The Reds were bound to win tonight’s finale with Cueto on the mound. Does he wind up like Luis Tiant or what? (I’m talking about the way he turns his back on the hitters.) I was less perturbed about our lack of offense than I was about our pathetic pitching. Gordon threw a few too many meatballs and Noesi blew the game open.
Oh, well.
I’d rather gush about Garcia’s performance in Game 1 of the doubleheader. Now which starter do we want in the pen when Hughes comes back, huh?
All in all, it was a very good road trip for the Yanks. It would have been better if we’d been able to take advantage of the Red Sox’s loss today, but whatever. It’s still June. Despite all the injuries, we’re hanging in there.
neither YES or MLB TV chose to broadcast either game in my market yesterday, so I missed both the win and the public flogging. Reading press accounts of the evening game, the Reds took the Yanks out behind the woodshed and came back alone. As you said, Jane, it adds up do a damned good winning percentage for a road junket, albeit against The Weak Sisters of the Poor, by traditional AL East standards. Onward and upward, eh.
Listened to the first game and was thrilled when My9 broadcast the second game but by the end of the night I wished it had been the other way around. Sad to see our bullpen implode. The curse of the announcers held – Michael Kay and Paulie had just finished talking about how great Noesi has been for the Yanks when he completely lost it. I’m just hoping the pen got its collective meltdown out of the way. And Boone Logan held tight – that was encouraging.
Now the question is what to do with myself tonight – a night wthout Yankee baseball always takes a little adjustment.
Double headers usually end up in a split. I still hate how the yankees conveniently dropped back into second after the game 2 loss.
Now I want to have six starters! If only…
What’s amazing/frustrating is that if we had only beat Boston two more times (still giving them the series lead so far), we’d be in first place and would have been for the entire year. I’m pretty proud of what they’ve done despite the injuries and despite how bad our starters were supposed to be. We just need to actually win against Boston… hopefully this is a 2009 repeat
I feel your pain. And that Garcia sure is a mystery, isn’t he.
Talk about the Weak Sisters, NYL. The Red Sox play Pittsburgh and Houston next, although they do have to contend with Philadelphia too. We really need to pour it on this weekend and next week and take charge of the division.
You did find the bright spot, Audrey – Boone Logan didn’t walk or hit anybody! I’m just not sure why Joe left Noesi in so long. I realize we had a doubleheader, but I felt sorry for the poor kid. I know what I’m going to do tonight without baseball: actually go out for dinner and have a life!
I hate it too, Drew. It was probably inevitable since it’s true about splitting doubleheaders and they had their best pitcher on the mound, but still. We saved Tex and A-Rod for the second game and they did nothing.
I think it would be a riot if we won a championship without ever beating Boston, Rachel! Just think how mad they’d be.
Jeff, Garcia has had only one bad outing – against Boston, of course – and continues to be a mystery man. How long will it last? Who knows, but I’m enjoying him for the moment.
Jane, prior to ‘”actually going out to dinner and having a real life” on this travel day, you might want to consider watching the Fed Express roll over the unheralded Frenchman Adrian Mannarino here shortly on the lawns at Wimbledon. One never knows, some of the early round matches have been hotly contested affairs.
I’d love to see the Fed Express roll over anyone, NYL. But I don’t think I’ll get to see any tennis today. Lots to do, so I’m relying on you to keep me informed!
I gave you something of a bum steer anyway, as they opted to show tight matches in lieu of the Fed bloodletting. He took in straight sets, 2, 3 and 2. Na Li,French Open womens champ and #3 seed in this one ws dumped by a young wild card entry, excellent match. And to conclude this update, Serena Williams, who I almost got to feeling some empathy for (for the first time), wasted no time reverting to form by playing the sexist/racist card after her second round win today. So tacky.
Rockies – Yankees again. First time since 2007. I say we sweep again.
Yay, Fed. Thanks for the updates, NYL. I read about Serena’s comments. She really should just play tennis, but I think she likes creating controversy.
I wish I could tell you I’m excited about playing the Rockies, Peter, but I can’t wait for Interleague to be over.