Yankees, Looking Back, Looks Like Now….
Several weeks back, I mentioned in a game entry that I had kept daily notes on the Yankees during the 1984 and 1985 season. Just for fun today, here are the June 10th comments:
1984:
- Toronto, Won 5-3
- Gamble & Mattingly had 2-run homers
- Rawley ineffective, Christiansen went strong 4 for the win, Righetti got his 7th save
- Yank attendance down 9.2% from last year
1985:
- Toronto, Won 4-2
- Bob Shirley was excellent: 6 1/3 inn., 1 run, 6 hits, 1 BB & 2K’s….what a lift!
- Meacham, Winfield & Baylor (2) had RBIs
- Mattingly, Pasqua, Baylor, and, once again, Henderson each had 2 hits, Winfield had 3, Pags added a double for 12 hits
- Marty Bystrom is due back soon
- In games that the Yanks have held the other team to 3 runs or less, their record is 22-4
- In games where the Yanks have given up 5 runs or more their record is 4-16
- Where would this team be if they had some pitching?
Thoughts on these today:
1. Shirley, Meacham, Pasqua, and Pags……there’s a song in there somewhere.
2. Was June 10th the official “Play the Jays” day?
3. Pitching – the more things change………
Actually, pitching was 3rd in the league in ERA, behind Toronto & KC. It wasn’t until the next couple of years that the wheels would fall off the staff, a combination of age & poor signings doing in the pitching staff.
But the ’85 squad was a pretty good team. Unfortunately, they needed to sweep Toronto (@ Toronto… Old Exhibition Stadium, which is now a parking lot.), and they didn’t.
Man, those were the days