jacksonianmarch

Posada doesnt get down again. f***

are you watching? A ton of these hits are dribblers

yeah, but aside from Encarnacion's single and Ruiz' homer, all of them have been bloops or seeing eye singles

3-2, AJ getting punch and judied

Yankees up 3-1. Jeter left with a foot contusion and Posada just took an awkward swing and seems to be favoring the left shoulder

There are a lot of counfounders here. First of all, Detroit and Boston have been playing plunk for a little while. The Sox seem to be on both the receiving and the giving end of the plunk game with other teams as well. Youks getting hit a bunch has to help his cause. But this is also the first episode of a batter charging and reaching the mound in the bigs in a couple months. Watson likes to set examples.

Speaking of being wrong, did you happen to see my post about yankee second half numbers in yesterday's game thread?

We'll see.

he got to the pitcher.

I forgot about the helmet throwing. Charging the mound was bad enough, but he chucked his helmet at the kid. This could be a lengthy suspension

Its like hitting off a tee Jorge Posada- last 3 seasons Pre-ASB .297/.386/.471 for a .857OPS Post ASB .313/.412/.555 for a .967OPS Robby Cano- last 3 seasons. Pre-ASB .278/.314/.405 for a .719OPS Post-ASB .337/.371/.554 for a .925OPS Mark Teixeira- last 3 seasons Pre-ASB .280/.373/.486 for a .859OPS Post-ASB .319/.416/.607 for a 1.023OPS ARod stays roughly the same with a 5 point OPS increase post ASB Johnny Damon improves his OPS by 27 points after the ASB Swisher drops by 25 points after the break in OPS Matsui sees a 20 point rise in OPS after the break Jeter jumps by a marginal 14 points in OPS after the break Melky has the biggest drop, 31 points in OPS after the break Overall, I would say the offense kicks it into another gear after the ASB, contrary to your snarky remark. Time for the pitchers. Andy Pettitte- he had a rare bad finish to last season, but even with his abysmal 2008, his 3 yr second half performance is a significant improvement. His ERA is 0.60 points lower in the second half, his WHIP is .07 lower and his K/9IP improves by 1.5 batter per 9 CC Sabathia- His ERA over the last 3 yrs drops from 3.60 to 2.40. His WHIP drops by 0.10 AJ Burnett- his ERA drops from 4.64 to 3.28 post ASB. His WHIP drops by 0.18 points. So, care to rethink that comment?

I grew up to that. It was my favorite tape as a little kid.

6IP 7 baserunners, 4 runs. Thats not lucky. Not at all. He was actually really good aside from one short sequence. Good thing NY bailed him out.

I said put him down. I didnt say kill him. Have you ever been hit by a 95+ mph fastball? It is a whole lot different than 89. And Leyland would never condone headhunting. Maybe the hip or the ribs. That would be enough to hold him for a second. AND, I would find it really hard to believe that Youkilis would charge twice in a series.

Also, the sox do not have me worried for the regular season. But when you can put their pen up there with Beckett and Lester for at least 4 games of a series, you have to respect their chances. As long as we dont draw the goddamn Angels, I think we can take this. That being said, I want NYY to crush the sox in the standings. Winning by 1 game is nice, but I'd like to be up by 10 games when the season ends. Never take the foot off the throat.

A. he wont get ejected B. He would get a 6 game suspension, which would get reduced to 5 after an appeal and he'd have his start pushed back one game. For starting pitchers, there is minimal retribution for hitting someone

nah, been drinkin

Gamecast had it at 89mph 2 seamer. If he really wanted to hit him, he would have gone with the mid 90s 4 seamer

The gun had it at 80 something. And the rotation on the ball would say otherwise.