yankees228

Nice outing for Moose against a weaker hitting team, but a nice outing nonetheless.

When he's hot, he's more than capable of carrying the entire offense. EDIT: And Matsui joins the party.

Good situation hitting by the D-Backs and they lead 1-0. EDIT: Good inning there. Overall Moose looks sharp tonight.

Mussina vs. Hernandez...0-0 after 1, both teams stranded a runner on second.

Good points, however I think you might be leaving a few things out. The Diamondbacks have a much weaker lineup than the Yankees, so whenever you're bringing up which pitcher has the advantage, that should be taken into consideration as well. In terms of the Diamondback's Series: 6/13: Hernandez has been good this year, but Mussina was really good in two of his last three starts, and the rain delay probably hurt him against the Red Sox. Mussina, if he has good stuff tonight, should be able to feast on the Diamondback's impatient, young hitters. The OBP's of a lot of their hitters speak for themselves. In my opinion, it is far from a "clear advantage". 6/14: This is pretty simple. Andy Pettitte is the Yankee's ace. Once again, "clear advantage" is going too far. In general the D-Backs have a below average lineup, which I've already said, and that has got to factor into the equation. In terms of the Met's Series: 6/15: Oliver Perez has been dominant at times, including against the Yankees earlier this year, however he is also inconsistent. Two starts ago he was nothing better than average against the Diamondbacks, and in his last start he was nothing short of poor against the Tigers. If the dominant Perez shows up then the Mets have a great chance to win, but that is certainly an if. On top of that, the Mets are struggling offensively right now, and the bottom of their order which consists of Jose Valentine, Carlos Gomez, and Julio Franco/David Newhan (or whoever DH's), is nothing to write home about. 6/16: I'll concede that your assessment here, or lack thereof, was right on cue, however you should remember that Glavine has not been so good as of late. Right now the Yankees are hitting better than the Mets, and if Glavine doesn't show up than it is far from a given. 6/17: I also agree with your assessment here. This is a toss up, plain and simple.

I don't think it would have been in the act of shooting though.

The A's just lost in extra innings to the Astros.

I think the wrong righty came out of the bullpen...

Great play there by Hudson.

Doesn't even smile...Wang's defense (mainly Jeter and Cairo) really helped him out tonight. Wang battled through this game even though he didn't have close to his best stuff (and was helped by the Diamondback hitters).

One more out. This should definitely be his last inning.

His breaking stuff was absolutely nasty in the ninth.

Wang better settle down, he hasn't looked great tonight and he just got beat by a long ball. Webb has really settled in.

Ooops. My fault. I made the same mistake in two threads.

Oh. My fault. I figured because they were in ARI they would be in COL next.

I remember the last time the Yankees were in Colorado. It was in 2002. I think they won the first game 10-5, and then both teams doubled their scores in the second game. Some people were joking that the third game would be 40-20 lol.

I'm not holding my breath. Wake might get hit pretty hard tonight, especially considering it's in Colorado, but Aaron Cook is going for Colorado, and the Red Sox should be able to outslug them. EDIT: Besides, if the Yanks just take care of their own business the chips will eventually start to fall in place.

It seems like he makes and argument, decides for himself what people's responses are without actually reading them, and then restates his point with the assumption that people are disagreeing.

Great pitching matchup tonight...Wang vs. Webb. A battle of the sinkerballers.

Pitchers he's faced in the last week: Jon Garland Mark Buerhle Javier Vazuez Jose Contreras Tom Gorzelanny (among others who are not so good)

Well, with Randy Johnson on the mound you guys should be getting into there bullpen early, no matter how well he pitches. A couple of starts ago he had a one hitter after six innings against the Phillies, and they didn't let him start the seventh. I don't think he had even thrown 80 pitches.

Thank you Scott. Finally some relief...no pun intended.