TheRivernator

that would be a first. The YES gun is notoriously slow....

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hahaha.... http://www.dairyfarmersguild.com/pwned.gif

no, cmon now. But it shows that our pitching has kept 2 playoff caliber teams to a minimal amount of runs over 6 games. If we keep that up, we will win a ton of games...

Mr JV strikes again...

not totally true on either account. Sometimes people can break fingers and not even know it, until they stop the activity they are performing. Once you come down from the "high" of a competition, you can notice the pain. The whole endorphin thing, trust me on this one, I dont want to get too technical. Also, it depends on the joint and the type of break before you truly know how long someone can be out. It could be displaced, although not to the naked eye and it may require reduction. Also, if it lightning rodded vs a simple transverse break, it could cause him to be out for longer. Another thing to consider is that many hand breaks may not even be evident on XRays for a week or so, so sometimes you call it a break before you actually see it on the XRay. As far as swelling, sprains are associated with a ton of swelling initially because there is usually twisting and breaking of blood vessels due to the sheering force and the swelling is due to extravasating fluid from your busted vessels. As far as breaks, they are usually from blunt trauma and not a sheering force, so your body responds to the injury with inflammation by trying to heal it and hence you will swell over time as your body responds to the injury. This is a horribly simplistic view of it, but with finger injuries/breaks, you could be out 3 months or a week, so wait for the report. There are way too many scenarios to even consider....

absolutely. Also, consider that 5 of those runs were unearned and our staff has held up so far...

I thought Ortiz was the MVP last yr, btw....

Yankees Win, Thaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Yankees Win!!!!!!

at Kauffman...

they swept em at home, but got swept on the road. If we get swept by the roy-holes, I am gonna vomit and s*** at the same time...

Not really. If every one of his innings is with the game on the line, in crunch time, and he puts up those numbers, then he should be considered with any starter....

He does not have the potential of a .330 OBP if his avg is .260. More like a .300OBP with a .260avg. The kid cannot lay off anything from nose to toes...

Kay is a prick....

Rivera 7-4 43SV 78.1IP 50H 80K 18BB 1.38ERA. That is sheer domination, and almost every inning of that was when the game was on the line....

who finished those games though. Chacon and Small were 6 inning pitchers, Mo had to close the door for them...

cause we will win today and I started it, that's why, and both included "holes" in the thread name. So long as I find a way to put holes in every team name, then we'll be fine...

this game http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/boxscores/2005/07/03/10063_boxscore.html

He hardly ever throws the 4 seamers. Almost every pitch is a sinker (which is a 2 seamer you get on top of). Last season, in the game the yankees won 1-0 vs Nate Robertson, he was throwing 96mph sinkers consistently and as high as 98. When it was warmer, he was consistently at 93 with a regular high of 96. You'll see.....

Wang usually sits around 93 with his 2 seamer that sinks, ie a sinker. Last yr he hit as high as 98 (against the tigers) and his consistent high was 96-97 once the weather got warm....

Home opener baby. Joe "I suck" Mays vs. Chien-Ming Wang a bit premature, but I'm gonna miss all 3 of these games, so I might as well start the thread....

take into account the league era's for those 2 yrs and you'll see that they are rather similar aside from the K's....

Santana was not the Cy last yr. The Cy is the most valuable pitcher award and Rivera was the only reason why the yankees even sniffed the playoffs, let alone got into them....

Chacon could be great at times, Pavano was good for a few laughs most of the time. Small will be a huge addition to our pen as a long man, because quite frankly, having Wright be our only long man is scary.

Ace-type stuff is not based on how he uses it, but on how he COULD use it. Wang could go for the K if he wanted to and would be effective K'ing people, but he maximizes his IP by pitching to the bats. Plus, an ace does not necessarily need to K people, he just needs to be capable of leading a staff and being a stopper. The jury is still out on that one....