Wright threw fat changeups and hanging curves. Pitches like that are supposed to be hit, and hit far.

Someone, on the bench, on the coaching staff, in the organization, please, please tell this kid that after the second dinger he must make the next batter move his feet. You don’t have to throw at anyone’s head, or even drill the guy in the side. But, you need to keep the hitters from thinking they can dive in on your pitch as soon as it leaves your hand. Mussina is the worst at this, perhaps from a sour personal experience. Papi’s hands are literally over the plate and Moose won’t push him back. Clemens can help our young guys immensely by just teaching that simple, timeless lesson. I don’t want head hunter clowns like Pedro or Drysdale on the team, but a pitcher has to be able to show the batters that they can’t control both the inside and outside of the plate without some risk. It’s not just the Yankees that have gotten away from this. It’s shocking to me that A-Rod wasn’t made to visit the dirt a couple of times when it was clear he was locked in at an unworldly level.

I was at the first game he pitched–against Cleveland. He did a really good job. He did have nerves that needed to get out in the first inning, then did a great job after that. And since he’s got some majors experience, I wouldn’t mind seeing him again. He’s obviously got to get some more experience, but he’s not an awful placeholder. He knows his mistakes and that’s really good.

And he’s just been promoted to AAA.

“I got a bit too amped and my arm started leaking out.”

He sounds like a ball player too.

Considering it was only his second game above AA ball, where he only had 2 games as well, versus the Boston lineup, he did o.k. — now he knows what the bigs are like and he can prepare for it.

Good attitude. It goes to show that players don’t care as much about the things fans/media fawn over.