Why the criticism of Joe Girardi's Burnett treatment is warranted
sports.yahoo.com 10/23/2009 — It was impossible not to feel like the world's biggest wind sock during Thursday night's ALCS Game 5. One moment, we were crucifying Mike Scioscia in 140 characters or less, wondering why he didn't allow John Lackey (notes) to finish the top of ...

ALCS Game 5: Yankees at Angels
yankees.lhblogs.com 10/22/2009 — YANKEES Lineup TBA Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (0-0, 2.19 ERA in postseason) ANGELS Lineup TBA Pitching: RHP John Lackey (1-1, 1.38 ERA in postseason) TIME/TV: 7:57 p.m., FOX WEATHER: More of the same – clear skies, temps in the ...

Don't Kill The Manager
fackyouk.blogspot.com 10/23/2009 — Morning Fackers. Last night sucked. There's no way around it. But what sucks even more is that we are going to have to listen to people second guess every managerial move made last night for two days before Game 6. I'm not going to name names, but there were a lot of people on Twitter last ...

AL Championship Series Game#5: Yankees at Angels
zellspinstripeblog.com 10/22/2009 — Yankees (6-1) vs. Angels (4-3) Pitching Matchup: RHP A.J. Burnett (0-0, 2.84) vs RHP John Lackey (0-1, 3.18) Lineup Jeter SS Damon LF Teixeira 1B Rodriguez 3B Matsui DH Cano 2B Swisher RF Cabrera CF Molina C Game News & Notes (Courtesy of the LoHud Blog)  ...

Will The ALCS Go Back To NY?
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 10/20/2009 — Wow, not enough words in the English, Spanish, Chinese, and Portuguese dictionaries combined to describe how I feel about Girardi right now, but that's besides the point. My question to you guys is, and it's one I've been wondering since the minute Howie Kendrick crossed the plate yesterday, ...

Tonight's Pitching Matchup: ALCS Game 5
noyoureatowel.net 10/22/2009 — We already took a look at John Lackey before the series started, but let's take a look at how he performed in their first games, as well as how A.J. Burnett has performed against the Angels: John Lackey Playoffs: Report Created on Baseball-Reference.com A.J. Burnett Playoffs: Report ...

ALCS Game 5: To Live And Die In L.A.
fackyouk.blogspot.com 10/22/2009 — Last night was the 8th night off the Yankees have had this postseason. After tonight they will have played 7 games. In a sport that averages about one day off per week or less during the regular season, it must be pretty annoying for the teams to have to play so sporadically during the ...

The One That Got Away
fackyouk.blogspot.com 10/23/2009 — It came down to a 3-2 count with the bases loaded in a one run game. For different reasons at various points throughout, it didn't seem like it would end up quite that close. But it did, and that made the outcome all the more excruciating. The Yankees led off the game with two singles by Derek ...

A.J. Burnett takes hill, tries to pitch New York Yankees into World Series
nydailynews.com 10/22/2009 — ANAHEIM - A.J. Burnett didn't come to the Yankees to be a cream-pie throwing sideshow. He accepted $82.5 million to complete a formidable 1-2 punch atop the starting rotation with fellow free-agent signing CC Sabathia and to pitch the Yankees back ...

Drama, strategy gaffes frame Game 5's wild inning
sportingnews.com 10/23/2009 — Action at the plate: Hideki Matsui slides home just before getting hit by a throw during the Yankees' comeback. ANAHEIM — The seventh inning of Game 5 of the ALCS won't soon be forgotten by the Angels, the Yankees or anyone who ...

Angels find winning formula vs. Burnett — NY Post: Sports 10/23/2009
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The patience Bobby Abreu spread through the Angels' free-swinging batting order during the regular season was the reason the Angels went into last night's Game 5 of the ALCS scratching for baserunners and runs. "They were patient...

$200M Payroll + No World Series Title = Failed Season For Yankees — Bleacher Report - MLB 10/23/2009
The 2009 New York Yankees came into the regular season with a lot of hope and promise. They splurged big time in their off-season by signing ace CC Sabathia, another ace in A.J. Burnett, and slugging first basemen Mark Teixeira. This was beginning ...

Girardi sticking with Pettitte despite weather — Major League Baseball News 10/24/2009
Game 6 of the ALCS is scheduled to start at 7:57 p.m. ET on Saturday, and Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Friday that Andy Pettitte will be his starting pitcher whether that game is played or whether forecasted thunderstorms force a postponement to ...

Swish and a miss — Blogging the Bombers - NY Daily News Blogs 10/24/2009
The big news out of the Yankees workout today was whether or not Nick Swisher, struggling mightily in the postseason, will be in the lineup tomorrow night for Game 6. Joe Girardi said he was going to "sleep on it and we'll make a decision what we're ...

Yankees could sit slumping Swisher — Major League Baseball News 10/23/2009
Nick Swisher's continuing struggles at the bottom of the Yankees' order now have manager Joe Girardi contemplating a lineup switch.