All eyes were in Arlington Friday night as the Yankees and Rangers kicked off Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.
The Yankees, who had almost a week of rest, sent their ace in CC Sabathia to square off against the Rangers lefty C.J. Wilson in Game 1.
The game quickly started in favor of the Rangers as Sabathia's control was off from the start of the first inning.
Elvis Andrus walked to lead off the game and Michael Young singled to set up first and third with no outs.
Josh Hamilton then ...
In the 1999 movie Unbreakable, the character played by Samuel L. Jackson explained that the incredible fragility of his bone structure, the reason he was derisively known as Mr. Glass, was directly tied to the fact that Bruce Willis' character was seemingly invincible.Mr. Glass reasoned that if there's someone in the world who represents the extreme on one end, then the universe must have a person somewhere who represents the opposite end of the spectrum.It made Jackson and Willis natural foes, and their relationship served as the crux of one ...
Lisa Swan and Jon Lewin write a blog called Subway Squwakers. Swan writes about the Yankees.
This writer heard of Swan from reading her work at DailyNews.com couple of years ago. He first read her work when she wrote so many insane entries about her hatred towards Joe Torre as a person and as a manager.
He decided to befriend her on Facebook this spring, and he got to know her well. The friendship ended when he had to gall to call out the Yankees on her Facebook page and on her ...
The New York Yankees won game one of the American League Championship Series 6-5, defeating the Texas Rangers at home in dramatic fashion.After looking stymied by the pitching of CJ Wilson throughout the first seven innings, the Yankees staged a ferocious comeback, scoring five runs in the eighth inning to take the lead.How did the Yankees perform? I've graded the performances of CC Sabathia and other contributing factors to the Yankees victory.Begin Slideshow
Things didn't exactly begin as planned for the New York Yankees against the Rangers on Friday night in Texas, but a slow start meant little in a 6-5 comeback victory that secured them a 1-0 ALCS series lead.Yankees ace CC Sabathia could not find the strike zone to start the game, and his team stumbled to an early 3-0 deficit after a three-run home run by Texas outfielder Josh Hamilton in the first inning.Sabathia's struggles continued throughout the night, as he gave up another two runs off a Michael Young ...
This one had instant classic written all over it.
It didn’t start good for the New York Yankees' Super Ace CC Sabathia. He walked the leadoff runner, then let up a single to put men on the corners.
Up came Josh Hamilton, who was supposed to have injury issues, hadn’t hit in the ALDS and was supposed to be a mild worry, not a serious threat.
Next thing you know, the ball was over the right field fence, and the Yankees' best pitcher was down 3-0.
No matter what side you were ...
Tonight’s pitching showdown is between two lefties CC Sabathia vs. C.J. Wilson. One is a big hefty ace of the staff and the other is comparably smaller and doesn’t have the resume of Sabathia, but has done a great job in 2010. Sabathia is known for leading the league in wins this season and Wilson for successfully converting from a reliever back to a starter and leading the league in walks. On to the stats.
2010 numbers:
Sabathia: 34 G, 21-7 record, 237.2 IP, 3.18 ERA, 1.19 WHIP Wilson: 33 ...
This morning we were talking Rangers with The Newberg Report and this evening we will be talking with a Rangers blogger.
This time we’ll be discussing the same questions with Micah Chaplin of Baseball is My Boyfriend. She’s been following the Rangers since 2005 and blogging about them since 2007. A member of MTR Media, they are also fellow members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance.
Thank you Micah for taking the time to answer our questions. I really like doing these types of posts and it wouldn’t be possible without the cooperation ...
CC Sabathia takes the mound against C.J. Wilson in Game 1 of the ALCS, and we’ll have recaps tonight.
Here are some notes:
Against the lefty, the Yankees are still going with Curtis Granderson and Brett Gardner. Marcus Thames is also in the lineup tonight at DH.
The Rangers have geared up for the Yankees lefties by carrying two extra lefty relievers than they did in the ALDS, Michael Kirkman and Clay Rapada.
Sabathia said he could go on short rest in Game 4 if he had to.
A lot ...
Jack Morris hurled 10 innings of shutout ball to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 1-0 win over the Atlanta Braves in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series.
There’s an old adage that says pitching wins championships. Throughout the long history of baseball, that’s certainly proven correct.
And the best pitching generally wins out in championship situations, where 23 World Series have been decided by shutouts in the final game.
Put another way, more than one out of five World Championships has been decided by shutout, including six 1-0 games and seven ...