One Atrocious Inning
10:30 pm
Why do Arod's errors always seem to allow big innings? When other players make errors, there a chance nothing will happen... but not with Arod. First he strikes out with men on 2nd & 3rd, with only 1 out. Then a huge error. It should have been a guy on 3rd with 2 outs. Instead it was 1st & 3rd with 0 outs. And that throw to Cano wasnt even close!
And the K in the 1st - that was a given as soon as Vazquez got 2 strikes. Why even pitch? Arod should just go back to the bench when the pitcher gets 2 strikes with men on base.
Moose really only should have given up 1 run. A hit batter and some bad luck allowed 4 runs to score.
Update 10:35
Isn't that Arod's MO: a deep flyball to the warning track.
10:39
And Giambi picks him up. Great baserunning by Abreu. I know it was a HR but as soon as it was hit Abreu was running full speed, thinking it was a double. He was right, it was a hit, but over the wall.
10:43
ok, Wilson is obviously lost against vazquez. 2 k, 2 ab. I would pinch hit for him next time if Vazquez is still pitching. At least we cut the lead in half. Now Mussina's gotta hold it there (or should I say the defense?).
11:00
Boston lost again to KC! Wheeew... that makes the Yanks game much less pressing. Wow! Getting swept by the worst team in baseball. Thank you KC.
11:13
Good abs by abreu & arod, but giambi's first 2 pitches were hittable. When he's on, that first pitch is a grand slam. 9 guys lob already through 4.
12:01
so Arod again fails with 1 out, guy on 3rd. If he had come through both times, as any ML hitter (nevermind the cleanup hitter) should, the game would be tied. Like I said earlier, I have more confidence in Miguel Cairo coming through with 1 out, guy on 3rd than I do with Arod. Giambi's K didnt help either. 13 lob through 6.
12:09
Thanks to that goddam 2-2 call on Anderson, Chicago puts up another run... What a gun by Posada!
12:16
Nice shot Melky! That was crushed. Lesson for Arod: That's how you atone for a costly error.
1:02
If not for that one horrible inning, the Yanks might be celebrating a win tonight. Chicago got lucky. The Yanks hit 3-14 with risp. What stands out the most? Arod's 0-4 with an E (& stranding 2 runners at 3rd w/ 1 out), and Posada's 0-5. I can lay off Jorge a bit because he crushed the ball his 1st ab (right at the CF), and threw out a baserunner.
Chicago 5-4
2*: Abreu, reached base 3/5 times, 2 sb
1: Giambi, 2-run HR & BB
1: Melky, 2-run HR, reached base 3/5 times, demoted 1* for the error
Why do Arod's errors always seem to allow big innings? When other players make errors, there a chance nothing will happen... but not with Arod. First he strikes out with men on 2nd & 3rd, with only 1 out. Then a huge error. It should have been a guy on 3rd with 2 outs. Instead it was 1st & 3rd with 0 outs. And that throw to Cano wasnt even close!
And the K in the 1st - that was a given as soon as Vazquez got 2 strikes. Why even pitch? Arod should just go back to the bench when the pitcher gets 2 strikes with men on base.
Moose really only should have given up 1 run. A hit batter and some bad luck allowed 4 runs to score.
Update 10:35
Isn't that Arod's MO: a deep flyball to the warning track.
10:39
And Giambi picks him up. Great baserunning by Abreu. I know it was a HR but as soon as it was hit Abreu was running full speed, thinking it was a double. He was right, it was a hit, but over the wall.
10:43
ok, Wilson is obviously lost against vazquez. 2 k, 2 ab. I would pinch hit for him next time if Vazquez is still pitching. At least we cut the lead in half. Now Mussina's gotta hold it there (or should I say the defense?).
11:00
Boston lost again to KC! Wheeew... that makes the Yanks game much less pressing. Wow! Getting swept by the worst team in baseball. Thank you KC.
11:13
Good abs by abreu & arod, but giambi's first 2 pitches were hittable. When he's on, that first pitch is a grand slam. 9 guys lob already through 4.
12:01
so Arod again fails with 1 out, guy on 3rd. If he had come through both times, as any ML hitter (nevermind the cleanup hitter) should, the game would be tied. Like I said earlier, I have more confidence in Miguel Cairo coming through with 1 out, guy on 3rd than I do with Arod. Giambi's K didnt help either. 13 lob through 6.
12:09
Thanks to that goddam 2-2 call on Anderson, Chicago puts up another run... What a gun by Posada!
12:16
Nice shot Melky! That was crushed. Lesson for Arod: That's how you atone for a costly error.
1:02
If not for that one horrible inning, the Yanks might be celebrating a win tonight. Chicago got lucky. The Yanks hit 3-14 with risp. What stands out the most? Arod's 0-4 with an E (& stranding 2 runners at 3rd w/ 1 out), and Posada's 0-5. I can lay off Jorge a bit because he crushed the ball his 1st ab (right at the CF), and threw out a baserunner.
Chicago 5-4
2*: Abreu, reached base 3/5 times, 2 sb
1: Giambi, 2-run HR & BB
1: Melky, 2-run HR, reached base 3/5 times, demoted 1* for the error
Thursday August 10, 2006 - 10:33pm (EDT)
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