No Pressure Chien-Ming, No Pressure At All…
Posted by Steve L. on April 7th, 2009 · Comments (5)
Looking back at how the Yankees starting pitching has done, over the first two games of the season, prior to this year, since 2004, shows us the following:
Starter Date Opp W/L IP H R ER Pit Mike Mussina 4/2/2008 TOR L 5.2 8 4 3 88 Chien-Ming Wang 4/1/2008 TOR W 7.0 6 2 2 92 Andy Pettitte 4/5/2007 TBD L 4.0 6 4 2 79 Carl Pavano 4/2/2007 TBD W 4.1 6 5 4 73 Mike Mussina 4/4/2006 @OAK L 7.0 5 3 3 102 Randy Johnson 4/3/2006 @OAK W 7.0 5 1 1 106 Carl Pavano 4/5/2005 BOS W 6.1 8 2 2 87 Randy Johnson 4/3/2005 BOS W 6.0 5 1 1 95 Kevin Brown 3/31/2004 @TBD W 7.0 6 1 1 77 Mike Mussina 3/30/2004 @TBD L 5.0 10 5 5 81
So, the Yankees have lost the second game of the season in the last three years prior to this one. Let’s hope they break that streak in 2009.
my prediction? Baltimore is gonna have a few less worms tomorrow
Don’t forget – Wang is no road warrior. He does a much better job pitching at the old Yankee Stadium.
your right, and i also know that 1) the orioles hit him and 2) they really hit him at oriole park at camden yards
But, I feel if Wang can continue from the beginning of last year he’ll be fine…mix in the sliders down and in to lefties and sinkers down and in to righties with a few back door pitches and 4 seam command… is it Wed yet?
Wang is not that great away that’s for sure. Baltimore is a pretty decent offensive team BUT where’s the beef? The pitching that is…After Guthrie, there’s no there there!And Koji Uehara might end up as the Blackbird’s version of Igawa…I still wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. The Yankee defense is not that great this year either, though Teix makes Giambi look like Mo Vaughn at his worst! That will work against Wang. The Yanks also seem to be weak against rookie pitchers BUT who knows with Koji Uehara. The bats will come alive at Camden Yards and it might just be for both teams………..
yanks also cant hit when they see a pitcher for the first time, no matter how good/bad they are