nypost.com - 4/27/2008
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CLEVELAND - Ian Kennedy was effective in four of five innings. Johnny Damon had four hits. LaTroy Hawkins and Kyle Farnsworth combined for three scoreless innings. Jorge Posada delivered a pinch-hit, three-run triple. Still, the Yankees were even...
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Blame Girardi, not Ohlendorf
New York Yankees Fan Blog —
... to Victor Martinez . There are two things about yesterday's strategy by Joe Girardi that irk us, though both of our points are slightly unconventional. First, we realize it is conventional "wisdom" to load the bases after Ohlendorf threw the wild pitch and first base opened up. It sets up a force play and the double play. But we hate intentionally loading the bases. It puts so much pressure on the pitcher to make good pitches. In regards to facing Martinez with the bases loaded, Ohlendorf said , "At 2-1, I needed to throw a strike, and he did a good job of hitting it." If ...
Kerwin Danley Takes his Umply Lumps [MLB Closer]
Deadspin —
... Victor is the victor: A 9th inning bases loaded single by Victor Martinez plated Grady Sizemore to give the Indians a 4-3 win over the Yankees. Losers of three straight, the Yanks wasted a four-hit performance by Johnny Damon, now falling a game and a half behind the Rays for 4th place in the AL East. Meanwhile, the Tribe has won five in a row to return to .500. ...
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Kennedy's better
newsday.com 4/27/2008 — But that's still not enough, as Ohlendorf loses game in ninth
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CLEVELAND - Ian Kennedy didn't help the Yankees get a win
yesterday. But they didn't lose ...
Posada Likely Headed for Disabled List
nytimes.com 4/27/2008 — Jorge Posada was a late scratch from Sunday’s lineup with a recurrence of the shoulder problem that bothered him early this month.
MARQUEZ FEELS GROWING PAINS —
NY Post: Sports 4/27/2008
TWO prominent mem bers of the Yankees' youth movement, Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy, have spent the first few weeks of the season struggling to adjust to starting the season in the major leagues for the first time. Another pitcher in that youth...
IAN BETTER - BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH —
NY Post: Sports 4/27/2008
CLEVELAND - Ian Kennedy was better yesterday than he was the last time he pitched. But according to Yankee manager Joe Girardi, there still is room for improvement. "I am not happy with what he did today, but it's in the right direction,"...
Chamberlain ready, available in 'pen —
Major League Baseball News 4/27/2008
One day after the Yankees were rather secretive with Chamberlain's availability, instead using Kyle Farnsworth and Ross Ohlendorf in the late innings of a 4-3 loss to the Indians, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that the 22-year-old right-hander ...
