slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 5/7/2008
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From Anthony Rieber : Kennedy's descent means the ascent of lefthander Kei Igawa, the $46-million "investment" who likely will start in Kennedy's place Friday or Saturday in Detroit. Igawa has been pitching relatively well for Scranton; he's 3-3, 3.86 after allowing four runs in seven innings against Durham yesterday. "He's doing OK and obviously, for Kei, it's important that he attacks the ...
Ian Kennedy is great … at AAA
bugsandcranks.com 5/7/2008 — From Peter Abraham’s LoHud Yankees Blog, here is Ian Kennedy’s line while pitching for Scranton Monday night.
* 7.1 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs 0 walks, 8 strikeouts. Kennedy threw 90 pitches, 58 for strikes.
Thanks for nothing there, Ian! Chad Jennings, SWB beat writer for the Times-Tribune said in his blog that Kennedy made Charlotte’s hitters “look like dopes.”
So, what did that prove?
Yanks Won't Give Up On Giambi
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 5/7/2008 — From George A. King III : May 6, 2008 -- The bullets he hits find leather. He hits a ball on the screws and watches it die in the April-May wind. Then there are too many feeble ground balls, harmless pop-ups and stress-free fly balls that don't drop. Welcome to Hitters' Hell, Jason Giambi's current address. "The hardest thing is for it not to get into your head," said Giambi, who is ...
The Rivalry Has Hit An All-Time Low
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 5/7/2008 — Well a few months ago several Red Sox fans beat up a Yankees fan in Boston, sending the man to the hospital. If you thought that was as bad as it could get with this rivalry, this news from ESPN proves you were wrong. NASHUA, N.H. -- A woman accused of running down a man in her car after a Red Sox - Yankees argument in a bar never hit her brakes as she accelerated toward the small group he ..
Tabata Having Trouble Handling The Pressure
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 5/7/2008 — From Peter Abraham : NEW YORK - Double-A outfielder Jose Tabata, considered one of the organization's top prospects, was suspended for three games last week and considered asking the Yankees for his release. A 19-year-old from Venezuela, Tabata left last Saturday's game without permission, fleeing the ballpark after striking out in the seventh inning. That led to the three-game suspension. ...
The Sabermetric Soapbox: A day with some legends
seamheads.com 5/7/2008 — Former ballplayers telling tales is a fantastic break from the usual musings from atop the Soapbox. Who were the Denver Bears? A few months back I found myself asking that question. Since I was still 9 when the Rockies first took the field for Major League Baseball games, the extent of my knowledge on the subject went as far as being aware there was a AAA team in Denver prior to the new ...
YANKEES NOTEBBOK —
Newsday.com - Yankees 5/8/2008
Kennedy return not imminent
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Ian Kennedy's boffo performance at Triple-A on Tuesday
night earned him the praise of Yankees manager Joe Girardi. But it ...