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only a couple of games but they are playing better without him right now.

Take some more juice, you'll heal up faster.

He's not a phillie, silly.

He's not a phillie, silly.

Whalers | 04/24/08, 08:24 AM

Yeah, cause only Phillies were on the juice. Next?

I wish the Yanks could play more games like last night. 7 innings from the starter & timeling hitting. Bullpen is again the issue. Mid relief stinks (walks....) and Mo has to come in for 5 outs. A good win though.

Not just seven innings from a starter, seven innings from Mussina.
The bullpen held.
Good, bring Mo or Joba in a little early if needed. That is the way it used to be done, you bring in your solid relief when the game is on the line and they come through. Hawkins and Farnsworth may be trouble spots but the rest of the bullpen are pitching well enough.

The bullpen held because they had a 5 run lead. Joba neees to stay in the bullpen.

And good for Mike (Jamie Moyer) Mussina.

It's april- if he needs a few more days- now is teh time.
No reason to rush back and re-injure it. He is too valuable

As far as Mussina- other than Manny- he's pitched well enough to stop being abused by us. He is a 4th or 5th starter. He's not a #1 that only gives up 1-2 runs per outing. He will give up 3-5 runs in 6 innings- anything more is gravy

I wish the Yanks could play more games like last night. 7 innings from the starter & timeling hitting.

Me DUM DUM | 04/24/08, 08:34 AM

Arrange for them to only play the Rangers and you're there.

That was the Tigers, idiot.

slinky..are you a ventrilloquist (sp)?

That is the thing with Mussina, he can pitch well enough to stay in the rotation, but then goes through periods of looking terrible. hopefully this performance will continue, but don't bet on it.
So with a five run lead you run out your second string relief and hope they hold on, they didn't and Mo had to come in and close the deal, still a win, and still the right managerial move.

JFK man ain't you crab food by now?

They just have to know when to take Mussina out. When he collapses, he goes all the way. Joe Torre used to leave him in to long too.

Moose did well because he followed the game plan set forth by Posada. Good game for the most part but man that middle relief wasn't so hot. Girardi saw the flood gates about to open and he went to Mo right away to get 5 outs. Traber needs to get his 1 guy out a night because is there really an easier job than being a lefty specialist?

Even with weakness in the bullpen i am not going to complain about this win, It is Mussina and he made me nervous every inning, just being out there.

no matter how well moose pitches in a game, he is prone to the 5 run inning that quickly turns a well pitched game into a loss. he has done that more times than anyone in the last 3 yrs. once you hit the 5th inning you have to have the pen ready.

on another note, Jorge hit the ball well last night. I have to think that the Yanks plan with jorge is to convert him to a 1B once Giambi is gone next year. He can be play 1B, occasionally catch and also DH. He is a decent hitter. The only issue is who would be the FT catcher. not sure what the plan is there.

BTW, do you guys love having Coney and O'Neill in the both or what. When they were talking about 1998 last night, that was great.