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May 17, 2005

May 16th @ The Mariners

Anytime you leave 23 runners on base in a game and still win, you know the baseball gods are smiling on you.

And, the funny thing is: One of the heroes of this game, Bernie Big Slam Williams left 6 runners on himself.

Think someday we'll say "That Wright signing was a good thing - it allowed us to discover Wang. Had the Yankees signed an able-bodied pitcher, poor Wang would have been stuck in Columbus all year in 2005"?

I missed the 9th inning last night. But, per the boxscore, Mo looked shaky - a walk, a hit, and almost half of his pitches were balls. Something to keep an eye on......maybe?

Yankees are now 6 back in the loss column. Can't wait until that gets closer to three.

Posted by Steve Lombardi at May 17, 2005 07:51 AM

Comments

Chien Ming-Wang? The Taiwanese Tom Candiotti?
I was impressed with his 94mph heat at pitch #100.

Posted by: Jason O. at May 17, 2005 09:40 AM

I swear I did not read George King in the Post until after the above post.

Posted by: Jason O. at May 17, 2005 10:04 AM

Okay, two things. Wang only threw 87 pitches, and the Yankees "only" left 13 men on base. You can't add individual player's LOB totals, because then you're counting a single runner multiple times. There is a "Team LOB" total listed in every box score. Last night it was Yanks: 13 (13H+7BB-1CS-6R=13LOB).

Third thing: I'm already saying that about Wright. Sort of. I would prefer Lieber or Clement in the rotation and Wang replacing Brown.

Posted by: Cliff at May 17, 2005 10:33 AM

Jason - do you have a link for that Post piece?
Cliff - you're right - I should have referenced H in AB with runners on. That was what I meant - and, it paints it better. Good catch. Thanks.

Posted by: Steve Lombardi at May 17, 2005 10:46 AM

My mistake, there, Cliffie!!

-Norm

Posted by: Jason O. at May 17, 2005 12:51 PM

The Post online has annoying free registration now:
http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/yankees.htm

Posted by: Jason O. at May 17, 2005 12:56 PM

Thanks Jason.
Agreed on the reg process.

Posted by: Steve Lombardi at May 17, 2005 01:03 PM

For those that don't want to bother with the registration.

phonyname@email.com
nypost

If that doesn't work use http://www.bugmenot.com/ to get another login.

Posted by: Jen at May 17, 2005 02:20 PM

Thanks Jen!

Posted by: Steve Lombardi at May 17, 2005 03:27 PM