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Archive for August 2007

Good Pitching Beats Good Hitting, Right?

In Sports on 24 August 2007 with Comments Off

At least that’s the theory, and one needs to look no further than recent Yankee teams for proof.

2004 Yankees: Batting: 2nd | Pitching: 6th
2005 Yankees: Batting: 2nd | Pitching: 9th
2006 Yankees: Batting: 1st | Pitching: 7th

The 2007 Yankees carry on the tradition of phenomenal hitting and mediocre pitching ranking 1st on offense and 7th [...]

Johnny Damon: How the Mighty Have Fallen

In Sports on 22 August 2007 with Comments Off

In the later innings of the Yankees’ 18 to 9 loss to the Angels manager Joe Torre pulled a couple of his starters in favor of bench players. Taking over at first in the eighth inning was Johnny Damon.
Yes, the same Johnny Damon that left Boston for the glamor of New York and, of [...]

Rex Hudler and Jeff Spicoli

In Sports on 8 August 2007 with Comments Off

Watching the Red Sox do their best imitation of the Bad News Bears over the last few days has been made even more difficult being forced to listen to Angel television announcers Steve Physioc and Rex Hudler.
Steve Physioc, the Angels’ play by play announcer, might be bearable if he lacked the tendency to make every [...]