by Steve
The white whale, the savior, the hottest prospect since Rick Ankiel, Phillip Hughes couldn't keep the lead for the slowly fading Yankees as the Halos took the first of 3 against the Bronx douche bags.
Hughes imploded in the 7th giving up the lead while walking more batters than striking out batters in the game. I guess he can be added to the growing list of players that simply are owned by the Angels. Bill Hughes is over rated, lets face it. He is 2-1 with an ERA approaching 5 and isn't what the Yankees and their idiot fans were hoping for.
This was a classic big game choke by the Yankees. They couldn't get to rookie weaksauce righty Dustin Moseley. With a mere 75 innings pitched on the season, the 25 year old baffled the 'hot' Yankees line up for 5 solid innings. And of course was taken out too early giving a-frod another big home run off some middle reliever.
The Angels gave up 2 cheap runs in the 8th but were simply toying with the Pinstripes. They beat up on Mariano Rivera, who is simply an above average set up man at this point. But still they couldn't put the dagger in the heart with 2 men in scoring position with suddenly roid-less Gary Matthews Jr. at the dish and his .267 avg. What was his huge contract he signed? But I digress...
Ex-Met Darren Oliver got the heart of the Yankee line up out with ease forcing A-frod to hit weakly to Figgons, F8 for Matsui, and a strike out for 'surge in the twilight of his career' George Posada. Thats all the Angels needed to see, finally getting the clutch double from Ryan Buddy yes that Ryan Buddy who is 1/11 this season and only on the roster because Napoli is on the DL.
But But its only game one. Yea lights out, Kelvim Escobar tomorrow with John Lackey Wednesday. This series is over and the AL East is over, go back to hoping the AL Central eats its own and the Mariners aren't for real cause the Bronx is Burning.
(Sure Lackey gave up 6 runs in Fenway but he still has a 3-1 record in his last 4 starts and 5-2 in his last 7 decisions. )
Monday, August 20, 2007
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haha, i'm confused... this is a blog about western new york sports and you are on here bashing the yankees because you have nothing good to write about. this is almost as bad as your old "wager wednesdays" (which i was right about). all of your posts have tons of spelling errors and half of them are pointless. no one cares how you feel about the yankees.
ReplyDeletephil hughes is overrated? he is their fifth starter and he is 21. let's think about this for a minute. maybe you were expecting him to be their ace and have a 1.97 era but most real yankee fans realize that he is a great talent that is in the process of learning how to pitch in the bigs.
your blog is irrelevant and misinformed. phil hughes is a baller and will be playing come october. booooya
wager wednesday was a flop just like the XFL. Steve couldn't get above .500 so stopped doing it. He's a poor sport and even worse sore winner
ReplyDeletei fuckin bring back wager wednesdays today, the real problem is no one would send in their locks.. TTTTTTTHHHHHHHEEEEEE YAAANKKEEEEEEEES LOSEEE!
ReplyDeletei'm right you and are wrong, get ready for the sweep, and you know who and what is irrelevant? the yankees. they are getting blown back out of the division race and the mariners of all teams are haunting the yankees yet again and will take the wild card.. great outing for the the mouse who the fuck is the yankee's ace? or do they just have a bunch of 3's and 4's.. and what spelling errors are in my posts????
-steve