Cesar Valverde's New York Yankees fan blog

May 30, 2009

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Cesar Valverde

Go Yanks! The Bronx Bombers continue their winning ways sporting the best away record in the AL. Only the Phillies and the Dodgers have better away records. Check out the standings. Tomorrow's pitching matchup is very interesting. Phil Hughes, who's been pitching really well lately, will go against Carl Pavano. Let me park on these 2 players for a second.

Phil Hughes - He's got a tremendous chip on his shoulder right now. Chien Ming Wang is knocking on the door for his old spot in the rotation before he went on the DL.  Can he continue to perform? It's questionable whether Joba will make his next start because of his knee. Do you think if Joba ends up on the DL, that both Hughes & Wang will be in the rotation?

Carl Pavano - After a disappointing tenure with the Yankees plagued with injuries, he goes to hill tomorrow afternoon. This is the 2nd time we're facing him this year. The 1st time around, the Yankees won. Not sure whether it was loss for him or a no decision though. The consensus is that he's been playing pretty good for the Indians. This is very disappointing to me considering all the money we spent on him the past 3-4 years. Why now of all times? We really could have used his arm more during those years. It could have made a difference in us making it farther into the playoffs. Sorry Carl. I hope the Yankee offense pounds you to pulp tomorrow afternoon.

Continue reading "Yankees win & Red Sox lose yet again. Lead up to 1.5 games. Hughes vs. Pavano tomorrow"

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All it took was a Yankee win and a Red Sox loss. It happened! We are now in first place by 1/2 game. The big question is: can they stay there? It all depends. The offense has to give enough run support per game so that once the starters' pitch count gets high and Girardi wants to take them out, the bullpen can make a mistake here and there, and get the ball to Mariano. Earlier in the season, the Yankees didn't have this. Believe it or not, the key was A-Rod being in the line up. Just merely him being in the lineup, Teixiera started getting hot. Everybody was pitching around Mark before A-Rod came back, hence his slow start. Posada is back as well, the offense can have even more depth. I give credit to Cash and Cervelli though they did an outstanding job standing in the gap.

We are in the midst of the usual pennant race Yankees/Red Sox pennant race. Right now, we are 0-5 against them. All the Red Sox fans around me are gloating, "We're 5-0 against you." Brag all you want! Just know that we're not the same team that you guys beat back in April. Our offense is deeper now. Most of our injured players are starting to come back. I pray to God that in the end the Yankees have a 14-5 record against the Red Sox.

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