Comments on: SOTD: Possible Story Behind Yanks Road Record Vs. LH Starters http://waswatching.com/2007/07/30/sotd-possible-story-behind-yanks-road-record-vs-lh-starters/ Holy Cow! We never take cannoli from a huckleberry. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:29:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve Lombardi http://waswatching.com/2007/07/30/sotd-possible-story-behind-yanks-road-record-vs-lh-starters/comment-page-1/#comment-20723 Steve Lombardi Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:36:26 +0000 http://wp.waswatching.com/?p=3295#comment-20723 That could be it, looking at the dates: 4/23/2007 4/24/2007 5/11/2007 5/13/2007 5/16/2007 5/18/2007 5/19/2007 6/20/2007 6/24/2007 6/27/2007 7/13/2007 7/26/2007 7/28/2007 5 of the 13 came from 5/11 to 5/19

That could be it, looking at the dates:

4/23/2007
4/24/2007
5/11/2007
5/13/2007
5/16/2007
5/18/2007
5/19/2007
6/20/2007
6/24/2007
6/27/2007
7/13/2007
7/26/2007
7/28/2007

5 of the 13 came from 5/11 to 5/19

]]> By: christopher http://waswatching.com/2007/07/30/sotd-possible-story-behind-yanks-road-record-vs-lh-starters/comment-page-1/#comment-20722 christopher Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:26:00 +0000 http://wp.waswatching.com/?p=3295#comment-20722 I guess it's as a good a theory as any, but one would expect the theory to hold up against RHP too. That doesn't seem to be the case. I think another plausible theory is that their LH batters (Abreu, Matsui, Damon, and Cano) all had prolonged slumps this year which made the lineup more vulnerable to LHP. When those guys are hitting well, the Yanks dominate LHP.

I guess it’s as a good a theory as any, but one would expect the theory to hold up against RHP too. That doesn’t seem to be the case. I think another plausible theory is that their LH batters (Abreu, Matsui, Damon, and Cano) all had prolonged slumps this year which made the lineup more vulnerable to LHP. When those guys are hitting well, the Yanks dominate LHP.

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