Comments on: Yankee Panky: Battle of Wills – Q&A on CC http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/06/26/yankee-panky-battle-of-wills-qa-on-cc/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sun, 19 May 2013 17:00:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/06/26/yankee-panky-battle-of-wills-qa-on-cc/#comment-186558 thelarmis Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:39:49 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=20896#comment-186558 [6] aw, shucks. thanks, PJ!!! : ) [6] aw, shucks. thanks, PJ!!! : )

]]> By: PJ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/06/26/yankee-panky-battle-of-wills-qa-on-cc/#comment-186557 PJ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:35:14 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=20896#comment-186557 [5] Yep yep, Thelarmis! And so are you from the games you went to! How about that? Also, very well done with the kid and the ball, friend. You just can't beat Yankees fans like you in the class department! : ) [5] Yep yep, Thelarmis! And so are you from the games you went to! How about that?

Also, very well done with the kid and the ball, friend. You just can’t beat Yankees fans like you in the class department!

: )

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/06/26/yankee-panky-battle-of-wills-qa-on-cc/#comment-186556 thelarmis Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:30:44 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=20896#comment-186556 Will (Weiss, that is), is 2-for-2 since his return! : ) Go CC! Go YANKS!!! Will (Weiss, that is), is 2-for-2 since his return! : )

Go CC! Go YANKS!!!

]]> By: PJ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/06/26/yankee-panky-battle-of-wills-qa-on-cc/#comment-186555 PJ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:15:14 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=20896#comment-186555 [0] Hey Will! How about "Gatorade Tiger Focus" for CC and anyone else who needs electrolyte replacement? It's got Theanine in it for enhanced focus when fluids get low, and it doesn't taste too awful, particularly the Red Drive, the Purple Quiet Storm, and the Green Cool Fusion. I wouldn't put that G2 Blueberry stuff in my car! In fact what actually goes in my car tastes better! heh heh I also take additional potassium to avoid cramping in the 95 degree heat and high humidity when I'm out dripping wet. A couple of bananas a day wouldn't hurt as well. And for God's sakes, be sure Cervelli catches him if he's his catcher of choice! Whatever makes the big guy happy, right? : ) [0] Hey Will!

How about “Gatorade Tiger Focus” for CC and anyone else who needs electrolyte replacement? It’s got Theanine in it for enhanced focus when fluids get low, and it doesn’t taste too awful, particularly the Red Drive, the Purple Quiet Storm, and the Green Cool Fusion.

I wouldn’t put that G2 Blueberry stuff in my car! In fact what actually goes in my car tastes better!

heh heh

I also take additional potassium to avoid cramping in the 95 degree heat and high humidity when I’m out dripping wet. A couple of bananas a day wouldn’t hurt as well.

And for God’s sakes, be sure Cervelli catches him if he’s his catcher of choice! Whatever makes the big guy happy, right?

: )

]]> By: Horace Clarke Era http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/06/26/yankee-panky-battle-of-wills-qa-on-cc/#comment-186554 Horace Clarke Era Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:23:12 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=20896#comment-186554 You know, I HAVE CC in fantasy ball, but I’d still have been inclined to do a back-dated DL, since we do have Hughes and Wang both around right now. That’s five starters and we can do that for 9 days, two starts. I say this in complete ignorance of the actual medical story and the report off the bullpen, but there’s so much at stake here. I do have my usual morning-after note on the crazy long thread last night (Snagglepuss? Asleep at the Thread, er, Wheel?) I have a very slight sympathy for Girardi as to Andy. 8-1 leads really do rarely get blown, you hate to go to your pen that early in a highly probable win, and you also hate - as one of the unwritten rules - to cost a hard-working vet his win. BUT, in 90+ heat, with Andy dripping sweat and fading, and accumulating pitches, the odds of him getting through the next, fifth, inning were very, very slim. Once you lose the 5th, you are way better getting him earlier in the 4th. Only if he can go 5 can you think about letting him struggle through the 4th. That was my angle on it. I do have a sense, some disagree, that stat-managing plays a role, and I was upset when Mo pitched the 9th last month after he did the 8th, and they got a 7 or 8 run lead in the top of the 9th. Even wondered a bit last night, actually but we’d used too many pitchers. There are some ‘rules’ that can hurt a team. But as I said at the start: I do have some sense that Girardi felt a bit bound to see if Andy had a shot at 5 and the win. You know, I HAVE CC in fantasy ball, but I’d still have been inclined to do a back-dated DL, since we do have Hughes and Wang both around right now. That’s five starters and we can do that for 9 days, two starts. I say this in complete ignorance of the actual medical story and the report off the bullpen, but there’s so much at stake here.
I do have my usual morning-after note on the crazy long thread last night (Snagglepuss? Asleep at the Thread, er, Wheel?) I have a very slight sympathy for Girardi as to Andy. 8-1 leads really do rarely get blown, you hate to go to your pen that early in a highly probable win, and you also hate – as one of the unwritten rules – to cost a hard-working vet his win. BUT, in 90+ heat, with Andy dripping sweat and fading, and accumulating pitches, the odds of him getting through the next, fifth, inning were very, very slim. Once you lose the 5th, you are way better getting him earlier in the 4th. Only if he can go 5 can you think about letting him struggle through the 4th. That was my angle on it.
I do have a sense, some disagree, that stat-managing plays a role, and I was upset when Mo pitched the 9th last month after he did the 8th, and they got a 7 or 8 run lead in the top of the 9th. Even wondered a bit last night, actually but we’d used too many pitchers.
There are some ‘rules’ that can hurt a team. But as I said at the start: I do have some sense that Girardi felt a bit bound to see if Andy had a shot at 5 and the win.

]]> By: Will Weiss http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/06/26/yankee-panky-battle-of-wills-qa-on-cc/#comment-186553 Will Weiss Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:20:07 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=20896#comment-186553 [1] Rich, I definitely can. I think, though, the question is more about the fluctuation in average speed of the FB this year. Remember, he was throwing at around 96-98 into the eighth inning of the victory in Cleveland three weeks ago. [1] Rich, I definitely can. I think, though, the question is more about the fluctuation in average speed of the FB this year. Remember, he was throwing at around 96-98 into the eighth inning of the victory in Cleveland three weeks ago.

]]> By: Rich http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/06/26/yankee-panky-battle-of-wills-qa-on-cc/#comment-186552 Rich Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:34:46 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=20896#comment-186552 I would prefer that they try to limit CC to no more than 110 pitches per start so that he will have a better chance of being strong if the Yankees make the playoffs. Will, If you have a chance at some point, would you ask Carroll what he thinks about the decline in Joba's FB velocity since he walked off the mound in Texas with a shoulder injury last season? I would prefer that they try to limit CC to no more than 110 pitches per start so that he will have a better chance of being strong if the Yankees make the playoffs.

Will, If you have a chance at some point, would you ask Carroll what he thinks about the decline in Joba’s FB velocity since he walked off the mound in Texas with a shoulder injury last season?

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