Exhale and Mechanics

Breathe Easy

Fear not Yankees fans. It turns out this team wont go 0-162. The Yankees managed to get their first win of the season yesterday against the O's 11-2. Burnett provided a showing on the mound that compared to the outings of Wang and Sabathia probably felt like a perfect game in the minds of Yankees. In reality though it was an effort that didn't even last as long as 6 innings. Now given the first two games it is probably not right to complain about the composition of a win, but in general greater efficiency will hopefully be a trend as the season progresses.

I would imagine that most Yankees fans didn't want a 1-2 start. Most Yankees fans would probably still be upset with a 2-1 start. Reality is that you don't always get what you want and we will have to make do with the results of the first series. On the upside the pen looked better after the opener, Tex got over the shock of boos and started to hit and Robinson Cano, at least for the moment has managed to avoid his traditional early season slump.

Hopefully the Yankees can pick up where the left off with a strong showing in KC...maybe even a sweep...though that's what we probably thought at the start of the Baltimore series.

Don't Worry...We Fixed Their Mechanics

I'm not a pitcher. I'm not a hitter. Truth be told I've never played a game of organised baseball in my life. My hands on baseball experience is limited to the occasional game of catch. Taking that into account please excuse my possible ignorance with my following query.

I keep reading after bad starts that pitchers (Sabathia and Wang in this case) review tape and can see right away what is wrong, and assure everyone that it is a simple adjustment that will be resolved with a trip to the pen, with everything back to normal by the time the next start comes around.

How come the adjustment, cited as a slow arm for Wang and an inability to get his front foot down fast enough for Sabathia, could not be resolved during the game? Could they not review what is wrong during the game and fix it on the fly? Just a thought. I'll settle for the issues being resolved by their next start.

Parting Shots

Commentators come out with some dumb statements, but on Wednesday night Rick Sutcliffe took stupidity to new levels in his assessment of CMW. The highlight of CMW getting bombed by the Orioles had passed and ESPN had returned to their coverage of the Rays-Red Sox game. Sutcliffe then comes out with this gem, "I'm not worried about Sabathia. I'm not worried about Teixeira, but I am worried about Wang, because he got injured running...and he has to run again this year."

I decided to give up and turn the TV off at that point for fear that listening to anymore earth-shattering statements may make me dumber. Seriously of all the things you could think to say you said that? Give me a break. Be worried if his arm is always injured. Be worried if he can't throw his sinker for 3 or 4 starts in a row, but please don't cite your fear based on a freak injury and his future use of that injured body part.