Comments on: Dropping Bombs

By: Sliced Bread

Sliced Bread — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:53:02 +0000

AJ is a fine #2-3 starter. His undoing is usually that one bad inning. This has generally been the case with him forever. Problem is, he’s making ace money, and has ace expectations. Aces more often than not find a way to get out of that 7th inning jam.
Guys like AJ are 50-50% in those situations. Yesterday”s situation called for heads, and he came up tails.

By: kenboyer made me cry

kenboyer made me cry — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:23:31 +0000

AJ has too much natural ability to give up on, but he needs to get some kind of sports therapy. He’s got too much of that “cult of honor” going on, and not enough of that “confident indifference”. Adversity does not roll off his back, and he takes it personally.

Tough pitcher to love, and all of the “casual Yankee fans” in my life can’t stand AJ.

CC needs to sit on him until he cries uncle.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:52:36 +0000

1) Absolutely. Alex needs to make that play. Or Gardner needs to shout him off. But Burnett needs to come back and get those outs. No excuses.

By: Boatzilla

Boatzilla — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 05:37:43 +0000

That pop-up play made me sick. It looked like A-Rod just gave up on that ball. It almost hit him in the chest. No comprende.

Of course, A.J. needs to bounce back, but still…