The Yankees got what they needed from starting pitcher Ivan Nova and more than what they needed from their hitters in a 6-3 win over the Royals on Monday. The ball was jumping out of the stadium tonight; the Yankees (5) and Royals (2) hit seven combined homers. Carolos Beltran had two dingers and Brian McCann, […]
Day: May 9, 2016
Though pessimism prevails, promise makes brief appearance vs. Red Sox
Through the dark clouds of doubt that have steadily moved toward the sky over Yankee Stadium, a ray of promise peek through this weekend in a series win over the Red Sox For 52 hours, it appeared the Yankees were back out of their coma. For the last 20, the outlook has to returned to a bleak state. […]
On game theory and Michael Pineda’s fastball
Mariano Rivera’s cutter. Kenley Jansen’s cutter. Zach Britton’s sinker. There are pitches in baseball that are just so lethal that it doesn’t matter if the hitter knows it’s coming. The hurler that possesses these pitches will throw the pitch nine out of every ten times without consequences. Well, there are consequences, but those consequences are […]
Game 29 Recap: The Wright stuff ain’t right
Two batters into the game, the Yankees were losing 2-0. Luis Severino had walked Mookie Betts on four low and away pitches, and then Dustin Pedroia hit a ball into the right field porch. Severino proceeded to retire ten batters in a row. Seven of them were sat down by way of the strikeout. Then, David […]