Archive for April, 2010
Javier Vazquez: On What Were the Hopes Based? »
Javy Vazquez started his second game in his second stint for the New York Yankees yesterday. Pitching against the Angels, Vazquez was just as abysmal as he had been against the Rays last Friday night. Vazquez threw 100 pitches and 59 strikes in 5.1 innings against the Angels, giving up six hits and four earned runs while striking out [...]
Another Rough Start For Javy »
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E L.A. Angels 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 10 0 N.Y. Yankees 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 7 0 WP: J. Pineiro (1-1) LP: J. Vazquez (0-2) S: F. Rodney (1) He was better than his start against the Rays, but for the second time in as many starts Javier Vazquez was pretty ineffective. Today, he allowed four [...]
Nick Johnson Blasts Open Yankee Stadium and His Own »
Besides the ring ceremony, nail-biting finish, and return of Godzilla, there was one other noteworthy occurrence at Yankee Stadium yesterday afternoon: the emergence of Nick Johnson. When the Yankees embraced Hideki Matsui in a goosebump-inducing moment for Yankee fans, it finally set in—Matsui is no longer the Yankees DH. No, instead of [...]
The Problem is Not Javier Vazquez, It’s Your »
I’ll admit it, Javier Vazquez is not pitching well. Obviously that is not a huge revelation, but this 0-2 start is not what I expected. Still, a lot of Yankee fans are turning on him and some never forgave him for the grand slam he gave up to Johnny Damon in 2004 and it’s already tired. Obviously his first start was bad as he [...]
Yankees-Angels: Javier Vazquez Acquisition Not Yet »
He's only two starts into the 2010 season, but Javier Vazquez is not providing the depth promised when the Yankees acquired him via a trade in December. After a 5 2/3-inning debut in which he surrendered eight runs against the Rays, the right-hander once again failed to escape the sixth frame on Wednesday, when he yielded four runs in a 5-3 loss [...]
Joel Pineiro Silences New York Yankees Bats in LA »
Los Angeles pitcher Joel Pineiro (1-1) limited New York to one run over seven innings, as the Angels earned a 5-3 victory Wednesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. Pineiro only allowed five hits while striking out seven and walking none. Javier Vazquez (0-2) suffered the loss after allowing four runs in 5.1 innings. Pineiro held New York to only one [...]
Treasure Mariano Rivera Because You Will Never See »
Perfection is a word that must be used cautiously. And perfection in the sense intended here does not mean always perfect. Every fan of the New York Yankees can remember a base hit in the bottom half of a ninth inning of a seventh game of a World Series in 2001 when we all felt our team would win because Mo was closing. We can also remember [...]
New York Yankees: After Seven Games, Who’s Hot »
The World Champion New York Yankees hung their 27th banner yesterday and passed out some very large rings. But now we leave '09 in the rear view and look to what the new season holds in store. After seven games in an odd 10 days that saw a forgiving schedule with three off days, the Yankees hold a 5-2 record. Derek Jeter has started as hot as he [...]
Brett Gardner Daily Update: April 14, 2010 »
The New York Yankees started the season with two road series against their biggest rivals in the American League East. They won both series, after dropping the first game in each series, and opened at home yesterday with a 4-2 record. Brett Gardner was key in some of the Yankee wins in this first road trip of the year. But in the [...]
New York Yankees Take Home Opener Despite David »
It was a cool, partly cloudy afternoon in the Bronx on Tuesday: the perfect weather for Opening Day at the new Yankee Stadium.World Series rings were given out, a prank was played on Hideki Matsui (known by his New York faithful as "Gozilla"), and good ol' Jerry Hairston Jr. even stopped by.The General of the Yankees rotation, Andy Pettitte, took [...]