 Cry Me a River The Yankees completed the sweep of the Red Sox today in the Bronx (I had a couple friends over and we watched the game on TiVo after our company picnic, sorry for the delay folks.)Huge series for the Bombers, great performance by Wang today, Schilling is washed up. There's really no need to go in depth, the Yankees flat outplayed the Sox in every facet of the game over the past three days. Since there's no need to recap the game, I thought I'd spend a little time talking about the top of the ninth. In case you missed it, the Yanks tacked on three runs in the bottom of the eighth to stretch a 2-0 lead into a 5-0 lead. Joba Chamberlain had already pitched a scoreless eighth, so Joe left him in for the ninth, presumably, to get the kid his first save. Chamberlain retired David Ortiz on one pitch, then up stepped Kevin Youkilis. Joba threw him a slider away for a ball, then a fastball for a strike. One-one count, one out, no one on base, then Joba threw a fastball over Youkilis' head. Youkilis made a sissy face, not shockingly, adjusted his gloves, and stepped back in. The next pitch was in the exact same spot. Angel Hernandez immediately threw Joba out of the game, for almost hitting Youkilis. Youkilis obviously immediately started whining to the ump. Here's my contention, Joba was not trying to hit Youkilis. Here's why:
 Terry Francona's quote following the game, "If that young man was trying to get our attention, well, he's got it." OOOOOOOOHHHHH!!! Scary stuff coming from Francona. Here's a news flash for you, if you needed one of your guys ALMOST getting hit to get your attention, you must not have been watching these past three games. The Yankees just beat your numbers 1, 2 and 3 starters, and didn't have much trouble doing so. Your offense looked pathetic against the Yankees numbers 1, 2 and 3 starters. That didn't get your attention? How about the fact that your team could've buried the Yankees. Maybe ended their season, had they won this series. Did that get your attention? OK, let's say you're oblivious to the message sent by the sweep, and it did take Joba's two inside pitches to get the message across, what are you going to do about it? Should A-Rod worry the next time these teams meet? Are you going to hit him...again? Weren't you going to do that anyway? What, exactly are you going to do to Joba? You obviously can't score a run on him. Are you going to tell your team to hit the ball back up the middle, and maybe catch him with a grounder? Please. You're a moron, Francona. Your anger should be focused on your anemic offense, not on a 21 year-old kid who wasn't trying to hit your crybaby first baseman. Here's the rub, Yankee fans. This team is very much alive in the A.L. East race. They're five games back with 28 to go, 3 of those against the Sox. It's not going to be easy (I think something like 20-8), but it is possible. The three aces just did their jobs against the Sox, now the future needs to arrive. Phil Hughes faces the D-Rays tomorrow night, hoping to make his first good start at the stadium, and Ian Kennedy makes his debut on Saturday. If the kids can keep it rolling, there's no reason the Yanks can't get this done. Player of The Game: Chien-Ming Wang, 7 IP, 0 runs, 1 hit, 4 walks, 5 Ks. Visual confirmation of crybaby Youkilis immediately whining to Angel Hernandez. (see comments for reason) The Pitch:  The Bitch (about 1 second after the pitch)  
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You may think Youk is whiny, but he didn't whine to the ump for a second. He looked at Chamberlain like, "what the hell are you doing?" and immediately stepped into the box and got another one thrown at his head. Hernandez threw out Chamberlain right away, and there was no time for Youk to whine. I saw it six or seven times, and never saw Youk say a word.
Though, even if he did, I'm not sure what the problem is. Dude threw at his head.
I beg to differ, check the post for visual confirmation that the first thing he did was whine to the ump. Youkilis is a whiner, if you're cool with that, fine. I just hate guys like that, always have.
If it's whining to say to an ump, "what the hell is that?" after a punk kid throws at your head, then, yeah. I guess I'm okay with a whiner. That picture indicates the split second he looked back before stepping back into the box.
That's after the second pitch, when he was saying, "Hey ump, protect me! I'm a sissy."
Keep arguing...it's entertaining.
the more i see youkilis, the more i realize that he is a pussy. although he does have a hip and current goatee-shaved head combo. didn't jay buehner sport that in like, '92? if joba wanted to, he could have drilled the geek god of walks like a stripper who needs rent money.
This is open and shut. The ball wasn't thrown intentionally, case closed. Let's drop it.
How about Wang though? Lookin sharp again! A quality start from a bonified ACE.
Like Brian saids folks, if these two rookies can give us quality starts over the two days, and keep us in the game. We will start sunday with the top of our rotation on a huge roll.
Here's to enjoying a little bit of the future over the next two days. I for one am excited to see what these kids can do.
Aaron,
Agreed on all counts. Time to move on the Tampa series. Check back later for a Phil Hughes post.
i love how the sox won the world series
i love how you're 3 months late to the party.
Youkilis is still a pussy, he just has a ring to match his skirt now.