Listening to the start of last night's game on the radio with Susan and John on my way back home from work was more or less like every other Yankee pregame show. Until the bullpen door in Kansas city opened.
Instead of the scheduled starter which so happened to be one of the Yankee young guns Ian Patrick Kennedy, out came ....Brian Bruney????
The confusion that took place in that broadcasting booth last night was priceless. Neither the incompetent Susan or the clueless voice of John Sterling had any idea what was going on.
I couldn't help but think to myself that if Torre was still the sheriff in town not only would the media know about it the night before somehow my in laws who don't even know who plays third for the bombers would find out . What I'm trying to say is that Torre wasn't to great at keeping secrets and it gave the opponents a competitive edge and gave them ample time to adjust their game plan.
But with Girardi running the show, not even the beloved Yankee announcers were given the heads up. This is the way things should be done.
Let me explain to you Girardi's reasoning.
A couple of seasons ago Josh Johnson was on the mound for fish. After a rain delay which was over an hour long Girardi opted to throw him back out there. this decision inevitably was the end of Joe in Florida because the outcome was elbow surgery for Johnson. Although Josh denied it had anything to do with it , it was quite obvious he was just saving his skippers hide.
With this story forever looming and haunting Girardi's past, he did NOT want it to happen again . Especially with one of the Yankees prized young prospects.
The simple decision that could have been made was let Ian start. Then once the delay (which never happened) came then start the pen.
The forecast showed that the rain was a sure bet .It did come, except there wasn't a delay.
Through the first four innings, the master plan was looking like roses. Until Krazy Kyle went out for another inning. Maybe Torre was right by not letting him throw more than one frame at a time. Another glitch in the plan was Kennedy never got comfortable coming out of the pen. He even let everybody know about it by telling the media afterwords.
Another way of avoiding this whole mess was for the Yankees to HIT.
I'm very confident that The Yankees will straiten up whatever problems they are experiencing. Girardi will go through some growing pains and learn the hard way. But at the end of the day, I think we are going to be fine...
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I AGREE I THINK IT WAS A GREAT MOVE IN KEEPING IT A SECRET. I SAW WHAT YOU HEARD SAM BECAUSE I WAS WATCHING YES AND KEN SINGELTON AND DAVID CONE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND IT WAS REALLY FUNNY TO SEE BRUNY TAKE THE MOUND AND EVERYONE LOOK AT EACHOTHER LIKE WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON.
BUT THE MAIN POINT IN THIS POST WAS THAT KYLE FREAKING FARNSWORTH CAM INTO THE GAME.
I HATE THIS MAN.
HE IS NOTHING BUT AN ARROGANT STUCK UP LOSER WHO THINKS HE IS GREAT BUT CANT PITCH FOR SPIT.
IF THERE WAS A WAY OF CONVINCING HAL TO GET RID OF THIS GUY I THINK IT WOULD CARRY THE YANKS TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL. THEY ARE HOLDING ONTO THIS GUY AND HE HAS DONE NOTHING BUT SCREW THINGS UP. MIGHT AS WELL BRING IN PAVANO AND LET HIM THROW YOU A FEW INNINGS IF YOU WANT TO GIVE UP A BALL GAME.
ANOTHER THING I WAS SUPRISED TO SEE WAS THAT THEY SENT DOWN SHELLY DUNCAN. HE IS A GREAT PLAYER. HES GOT A SPARK IN HIS BAT AND I THINK HE IS A THREAT OFF THE BENCH. TO SEE HIM GO EVEN THOUGH THEY NEEDED A REPLACEMENT FOR JETER WAS HARD TO UNDERSTAND. I THINK THAT HE SHOULD BE BACK ON THE BENCH AND KYLE SHOULD BE SENT DOWN. AND IF ITS PITCHING THAT IS NEEDED IN THE BULLPEN AND WE CANT AFFORD TO SEND KYLE DOWN THEN BRING UP EDWAR RAMIREZ. BUT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE TEAM SET UP.
Sam I love ya
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