The Yankees fell off a “Cliff”… Cliff Lee, that is! And Chase (“Muttley”) Utley hit two solo homers off CC Sabathia who, despite lack of command (…Or is that “control”? …No, I think it’s “command”! Darned if I can tell the difference!), pitched well for seven innings – surrendering only two runs.An amazing effort by Lee! What else can you say?!
The Bull Pen let us down late in the game, removing all hope for that patented late-inning Yankee comeback. What is wrong with Phil Hughes? Is it time for Joba Chamberlain to be the full-time “eighth inning guy”?
And, it’s time for the Yankees to divest themselves of Brian Bruney and Hideki Matsui!
Bruney simply can’t get the job done! Matsui is a DH who can’t run and can’t field!
That’s fine if Matsui’s at bats were the quality of the "One-Time, Allegedly Performance-Enhanced David Ortiz" – but they are NOT! He doesn’t hit home runs like “One-Time, Allegedly Performance-Enhanced David Ortiz”! Brett (“Gardy”) Gardner can also hit singles – but he can run them into doubles, stay out of inning-ending double plays, and score from second (even first, at times) on a hit!
One bright spot in all this… If Cliff Lee went a full nine-inning complete game, he probably can’t return on short rest!
Bring on Pedro!
1 comment:
Joe,
Amazingly, the Yankees appeared to be back on their heels last night. I didn't expect that.
We'll see how the diva pitches tonight.
Chris
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