Igawa vs. The “Coward of the County” tonight. UPN 9 game, so I don’t know if I’ll join my friends tonight or not. With Igawa going, that poor Friday night UPN 9 record (4-10 in 2007 and 0-2 this year) just might continue.
Nice Moose stat. After starting 1-3, 5.75, he is 4-0, 3.13 in his last four starts.
This comic strip’s logo is a good example of what Yankee fans would do to Hank Steinbrenner if he persists in his David Wells delusions.
David Wells is making overtures to get back into baseball…with the Yankees. Hank Steinbrener admits that Wells has crossed his mind. Hank is also dropping subtle hints (as the N.Y. Post points out) that he’s growing disillusioned with the Yanks’ youth movement. Nice patience Hank. Six weeks. Real nice.
I’d like to bind and gag Hank. If he does sign Wells (most likely over Cashman’s dead body), it means that Hank had no mind at all for Wells to “cross” in the first place. Say No, Hank. Please. We’ve already seen an old retread in Clemens last year. We’ve gone through Randy Johnson. We don’t need a me-first Wells polluting the young pitching staff with his presence. Ask Pettitte and Moose how much they would relish having Wells around again before you do anything. He’s going to be 45 for crying out loud.
Some fans actually clamor for Wells. If they want to see him, ask the Yanks to bring him back for Old-Timer’s day. Wells blames Joe Torre for not wanting him. Never mind the fact that Wells’ lack of conditioning led to him leaving after one inning of Game 5 of the 2003 World Series, and that, along with the Jeff Weaver decision in Game 4, led to the Series turning to the Marlins.
Wells was a combined 9-9, 5.43 (ERA + 77) for SD and LA last year. There is no future here. Don’t consider it. Please. Live and die with the kids. I’d rather die with the kids and build for the future than to do with Wells in 2008 what the Yanks did with Clemens in 2007 (albeit at a cheaper price).
Say no, Girardi. Say no, Cashman. And after you do, get out the rope and bandanna. Bind and gag Hank for a while.
By the way, that bricklayer cartoon I put up the other day? He’s still working….right, Lebron?
The Charleston score is now up on the Minor League Report. It was a late finish, after I retired for the evening. A happy ending though, as Jesus Montero (remember, he’s just 18) HRs in the top of the 13th to decide it.
Update: Apparently Farnsworth’s suspension was reduced from three games to one. That suspension will be served tonight.
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1 Jason // May 9, 2008 at 1:45 pm
I saw that too, Mike, and was just appalled that Hank would even consider it. Game 5 of the 2003 WS when, after the 12-inning loss, his back gives out after one inning. I’m not unsympathetic to injuries by any stretch. Randy Johnson deserved at least some credit for doing what he could for getting on the mound for Game 3 of the 2006 ALDS loss, though he didn’t pitch well. But Wells’s back issues were in no small part of his own doing–boozing, failing to stay in shape, failing to adhere to the regimen that the coaches consistently urged him to follow, failing to do proper throwing between starts. THIS is the guy to set the example for young players? PLEASE.
Cone said it well during yesterday’s broadcast when he remarked, “I went out with Boomer to try to keep him out of jail.” I don’t think that was much in jest, either. The guy admitted to pitching his perfect game on little sleep after a late-night bender. Plus, as you say, he’s in his mid-40s, wasn’t that good on the tail end of his career, and will himself wear out the pen plenty of times.
HORRIBLE IDEA, HANK. He’s a pitcher (and a worn-out one at that), not a talisman.
2 Mike Sommer // May 9, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Not to mention that mix-up he had with some guy in a late-night NY diner a few years back.
3 Nick.K // May 9, 2008 at 3:30 pm
I don’t what to think Igawa to be honest he has got everything to gain and nothing to lose really tonight. Most Yankee fans are expecting him to fail tonight he might suprise some people.
4 Nick.K // May 9, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Sorry typing is really bad forgot a few words.
I don’t know what to think about Igawa
5 yankeemza781 // May 10, 2008 at 7:07 pm
worst part is a 45 year old David Wells pitching with his right arm hoping on one leg, and blinfolded has better control than Phillip (broken rib wink wink) and more guts than what seems to be the successor to the coward Kenny Rogers in Ian Kennedy
6 Mike Sommer // May 10, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Did you see Kennedy’s performance the other night? Gotta do it in NY…Hughes does have a broken rib.
They’ll be fine. They just need time. There are a lot of good youngsters on the way, but patience is needed. Not 3 weeks or months though. A lot of patience.
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