Saturday, July 16, 2011

I WAITED A WEEK FOR THIS?

***YANKS LOSE AGAIN***
Not only lose, but beaten soundly. Thursday, the Yanks lost 16-7. They hit okay, but the pitching was awful. I thought Colon was very tentative the short time he was in there and there is much speculation that he has re-injured himself or never completely healed in the first place. There should be some kind of announcement about that this weekend.
I read that the Blue Jays were stealing signs on Thursday. This is part of the game and even catcher Russell Martin said the only reason he was mad was because he didn't pick it up sooner. Maybe the Jays knew what was coming, but they still had to hit...and hit it they did.
Friday, the Yanks just didn't hit and when they did hit a ball hard, it was right at someone. They have two more games against Toronto and could salvage a split with Sabathia going today and Hughes on Sunday.
Eduardo Nunez can flat out hit. Annie-O will tell you that I've been saying that since the beginning of the season. This is a good thing, since with A-Rod out, they need every bat they can put in the lineup. So why is Nunez's name being put into every potential trade talk that you read about? People used to talk about how Boss George used to mortgage the future by trading his minor league talent for fading stars to foster his "win now" attitude. Now it's the NY sportswriters who are doing it. So far, Brian Cashman has ignored them, but the trade deadline is fast approaching.

***AROUND THE LEAGUE***
Luckily, Boston lost yesterday, too, and the immediate future doesn't look too bright for them, either. Their pitching lineup looks like this: Lackey (fading fast), Beckett (questionable health), Wakefield (What is he now, 80?), followed by Weiland & Miller (who?).
Don't look now, but who do you think is leading the NL Central? Why it's the Pittsburgh Pirates! I'll say it again: the Pirates. While the Cincinnati Reds and the St Louis Cardinals have been beating each other up with their two-year feud, the Pirates have climbed to 5 games over .500 and tied the Cards for first place, led by former Yankee Jeff Karstens.
The Giants have opened up a 4 1/2 game lead in the NL West, seemingly without scoring runs. They are currently 15th of 16 NL teams in runs scored, averaging about 3 1/2 runs per game. By contrast, the Yanks are averaging 5.1 runs per game (when they score at all).

***SORRY ABOUT THAT***
Picasner was quoted in the Rochester D & C today concerning the use of concealed weapons at Lambeau Field. I actually was quoting an item from Brad Dickson, but didn't label it well. I have let the parties involved know. I try to be very careful and attribute items to the proper people.

CP-

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