Notes from the Yankees-Red Sox opener
Opening night. Yanks - Sox. Rematch of last fall's 'The Greatest Comeback in Baseball History.' The Sox are defending champions for the first time since 1919 (the same year as the Black Sox scandal). The Yankees added much needed firepower to their rotation. The Sox begin their first season in the Post-Nomar era...
Does this seem a little too scripted to anyone else?
Need more convincing? Here are the pitching matchups for the first 3 games:
Sunday - David Wells vs. Randy Johnson -- i.e. The New Old Guys
Tuesday - Matt Clement vs. Carl Pavano -- i.e. The Young Guys switching from the NL
Wednesday - Tim Wakefield vs. Mike Mussina -- i.e. The Understated Staples of the Rotation over the past 5 years
Convinced now?
Quick notes about the game (played in Yankee stadium):
- Why are Yankees fans booing David Wells? He just let in 6 runs. They should give him a standing ovation. Andy Pettitte wouldn't get booed in here, he'd get a harem and a ticker tape parade. And they left on similar terms. I don't get it. Is it the fact that he went to the Sox?
- To close out the top of the seventh inning, Tino Martinez made a sparkling defensive play when he dove to grab a Johnny Damon grounder. When they lined up to hear God Bless America in the seventh inning stretch, he had a smile so big you'd swear he just lost his virginity to Alyssa Milano.
- Speaking of Milano, it's fairly common knowledge in baseball that she dated new Yankees pitcher Carl Pavano (making her the almost Alyssa Milano-Pavano). You think they could start that back up again? There's only so many hairy bleacher bums you can look at on television. And don't tell me the YES Network cameras wouldn't be on her for half the game.
- Every time David Ortiz bats, he scares me. And speaking of Ortiz, who else wonders why the Sox went after Carlos Delgado during the off-season? Ortiz and Delgado are the exact same player, give or take 30 pounds; left-handed, power hitting, horrible defensive first baseman. And they already have a right-handed poor defensive first baseman in Kevin Millar. Wasn't that why they went after Doug Mientkiewicz last summer?
- Oh, by the way, the Yankees won 9-2, if you follow that sort of thing.
posted by BJC @ 9:14 AM
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