Red Sox Vs. Yanks Starting rotation

[snb988]

I do think it's going to be a f***ing dogfight fo the division,. though.

 

 

I do too, and it's going to be a lotta fun to watch.

[yankeessuck013]

foulke coming back certainly does nothing to help my confidence...he was pitching like a f***ing stiff before this, what makes you think that he will be any better when comes back..he might be worse!!!!!

I hope not, but it can happen..

 

schilling is dreadful, and that doesnt make me confident that he can do any better as a starter. which leaves us with starting pitching that is anything but spectacular.

 

im confident foulke will be back to the foulke of 2004, before all of his knee problems occured.

 

and schill is really only having problems on his splitter and it usually takes him a couple innings to get it working even when he is healthy. he is better as a starter than a closer (obv.) and thats where he should be, i dont care if foulke isnt back yet, put him at the top of that rotation today!

 

i kno the yankees will be making a big push, but im not feeling the need to commit suicide like some other people.

[sarasoxfan]

suicide...some sound advice for millar maybe but I am not ready for the ledge just yet.

 

on what basis can you say that foulke will be back to his old form...?

[riverside sluggers]

jesus, why cant we just take one game at a time? one loss and now "its better luck next year"

[elsrbueno]

I do too, and it's going to be a lotta fun to watch.

 

The six games between these two teams may end up being the difference in the division.

 

Of course, the Red Sox won the season series last year and it didn't do them any good in the regular season.... but the race is a lot closer this year.

 

Obviously whichever team gets their pitching in order will take the division. The Yankees need Johnson and Mussina to pitch like aces again, and some combination of Wright/Chacon/Leiter/Small/etc to anchor the bottom half of the rotation.

 

The Red Sox need Schilling back in the rotation, Wells to keep doing what he's doing (the Sox best pitcher so far in the second half), and Clement/Arroyo to return to their early season form (when they were carrying the rotation).

[yankeessuck013]

i kno riverside, isnt it annoying?

[snb988]

The six games between these two teams may end up being the difference in the division.

 

Of course, the Red Sox won the season series last year and it didn't do them any good in the regular season.... but the race is a lot closer this year.

 

Obviously whichever team gets their pitching in order will take the division. The Yankees need Johnson and Mussina to pitch like aces again, and some combination of Wright/Chacon/Leiter/Small/etc to anchor the bottom half of the rotation.

 

The Red Sox need Schilling back in the rotation, Wells to keep doing what he's doing (the Sox best pitcher so far in the second half), and Clement/Arroyo to return to their early season form (when they were carrying the rotation).

Agreed. I just hope that whichever team doesn't win the division wins the wild card, because there's nothing like a Yanks/Sox ALCS.

[elsrbueno]

Agreed. I just hope that whichever team doesn't win the division wins the wild card, because there's nothing like a Yanks/Sox ALCS.

 

I bet there are fans of about 28 teams who disagree with you (at least 12), but it's true.

 

Nothing feels better than beating the Yankees. Nothing feels worse than losing to the Yankees. (in the baseball world that is).

[riverside sluggers]

which leaves us with starting pitching that is anything but spectacular.

 

as I have said before and now confirmed in yahoo sports about Tim Wakefield; with David Wells' recent outing; Wakefield has been the ace of the staff as of late, winning his last 4 starts and is 3-0 in August with a 3.32 ERA, striking out 23 with just 1 walk and has been averaging 7 innings or more

 

Two of the AL's hottest pitchers square off when Bartolo Colon and the Los Angeles Angels face Tim Wakefield and the Boston Red Sox to open a four-game series pitting division leaders. Colon has emerged as a Cy Young candidate by going 4-0 over his last five starts, limiting the opposition to two earned runs or fewer in all but one of those outings. The right-hander surrendered a run and four hits over eight innings in Saturday's 9-1 victory at Seattle.

 

Colon struck out five and walked one, moving within one victory of Chicago's Jon Garland (16) for the AL lead in victories. "The story of the game was Bartolo,'' Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia said. "We did a lot of things offensively, but the way he was locating his pitches and staying ahead in the count, he stayed away from trouble.'' Wakefield has been just as sharp, reeling off four victories in as many starts while allowing two earned runs or fewer three times during that stretch. On Saturday, the knuckleballer allowed two runs and seven hits over 6 2-3 innings, striking out five without a walk, in a 7-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox.