yankees.lhblogs.com - 2/29/2008
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Kei Igawa has a lot to prove after the Yankees dropped $46 million on him and he pitched more innings in the minors (77.1) than the majors (67.2) last season.
The Yankees have gone out of their way to appease him this spring, letting him do all the extra throwing he wants. Joe Torre and Ron Guidry had little time for him last season. Joe Girardi and Dave Eiland are trying to make up for ...
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Bronx Banter: Igawash
Baseball Toaster —
... says Hughes looked the sharpest of the Big Three. Who Didn't: Kei Igawa's lone inning of work went: fly out, walk, wild pitch, walk, HBP, grand slam, K, K. Per Peter Abraham , pinch-hitter Eric Baumann, who hit the grand slam, had struck out in his only two previous at bats this season, "was also swinging a wood bat and missed the 2006 and 2007 seasons with a shoulder injury." Pete also points out that the walk that started the USF rally was a five-pitch walk to the ninth-place hitter in a college lineup with the Yankees leading 9-0. Nice Plays: Colin Curtis made a sliding ...
Igawa...
YanksBlog.com —
... . If you throw out the 6th inning, the Yankees won, 11-0. What happened in the sixth? Kei Igawa pitched. After getting the first out, he walked the ninth hitter on 5 pitches, according to Peter Abraham . In the next three hitters, he'd get another out, but also walk another guy and hit someone to load them up with 2 down. And then: grand slam. Ouch.
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Notes: Igawa not concerned —
Major League Baseball News
The Yankees granted Kei Igawa the freedom to incorporate his own preparation routine this year, urging him to follow the regimen that helped make him successful in Japan. One inning into the "new" spring program, the left-hander's results still leave ...
Promise unites Yankees' young trio —
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The future of the Yankees' pitching staff rests so prominently upon three promising young arms, each so closely linked that they needn't even be listed by surname. For those projecting the club's next five to 10 years, Joba-Phil-Ian will do just fine.
