Comments on: Deep Six

By: Jon DeRosa

Jon DeRosa — Tue, 17 May 2011 13:54:19 +0000

[10] Check out Burnett’s recent game log. The Yanks have had crushing defeats in 5 of his last 6 starts. He pitched 8 great innings vs CWS, and lost because Humber was untouched. Mo & Soriano blew two wins. He had that strange 3 hit, 1 bb, 3 error, 5 run loss vs Detroit. And then he blew his own win last night.

In 4 of the last 6 games, he’s allowed 2 or fewer ER and the yanks lost all of those games. That type of misfortune might break a borderline pitcher like burnett.

By: BobbyB

BobbyB — Tue, 17 May 2011 13:52:09 +0000

Looking more and more like 2008.

By: Raf

Raf — Tue, 17 May 2011 13:17:55 +0000

The sloppy defense is a bit of a concern. Nothing is synching up right now. You score 5 runs off Lester and Price, those games should be won.

By: rbj

rbj — Tue, 17 May 2011 13:09:59 +0000

I don’t think I’ve ever been this frustrated with the team before. And that goes all the way back to 1969. Having bad players play badly is one thing, but these guys should not be playing the way they are. Aren’t they supposed to be “working the count?”

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Tue, 17 May 2011 13:07:08 +0000

It is SO tiresome watching them again and again try to jack one out of the park.

“So Burnett had a stinker of an inning; he was entitled given how badly his team has played for him lately.”

A tough argument to make but I’ll buy that.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Tue, 17 May 2011 12:06:30 +0000

I mentioned ’65 in last night’s thread. That’s really up to ARod. If we can’t count on him for a .900 OPS, we won’t win. If his future is an .850 OPS guy, add that to 3 more years of Jeter, and 2 big pieces of ’65 are in place. God forbid, Mo could add to that misery.

Certainly glad we have the G&G boys, instead of Matsui and JD. A smart move by Cashman. I wish Nunez could throw, because his bat and glove will be better then Jeter. I thought that GB Jeter couldn’t reach was VERY fieldable.

I think Posada has 2 weeks left, before Cashman gets another DH. It’s not that early that we afford to throw away any more games.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Tue, 17 May 2011 04:13:09 +0000

[7] Good points. I was discussing some of this with my niece and we both agreed that many local and perhaps non-local sports journalists deem themselves as a group a very important aspect in the decision making process of the Yankee hierarchy. If Cash is doing a Michael Corleone as was suggested recently, you can’t really blame him too much when you consider the circumstances. He’s far from perfect, but I bet his judgment has borne out to be on the plus side.

By: MSM35

MSM35 — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:25:42 +0000

There are no quick fixes here. The pitching is adequate but it requires an American League lineup to put up some runs. They are carrying too many outs lately.
As someone who remembers ’65 well, this time management or at least Cash has been preparing for this. As I recall he only wanted to give Posada 3 yrs. Jorge used the Mets to get 4. He was also against ARod getting all those yrs. When he tried to limit Jeter the media went crazy.
The worst kind of thinking is that they are one player away.
To misquote Bette Davis, “Buckle your seatbelt it’s going to be a bumpy ride.”

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:05:59 +0000

of course, the shit sox came back.

FUCK!!!

i loathe them…

By: Raf

Raf — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:05:36 +0000

[4] Adding more insult, Boston won.

By: Start Spreading the News

Start Spreading the News — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:01:00 +0000

Adding insult to injury, Kyle Farnsworth picked up the save.

By: William J.

William J. — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:00:52 +0000

[2] Not sure, but I did a post today that showed some absolutely dismal numbers concerning the Yankees using the opposite field. Ironically, most of their hits in the second inning were up the middle, but then they abandoned that approach.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Tue, 17 May 2011 02:42:57 +0000

“They all wanted to hit the home run that tied the game, hence the first pitch swinging and over-aggressiveness when the opposite was needed. The result is the same – inept offense, but at least their hearts were in the right place.”

Somehow they got it in their heads that this is the only solution. Is anyone at least attempting to oppose this line of thinking, or yunnow coach them past it? Where did that come from and how do you get rid of it? Someone please explain how is it that five veteran hitters forget how to hit while a rookie attempts to “do what was needed”?

By: William J.

William J. — Tue, 17 May 2011 02:29:07 +0000

At some point, 1965 is going to happen. Some similarities are starting to emerge.