A good effort, not great but good. He showed some tools. Needs to work on his command. It will come. He has come a long way from ST when he looked like a High School pitcher.
Because those misplays by Youk were not errors, the run iearned. What a burn. The ump had something to say to Lester when he left the mound---probably about him walking to the dugout on the prior pitch.
Speaking of fresh arms, did anyone hear Terry's answer about sending Hansen down. In the last part of his answer, he said that "he is ready to contribute at the ML level." Does that mean that he will be coming back up to stay soon?
He has to get in a better grove, throw more strikes, reduce his pitch count and go at least 5 or 6. Four innings is no help for this staff with a DH coming up tomorrow.
Edit: Now he's doing it. Two outs four pitches.
They cancelled the second game, and rescheduled it for 9/11. I am pissed. I have tickets to the night game. s***!! I drive all the way up here tpo watch a game on TV.
How can you come to such a conclusion about Willis-- that he can't pitch in the AL? On what data are you basing this conclusion? My obsession with him is that he is the best and yuoungest available pitcher playing for a team that seems hell-bent on unloading him. You would rather the Yankees land the guy?
What is wrong with Beckett? At age 25 Unit was 10 Wins 13 Losses. Beckett at age 25 is 41 wins 34 losses and a WS MVP> He is clearly going down the wrong path.