05/20: Interleague play to start tonight against the Mets at Shea
Posted by: David
The Yankees win streak is over. It would have been nice to keep it going especially the way we lost that last game, but that's baseball. There will be many ups and down during the rest of the season. Keep in mind always that the season isn't a sprint, rather it is a marathon.
Tonight we return to New York but are the visiting team as interleague play starts against the Mets at Shea Stadium. The Mets today are getting reminiscent of the Mets during the mid 80's. They carry themselves with a certain swagger and cockiness. However, they do have an exciting team with some great young players like Reyes, Wright, Beltran and Matsui only to name a few. Tonight its Kevin Brown against Victor Zambrano. KB has looked pretty good in his last two starts. Will he be able to continue in enemy territory against a much better hitting team? Yankee fans will remember Zambrano when he pitched for the Devil Rays. I believe he beat the Yankees three times last year before being traded to the Mets. His problem is his control. The Yankees need to be patient and make him throw a lot of pitches.
Saturday it will be the Big Unit vs. Kris Benson in the first FOX network game of the year. The series concludes on Sunday afternoon with Carl Pavano dueling Pedro Martinez. Martinez was supposed to pitch tonight but received a cortisone shot in his hip and is being held back a few days. The Yankees know how to battle against Pedro and have had quite a bit of success against him.
How does Joe Torre handle first base with there being no DH because of the National League park being used? Is it Tino or Giambi? Giambi seems to becoming out of his horrible slump, however he took a called third strike to end the game the other night with the bases loaded. Will Bernie Williams see much action? If he plays it means either Womack will sit or he would move back to second and Cano would sit.
My lineup would be as follows: 1. Jeter; 2. Womack; 3. Sheffield; 4. Matsui;
5. Rodriguez; 6. Martinez; 7. Posada; 8. Cano; and 9. Brown.
That leaves us with a bench of Williams, Giambi, Crosby and Sanchez.
I'm looking forward to a great weekend of baseball in New York. I think the Yankees will take two of three. What does everyone else think?
Tonight we return to New York but are the visiting team as interleague play starts against the Mets at Shea Stadium. The Mets today are getting reminiscent of the Mets during the mid 80's. They carry themselves with a certain swagger and cockiness. However, they do have an exciting team with some great young players like Reyes, Wright, Beltran and Matsui only to name a few. Tonight its Kevin Brown against Victor Zambrano. KB has looked pretty good in his last two starts. Will he be able to continue in enemy territory against a much better hitting team? Yankee fans will remember Zambrano when he pitched for the Devil Rays. I believe he beat the Yankees three times last year before being traded to the Mets. His problem is his control. The Yankees need to be patient and make him throw a lot of pitches.
Saturday it will be the Big Unit vs. Kris Benson in the first FOX network game of the year. The series concludes on Sunday afternoon with Carl Pavano dueling Pedro Martinez. Martinez was supposed to pitch tonight but received a cortisone shot in his hip and is being held back a few days. The Yankees know how to battle against Pedro and have had quite a bit of success against him.
How does Joe Torre handle first base with there being no DH because of the National League park being used? Is it Tino or Giambi? Giambi seems to becoming out of his horrible slump, however he took a called third strike to end the game the other night with the bases loaded. Will Bernie Williams see much action? If he plays it means either Womack will sit or he would move back to second and Cano would sit.
My lineup would be as follows: 1. Jeter; 2. Womack; 3. Sheffield; 4. Matsui;
5. Rodriguez; 6. Martinez; 7. Posada; 8. Cano; and 9. Brown.
That leaves us with a bench of Williams, Giambi, Crosby and Sanchez.
I'm looking forward to a great weekend of baseball in New York. I think the Yankees will take two of three. What does everyone else think?
Patrick wrote:
I see Bernie being used as a pinch hitter in this series. I could see him getting time in center, as well.