May 19
Do you know how many times the Yankees have scored 5+ runs in one inning this season? Just once – yup, uno..as in one time. Do you know how many times the Yankees have allowed 5+ runs in one inning this season? The answer is seven times.
Here’s how A.L. teams have done, so far, this season, in terms of having and allowing the big inning:
Team 5+ Scored 5+ Allowed Diff Rays 8 2 6 Indians 7 3 4 A's 7 3 4 Red Sox 4 2 2 Tigers 6 4 2 White Sox 6 5 1 Twins 5 5 0 Angels 2 3 -1 Orioles 1 3 -2 Mariners 3 5 -2 Royals 2 5 -3 Rangers 5 9 -4 Blue Jays 2 6 -4 Yankees 1 7 -6
If you have any questions as to why the Yankees record, and place in the standings, is what it is today, here’s your answer. It’s the big inning – something the Yankees bats can’t muster and their pitchers cannot avoid.
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May 20th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
[...] Me? All I can think about…watching those “plays” by Jeter, Damon and Abreu in the field is something that I wrote about yesterday…and, seeing that seven-run first inning by Baltimore on the line-score, reminds me of something else I wrote that same day. [...]
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:40 pm
[...] to punish me for selling the seats – and I guess they thought it would be amusing to do it via the big inning. So, you can thank me for the score this [...]