I jinxed CC Sabathia. Let me explain.
So I was out and about Saturday morning and early afternoon, doing a three-mile fun run at Clove Lakes Park, going to the farmers’ market, buying groceries at Trader Joe’s, doing other errands, and chatting with different people I know in the small town that is Staten Island.
Lots of people I saw today complimented me after seeing the Staten Island Advance article about me in print. But you know who hasn’t seen the article as printed in the paper? Yours truly! I was in Texas when the piece ran. Heck, I don’t even know what placement I got in the paper! Hmmm, would that be gauche to ask? (Sorry, folks, but as a former newspaper girl, I want to know where I ranked in the paper!)
Anyhow, enough about me. Let me explain how this relates to Sabathia. I finally got home at the beginning of the third inning, when the Yankees were scoreless. And just when I put the game on while I put away my groceries, everything completely fell apart, with CC Sabathia having one of the worst starts of his career, and his worst ever game as a Yankee. ESPN says that Sabathia “is now 0-6 with a 9.42 ERA in his last six Yankee Stadium starts, dating to the beginning of the 2014 season.” Yikes! Considering I literally put on the game just before Sabathia’s meltdown, I felt partially responsible. Sorry, CC!
Sabathia giving up six runs to the Texas Rangers was bad enough. The Yankees bullpen gave up four more runs in the third, and another five in the game, for a 15-4 loss This, after Michael Pineda gave up seven runs in the third the night before in Friday’s 10-9 loss. Good grief.
Longtime Squawkers reader Uncle Mike pointed out something interesting. Position player Garrett Jones, who pitched the ninth for the Yanks, wears #33. So did Nick Swisher, who once pitched for the Yankees in a mop-up game — and struck out Gabe Kapler! ESPN noted that Jones was in good spirits after the game, the way Swisher was in that 2009 game. Remember what a snit fit Jorge Posada had after Swisher was smiling and laughing to reporters, whining that there was nothing to be happy about? Good grief.
Anyhow, there isn’t much for the Yankees to be happy about these days. As MLB.com notes, the Yankees have lost nine of their last 10 games, and their starting pitchers are “1-8 with a 6.61 ERA (37 earned runs in 50 1/3 innings).” This looks like rock bottom to me. Unless it gets even worse, that is.
“We got embarrassed,” Brett Gardner said after the game. “I feel bad for our fans,” he said. “We’ve obviously looked pretty bad the last week or so.” No kidding.
Prospect Jacob Lindgren is getting called up for tomorrow. It makes you wonder: can the Yankees end the Stephen Drew Experience for good and call up Rob Refsnyder? Even Jack Curry suggested on the YES broadcast today that the Yanks might want to bring up Refsnyder, and compared it to 2005, when the Yanks called up Robinson Cano. Hopefully, something will happen soon.
Anyhow, something’s gotta give. Otherwise, it’s going to be a long year.
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