What a (Yankee) Game!
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by Ibearg
Posted from Future GM Thoughts
Normally I don’t comment on specific Yankee games as there’s one every day, and I don’t want to write about every one. However today’s game was most definitely worth commenting on. It started off very interesting very early with Josh Towers throwing at A-Rod. This appears to be retaliation for either the infamous “Ha” game or more likely for him sliding hard into second yesterday and trying to take out John McDonald. A-Rod took exception to this of course as getting hit for the second time in two days gets old. This wouldn’t have been a huge problem except Towers yells at A-Rod to go to first. Honestly you’re Josh Towers, you shouldn’t be throwing at A-Rod in the first place and certainly shouldn’t be yelling at him. The benches clear and nothing really happens.
Then A-Rod goes to first and it looks like Towers yelled at him again. So the benches clear again and Matt Stairs almost lost control of his ‘roid rage and darted towards A-Rod. Shelly Duncan, NY’s new favorite son, was having none of it and made sure Stairs kept his hands to himself. I guess I can’t blame Towers for his stupidity; he does play for a guy who has challenged his own players to fights. No I’m not talking about Billy Martin, I’m talking about the idiot that is John Gibbons. How he still has a job given his record and conduct is beyond me.
Later Shelly Duncan takes out John "the whiny baby" McDonald sliding into second on a bunt attempt by Cabrera. He knocks the glove off McDonald’s hand and the ball went with it, great play. This is the same McDonald who was yelling at A-rod during the “Ha” game. Rocket then hits Alex Rios in the top of the 7 th which I think anyone with half a brain knew he would. They needed Rocket to pitch some innings, so he couldn’t do it earlier, but once they had a 7-0 lead and he’d gone 6 innings it was time. Clemens is one guy you know isn’t letting guys get thrown at with no repercussions. Why they decided to bring in Brower I cannot tell you. Luckily he only allowed two runs to score. Chamberlain got called up and got his first appearance in a 7 run game. He pitched 2 scoreless innings which doesn’t mean a whole lot given the situation, however seeing him throw 98 and strike a guy out with a 3-2 slider seems to indicate he has a bright future. Let’s just hope Farnsworthless stays far away from him.
Finally, kudos to Melky Cabrera for continuing to smash the ball and farewell to Miguel Cairo your contributions were appreciated.
