Confession – After Nix knocked in Granderson to make it 3-0
with 2 outs in the 9th, I didn’t want the Yankees to score
again. I know I am not usually like
that, but I wanted Rivera to get a save.
Nova’s curve was outstanding and he continues to be our 2nd
most reliable pitcher (behind Kuroda).
Nova is taking a little off the fastball (93) to get some sink and run
on it and then can dial it up to 95-96 when he wants some more speed. His ERA is now a very impressive 3.08. Last year, I was upset when they sent him
down because I always felt his stuff was better than Hughes and I think the
Yanks treated Nova with less respect than Hughes. Regardless, he is pitching very well right
now
We got a few calls today, didn’t even out yesterday, but the
umps have been bad.
Having Granderson back was big because of the speed element
and the HR power. The other part I
really like is how good our defense can be now in the OF. Soriano is pretty good out there and Ichiro
is another solid defender and Grandy and Gardner
are both very good (Gardner
may be elite). Last year I wanted Gardner in CF over Grandy
and the injury actually worked in our favor because it forced Girardi to see it
that way. I am not sure he would have
made the switch prior. Maybe the injury
to Jeter will force the correct move with him as well. Nunez is not good, but he did charge a ball
last night that Jeter would not have been able to get. Regardless, it is time to move Jeter to 3rd
anyway.
A quick note on ARod and I have no idea what will really
happen (seems like he is at least gone for this year). ARod would help our team, anyone who says
otherwise is foolish, however, getting rid of his 25 million dollar salary
would help the team a lot more so anything that gets that freed up I am all
for.
The Genius Maker has 35 saves and is on a pace for 52
saves. His career most is 53 and he also
got to 50 one other time before. I am
hopeful he could get the most saves of his career in his final year. That is asking a lot, but of course, I could be
asking him to be throwing the final pitch of the baseball year…either would be
amazing!
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