There's nothing worse than an off day in the baseball season, especially when your favorite team is in the middle of a pennant race. I find it harder to get out of bed in the morning, there's a cloud over my head the entire day, and even leaving work and heading home loses some of its excitement.
Scouring the Internet for Yankee-related news has left me less-than thrilled. It appears the biggest Yankee-related blurb came from Trenton, N.J. Where the AA affiliate, Trenton Thunder, have released their
new logo, (which is a marked improvement over the old logo, obviously.
New Logo | Old Logo |
The Yanks head to Detroit to start a four-game series tomorrow. Below are the pitching match-ups and my predictions for each.
- Clemens (5-5) vs. Andrew Miller (5-4) - Yanks win, by a lot. Miller has a lot of potential, but his 1.59 WHIP screams blowout to me. The Yanks will probably inflate that number.
- Wang (14-6) vs. Bonderman (10-6) - Yanks win. Bonderman is sporting a 6.23 ERA in August (Wang's is actually worse, but I see him turning it on down the stretch).
- Hughes (2-1) vs. Jair Jurrjens (1-1) - Yanks win a battle of 21 year-olds. Hughes didn't have his best stuff last game, and really should've won the game. The kid is legit, he shows it in this game.
- Mussina (8-8) vs. Verlander (13-5) - Tigers win. Their best against our worst, always a bad combination.
The Sox play the first of four against the ChiSox tonight. Josh Beckett will fail to get his 16th win of the season and the deficit will be 4.5 games.
The Yankees have their rotation set up for the Sox series beginning next Tuesday, it'll be Pettitte in game 1 (vs. Dice K), Clemens in game 2 (vs. Beckett) and Wang in game 3 (vs. Schilling). Our top three vs. their top three, it should be quite a showdown in the Bronx.
One last thought: Ian Kennedy continues to dominate at AAA, is there any chance he comes up before Sept. 1, just in case they need him in the post season? Also, if the Yankees make the playoffs, who is the number 4 starter? I know I'd want Hughes, but will Joe EVER put Mussina in the pen in favor of a rookie? Only time will tell.
I dig the new logo, but the old one with the Thor look-alike was pretty cool, too.
It's obviously a ploy to get me to buy another t-shirt the next time I go down there for a game. Bastards.
Thor doesn't look very tough in that logo.
Yeah, it's always about the dollars.
And I disagree -- Thor always looks tough.
i have to get a new trenton thunder hat now.
Let's see if anyone will get this classic 80s movie reference:
Brian,
Take back what you said about Thor.
I had to look it up. My brother taunted me mercilessly when he caught me watching that movie, but I don't have any recollection of that line.
I watched that movie so many times as a child, I probably still have it memorized. It was genius filmmaking.
And, for those who don't know, I refer to the Elisabeth Shue classic, featuring a young Vincent D'Onofrio as Thor, "Adventures in Babysitting".
cashman shoud be gm of the year for not getting gagne . joba is disgusting hitting 99 last night dominating the heart of every line up up hope his arm holds up... we need damon in the lineup if hes hitting and on base the yankes are unstoppable..play thi giambino at first and bring in phillips in late innings .. seattle cant stay this hot all year they dont have the pitching .. id say were a lock for the wild card or maybe better.. see u in october thats yankee time
Best case scenario, the Yanks catch the Sox, the Mariners pass the Angels and the Yanks get home field throughout.
Second best case scenario, the Mariners pass the Angels and the Yanks get the Wild Card.
Joba's arm is going to hold up. If anything, he's going to get bored from pitching so little. He's the next Mo, I'm tellin' ya.