Igawa no better than Kennedy in debut

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Does Japan Offer A Return Policy For Terrible Pitchers?
Published 5/10/2008 by Mark M. (noreply@blogger.com) at The Bronx Stop: Another New York Yankees Blog
Bryan Hoch/MLB.Com: Kei Igawa was hit hard and often in his first start of the season, making an early exit as the Yankees dropped a 6-5 decision to the Tigers at Comerica Park on Friday in the opener of a seven-game road trip for New York. Recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to start in place of demoted righty Ian Kennedy, the 28-year-old left-hander continued his struggles at the big league level, recording just two swinging strikes among the 64 pitches he threw over three-plus innings. First things first. Fire the scout that thought it would be a wonderful decision to bring Kei Igawa to New York instead of Matsuzaka. Second, ...

Not O-Kei
Published 5/10/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... else about last night's game borderlined on dreadful. (Well, everything except the pen's performance, which was naturally dampened by the injury to Jonathan Albaladejo ). Kei Igawa did the worst thing he possibly could -- he showed nothing. We'd have been pleased if he came out and gave the Yanks five decent innings. Instead, he awakes this morning to headlines calling his performance a " flop " and saying it was " awful "... and there's no arguing the point. Yankees.com tries to sugarcoat it by saying Igawa was "no better than Kennedy." Ed Price , ...