8/21 Yankees at Angels.
12:28 a.m.
It's come to this: Mike Mussina simply does not seem like a serviceable Major League pitcher anymore. He had nothing tonight. His fastball was sitting somewhere in the mid-80s without any hint of movement, and his curveball was rolling to the plate, consistently settling somewhere in the middle of the zone. That translates into a lot of runs, quickly.
His line: 1.2 IP, 7H, 7R, 2BB and 1 K
That simply will not cut it down a crucial stretch run.
12:43 a.m.
18-5 in the 7th inning, this is a good ol' fashioned beatdown.
But....
Take solace, Yankees fans. This has happened before, and at the end of the tunnel the Bombers found quite a bit of light.
On July 4 of last year the Yankees got beat by Cleveland 19-1. How did they respond? By going 51-30 over the rest of the season and winning the AL East.
Whether or not that happens this year remains to be seen, but stats like this show that the season is not over. Not by a long shot.
1:29 a.m.
One thing that's been true of this team all year, they do not give up. Down 18-5, most teams would pack it in. The Yanks came up with four runs in the ninth, not nearly the 13 they needed, but an encouraging sign nonetheless.
Andy Pettitte, the Yankees' stopper goes tomorrow.
I'll be back with more of the same about tomorrow's game. Additionally, I will be posting about the 8th wonder of the world that is Joba Chamberlain.
It's come to this: Mike Mussina simply does not seem like a serviceable Major League pitcher anymore. He had nothing tonight. His fastball was sitting somewhere in the mid-80s without any hint of movement, and his curveball was rolling to the plate, consistently settling somewhere in the middle of the zone. That translates into a lot of runs, quickly.
His line: 1.2 IP, 7H, 7R, 2BB and 1 K
That simply will not cut it down a crucial stretch run.
12:43 a.m.
18-5 in the 7th inning, this is a good ol' fashioned beatdown.
But....
Take solace, Yankees fans. This has happened before, and at the end of the tunnel the Bombers found quite a bit of light.
On July 4 of last year the Yankees got beat by Cleveland 19-1. How did they respond? By going 51-30 over the rest of the season and winning the AL East.
Whether or not that happens this year remains to be seen, but stats like this show that the season is not over. Not by a long shot.
1:29 a.m.
One thing that's been true of this team all year, they do not give up. Down 18-5, most teams would pack it in. The Yanks came up with four runs in the ninth, not nearly the 13 they needed, but an encouraging sign nonetheless.
Andy Pettitte, the Yankees' stopper goes tomorrow.
I'll be back with more of the same about tomorrow's game. Additionally, I will be posting about the 8th wonder of the world that is Joba Chamberlain.
4 Comments:
Your optimism is hilarious and typical of a lockstep and clueless Yankees fan. Ever heard of pitching?
I have. I said nothing to the fact that the Yankees will make the playoffs nor did I note that they are doing particularly well.
All I did was note a statistic from last year and qualified it with the fact that it is just a stat and thus means virtually nothing.
Something I did do, however, was note that Mike Mussina has been godawful lately.
I also did so in between doing pages, so please excuse me if I did not go into complete detail of how terrible he has been.
nice to see the first poster tying his name to his comments, too. gotta love anonymous commenting.
good work on this Josh, hopefully it's a way to keep up on your writing skills and provide a bit more good coverage of the Yanks for your paper.
Even when you describe a terrible Yankee game, they still sound terrific. Couldn't tell you were a Yankee fan.
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