Doubront and Pettitte are the southpaws in question. The Yanks are responsible for one of Doubront’s worst recent performances (though his last against the White Sox also wasn’t so good), while Pettitte has done rather well in his 3 starts against the Sox on the year. Welp, we’ll see if Boston gets closer to a potential division crown or NY tries to inch up on TB. Comment away.
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Doubront needs to get his shit together. These walks are going to kill him.
Doubront at 49 pitches after 2!
Walks to Reynolds and Stewart. Way to go, Doubie! Five walks total now.
And of course they both score on Gardner’s triple. Terrible day for Doubront. So who’s going to the pen once Buchholz returns?
Rubby de la Rose?
Rubby de la Rosa?
Strikes out Jeter. That’s a start.
Middlebrooks home run. That’s another step.
De la Rosa can’t stop the bleeding either.
Kinda expected…just save the real bullpen for tomorrow.
8-4, bases loaded. That’d be a nice moment for Big Papi to hit one out. But first the pitching change.
Come on, big man. (Still think resting Taz/Breslow justified…)
Strikes out looking! Napoli now.
Yesssss! Napoli!!!!!!
Did Ichiro underestimate that?
OMG, HE DIDN’T K!!!!
Well, as Pete Abe wrote: If you’re focussing on the K’s you’re missing the big picture.
I’m guilty.
Workman in, strikes out Soriano.
8 pitches, 3 out, that’s the way to do it.
Lackey again must be thinking why he can’t get some of that run support.
Middlebrooks single. He’s making a strong case for himself to be next year’s third baseman.
Victorino goes deep!! 10-8!!!
Hahahaha, this is amazing!
Joba … that looks promising.
IBB to Big Papi. Yeah, what has that Napoli guy done for us lately?
Napoli walks. Bags full. How about it, Nava?
Daniel walks. 11-8.
Drew single makes it 12-8. Just love it.
Workman walks Nunez, in comes Morales.
Stewart is going 0-23 and they walk him twice tonight!
Koji warming up.
Wild pitch, damn.
But Gardner strikes out.
Three more outs to go.
Koji time.
Magic #…15.
Think using Koji might be slight overkill…should get the next 2 (and by off-day extension, 3) days off.
Well, they had him get up just in case and I think the idea is to always use him once he has warmed up.
Nice win, but there’s really no need to give up eight runs every night …
With Lackey and Lester coming up I’m definitely hoping for a series win now.
The horror…….the horror…………..the…horror………………….
14 and the Rays are 7.5 back. Wow.
Starting in the fall of 1981, I have tried to tell myself that it’s just plain stupid to personalize what happens in a major-league baseball game when one is just an observer and to imagine that what happens is a reflection on one’s self or – more accurately – has anything to do with the sphere of influence of the observer. There’s no feedback loop. It’s folly to think that if somehow one could be a better person/fan, the team would have been better, or that an individual fan’s deficits somehow punish the team’s chances to succeed, or that one’s virtues are collateral to a team’s success.
I’m still just plain stupid.
Oh my God, what two more awful games to watch as a Yankee fan have happened?
I just want to say I know EXACTLY what you mean, gerb, very well expressed. I’d also add that it seems foolish to allow one’s emotions to be so tied to the outcome of something completely out of one’s control. Feels worse to lose (in my experience) than it feels good to win. And I truly feel for you. Feel bad for Hughes as far as the Yanks themselves go.