Not going to be the Yanks.
I was really excited about getting a chance to catch the Yanks on Yes while I am home for Easter break. Yesterday they weren’t on and I had to resort to watching March Madness. Well, I am not a big fan of basketball to begin with, but that is a another issue.
I have watched maybe two games all spring because I only get ST games on ESPN in North Carolina. I knew the game was being televised today, so I turned on the boob tube in anticipation of some quality Yankees baseball. Instead I watched the Barnum and Bailey Circus take the field in Tampa. The game didn’t even go 2 innings due to the torrential downpour. Heck it didn’t even go 1 2/3 innings. Here are some highlights in case you missed the game:
-Derek Jeter missed an easy ground ball that could have been easily turned for a double play. The ball went threw Jeter’s legs and into leftfield. On that groundball, Shelly Duncan (who was in LF for a reason I still have yet to figure out) threw the ball to third and the hitter advanced to second base. Everybody was safe.
-In the same inning, Shelly Duncan ran in on a shallow ball and tried to make a basket catch. The ball glanced off his glove and yet another hitter reached safely. Well, when you are an average fielder at best (am being very nice), please don’t get fancy. He didn’t need to do that. Save those catches for Andruw Jones and Jim Edmonds.
-Jonathon Albaladejo started the game for the Yankees. He was touched up for 6 runs on 5 hits in the first inning. Granted, some of those runs were unearned, but he didn’t help the cause either. He didn’t have it today. Even Marco Scutaro hit a freakin’ triple (I think) off him. I can’t find the box score so bare with me.
-And the Yankees were held scoreless by Blue Jays pitcher Randy Wells. Did I mention he was a Rule 5 draft pick? Did I mention he never pitched in high school? Once again it was only for 1 1/3 innings, but seriously guys, you can’t even get 1 run? The worst part of it all was that instead of watching the Yanks, I had to watch basketball again and watch my brackets go to hell.
I just hope they forget about this game because it doesn’t count anyway even if they finished it or not. I hate saying that ST means anything at all, but the season is less than a week away. They are not going to dethrone the Red Sox with that style of play.
Posted by cmarms 
Posted by cmarms 
