Three games out
Three games out of first place and three and a half ahead of the bad guys. This isn't a Yankees blog, but I think that it's prescient to talk about what the Yanks have been going through. Currently at 11-16 and fighting Tampa Bay for last place, the Yanks lost again last night to the D-Rays. With a horrible performance by Brown, that puts the Evil Empire two games up on the Rays.
Steinbrenner and Cashman, scared after their first losing April since 1991 revamped their roster by hoping to instill some new blood with rookies and removing the aging Bernie Williams from the outfield. While I see what they're trying to do here by adding some youth, its their pitching that has the most woes. If the Yanks can't lead going into the second, then all they do is hope for the longball. A good article from the NYPost can be found here http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/23698.htm. Think they're sounding the alarms yet in nyc?
Onto the Sox. Without Wells - who you know how I feel about - and Schilling, the Sox current rotation is based on Wakefield (with his new contract), Clement, Arroyo, Jeremi Gonzalez (who seems like he has big K potential) and John Halama, who won last night. Its actually not a bad rotation when you think about it. On the Braves, this pitching staff would have three twenty game winners and one fifteen. Add Miller into the rotation as soon as Sunday, and you have a pretty strong staff. Although he won't be in top form until June, this guy has big potential. Expect 16, 17 wins in May.
Tonight: Wakefield takes the mound against Nate Robertson. Look for Wakefield to flirt with a no hitter threw four, Robertson to suddenly find his placement of the ball, and Johnny Damon to carry us on his bat like he did in April. Red Sox 4, Tigers 1.
Nuff said.
Edit: Just found this neat little story on ESPN.com. Should give any true Sox fan a chuckle. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=klapisch_bob&id=2052859
Steinbrenner and Cashman, scared after their first losing April since 1991 revamped their roster by hoping to instill some new blood with rookies and removing the aging Bernie Williams from the outfield. While I see what they're trying to do here by adding some youth, its their pitching that has the most woes. If the Yanks can't lead going into the second, then all they do is hope for the longball. A good article from the NYPost can be found here http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/23698.htm. Think they're sounding the alarms yet in nyc?
Onto the Sox. Without Wells - who you know how I feel about - and Schilling, the Sox current rotation is based on Wakefield (with his new contract), Clement, Arroyo, Jeremi Gonzalez (who seems like he has big K potential) and John Halama, who won last night. Its actually not a bad rotation when you think about it. On the Braves, this pitching staff would have three twenty game winners and one fifteen. Add Miller into the rotation as soon as Sunday, and you have a pretty strong staff. Although he won't be in top form until June, this guy has big potential. Expect 16, 17 wins in May.
Tonight: Wakefield takes the mound against Nate Robertson. Look for Wakefield to flirt with a no hitter threw four, Robertson to suddenly find his placement of the ball, and Johnny Damon to carry us on his bat like he did in April. Red Sox 4, Tigers 1.
Nuff said.
Edit: Just found this neat little story on ESPN.com. Should give any true Sox fan a chuckle. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=klapisch_bob&id=2052859
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