Three quick items to end the night: In 8 IP, Andy Pettitte was perfect for 6 2/3 of them until a Jerry Hairston Jr. error and a Nick Markakis single ultimately ended the fun. Andy was still stellar, though, striking out 8 and giving up 1 ER on 2 hits (0 BB). The Yankee offense, [...]
Via Marc Carig, we learn that the Yankees have acquired Freddy Guzman (not Christian Guzman) from the Orioles for a PTBNL. Guzman’s wheels appear to be his best asset, as his offense is extremely limited (I use that phrase kindly). Carig notes that Guzman will head to Scranton. Also, from Jon Heyman, we learn that [...]
Baltimore Orioles: 54-77, 5th in the AL East.
Pitching match-ups:
Game 1: Andy Pettitte vs. Jeremy Guthrie
Game 2: A.J. Burnett vs. David Hernandez
Game 3: CC Sabathia vs. Jason Berken
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From Darren Rovell: Those expecting to hear of a price gouge for Yankees postseason tickets might be surprised. It’s not coming. CNBC has seen the final face value prices that the Yankees submitted to Major League Baseball and increases will be much smaller than the jump season ticket holders saw for home games played at [...]
Is it too much to ask for a seven-game sweep this week? Obviously we’re bound to lose at least one of these games, but the way the Yankees have been playing, they really should go 6-1, and honestly, I’ll be pretty disappointed if they don’t go 7-0, because you know the Red Sox absolutely would [...]
With the new and improved Joba Rules now in place, the Yankees have a plan to keep Joba Chamberlain on regular rest while limiting his innings. Let’s look at the remainder of his scheduled starts and try to determine what that plan might be. It seems evident that Joba’s limit is somewhere around 160 innings, [...]
One of the benefits of a nice long vacation is that you miss some of the daily minutae, especially when covering a game/team on an almost-daily basis. Sometimes it’s good to step away, regroup. Then I had a chance to see a small part of yesterday’s game and I was confused all over again. The Joba Rules must be written in pencil. Lightly, as they seem to be changing after each outing.
We had family over yesterday, helping us celebrate our triumphant return, so my focus was muted. When I looked up in the fourth inning and Joba was out of the game, I started to sweat. What happened? How badly is he hurt? What’d I miss? Evidently nothing, as the Joba Rules now call for him to pitch 3 innings for the next few starts before ramping back up to a whopping 5 innings as the season comes to a close.
He was not injured, nor was he in any particular trouble on the mound. But Manager Joe Girardi has a grand scheme to preserve Chamberlain’s arm for the playoffs a month from now. And on Sunday, that meant pulling him after three innings, regardless of the score.
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After so many mocked the new, safer, helmet a few weeks back, David Wright has agreed to become the first to wear it (even if he planned to wear it anyways).
As David Wright prepares to come off the disabled list Tuesday, he plans to make good on his word. Even before he was struck on the helmet by a Matt Cain fastball on Aug. 8, he said he would wear the new extra-protective S100 helmet from Rawlings, no matter how it looked.
And he shall be… Kazoo!
At least someone’s willing to put his safety and common sense ahead of bravado…
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