YANKEES VS. REDSOX

I THINK G.M. CASHMAN PULLED OFF THE STEAL OF THE YEAR PRACTICALLY GIVING UP NOTHING FOR BOTH BOBBY ABREU AND COREY LIDLE
ABREU A CONSEMATE PRO SHOULD MAKE JONNY DAMON EVEN A BETTER PLAYER AS THEY BOTH TAKE LONG PITCH COUNTS AND MAKE THE OPPOSING PITCHERS WORK

ALSO ABREU ADDS A ELEMENT TO THAT LINEUP THAT IT WAS SORELY LACKING THE HIT AND RUN AS HE AND DAMON PLAY CAT CHASES MOUSE AROUND THE BASES AND SMALL BALL IN FRONT OF ALL THOSE BIG SLUGGERS THAT FOLLOW

AUGUST 16 THE YANKEES INVADE BEANTOWN

I DONT KNOW BUT IT SEEM'S TO ME THAT THE YANKS BEEN TANKING GAMES LATELY IN CHITOWN AND AGAINST ANAHEIM IN LOOKING PAST THEM AND TO THE UPCOMMINGTOUGH 5 - GAME SERIES VERSES THeHATED BITTER RIVAL RED SOX

THEY COULD VERY WELL BE UP BY 5 OR 6 GAMES INSTEAD OF JUST TWO we will look at the two teams match up by match up......

there BULL PEN SEEMS INTACT AND BETTER THEN EVER OCTAVIO DOTEL'S STUFF IS ELECTRIC AS HE BATTLES BACK

AND PROCTOR AND FAWNSWORTH HAVE BEEN STEADY AS EVER AND MO IS MO

THEVE GOTTEN SOME CONSISTENCY IN THE STARTERS NOW THAT THEVE PICKED UP COREY LIDLE AND HAVE PONSON IN A PINCH , AND JARED WRIGHT'S BEEN PITCHING ALOT BETTER

LETS LOOK AT THE MATCHUPS

LINE-UP

STARTING PITCHERS

I DONT EXACTLY AT THIS POINT WHAT ALL THE PITCHING MATCH UPS GOING TO BE SO I'LL GIVE TOP 4 STARTERS VERSES TOP 4 AS THIS SEASON WILL BE A LONG HAUL ANYWAY

MUSSINA VS. SHILLING

ADVANTAGE MUSSINA COMMANDING 4 OR 5 PITCHES MATURTED AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPEEDS TO CHOOSE FROM

CHING MING WAH VS JOSH BECKETT

NO CONTEST HERE THE YOUNGER MING WAH IS A MASTER AT THE SLIDER AND SINKER MATURE WAY PAST HIS AGE OF 24 AND ALOT MORE CONSISTANT

RANDY JOHNSON VS. TIM WAKEFIELD

NO CONTEST HERE THE TALL GRUNGY GANGLE SUPERPOWERHOUSE KO MASTER HANDS DOWN

JARED WRIGHT VS. JOHN LESTER

JARED WRIGHT BY ALOT IF ONLY HE WAS 100% HEALTHY IMAGINE THAT???

THE BULL PEN

SET UP MAN

RON VILLONE VS. MIKE TIMLIN

VILLONE IN MY OPINION BEEN THE SAVIOR THIS YEAR OF THE BULL PEN NO CONTET HERE

SCOTT PROCTOR VS. JULIAN TAVAREZ

ALTHOUGH PROCTOR'S BEEN OVERUSED AND A HORSE OUT OF THE BULLPEN and in the dog days of LATE JUN EARLY JULY SUFFERED A BIT I GIVE THE NOD TO PROCTOR

KYLE FAWNSWORTH VS. KEITH FOLKE

EVEN THOUGH I WAS SCREAMING FOR FAWNSWORTHS HEAD HES BEEN GOOD LATELY , I THINK FAWNSWORTH THE HARDEST THROWERE ON THE YANKEES NEEDS A FEW OTHER PITCHES HE ALWAYS SEEMS TO MISSING DOWN AND OUT IN THE SAME SPOT TO RIGHTIES

FOLKE HAS MORE PITCHES THIS IS PRETTY CLOSE BUT I HAVE TO GIVE THE SLIGHT EDGE TO FAWNSWORTH AS HES BEEN MORE EFFECRIVE THIS YEAR

BATTERS

ALOT OF GUYS IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS DO DIFFERENT THINGS SO ILL COMPARE LINE UP SPOTS

DAMON VS. CRISP

NO CONTEST HERE JONNY SEEMS TO RAISE HIS GAME VERSES BOSTON IN FENWAYS AND AMASED PRETTY GOOD POWER AND ON BASE PCT . NUMBERS

JETER VS. LORETTA

4 W.S. RINGS MVP THIS ONES A JOKE ONES A CERTIFIED WINNER THE OTHER A CONTENDER

AROD VS. BIG PAPI

AROD CAME ACROSS ALOT OF CRITISM LATELY , BUT BIG PAPI ISNT A 5 TOOL PLAYER HES CLUTCH WE KNOW THAT, BUT AROD IS THE MORE COMPLETE PLAYER CAN HURT YOU IN WAYS THAT ARENT ALWAYS SHOW UP ON SCOREBOARDSLIGHT ADVANTAGE VERY SLIGHT AROD

JASON GIAMBI VS. MANNY RAMIREZ

RAMIREZ IS CLUTCH BUT SO IS GIAMBI THIS ONE ILL SCORE EVEN

JORGE POSADA VS. JASON VARITEK

CATCHCHER VS CATCHERNO ONE!1 BEEN MORE CLUTH THEN POSADA THIS YEAR FOR THE YANKEES THROWING OUT BASERUNNERS COMMANDING THE PITCHERS ADVANTAGE YANKEES

BOBBY ABREU VS. KEVIN YOUKILIS

THE MERE PRESCENCE OF ABREU MAKES DAMON A BETTER PLAYER AS THEY PLAY CAT CHASE MOUSE AROUND THE BASES AND INCORPERATE A HIT AND RUN STYLE IN FRONT OF ALL THOSE BIG SLUGGERS THAT FOLLO A ABREU IS A CONSEMATE PR BIG EDGE YANKEES

ROBINSON CANO VS, MIKE LOWELL

CANO IS BATTING 7 TO 9TH AND HITTING .345 ANY MORE NEED BE SAID???

ADVANTAGE YANKEES

AND THATS NOT TO MENTION THE INJURED PLAYERS SUCH AS MATSUI, SHEFFEILD AND THOSE WHO FILLED IN NICELY AND BENCH STRENGHT BERNIE WILLIAMS AND CABERERA

TO ME ITS NO CONTEST THE YANKEES ARE THE CLASS OF THE EAST STILL AND SHOULD REPRESENT THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AND HOPEFULLY WIN IT FOR US A 27TH TIME

ALOT CAN HAPPEN

BUT DONT MISS A SECOND AND GO TO THE BALLPARK AND SUPPORT YOUR TEAM I KNOW I WILL

ENJOY ;-)

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WE SHALL SEE

HALF WAY POINT

THE YANKEES I CAN WRITE MANY THING THUS FAR, AND LORD KNOWS I HAVE BEEN LAPSE.... BUT I SEE THEN NOT MOVING UP RUNNERS WAITING ON PITCHES BUT SWINGING FOR THE FENSES NOT TRUSTING THERE NEXT TEAMATE



JOE RELIES TOO MUCH ON TWO RELIEVERSSSS








SCOTT PROCTOR

....&...KARL FAWNSWORTH( WHO NEEDS A SECOND AND THIRD PITCH SLIDER , SINKER, OFFSPEED??? BUT MORE IMPORATANTLY LISTEN TO HIS STAFF STOP BEING JOHN WAYNE!!! )

I LIKED SCOTT ERIKSON ??? HES GONE

MAYBEE OCTAVIO DOTEL???....
IF JOE DONT BURN HIM OUT LIKE HE'S DONE TO PROCTOR

ROTATION!!!
ROTATION!!!
ROTATION!!!

T.J. BEAN , SCOTT PROCTOR, DAN MICELLI , OCTAVIO DOTEL,

EVEN KYLE FAWNSWORTH


...........OK HERE IS MY LATEST POST IN... I CAN BE FOUND @T

http://blogs.foxsports.com/TOMMYSGUN





As big Yankee fan





one couldnt not but help but take an intrest in this weeks interleague play between the inspired Mets and the RED HOT SOX ,











Offcourse as A Yankee Fan with the month of june gone and finding our Yankees 3 1/2 games behind a steam rolling BOSOX team and 6 out in the Wild Card ,One can only hope that The METS sucess continues and root for our cross town rivals against our "arch enemies"














With all the injuries and incosistency out of the bullpen it's truly AMAZING the Yankees are still in it between the injuries to there two corner outfielders





AROD fighting AROD











Kyle Fawnsworth fighting Reasoning!!!!


and Jorge Posada


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...... , incostinency in the bullpen !!!


I think Kyle Fawnworth should sit out the whole season until he learns a second get out pitch be it a slider , sinker offspeed











Kyle Fawnsworth in his Chicago Days


picture courtesy of


http://nohomers.net/showthread.php?p=1203509#post1203509








it looks as if THE BIG UNIT is finaly accepting hes not going to be the pitcher he was in the 90's and learning to pitch acording with flashes of his old self one can only HOPE..








and Ching Mind Wong is maturing The Moose should be steady











...and one can hope when Octavio Dotel comes back it will cure and take some pressure off the Much used and maligned bullpen





but this post isn't about him or that.....





The Yankees begin a three game serious against the Mets who just lost 3 in a row in sloppy stlye for the most part against the Sox in Fenway. The Mets still trying to establish thenselves as a genuine World Series threat and in the top 5 or 6 team "ELITE" want to offcourse prove who better since getting EMBARRESSED by the Sox there cross time rivals Yankees





the Yankees who cannot afford to fall back any further in both the division and wild card must win two out of three especially at the stadium








especially after the Mets took 2 of 3 in shea





...But wouldn't it be funny if the Yankees drop ALL #3 GAMES!!!


The Mets finanly find themselves again














it would virtually knock the Yankees out of the entire playoff scene barring a miracle HOW IRONIC WOULD THAT BE???





THE METS ARE PLAYING TO PROVE TO THEMSELVES AND BRAGGING RIGHTS








THE YANKEES FOR SURVIVAL











And one question?????????











I think the Sox can be beaten the Yankees themselves have beaten them 2 outta 3 the last two series's





After Manny And Ortiz who else is there? other then the clutch Veritek???


they've gotta alot of nice role type players but without there "2" big hoses what good are they





it has been Proven unlike the Yankees who are patient hitters


YOU CAN PITCH INSIDE "JAM THEM" OR AROUND THE SOX BIG TWO


AND WHY IS THIS MAN : NOW IN NEW YORK"


ABOVE CHEERED IN BOSTON AND THE MAN BELOW NOT








HERES JOHNNY











AND WHAT IS THAT THIS MAN BELOW REFUSES TO PITCH INSIDE , HE DOESNT WANT TO HURT HIS "OLD FRIENDS"








THAT "BOSTON WILL ALWAYS BE #1 TO HIM AND HOME???





WHAT KINDA A MESSAGE IS THAT TO HIS CURRENT TEAM???











HE LOOKED BEYOND CONFUSED AND CHOKED UP I DONT WANT TO SUGGEST ANYTHING


BUT.................????





WHAT IF HE SIGNED WITH???








????





?????


?????








GOOD THING WE WILL NEVER KNOW!!!





ONE THINGS FOR SURE...


THE METS SWEEP OR WIN 2 OF 3 AND HURT THE YANKEES THIS INDEPENDANCE DAY WEEKEND





YOU'LL REALLY SEE EVEN MORE HATRED BETWEEN YANKEE FANS AND METS IN YEARS TO COME!!!





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WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC - GOOD 4 BASEBALL??? OR NOT ???

Welcome LOL GO A-ROD DEREK AND JOHHNY D AS THEY REPRESENT THE U.S. AND THE PINSTRIPES IN THE W.B.C.

its been a while since I wrote in this blog I am now at http://blogs.foxsports.com/TOMMYSGUN

I loved the W.B.C. even as a Yankee fan , and the protest of one George Steinbrenner and the Yankee front office.

I dont think it took anything from the Regular season

Look how David Ortiz and Luis Pujos started and still are performing??? for example!!!

I dont see a future for the W.B.C. however BIG MONEY and intrests will eventually squash it and either this stubborn commisioner or maybee the next more open one will eventually give in.

I think it is good for the developement of Baseball all over the Globe............

LOOK @t the F.I.F.A WORLD CUP!!!

But HOWEVER Steinbrenner and the rest of BIG MONEY have a legitamate BEEF w/ Johnny Damon just signed UNDER CONTRACT hurting his shoulder ???

WHAT DO YOU THINK??? POST IT!!!!