Comments on: Wang Again

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:11:22 +0000

[263] yeah there has always been a swath of yankee fans who don’t think much of wang.

Just to clarify my posts from yesterday. I like Wang…the pitcher.

I just thought that it was a mistake to start him today because his stamina was in question as a result of the way the Yankees mishandled his rehab assignment, and because Texas hasn’t been an optimal opponent for him.

I wish I had been wrong.

btw, I also wish that he could continue to build up stamina before he had to face the Sox.

In the mid- to long-term, I think he’ll be fine.

By: ms october

ms october — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:19:30 +0000

[260] yeah i have to tip my cap to him. he worked hard to go from a pitcher that had almost no control to a 300 game winner.

with that said a few caveats – he definitely was someone who got to 300 by hanging around. also, as i think i mentioned a couple of weeks ago when i mistakenly thought he was going for 300, i really wish moose could have been the guy who a lot of people thinks will be the last to 300. and lastly if you look like an ogre you shouldn’t behave like one too.

yeah there has always been a swath of yankee fans who don’t think much of wang.

sounds like a good win – and its very nice to have our ace going tomorrow.

By: Eddie Lee Whitson KO

Eddie Lee Whitson KO — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:17:26 +0000

[260] well said, Unit was never my fav, but you do have to tip your cap. Maybe it’s coz he started as a Nuke Laloush-type with SEA and then radically improved his control and expanded his repertoire later, I’ve always discounted him a bit (yes, even after the 01 WS); but in the cold light of day, what he did, in a hitters (enhanced) era of ball is most impressive. And that’s about all the nice things I can say about Randy Johnson!

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:53:56 +0000

[258] I am skeptical about Wang this season, but I agree that booing him is unnecessary.

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:38:02 +0000

Johnson’s done it, btw.

Not my favorite person in the world, but bravo. Well done.

300 wins=15 wins a season, no excuses, every season, rain or shine, run-support or no, for twenty years.

It’s truly an awesome feat.

By: Horace Clarke Era

Horace Clarke Era — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:32:15 +0000

[257] Jes Ol’ Hoss, moseyin’ along into the bar to have him a glass of that there FINE whiskey.

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:36:59 +0000

[256] I can’t believe they were booing Wang. Cut the guy some slack, he’s coming off an injury and hasn’t started a game in the MLs for six weeks, hasn’t started a game at all since he came up.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:26:38 +0000

[256] And there is your thread summary by…. by….
(anybody know this guy?)

By: Horace Clarke Era

Horace Clarke Era — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:12:39 +0000

Leche is More!

(Couldn’t resist.)

But yes, OYF, the boy should be running on those. Mind you, I’d agree it cleared the glove by a SOLID 12 inches. I’m not so quick to say Mo’s slipping … every pitcher, including godlike ones has shaky periods. Boston’s commentators have been all gloom and doom about Papelbon last two outings. There will, for sure, be a day when Mo’s too hittable, but I’ll wait for more evidence.

I do agree, it is kind of a mantra of mine, how miserably tough it is to play in NY. The team is flat-out rolling playing vg ball, and fans are booing A Rod and Wang? (And Cano?) I didn’t check in yesterday, because I feared a barrage of ‘how could we lose to that kid??’ posts (were there?) but I thought it was a superbly pitched game by Texas and it took that to beat us.

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:22:09 +0000

[254] Shhhh! Quick, knock on wood!