Comments on: Music From Big Pink

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Mon, 11 May 2015 23:14:08 +0000

Weeping – you might be thinking of Jose Contreras…?

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Mon, 11 May 2015 22:46:58 +0000

[1] Speaking of Duque, remember that other guy we tried out and never worked out and wound up on Boston? He was supposed to be special. Now I can’t even recall the poor man’s name. Those years are a bit of a black hole in my memory, too. (What the hell was his name?)

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Mon, 11 May 2015 20:30:49 +0000

http://deadspin.com/michael-pineda-is-finally-here-1703672110

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Mon, 11 May 2015 19:18:12 +0000

First things first:

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/11/first-inning-success-fueling-yankees-start-while-failures-bury-indians/

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Mon, 11 May 2015 17:44:16 +0000

[0] great title.

“strike ’em outs” is totally ruling and definitely how we should refer to them going forward!

[6] yeah, The Tolo is unreal!

By: kenboyer made me cry

kenboyer made me cry — Mon, 11 May 2015 15:52:47 +0000

From now on, there is only, strike em outs.

By: kenboyer made me cry

kenboyer made me cry — Mon, 11 May 2015 15:38:45 +0000

Could only listen for a few late innings due to Mother’s Day responsibilities…brunch with three mothers and families, including mine who turns 90 in June…and still drives city streets! Remember that sorta catcher who could sorta hit that was traded for Big Pine? And the “Tears of Rage” expressed by many here and elsewhere?

Well, “The Weight” has been lifted from our hearts as Pineda is doing what was potentially demonstrated that Rookie Year in Seattle. That other unnamed player “Shall Be Released”.

And has Beltron peeled that “Long Black Veil” of hitting futility? I hope so, he looked like he played with “Chest Fever” so far this year, but is coming through now.

“This Wheels on Fire” for the Yankees, as they are now 8 games over .500 playing only 32.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 11 May 2015 15:24:23 +0000

They should always be called “strike em outs”

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Mon, 11 May 2015 14:40:14 +0000

[1] I immediately thought of El Duque as well. Someone from the coaching staff should contact him to get pointers on strength and conditioning.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Mon, 11 May 2015 14:16:23 +0000

2) That is great.

By: rbj

rbj — Mon, 11 May 2015 12:48:16 +0000

[3] And more mind blowing is that Bartolo Colon is up to a 40:1 K/BB ratio.

By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo

Mr OK Jazz Tokyo — Mon, 11 May 2015 12:09:17 +0000

[3] I did and thought the exact same thing!

IF he stays healthy and IF Tanaka stays healthy..well, it’s nice to dream a little bit.

By: seamus

seamus — Mon, 11 May 2015 11:58:17 +0000

I missed the game but may watch the condensed version today so I can see this mastery! I can’t believe how well this team is doing despite multiple sub-mendoza line hitters thus far, though I think Beltran just topped over the .200 mark as of yesterday.

By: RIYank

RIYank — Mon, 11 May 2015 10:29:44 +0000

I was just looking at his record for the year and was really impressed by his K/BB ratio… then I realized Baseball Reference hadn’t incorporated last night’s game yet. He’s struck out 54 and walked three this season, for a mind-blowing 18:1 ratio.

The Yankees have the best team ERA in the AL. Just gotta keep hitting a little bit, that should be enough.

By: Ara Just Fair

Ara Just Fair — Mon, 11 May 2015 03:13:20 +0000

The booth said Clemens threw 151 pitches during one of his 20 k games. Holy cow! Pineda also called strike outs ‘strike em outs’ according to Lohud. Ha. I like that. : )

By: Ara Just Fair

Ara Just Fair — Mon, 11 May 2015 03:03:01 +0000

He’s a Monster version of El Duque. Stay healthy, Big Fella. I am still kicking myself for missing the first 5 innings because I was watching sox-Jays on mlb. Grrrrrr…..