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No matter how bad the Yankees pitching is, or will be, I take solace in the fact that we will NEVER have to run Pat Hentgen out on the mound. Last night was a perfect example of horrible pitching. Unfortunately, Javier Vazquez was once again only mediocre in his performance. On this night though it was good enough to beat the Blue Jays 10-3.
Hentgen lasted only two and two-thirds innings, giving up eight earned runs, seven hits, four walks and striking out zero. Vazquez managed to go six innings, giving up nine hits, three earned runs, two walks and four strikeouts. Felix Heredia, Juan Padilla and Paul Quantrill finished off the game, without allowing another Blue Jays run and allowing only two more hits.
Derek Jeter and Jason Giambi were both out of the game. Jeter with a broken wrist (but he can play on Thursday)and Giambi with an unidentified illness. Giambi went through his pre-game routine, felt exhausted and went to the hospital were he was tested for cancer. Fortunately, all tests cam back negative. However, Giambi is still not healthy enough to play.
Bernie Williams, Miguel Cairo, Gary Sheffield and Jorge Posada led the hit parade. Cairo was 3-4, with a double, a run scored and an RBI (batting in the two-hole). Williams, batting lead-off, went 2-5 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI. Posada went 2-4 with 2 RBI and Gary Sheffield launched another long home run into left field to drive in three. Does Sheffield realize he is playing with a bum shoulder? He announced on Monday that he was playing in pain and the shoulder is getting worse. Since then, he has hit 3 home runs in three games. Gothamist wishes our shoulder hurt like Sheffield's, becayse maybe then, we would be hitting .800 in our softball league.
In an interesting side-bar to the game, Carlos Delgado, in quiet protest, went into the clubhouse for the singing of "God Bless America". He was quoted as saying it is his way to protest the war, amongst other things that the U.S. has done to his native Puerto Rico. New York fans were not sympathetic to Delgado's refusal to partake in this tradition. When he came up to bat, the crowd chanted "USA, USA". Delgado was 0-3 and is hitting .208 this year.
The Yankees play their second matinee of the week today at the Stadium at 1:05. Ted Lilly (7-7, 4.28) takes the mound for the Blue Jays. The Yankees will counter with Orlando Hernandez (2-0, 4.50). Tomorrow the Yankees travel to Boston to begin a three games series with the Red Sox. The Yankees currently have an 8 game lead over the Red Sox.
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i think what delgado is doing is fine. he's expressing his displeasure with the war and it's his right. fan's here or anywhere else have no right to disrespect that. i think god bless america has no place at baseball games.
see also, william rhoden's take on it.
"God Bless America" has nothing to do with the War. If you are American, or living in America, you should have enough respect to stand for the song. The Song is not pro-war, or Pro-Bush or anything political. It is a song sung out of respect for the greatest country in the world. You can protest in columns, you can voice your opinion on the radio, but you would NOT be able to do that if this country were not as grat as it is. So have some respect.
Not even counting the stupidity of interrupting a baseball game for something that has nothing to do with the game itself, God Bless America just seems like a bizarre song to me. Shouldn't God bless everyone? Is God American? I don't get it.
As for CTrain, why baseball players or fans be *forced* to show respect for their country. For many, respect is a private matter. Moreover, singing the national anthem before the game would seem to accomplish what you want.
Good for Delgado.
If the country is so bad that you can't stand for a song to pay respect then FUCKING leave! No one is forcing you to be here.
now those are the open arms that helped build this fine country we all love so much.
First of all this is America. We have certain "FREEDOMS". If what he is doing does not disrubt the game or physically hurt people, just forget about it. If we force players to do things that does not require a bat, ball or glove that just ain't right. I'm a huge Yankee fan and I bet if he waived his no trade clause and wanted to come to NYC, not many would be upset.
We shouldn't let this debate get off track--while "God Bless America" is arguably jingoistic, militaristic, and sexist, the MORE IMPORTANTLY fact is that it is a SHOW TUNE! And a bad one at that! It's not the National Anthem.
My sister (a veteran) and I like to be the first to the toilets during the seventh inning stretch, while everyone else is acting as if "God Bless America" is the National Anthem--it gets us back to our seats quickly enough to enjoy the real American tradition--singing "Take Me Out."
We are fiercely reverent toward the National Anthem, as is appropriate.