggles, combined with Javy Vazquez’s struggles and Andy Pettitte’s injury, have left the Yankees starting rotation in disarray. After CC Sabathia, the rest of the staff is more or less a question mark, which includes Phil Hughes, who started off red-hot but [...]
The Yankees’ win over the Orioles Tuesday night has earned them the series win and that means they have won eight of their first nine series in 2010. It all starts with solid starting pitching, and even though Javy Vazquez has struggled, the other four starters have been phenomenal. Sabathia (4-1), Burnett (4-0), Pettitte (3-0), and [...]
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