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Well that wasn't pretty, but who cares? The Yankees have now beaten the Red Sox in 2009!
(Ok, hold the parade.)
Joba was a mess, he could not find the strikezone. In his defense, he was pitching for the first time in eight days.
Posada made a bonehead play not sliding into home, but he certainly made up for it later.
But the biggest key to me is the fact that the Red Sox went 3-for-21 with runners in scoring position. That's a stunning number and it shows you that the Yankees were lucky to escape with an easy game last night. Ortiz alone left nine runners on. That won't keep happening and the Yankees are going to have to pitch a lot better than that if they are going to keep winning games this weekend.
Round 2 tonight at 7pm.
Comments
It's obvious the teams are miles apart, not is pure talent, but in readiness for the stretch run.
The Yankees survived early season problems (Wang, Arod, Posada) and are seemingly healthy for the stretch.
The RedSox are a mess health wise. Dice-K, Wakefield, Bay, Drew, Lowrie and Lowell all are out or playing well below 100%.
They still have weapons but are misfiring so often in big situations that it cannot be made up for in volume of weapons because of the injuries.
Being healthy this time of year is obviously important. If Wake/Drew/Bay can get healthier for the stretch it could be a fun run, if they continue to flounder and visit the DL/bench for whole games then the Sox could easily fall out of wildcard/division races.
Honestly didn't see this coming a few weeks ago, there was no news of Wakefield, Drew or Bay injuries at the break. Either something weird happened all at once or the Sox have very tight lips.
Posted by: blmeanie![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://yankeesredsox.com/nav-commenters.gif)
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August 7, 2009 09:54 AM
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The "uh oh" things that I noticed about Joba were that he was back to shaking off the Cs signs and slowing the game down again.
Catch it, nod once, throw it.
Posted by: Mitchell![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://yankeesredsox.com/nav-commenters.gif)
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August 7, 2009 03:10 PM
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The nerve of the young pitchers today at constantly shaking off the experienced catcher.
Buchholz does it non stop and has been told not to.
It rings of Laloosh and Crash Davis, except, with the stakes too high Varitek or Posada won't tip off the pitch to the hitter.
Would make for a great scandal though if something like that happened...
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August 7, 2009 04:14 PM
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Smoltz was just given DFA
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August 7, 2009 04:52 PM
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You beat me to it BL. I just think of that line Crash delivers at the mound.
"Don't think. Just throw."
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August 7, 2009 06:16 PM
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