The Sun Shines On the Knicks

Mike D'Antoni is now a New York Knick. The only problem is he isn't enough. With a team made up of total stinkers (except for David Lee and maybe Renaldo Balkman) it is going to be really tough for the new coach to turn around the team. He got rid of Marbury once before, I expect him to do it again. But there are so many bad players on this team its going to be so hard to make it work. Curry doesn't play defense EVER, and he and Randolph don't work together. Which doesn't mean we should keep one of them, trade EM BOTH. Marbury should be gone. Crawford has promise, but his trade value may be high so GONE! Nate Randolph and Quentin Richardson GONE! Everyone has got to go except for Lee and Balkman. D'Antoni could do it, but he's going to have to turn the whole team upside down to make it work. 

Turn around time Yanks and the Tigers Split the Weekend

Game 1

Since today got rained out, the Yanks and the Tigers only played two games this weekend, each winning one. As is his custom, Kei Igawa pitched horrible, giving up 6 runs and 11 hits in only 3 innings!!  Rogers did what he had to do to give his team the win, but the closer T. Jones almost blew it as he gave up 3 runs in the ninth. 

Analysis- Giambi turned in a great performance and a hit home run for the 2nd game in a row. Jeter did his best to spark the offense as he went 2-4, but his efforts were not enough. Cano also had two hits and had an RBI in the ninth. The only good sign from this game is that Giambi and Cano look like they may be turning around.

Game 2

Jeter continued to be the life of the team, as he went 2-5 with a home run in the first. and Rasner lead the team to win with his second stellar performance in two starts this year. He proved he can be a rock of the staff with this start, pitching great against a good team on nation television. This was an easy win for them, and they got back to .500.

Analysis- Giambi and Cano continued to hit, turning in matching 1-3 performances with 1 walk performances. Giambi tacked on his 20th rbi of the year and Cano scored his 11th. This is another good sign for these two struggling players, as they have now each had hits 4 games, with Cano actually having a 6 game hitting streak.

The Curse of the middle innings

In his last 4 starts, Mike Mussina is 4-0 with and ERA of just over 3. Through the first 4 innings of yesterday he looked as good as he's ever been. But the problem with him is that he is not overpowering anymore, and the hitters will pick up on his "tricks" after the first or second time through the batting order. Thats why he always has trouble in the 5th inning. These innings, (5th and 6th) will be his achilles heal the whole year. But us Yankee fans will take an outing like he did yesterday all the time. Sure it would be better if he could give us another inning (or maybe two), but he does not have to be the ace. Being consistent, just giving up 3 runs a start, is all we ask of him. If he continues to pitch like this for the remainder of the season, then The Yanks are in good shape. As a third starter behind Pettitte and Wang, he'll be fine. If Moose keeps up these kind of performances, then he and the rest of the Yankees will be playing in October.

Meet The Mets (April)

I'm not really a Met fan, but here is my first month look at the state of the Mets.

They're not where they want to be. Only 2 games over .500 and 1.5 games behind the hated Phillies is the last thing the Mets expected. They got Santana, to make sure they got better, but they're actually worse off at this stage of the season than they were last year. It's not panic time yet, but the Phillies look good even with Howard playing under-par, and the Braves can never be counted out. After Santana and Maine, the Mets can't really rely on another pitcher 2 of their most relied on relievers have ERAs over 5. Reyes is hitting under .300 and has his head in the clouds! The Mets better work out some issues, otherwise they are going to be struggling for the wild-card spot, and not lasting long in the playoffs, if they get there.

Hitting and Rasner lead Yanks to Victory, Sweep the Mariners!

In Darrell Rasner's first start this year he pitched great. After a rough first inning he settled down and pitched 5 stellar innings to give the Yanks a nice 6 inning performance. He may be able to replace Kennedy in the rotation, and be the guy we all hoped Hughes and/or Kennedy would be. 

The Hitting really came through today, with Abreu and Jeter combining for seven hits. Cano also hit a homer, maybe this is his turn around game. Melky continued to stay hot, and I'm confident in this team right now. With this sweep, the Yanks are back over .500 and will stay above that number as long as they continue to play this great.

Pitching Powers the Yanks

Wang and Mussina set the Yankees back on track this weekend. They each pitched great with matching 1 run in 6 inning performances. This is definitely who we all thought Wang was going to be, the ace of the staff, but Mussina now has pitched 3 straight solid performances. If they both continue to pitch like this (pr even close to this), and Pettitte can turn things around tomorrow, the Yanks are going to be set with pitching for this season.

JAGR!!! (Game 4)

Jaromir Jagr just scored the first goal of the game, giving the Rangers a 1-0 lead. But he got destroyed when he got popped in the face. But this is why he is face of the Rangers. He takes the hit and scores the goal. What a guy!