It's now two days in a row the Yanks haven't lost. Of course, they haven't won either. ...or scored. If Teixeira, A-Rod & Cano don't start hitting with men on base, it's going to get very ugly. Teixeira is swinging at everything, as though he's trying to get the at-bat over with as soon as possible. A-Rod is still guessing and guessing wrong. When he does get his pitch, he's fouling it off. Cano's confidence is shot and he's expanded his strike zone. I'm sure they all know but you still have to hit the ball.
***IS KEN KAISER BACK?***
No, he isn't, but he's not needed as long as we have Bob, Don't-You-Question-Me, Davidson. Bob racked up two Rays last night, Carl Crawford & Joe Maddon, for arguing balls & strikes. You can only say so much to these 'sensitive' guys, so it's no surprise they both had a short night. Davidson provoked it by gettting right up in Crawfords face, ala Earl Weaver. Crew chief Tim Tschida saw it the other way, of course.
***MORE FIGHTS***
I mentioned a couple a rifts the other day, but these were mild compared to some of the more famous battles in the past. Follow the link and see Jason Turbow's 11 top confrontations. He only has Billy Martin listed three times and 11 wouldn't even cover Billy's career, but you have to draw the line somewhere.
http://thebaseballcodes.com/2010/05/25/cant-we-just-all-get-along/
***HE'S NOT IN IT FOR HIS SPEED, BUT...***
The Tampa Bay Rays are a little upset about David Ortiz's tortuous home run trot. John Maddon tried to make light of it, saying, "Yeah, he's lost some speed," but some of the other Rays weren't so forgiving. According to wezen-ball.com, Big Papi's "run" took 30.59 seconds on their 'Tater Trot Tracker,' tops in the league so far. I don't believe this: Tater Trot Tracker. They actually keep track of how fast people run out home runs? Somebody needs to get a life. ...and me too!
***HOW STATISTICS LIE***
Picasner (and, I suppose, Girardi) have been complaining that the Yanks are not hitting with men on base, but other teams are having their share of troubles, too. For all my complaints, the Yanks actually lead the Majors in runs/game at 5.6. That figures out to over 900 runs for the season. The Seattle Mariner's average (3.5) projects to 567 runs (sorry Dwight). Not that it helps the Mariners at all, but they aren't the lowest...not even close. The Houston Astro's are pounding home plate at a whopping 2.95 runs per game, or 478 runs for the season. No wonder Roy Oswalt wants out.
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