August 28, 2007
Last Night's Action: Hunting Moose?
- Tigers 16, Yankees 0: Needing a win to salvage a split in Detroit, the Yankees instead got a beating and left having lost three of the four games to the Tigers. Boston awaits New York for a three-game series that starts Tuesday, and the Yankees can't be blamed if they feel a sense of urgency. Mike Mussina has felt that way for a while now. The results, including Monday's performance against Detroit, haven't been pretty. He lasted three innings, gave up six runs, walked one and didn't record a strikeout. He also could have been done sooner if not for stellar defensive plays by Robinson Cano and Melky Cabrera in the first inning. Rumors have swirled that Mussina could be demoted from the rotation, but whom do the Yankees want to replace him? Kei Igawa? Jeff Karstens? Chase Wright? Mussina may be skipped as off-days allow, but Joe Torre probably won't use someone else in the veteran's stead.
- Phillies 9, Mets 2: Good thing the Mets have a cushion over the Phillies. This way, they can start someone like Brian Lawrence and not bat an eyelash. Lawrence got rocked -- not Mussina rocked but still beaten up -- and the Mets dropped the first of four in Philadelphia. Not to worry; they're still five up in the National League East.
- A late-season 10-game road trip for the Mets usually means the U.S. Open is underway. Venus and Serena Williams cruised to first-round wins under the lights on a night when the United States Tennis Association honored Althea Gibson on the 50th anniversary of her U.S. Open title. During the day, Roger Federer advanced but Marcos Baghdatis fell to Max Mirnyi.
- Staten Island 2, Lowell 1: Justin Snyder doubled in the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth as the Baby Bombers took care of the Spinners. If only the big-league club could take care of another certain team from Massachusetts.
- Cyclones 7, Lake Monsters 6: The game remained scoreless until Brooklyn finally scored a run in the sixtth. The two teams then exploded for 12 runs in the next two innings and Brooklyn held off an eighth-inning rally by Vermont for the win.
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Yankees are toast. They have to pray the Mariners falter on their upcoming road trip against mostly playoff bound teams. It's wild card or golf.
I don't think they are necessarily toast. The Mariners are playing the Angels and the Tigers on their road trip, which isn't exactly a walk in the park.
and we also have Pettitte against Dice-K tonight and Clemens against Beckett tomorrow (that one will be tough).
Yay Tigers!
A fall without the Yankees in the playoffs ..!
Last week, following the Yankees debacle versus the Angels, we hypothesized that that series was a turning point in the season. We discussed the possibility that the Yankees could pitch Wang and Chamberlain every day. We discussed Clemens' age and inconsistency. Conclusion after the Tigers series: toast. Cash will have to rebuild the pitching rotation. He just doesn't have enough talent in the minors to stock both the starting rotation and the pen. Moose, Clemens, Hughes and Henn are history.
I have one complaint about Torre: he should be playing each game as if it were a playoff game.
If your pitcher is off and gives up three runs, time to go to a long reliever. I blame Torre for sticking with his pitchers too long.
Hughes is definitely not history and they can't pitch Joba every day because of the "rules" for Joba - they want him to have a long career as a Yankee.
Hughes SHOULD be history for this year. They should save his arm and have him work with Guidry for the future. It is painful to watch such a talented pitcher being fed to the lions. As for my comment regarding Wang and Joba...obviously I was being facetious: rules or not, you can't pitch these guys daily.
The Yankees are offensively awesome (on paper and, three games out of four, on the field). Their pitching needs to be rebuilt.
unfortunately a fall without the yankees in the playoffs means that espn will be focusing on football exclusively throughout october.