After losing the season opener in a grudge match of the bullpens, the New York Yankees came back winning for the second straight night up at Fenway Park. Finishing the series against the Red Sox two games to one.
Proven to still be a fight to the end, as three games took just shy of 11 hours to do between the rivals.
It is just three games into the season, and too early for presumptions, so talking playoffs is out, but some things to consider out of the gate.
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Baseball Bloggers Alliance Predicts World Series Rematch
The World Series will have a familiar look in October, according to the Baseball Bloggers Alliance.
For the first time, the membership of the BBA was polled for their preseason predictions, with the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies being the most common selections for World Series participants. The Yankees received 36 votes to easily outpace Boston’s 18, while the Phillies’ 31 votes edged out St. Louis’s 24. The rematch ends the same as last year, with New York being the choice of 20 of the 75 that cast ballots. Continue reading ‘Baseball Bloggers Alliance Predicts World Series Rematch’ »
New York Yankees DH Nick Johnson went 0-3 on Sunday, walked twice and stuck out. Up goes his OBP, and didn’t help the Yankees who lost 9-7 in Fenway Park.
A day later, on the West Coast, the World Series MVP Hideki Matsui went 2-3, driving in two runs in the fifth and a solo blast in the eighth leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 6-3 win against the Minnesota Twins.
Matsui once again showed his clutch DH bat was the difference maker.
Looking back to the Yankees loss on Sunday, makes me miss our MVP and wonder how Godzilla ever was allowed to move to Matsiland.
Matsui replacement, Nick Johnson raised his On Base Percentage with two walks but explain how that’s going to help win games. Johnson can not steal, and his 8 home-runs and 62 RBIs from 2009 are subpar stats for the second slot behind in the batting order. Continue reading ‘Letting Godzilla Move To Matsui-land’ »
On Tuesday night, following an off day, game two between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will take charge at Fenway Park.
Jon Lester, the Red Sox young lefty, takes the mound against Yankees right-handed AJ Burnett.
Burnett is just seven years and four days older than Lester, but this is no age before beauty contest. Both are solid, and it will be a battle on the mound at Fenway Park.
Getting a closer look at Burnett and Lester doesn’t persuade me to favor one, as this is a great pairing.
Though Burnett and Lester through from different sides, their form is very correlative as well.
Take a look for yourself:
Continue reading ‘Pitching Match-Up Of Week: Burnett Vs. Lester At Fenway’ »
Opening game for fantasy baseball coincides with the regular season, and tonight my fantasy league, ‘Battle Of The Blogs‘ officially began.
My team featured Alex Rodriguez, Nick Swisher, Mike Cameron and Joba Chamberlain in the Red Sox win over the Yankees.
With a lot more baseball to play in week one, it is only fitting that I mention the other 19 blogs that will be competing in this ‘Battle Of The Blogs‘.
All members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, each author has distinct, and intelligent opinions that any baseball fan will thoroughly enjoy.
Worth checking out each one….trust me!
Continue reading ‘Fantasy League: My Competition Is Worth Checking Out’ »
Both bullpen’s battled for starters CC Sabathia who called it a night in the sixth, and Josh Beckett finished an inning before at the top of the fifth.
The Yankees were up 5-2 in six innings, but Sabathia sixth inning was all the Red Sox needed to score two runs to get momentum going.
Girardi will suffer unwanted heat for not pulling Sabathia at 100 pitches, but finishing out the six seemed logical. It just got unlucky. Sabathia had a solid first outing, and no reason he won’t win 19-20 games this season.
Both teams battled it out, but the Red Sox utilized on the Yankees mistakes to win 9-7.
Since it is the first out of 162 games, no need to get worked up even if the Yankees had not lost.
There are however a few things of note:
To repeat, is to duplicate or reproduce something.
For the New York Yankees, something is the World Series.
This trek starts tonight when they take the field at Fenway Park against their division rival Red Sox.
Josh Beckett and CC Sabathia will duel it out on the mound, and it will be the first time Curtis Granderson and Nick Johnson get to show their stuff.
Johnson’s injury worries are a growing concern, and he has to prove himself trustworthy on the field.
Granderson in pinstripes has Yankee Universe bursting with excitement. He seems like one hell of a player, and a person.
Another Yankees to watch is Alex Rodriguez, to see if his superior end to last year will carry through to the 2010 season. Arod is key to this team’s success both on defense and offense. If all continues looking good, Arod’s on the road to an MVP type of season.
It will be intriguing to see how the Red Sox bats average against Sabathia. Boston’s off-season marked improvements on defense for certain, but the departure of Jason Bay in the squad might be more evident that GM Theo Epstein originally thought. Continue reading ‘2010 Opening Game: What To Watch When The Yanks Take On The Red Sox’ »
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