Monday, May 3, 2010

The Os are Back

Seems odd to do another series preview when we just played these guys, but here goes. The Yanks will be facing Guthrie, Matusz and Hernandez while they send CC, AJ, and Pettitte to the mound. Guthrie has a history of hitting our guys and most recently caused Posada to miss time when he hit him in the knee. So the big question before tonight's game is, if he hits someone do you rush the mound? Intentional or not, he can't keep hitting our guys. Alternatively, does the first Orioles hitter, or perhaps Wigginton whenever he first comes up, immediately get one in the ribs just so that it is clear we won't be having anymore of Guthrie's control issues?

The Os are coming off a series sweep of the BoSox, which is symbolically significant but not actually significant since the Sox are about as good as Javy is dominant this year. The Yanks are also coming off a sweep of the White Sox, since Javy's starts no longer count. Both teams are riding winning streaks then, and the next three games will determine nothing since the Os aren't serious contenders anyway. The biggest story of this series, besides Guthrie, will be whether the Yanks will skip Javy on Friday. Expect most coverage to center on that instead of what actually happens in these next three games.

4 comments:

Dylan said...

You know its a good season when winning the series becomes secondary to "will our worst pitcher be replaced."

Roberto E. Alejandro said...

It's been good so far, but I think this month will tell us a lot about this team. Not that it isn't still early, but they'll be without Granderson, Park, and Javy (having only a shell of his former self) for pretty much all of it. Should make for an interesting month.

Fernando Alejandro said...

I think this team just has it. They can afford to lose a player like Granderson. They won't even see a loss in offense.

Fred Trigger said...

I remember when pedro had that one game where he hit 3 yankees and didn't get ejected. None of the hbp looked intentional, but the dude had pinpoint control, so I'm not sure if they were on purpose or not. Knowing pedro, they probably were, but he made them look "accidental"