puristbleedspinstripes.com - 25 days ago
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It’s tempting to judge a decision as right or wrong based on whether or not it works out.
While this may be the case in some aspects of life–ie, surviving on a desert island–it is not necessarily the case in baseball.
Since so much in baseball depends simply on pure luck, ...
Yankees to Go with 3 Man Rotation
mlbbabble.wordpress.com 10/14/2009 —
Manager Joe Girardi said that, most likely, the Yankees will
use a three-man rotation for the American League Championship Series: CC
Sabathia, AJ Burnett and Andy Pettitte. Joba Chamberlain will remain in the
bullpen and, if Girardi changes his mind, Chad Gaudin will be the likely ...
Burnett bombs, but Girardi made right decision
nydailynews.com 27 days ago — A.J. Burnett was awful in Game 5, and while many will now second-guess Joe Girardi’s decision to start him on short rest, you won’t see any of that in this space.
Burnett said he felt fine physically, he just couldn’t throw ...
Options for the 2010 rotation
pinstripealley.com 20 days ago — The early buzz a few days into the hot stove season is that John Lackey is there for the Yankees ’ taking, if they want him. And after playing most of the second half of the season with only three dependable starting pitchers, why wouldn’t they? Lackey's career stats are ...
Yankees Rotation On Short Rest
camdencrazies.com 27 days ago — During the liveblog for Game 4 of the World Series yesterday, we discussed whether CC Sabathia should have started the game on short rest or if the Yankees should have let Chad Gaudin start and pushed CC back to Game 5 to pitch on normal rest. I took a look at the issue over at MLB Notebook . ...
Yanks Like Internal Rotation Options
nybaseballdigest.com 19 days ago — It sounds like the Yankees are very comfortable with filling out their rotation internally . First it appears they are going to bring back Sergio Mitre and Chad Gaudin. There is also speculation that Chien Ming Wang would take a lesser deal to stay in New York because of the marketing ...
Yankees/Phillies World Series Preview
boogiedownbaseball.blogspot.com 10/28/2009 — It's about 10:15pm EST on Tuesday night. The first pitch of the 2009 World Series is a little more than 22 hours from now. I just got finished watching MLB Network's "Path To The Pennant - New York Yankees" special. If you missed it, it was basically a recap of the Yankees 2009 postseason so ...
Joba will be just fine in the bullpen
riveraveblues.com 10/9/2009 — When word leaked that Joba Chamberlain would stay in the bullpen for the remainder of the season, we deemed it big enough news to get an instant post. Ben briefly discussed the decision yesterday evening, but left it as mostly a report. There’s ...
Girardi: Burnett will pitch Game 5
zellspinstripeblog.com 28 days ago — Joe Girardi just announced that AJ Burnett will take the hill in Game 5 of the World Series. So, regardless of the situation..it looks like that will happen.
That takes out all talks of Chad Gaudin starting tomorrow night’s game. Some are worried that this isn’t a good idea ...
Three starters or four?
yankees.lhblogs.com 10/27/2009 — One of the big questions for Joe Girardi tomorrow – and one which he may not answer – is how many starters the Yankees will use in the World Series. In the ALCS, the schedule had an extra off-day (between Games 4 and 5) that allowed the ...
World Series, Game 6: In Andy We Trust —
Bleacher Report - MLB 25 days ago
The great thing about the postseason, and the World Series in particular, is that redemption is always just around the corner.
Alex Rodriguez knows all about that. He entered last month as a playoff pariah—his October failures as big a part of his ...
Five Cuts: Oldies but goodies in spotlight —
SI.com - MLB 25 days ago
1. So the World Series comes down to this: the old and familiar. Stop me if you have heard this before: a Yankees team with Andy Pettitte, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera trying to get through Pedro Martinez to a world championship. Game ...
Victorino in Phils lineup for Game 6 —
Major League Baseball News 25 days ago
Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino will play Wednesday night in Game 6 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium. Victorino suffered a bruise to his right index finger Monday in Game 5 at Citizens Bank Park when Yankees right-hander A.J. Burnett hit ...