Yankees out last Sox, take first place

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1. oldfan says:

   August 6, 2011 at 4:35 am

   Great game! The Yankees have 3 excellent closers to finish out the last 3 innings of games. They are playing with winners’ confidence. Logan–boy, when he’s good, he’s good.Girardi should be called out for the great way that he’s got this teams’ mental state and his excellent handling of the bullpen. It really shows that he (and Larry R.) have been managing the pen behind the scene, in a outstanding way.Their hands are on the right buttons.
   The DH spot continues to be a drag on this team, but I don’t want them to embarrass Posada, in this, his most likely last season.Can the Yankees keep winning with his low output at DH, like they have been? Maybe. I can’t see any way they can call up Montero before Sept,-when the rosters expand, unless Posada gets hurt. Who would you send down to keep both Posada and Montero? The Cervelli haters should be careful of changing the dynamic of how good Cervelli’handles the pitchers in his turns to catch.
   Francona is going to blow up Aceves’ heath by overuse, this year, worse than Torre ever did to anybody.I knew Aceves would do great with the Sox–but what are you gonna do–the Yanks can only carry so many relievers.

   I’m getting way off topic with my critical analysis, after this marvelous game, but these are things that i think about.

   Girardi should be getting more attention for his great team management.
   P.S.–Cashman was right in standing pat at the deadline.
   I have a feeling that we could even beat Beckett on Sunday night. A sweep could really demoralize the Sox, and they have 14 of 17 games on the road after this, so they could really be tested as a team.

   Great Game.

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2. oldfan says:

   August 6, 2011 at 4:43 am

   A strong, dominent start by CC today, on national TV, will put him right there with Verlander for the top candidate for the Cy.

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   bornwithpinstripes Reply:
   August 6th, 2011 at 4:54 am

   weaver will win the award

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   oldfan Reply:
   August 6th, 2011 at 5:41 am

   Maybe. But I think that he seriously hurt his chances last week when he lost to Verlander (who almost had his second no-hitter of the season) and tried to bully the umpire, bully the opposing players, and completely melted down by cursing out the Tiger bench, umpire, and throwing over the head of the Tiger catcher.
   However, round off a few rough edges, calm him down,put him on a better team, and he might make a good Yankee pitcher in 2013.

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   bornwithpinstripes Reply:
   August 6th, 2011 at 6:32 pm

   i was hoping this past off season they would have gotten him..

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   T.O. Chris Reply:
   August 6th, 2011 at 7:40 pm

   I want to avoid singing another 30 year old to a 7 year deal if we can avoid it. He’s 28 now, but he’ll be 30 when he hits free agency, and he should command top dollar on the market. Weaver is a good pitcher, but he gets help from pitching against the A’s and Mariners as often as he does.

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3. oldfan says:

   August 6, 2011 at 6:06 am

   I expect Lackey to pitch a good, gutty game today. This is not the early season punching bag that he was. After, he was banished to the wilderness by the Sox, Lackey lost a lot of weight, worked on things, and came back much, much better. He was actually dominent in a couple of recent games, going deep too. I expect more along the lines of the gutty pitcher that the Yanks just barely beat in recent years. CC should still win. He needs to erase that that awful, uncharacteristic blowup that happened last time he faced the BoSox.

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5. judy says:

   August 6, 2011 at 4:29 pm

   HELP PLEASE!!ALL you yankee fans- where’s today’s game??Yankee game on at 4 pm against the Sox and we aren’t getting it here in No. East PA. Why?? We got last nights game?? Says its on at 4 10 pm- help please!!

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