Game 1: Sabathia vs. Chen Game 2: Burnett vs. Bannister Game 3: Mitre vs. Davies All 3 games are very winnable as per our facing 3 scrub pitchers but you never know with the way our SP's have been hurling of late. Also, I have no idea what to expect from Mitre.
to the Angels for O'Sullivan, not long before gametime. teixeira is 9/13 off of Chen. Coming into today, he'd homered in his last four plate appearances against him. today he has a double and a single, and both were really ripped.
Ironic that it's to the Angels who originally signed him. He will be reunited with his butt buddy Erik Aybar. BTW I love that Teixeira is whacking the crap out of the ball, he was my 1st round pick in fantasy and traded him away in a deal that got me Pablo Sandoval and Hanley Ramirez and a pitcher that has been dropped for he, Jeter and Markakis. I then got him back for Chris Carpenter who had been struggling before the AS Break. I saw that Teix's OPS was like 1.268 in July.
Epic fail by Posada. Throw came in from Gardner well in time, he had the plate blocked, and he doesn't bring the glove down to tag the sliding baserunner. He never touched the runner with his glove, although he certainly could have. Eric Cooper didn't see the play and ruled him out anyway, but wow. That's awful. The play was even worse than the call. Jeter with an inside the park homer in the previous inning. DeJesus made a great catch, but slammed his wrist hard into a stanchion and the ball came out. He then left the game because his wrist is undoubtedly pretty messed up. edit: they're saying it's only a sprained thumb. Jeter's first inside the park homer was in 1996, I think, and this was the second.
Betancourt strikes out swinging on a ball in the dirt, and takes off for first. Posada throws towards third instead, and he threw it away. It wouldn't have gotten the runner anyway. Monumentally stupid play. So run scores and Betancourt reaches 2nd on the K.
Another strike out, and Posada tries to throw it away. He's saved by Teixeira making a leaping catch and then beating the runner to the bag.
He's 4/7 career vs. tomorrow's starter, Brian Bannister, with three homers. HR #500 came in August 2007 at the old Yankee Stadium, off Kyle Davies, who will start on Saturday.
W is a W. Onto the next one... That'd be wild if ARod hit #600 off of Davies who, as Yis pointed out, surrendered #500 to ARod.
