Tuesday, August 14, 2024
Last Night in the AL East
The Yanks win one; so do the Sox.
I'm going to call the night a slight victory for the Yankees, even though, obviously, they don't gain any ground. For a couple reasons.
First, they won the game in the bottom of the 9th after Mariano Rivera blew a save. (Hey, it has to happen sometime, and the hits off him were little dinky singles.) That's a great confidence-builder. The Orioles made a game of it; the Yanks calmly took it back.
Second, in a perverse way, I'm glad that Tim Wakefield shut out the Devil Rays last night. His victory against a terrible team masks the fact that he has been getting pounded by teams across the league, and thus will ensure that he stays in the rotation when he seems generally ineffective. For some strange reason, the Yankees absolutely destroy Wakefield. (Right, Aaron Boone?)
Second, the Sox still scored only three runs off Tampa Bay. A week or so ago, the Yanks scored something like 23 against them.....
Third, David Ortiz is complaining of pain in his shoulder. I like Ortiz a lot, he seems like a wonderful guy and a great teammate, and he kills the Yankees time and again—but I also wonder if he's a steroid user. Maybe the 'roids are catching up with him? Regardless, a diminished Ortiz means that Manny Ramirez will see fewer good pitches, diminishing the effectiveness of both of them, and they're both remarkable hitters.
David Ortiz, rookie, and more recently:
I'm going to call the night a slight victory for the Yankees, even though, obviously, they don't gain any ground. For a couple reasons.
First, they won the game in the bottom of the 9th after Mariano Rivera blew a save. (Hey, it has to happen sometime, and the hits off him were little dinky singles.) That's a great confidence-builder. The Orioles made a game of it; the Yanks calmly took it back.
Second, in a perverse way, I'm glad that Tim Wakefield shut out the Devil Rays last night. His victory against a terrible team masks the fact that he has been getting pounded by teams across the league, and thus will ensure that he stays in the rotation when he seems generally ineffective. For some strange reason, the Yankees absolutely destroy Wakefield. (Right, Aaron Boone?)
Second, the Sox still scored only three runs off Tampa Bay. A week or so ago, the Yanks scored something like 23 against them.....
Third, David Ortiz is complaining of pain in his shoulder. I like Ortiz a lot, he seems like a wonderful guy and a great teammate, and he kills the Yankees time and again—but I also wonder if he's a steroid user. Maybe the 'roids are catching up with him? Regardless, a diminished Ortiz means that Manny Ramirez will see fewer good pitches, diminishing the effectiveness of both of them, and they're both remarkable hitters.
David Ortiz, rookie, and more recently:
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And how long ago was that rookie season, 11 years? Some people do get larger with age, Rich, especially folks who stand 6'4". I realize all of baseball is tarnished at the moment, but you're dropping this opinion far too casually.
Yes, agreed, it is a casual opinion. In the current atmosphere, that doesn't seem inappropriate. It's clearly mild speculation.
If you look at Ortiz's stats, though, they do seem to reflect that telltale
'roid spike.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ortizda01.shtml
Doesn't prove anything, of course, and he's a great hitter either way.
I'm just raising the possibility, just as some folks on this board have done with A-Rod.
If you look at Ortiz's stats, though, they do seem to reflect that telltale
'roid spike.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ortizda01.shtml
Doesn't prove anything, of course, and he's a great hitter either way.
I'm just raising the possibility, just as some folks on this board have done with A-Rod.
Consider yourself sued. And next time we play in the Bronx, I'm makin a house call to shove that mild speculation up your ass.
Baltimore-Yankees 12-0
Red Sox-Tampa 2-1
Slight victory for the Sox there, no? Pitching will do it, RB.
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Red Sox-Tampa 2-1
Slight victory for the Sox there, no? Pitching will do it, RB.
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