Sorry I haven’t written much as of late, but I haven’t gotten to see more than bits and pieces of the last few Yankee games. No truth to the rumor that I was trying to snag that pork chop on a stick!
Of course, it figures that today’s debacle is one I did get to see.
First up, seeing A-Rod hit that line drive that hit David Huff in the head was brutal to watch. Yikes! Poor guy. Fortunately, Huff is already out of the hospital, and appears to be A-OK.
I was pretty peeved to see Joba Chamberlain have yet another bad outing, and for the Yankees to lose this game. Geez, you have a six-run lead, you should win the game.
Squawker Jon was so pleased about what happened, he watched the seventh inning on the replay just to see it all!
And Wally Matthews, of all people, made an interesting observation, noting how Joe Girardi referred to Chamberlain:
Afterward, Girardi could barely conceal his disgust.
“We had the game where we wanted,” the manager said, his face tight and the veins in his neck throbbing. “We had our eighth-inning guy in, we needed four outs from him … and he left pitches in the middle of the plate. He just didn’t make the pitches when he had to.”
Not once did he refer to his pitcher by name. Chamberlain, the darling of the final days of the old Yankee Stadium, had become “he” and “the eighth-inning guy.” No longer to be trusted, neither was he fit to be named.
“Players aren’t going to be bulletproof,” Girardi conceded. “But he’s had some bad outings. He’s our eighth-inning guy and he’s got to get it done for us.”
Yes, that’s how strange a day it was – Wally Matthews made some good points!
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