Falling behind 5-0 is very bad....but the good thing about it is the Yanks still had 8 more innings to go in a ball park where they've done well in recent years and they weren't exactly facing a Cy Young candidate and didn't quite need 21 runs to pull this one out and I was a bit surprised Girardi felt the need to use Warren for THREE innings when he entered the game in the 7th inning with the team leading by 14 runs.....I feel he put Warren unnecessarily in harm's way pitching him three innings with a 14 run lead than a 16 run lead in the 9th inn. Always the possibility of him slipping or landing awkwardly on his follow through and pulling a muscle in the torso or leg.....not to mention the rare but real possibility of getting smashed by a hot shot in the knee or ankle area.
"This is the kind of 9th inning ARod hits a solo shot in". ________________________ Not sure what you mean - just curious, is this insinuating Arod only hits HRs this year when it doesn't matter? Or he doesn't or hasn't hit any crucial HRs this season? Just wondering. I'm not talking about whether or not "we" like the man, just the facts/stats.
Final thought on the Capuano vs Warren "choice" to start tonight's game 2 at Texas. Looks like the final laugh was on some of us. Prior to tonight's game, the Yanks made a move sending down reliever Nick Goody and recalling Diego Moreno who has made a couple of starts at Scranton. He was the first one brought in after Capuano and pitched well. Looks like Girardi did have another alternative to follow Capuano with no intention of using Warren until the later innings as they were committed to using this game to give extra rest to the SP rotation. I guess we don't always get to look at the blueprints and listen in on the "planning" meetings. lol. Have to admit, I was surprised to see Girardi use Warren for the final THREE innings while the Yanks had leads of 14 and 16 runs.....jeez. This was a big win tonight - are now 4-1 on the longest remaining road trip on the schedule and obviously needing one of the remaining five games to assure a .500 trip and two more for a winning 10 game trip which would be just fine. Just stay healthy boys, just stay healthy. GO YANKS!
Yes, warren proved he could be a starter, but was it in the plan from the beginning he would be , or was he filling in for injury?
...no way they can sustain the way they've played the last few games...the odds will correct the uptick.
