updated baseball links:
Game Six ALCS WEB GAMER:
http://www.metro.us/newyork/sports/article/670947--southern-discomfort-rangers-oust-yankees-6-1--page0
GAME FIVE ALCS WEB GAMER:
http://www.metro.us/newyork/sports/article/668606--bats-back-cc-force-game-6
GAME FOUR ALCS WEB GAMER
http://www.metro.us/newyork/sports/article/667526--texas-tees-off-again--page1
GAME THREE ALCS WEB GAMER
http://www.metro.us/newyork/sports/article/666369--leave-it-to-lee-ace-owns-again--page0
DEVILS-PENGUINS GAME STORY AND NOTES:
http://www.metro.us/newyork/sports/article/659835--a-depressing-start-for-devils--page0
YANKEES-RED SOX GAME STORY SEPT 26
http://www.metro.us/newyork/sports/article/646048--walking-to-the-finish-line
Monday, November 15, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Red Sox-Yankees 8/8/2010
http://www.metro.us/us/article/2010/08/11/04/1352-82/index.xml
PUBLISHED AUG. 9, 2010
In one corner of the massive Yankee clubhouse are two lockers for Derek Jeter. Directly opposite is the space belonging to Alex Rodriguez.
All the way on the other side of the room is a locker reserved for Dustin Moseley, who deservedly drew a bulk of attention after filling in for A.J. Burnett and pitching 6 1/3 solid innings during Sunday night’s 7-2 win over the Red Sox.
Jeter’s locker commanded a crowd because he drove in three runs and passed Babe Ruth on the all-time hit list but Moseley’s locker drew a crowd attached to his story after he turned in his best performance as a Yankee, allowing just two runs and six hits in an 87-pitch performance that was a mix of fastballs, changeups, curveballs with an occasional slider.
"You want to smile, but I try to stay calm with everything, good or bad," Moseley said. "I just stay the same guy. But it meant a lot for the fans to do that and welcome me early on as they have. It'll be a memory, for sure, for a long time.
“You felt the energy as soon as you went out there," he said. "Even in the bullpen you could feel the energy that was going throughout the crowd. You definitely felt it. I tried my best to keep my composure and just make my pitches."
It will be a memory because Moseley kept his cool and made his pitches after finding out Saturday night that Burnett came up with back spasms. He retired 11 of the first 12 and then worked out of a bases-loaded situation with two outs in the fourth by using one of his 18 changeups to retire rookie Ryan Kalish.
The only run off Moseley was a changeup that Bill Hall hit into the left field seats that briefly made it a one-run game and a infield single that Joba Chamberlain allowed in the seventh after Moseley exited to a standing ovation with a six-run lead.
"He challenges guys and he knows how to pitch," Jeter said. "He hits his spots. There weren't too many times he was in trouble -- there were a couple of times, but he got out. You couldn't ask for too much more from him."
To reach a point where Jeter is praising his performance, Moseley played eight seasons of minor league baseball combined with 64 major league appearances with the Angels over parts of the previous four years.
The Angels granted him free agency last December and two months later he was a Yankee, at least in the minor league sense. It was somewhere between being a free agent and a Yankee that Moseley began testing his injured right hip on a high school track in Texarkana, Texas.
He repeated this by running laps and increasing the speed each time.
"I don't know if I broke up the scar tissue or what, but I just got better and better and went on from there," he said. "Really, it was an amazing recovery."
Then he began throwing again in the middle of winter and under the advice of Billy Connors, a cutter emerged in his pitch arsenal and then a couple of double-digit strikeout games in the minors.
The call to join the Yankees came on July 3 and the call to the rotation came a few weeks later after Sergio Mitre failed in one start. Last night on national TV broadcast to Texarkana and the rest of the country, the attention came in the form of a well-pitched outing by someone who was nowhere on the radar of any Yankee fan.
The big names dominate the scene in the Bronx but the Yankees are like any good team and they do not get to 69 wins in 110 games without contributions from players who have persevered like Moseley has.
“Everyone who knows me knows what I've been through, and how hard I've worked to get here," he said.
In one corner of the massive Yankee clubhouse are two lockers for Derek Jeter. Directly opposite is the space belonging to Alex Rodriguez.
All the way on the other side of the room is a locker reserved for Dustin Moseley, who deservedly drew a bulk of attention after filling in for A.J. Burnett and pitching 6 1/3 solid innings during Sunday night’s 7-2 win over the Red Sox.
Jeter’s locker commanded a crowd because he drove in three runs and passed Babe Ruth on the all-time hit list but Moseley’s locker drew a crowd attached to his story after he turned in his best performance as a Yankee, allowing just two runs and six hits in an 87-pitch performance that was a mix of fastballs, changeups, curveballs with an occasional slider.
"You want to smile, but I try to stay calm with everything, good or bad," Moseley said. "I just stay the same guy. But it meant a lot for the fans to do that and welcome me early on as they have. It'll be a memory, for sure, for a long time.
“You felt the energy as soon as you went out there," he said. "Even in the bullpen you could feel the energy that was going throughout the crowd. You definitely felt it. I tried my best to keep my composure and just make my pitches."
It will be a memory because Moseley kept his cool and made his pitches after finding out Saturday night that Burnett came up with back spasms. He retired 11 of the first 12 and then worked out of a bases-loaded situation with two outs in the fourth by using one of his 18 changeups to retire rookie Ryan Kalish.
The only run off Moseley was a changeup that Bill Hall hit into the left field seats that briefly made it a one-run game and a infield single that Joba Chamberlain allowed in the seventh after Moseley exited to a standing ovation with a six-run lead.
"He challenges guys and he knows how to pitch," Jeter said. "He hits his spots. There weren't too many times he was in trouble -- there were a couple of times, but he got out. You couldn't ask for too much more from him."
To reach a point where Jeter is praising his performance, Moseley played eight seasons of minor league baseball combined with 64 major league appearances with the Angels over parts of the previous four years.
The Angels granted him free agency last December and two months later he was a Yankee, at least in the minor league sense. It was somewhere between being a free agent and a Yankee that Moseley began testing his injured right hip on a high school track in Texarkana, Texas.
He repeated this by running laps and increasing the speed each time.
"I don't know if I broke up the scar tissue or what, but I just got better and better and went on from there," he said. "Really, it was an amazing recovery."
Then he began throwing again in the middle of winter and under the advice of Billy Connors, a cutter emerged in his pitch arsenal and then a couple of double-digit strikeout games in the minors.
The call to join the Yankees came on July 3 and the call to the rotation came a few weeks later after Sergio Mitre failed in one start. Last night on national TV broadcast to Texarkana and the rest of the country, the attention came in the form of a well-pitched outing by someone who was nowhere on the radar of any Yankee fan.
The big names dominate the scene in the Bronx but the Yankees are like any good team and they do not get to 69 wins in 110 games without contributions from players who have persevered like Moseley has.
“Everyone who knows me knows what I've been through, and how hard I've worked to get here," he said.
PUBLISHED AUG. 9, 2010
In one corner of the massive Yankee clubhouse are two lockers for Derek Jeter. Directly opposite is the space belonging to Alex Rodriguez.
All the way on the other side of the room is a locker reserved for Dustin Moseley, who deservedly drew a bulk of attention after filling in for A.J. Burnett and pitching 6 1/3 solid innings during Sunday night’s 7-2 win over the Red Sox.
Jeter’s locker commanded a crowd because he drove in three runs and passed Babe Ruth on the all-time hit list but Moseley’s locker drew a crowd attached to his story after he turned in his best performance as a Yankee, allowing just two runs and six hits in an 87-pitch performance that was a mix of fastballs, changeups, curveballs with an occasional slider.
"You want to smile, but I try to stay calm with everything, good or bad," Moseley said. "I just stay the same guy. But it meant a lot for the fans to do that and welcome me early on as they have. It'll be a memory, for sure, for a long time.
“You felt the energy as soon as you went out there," he said. "Even in the bullpen you could feel the energy that was going throughout the crowd. You definitely felt it. I tried my best to keep my composure and just make my pitches."
It will be a memory because Moseley kept his cool and made his pitches after finding out Saturday night that Burnett came up with back spasms. He retired 11 of the first 12 and then worked out of a bases-loaded situation with two outs in the fourth by using one of his 18 changeups to retire rookie Ryan Kalish.
The only run off Moseley was a changeup that Bill Hall hit into the left field seats that briefly made it a one-run game and a infield single that Joba Chamberlain allowed in the seventh after Moseley exited to a standing ovation with a six-run lead.
"He challenges guys and he knows how to pitch," Jeter said. "He hits his spots. There weren't too many times he was in trouble -- there were a couple of times, but he got out. You couldn't ask for too much more from him."
To reach a point where Jeter is praising his performance, Moseley played eight seasons of minor league baseball combined with 64 major league appearances with the Angels over parts of the previous four years.
The Angels granted him free agency last December and two months later he was a Yankee, at least in the minor league sense. It was somewhere between being a free agent and a Yankee that Moseley began testing his injured right hip on a high school track in Texarkana, Texas.
He repeated this by running laps and increasing the speed each time.
"I don't know if I broke up the scar tissue or what, but I just got better and better and went on from there," he said. "Really, it was an amazing recovery."
Then he began throwing again in the middle of winter and under the advice of Billy Connors, a cutter emerged in his pitch arsenal and then a couple of double-digit strikeout games in the minors.
The call to join the Yankees came on July 3 and the call to the rotation came a few weeks later after Sergio Mitre failed in one start. Last night on national TV broadcast to Texarkana and the rest of the country, the attention came in the form of a well-pitched outing by someone who was nowhere on the radar of any Yankee fan.
The big names dominate the scene in the Bronx but the Yankees are like any good team and they do not get to 69 wins in 110 games without contributions from players who have persevered like Moseley has.
“Everyone who knows me knows what I've been through, and how hard I've worked to get here," he said.
In one corner of the massive Yankee clubhouse are two lockers for Derek Jeter. Directly opposite is the space belonging to Alex Rodriguez.
All the way on the other side of the room is a locker reserved for Dustin Moseley, who deservedly drew a bulk of attention after filling in for A.J. Burnett and pitching 6 1/3 solid innings during Sunday night’s 7-2 win over the Red Sox.
Jeter’s locker commanded a crowd because he drove in three runs and passed Babe Ruth on the all-time hit list but Moseley’s locker drew a crowd attached to his story after he turned in his best performance as a Yankee, allowing just two runs and six hits in an 87-pitch performance that was a mix of fastballs, changeups, curveballs with an occasional slider.
"You want to smile, but I try to stay calm with everything, good or bad," Moseley said. "I just stay the same guy. But it meant a lot for the fans to do that and welcome me early on as they have. It'll be a memory, for sure, for a long time.
“You felt the energy as soon as you went out there," he said. "Even in the bullpen you could feel the energy that was going throughout the crowd. You definitely felt it. I tried my best to keep my composure and just make my pitches."
It will be a memory because Moseley kept his cool and made his pitches after finding out Saturday night that Burnett came up with back spasms. He retired 11 of the first 12 and then worked out of a bases-loaded situation with two outs in the fourth by using one of his 18 changeups to retire rookie Ryan Kalish.
The only run off Moseley was a changeup that Bill Hall hit into the left field seats that briefly made it a one-run game and a infield single that Joba Chamberlain allowed in the seventh after Moseley exited to a standing ovation with a six-run lead.
"He challenges guys and he knows how to pitch," Jeter said. "He hits his spots. There weren't too many times he was in trouble -- there were a couple of times, but he got out. You couldn't ask for too much more from him."
To reach a point where Jeter is praising his performance, Moseley played eight seasons of minor league baseball combined with 64 major league appearances with the Angels over parts of the previous four years.
The Angels granted him free agency last December and two months later he was a Yankee, at least in the minor league sense. It was somewhere between being a free agent and a Yankee that Moseley began testing his injured right hip on a high school track in Texarkana, Texas.
He repeated this by running laps and increasing the speed each time.
"I don't know if I broke up the scar tissue or what, but I just got better and better and went on from there," he said. "Really, it was an amazing recovery."
Then he began throwing again in the middle of winter and under the advice of Billy Connors, a cutter emerged in his pitch arsenal and then a couple of double-digit strikeout games in the minors.
The call to join the Yankees came on July 3 and the call to the rotation came a few weeks later after Sergio Mitre failed in one start. Last night on national TV broadcast to Texarkana and the rest of the country, the attention came in the form of a well-pitched outing by someone who was nowhere on the radar of any Yankee fan.
The big names dominate the scene in the Bronx but the Yankees are like any good team and they do not get to 69 wins in 110 games without contributions from players who have persevered like Moseley has.
“Everyone who knows me knows what I've been through, and how hard I've worked to get here," he said.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
6/15/2010 - Yankees rough up Halladay
http://www.metro.us/us/article/2010/06/17/03/4944-82/index.xml
The matchup between Roy Halladay and CC Sabathia was billed as a regular-season high stakes duel between the aces.
From the Philadelphia standpoint it was a high card kind of night at the poker table and from the New York viewpoint, it was a royal flush type of evening.
The cards or pitches did not fall Halladay’s way last night and he allowed three home runs for the ninth time in 301 starts. That means it occurs once every 33 starts though it seems to happen more frequently against the Yankees, who have done it three times since last July 4.
The home runs by Curtis Granderson, Nick Swisher and Mark Teixeira were the difference last night as the Yankees claimed an 8-3 victory over the Phillies.
CC Sabathia contributed and won his first game against someone not named the Orioles since beating Texas in a rain-shortened game April 16. He turned in seven innings, allowing three runs and five hits while suffering from the commonly known affliction of the one bad inning.
“We've got a good offense," Sabathia said. "He has pitched well against us a lot in the past, but guys have been swinging the bat well. Alex (Rodriguez) is out, but Swish has picked up the slack. Curtis hit a big home run. We've got a pretty good team."
Even facing a pretty good team in his final five years in Toronto, Halladay rarely had bad innings and certainly not too often in his first two months with Philadelphia.
So what caused the unfavorable hand for Doc?
Leaving too many pitches over the plate definitely did not help, especially when the Yankees took the approach of see the ball and hit it. When the Yankees made those guesses they were correct, which explains how they scored six times off Halladay for the first time in a decade.
"Against a tough guy like that, all you're really doing is looking for a pitch in the middle of the plate," Swisher said. "We didn't swing at a lot of balls out of the zone today. I think that's a big key. If we can swing at balls on the plate, we do a pretty good job."
Doing a pretty good job is what the Yankees have been doing for the last three weeks. Since a 5-10 stretch in mid-May they are 15-5 and a season-high 18 games over .500 (41-23).
The first indication that things might be different against Halladay occurred in the second inning when Brett Gardner lined a 2-1 belt-level cutter that stayed over the plate into center field for a two-run triple.
“We’ve faced him a good bit. We know what to expect,” Gardner said. “He pounds the zone and tonight he left some pitches over the middle of the plate and we were able to take advantage of it.”
Gardner’s triple merely foreshadowed the next inning.
Granderson turned a 2-2 changeup that hung right at the knees into a second-deck home run and three batters later, Swisher saw another cutter that did not move and sent it to right field for a two-run blast and a 5-0 lead.
The capper was another flat cutter that Teixeira sent just inside the right field foul pole for a solo shot and left Halladay in a state of disbelief.
As for Sabathia, he forgot to get his bare hands out of the way in the fourth on consecutive hits by Chase Utley and Placido Polanco. While Sabathia did not use that as an excuse, it hardly seemed coincidental that the Phillies immediately scored three runs.
“The first three innings he was as sharp as we've seen him all year, and then he gets hit in the hand and I always wonder how that affects a guy,'' Girardi said. "I can tell him and tell him again, 'Keep your big mitts out of the way,' but it's instinctual and you wonder if that had something to do with it.''
Before that, Sabathia mowed through the Phillies but then after bare-handing those, he plunked Ryan Howard on a 1-2 fastball. Jayson Werth and Raul Ibanez followed with RBI singles and then Sabathia made a mental miscue that allowed a third run when he did not cover first base on a sure double play grounder by Ben Francisco.
That was the extent of Sabathia’s bending. He gave up one more hit the rest of the night and won his third straight and showed a sign that this is the time of year when he heats up just like 2009 and 2008.
“I think it's getting a lot better,'' Sabathia said. “My bullpen sessions have been a lot better and I feel like I have better command of my pitches.''
And now the Yankees have better command over the opponents.
The matchup between Roy Halladay and CC Sabathia was billed as a regular-season high stakes duel between the aces.
From the Philadelphia standpoint it was a high card kind of night at the poker table and from the New York viewpoint, it was a royal flush type of evening.
The cards or pitches did not fall Halladay’s way last night and he allowed three home runs for the ninth time in 301 starts. That means it occurs once every 33 starts though it seems to happen more frequently against the Yankees, who have done it three times since last July 4.
The home runs by Curtis Granderson, Nick Swisher and Mark Teixeira were the difference last night as the Yankees claimed an 8-3 victory over the Phillies.
CC Sabathia contributed and won his first game against someone not named the Orioles since beating Texas in a rain-shortened game April 16. He turned in seven innings, allowing three runs and five hits while suffering from the commonly known affliction of the one bad inning.
“We've got a good offense," Sabathia said. "He has pitched well against us a lot in the past, but guys have been swinging the bat well. Alex (Rodriguez) is out, but Swish has picked up the slack. Curtis hit a big home run. We've got a pretty good team."
Even facing a pretty good team in his final five years in Toronto, Halladay rarely had bad innings and certainly not too often in his first two months with Philadelphia.
So what caused the unfavorable hand for Doc?
Leaving too many pitches over the plate definitely did not help, especially when the Yankees took the approach of see the ball and hit it. When the Yankees made those guesses they were correct, which explains how they scored six times off Halladay for the first time in a decade.
"Against a tough guy like that, all you're really doing is looking for a pitch in the middle of the plate," Swisher said. "We didn't swing at a lot of balls out of the zone today. I think that's a big key. If we can swing at balls on the plate, we do a pretty good job."
Doing a pretty good job is what the Yankees have been doing for the last three weeks. Since a 5-10 stretch in mid-May they are 15-5 and a season-high 18 games over .500 (41-23).
The first indication that things might be different against Halladay occurred in the second inning when Brett Gardner lined a 2-1 belt-level cutter that stayed over the plate into center field for a two-run triple.
“We’ve faced him a good bit. We know what to expect,” Gardner said. “He pounds the zone and tonight he left some pitches over the middle of the plate and we were able to take advantage of it.”
Gardner’s triple merely foreshadowed the next inning.
Granderson turned a 2-2 changeup that hung right at the knees into a second-deck home run and three batters later, Swisher saw another cutter that did not move and sent it to right field for a two-run blast and a 5-0 lead.
The capper was another flat cutter that Teixeira sent just inside the right field foul pole for a solo shot and left Halladay in a state of disbelief.
As for Sabathia, he forgot to get his bare hands out of the way in the fourth on consecutive hits by Chase Utley and Placido Polanco. While Sabathia did not use that as an excuse, it hardly seemed coincidental that the Phillies immediately scored three runs.
“The first three innings he was as sharp as we've seen him all year, and then he gets hit in the hand and I always wonder how that affects a guy,'' Girardi said. "I can tell him and tell him again, 'Keep your big mitts out of the way,' but it's instinctual and you wonder if that had something to do with it.''
Before that, Sabathia mowed through the Phillies but then after bare-handing those, he plunked Ryan Howard on a 1-2 fastball. Jayson Werth and Raul Ibanez followed with RBI singles and then Sabathia made a mental miscue that allowed a third run when he did not cover first base on a sure double play grounder by Ben Francisco.
That was the extent of Sabathia’s bending. He gave up one more hit the rest of the night and won his third straight and showed a sign that this is the time of year when he heats up just like 2009 and 2008.
“I think it's getting a lot better,'' Sabathia said. “My bullpen sessions have been a lot better and I feel like I have better command of my pitches.''
And now the Yankees have better command over the opponents.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
I even came up with the headline...
http://www.metro.us/us/article/2010/05/26/04/1808-82/index.xml -
Regrets, they've had a few - Mets 6, Yankees 4 - May 23 though uploaded for some reason two days later..
Regardless of the final score, CC Sabathia’s mistake pitch to Jason Bay was regrettable. When the Yankees nearly pulled off a ninth-inning comeback, the pitch became even more lamentable.
The pitch in question was a 2-1 changeup that Bay sent over the left field wall during a four-run second inning. It was among the more frustrating contributors to a 6-4 loss to the Mets, especially when the Yankees nearly had a chance to steal a victory.
Bay homered twice off Sabathia, who has allowed at least one home run in seven straight starts. The initial blast eventually came back to burn the Yankees when a late rally fell just short and sent them to Minnesota with 10 losses in their last 15 games.
The attempted rally turned a 6-1 game into a manageable deficit but a nine-pitch confrontation between Alex Rodriguez and Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez ended with a strikeout and the Yankees were left pondering their mistakes.
“I just made some wrong decisions in some tough spots,” Sabathia said. “I probably wouldn’t have thrown a changeup 2-1 to Bay right there. I probably would have thrown him something hard.”
"He just didn't make the pitches that he wanted to," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "He struggled a little bit tonight. It all comes down to location. When you don't locate and you make mistakes, you're going to get beat. That's what happened tonight."
Bay’s previous history with the lefty was not pleasant. He was 1-for-9 lifetime off Sabathia before the game. Bay last faced Sabathia August 23 in Fenway Park and twice struck out on fastballs while getting a single off the curveball.
Sabathia had that knowledge on the scouting report but in the opening inning did not successfully use his fastball against Bay, who walked. After starting him with two fastballs, Sabathia threw two straight changeups and the last one hung right over the plate and sailed over the wall putting the Mets up 4-0.
“I didn’t follow the game plan,” Sabathia said. “I’m staying out there (over the plate) too much. I went soft. They put some good swings on pitches out over the plate.”
In five innings, Sabathia allowed six runs (five earned) and 10 hits – his most as a Yankee. Sabathia allowed 10 hits August 2 in Chicago but then the Yankees had enough offense to overcome it.
Now the Yankees are slumping to the point where these little mistakes become major ones and ultimately regrettable, especially when they could barely touch Johan Santana.
Santana last faced the Yankees June 14 and was torched for nine runs and nine hits in three innings but this time around the lefty was virtually flawless, holding the Yankees to a Francisco Cervelli single among six hits in 7 2/3 innings.
Cervelli’s hit could have been a home run if it climbed a few inches higher and visibly gone over the orange stripe in left field but it did not and the Yankees had to live with it just like they had to live with Bay’s home runs.
Bay’s first blast meant two runs that the Yankees would have liked back. At the worst, their comeback would have required another inning when A-Rod struck out on K-Rod’s changeup but instead it dropped the Bombers another game in the standings.
Many times over the last year, Yankee opponents are left expressing regrets but the combination of injuries and inconsistent play have those sounds coming from the defending champions, who scored just nine times this weekend.
"There is a lot of frustration because we know we're capable of doing a lot more," Rodriguez said. "Collectively, we're just not getting it done."
Rodriguez was hitless in four at-bats and he was among the better Yankee hitters this weekend. His eighth-inning walk knocked out Santana and loaded the bases but that only turned into another opportunity that left the visiting clubhouse lamenting.
That was because Robinson Cano saw three straight Pedro Feliciano sliders and meekly popped out to first base. Had Cano been able to prolong the inning, the Yankees might have been with two and scoring three in the ninth would have meant a tie ballgame as opposed to a close one.
“I'd like to have those back,” Rodriguez said. “That was a good sign, those last two innings. We put some pressure on them and had some opportunities. For a game that was 6-0 to come down to the last at-bat with two men on base, I'll take my chances.”
Good signs are nice for teams struggling to find their way. But these are the Yankees and they do not count unless the result is a victory.
NOTES:
Cervelli was another Yankees, who expressed regret about last night’s events. He admitted to making a mistake in not running hard, especially when his potential home run to left field was a ruled a single by umpires.
“I made a mistake running the bases,” Cervelli said. “Running hard all the time, that’s what I do all the time. I don’t know what happened. I made a mistake.”
The umpires reviewed it after third base coach Rob Thomson told Girardi he thought hit the base of the foul pole.
“The ball hit the line and stayed in the ballpark," crew chief Derryl Cousins said. "That's why we were out there so quick -- it wasn't worth looking at a second time."
Javier Vazquez will likely make his next scheduled start Thursday in Minnesota. The Yankees will definitely give him the start once they see him successfully get through Tuesday’s bullpen session. Vazquez injured his right index finger trying to lay down a bunt Friday and was still taped up.
"I expect to make it, unless it really feels bad," Vazquez said. "Right now, I don't think it will, because I don't feel that bad. I think there's a good chance I'm going to make it."
Curtis Granderson played two rehab games over the weekend for Scranton-Wilkes Barre. He was the DH Saturday and went 0-for-4 but played the field for the first time yesterday and was 1-for-2 with a walk.
Regrets, they've had a few - Mets 6, Yankees 4 - May 23 though uploaded for some reason two days later..
Regardless of the final score, CC Sabathia’s mistake pitch to Jason Bay was regrettable. When the Yankees nearly pulled off a ninth-inning comeback, the pitch became even more lamentable.
The pitch in question was a 2-1 changeup that Bay sent over the left field wall during a four-run second inning. It was among the more frustrating contributors to a 6-4 loss to the Mets, especially when the Yankees nearly had a chance to steal a victory.
Bay homered twice off Sabathia, who has allowed at least one home run in seven straight starts. The initial blast eventually came back to burn the Yankees when a late rally fell just short and sent them to Minnesota with 10 losses in their last 15 games.
The attempted rally turned a 6-1 game into a manageable deficit but a nine-pitch confrontation between Alex Rodriguez and Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez ended with a strikeout and the Yankees were left pondering their mistakes.
“I just made some wrong decisions in some tough spots,” Sabathia said. “I probably wouldn’t have thrown a changeup 2-1 to Bay right there. I probably would have thrown him something hard.”
"He just didn't make the pitches that he wanted to," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "He struggled a little bit tonight. It all comes down to location. When you don't locate and you make mistakes, you're going to get beat. That's what happened tonight."
Bay’s previous history with the lefty was not pleasant. He was 1-for-9 lifetime off Sabathia before the game. Bay last faced Sabathia August 23 in Fenway Park and twice struck out on fastballs while getting a single off the curveball.
Sabathia had that knowledge on the scouting report but in the opening inning did not successfully use his fastball against Bay, who walked. After starting him with two fastballs, Sabathia threw two straight changeups and the last one hung right over the plate and sailed over the wall putting the Mets up 4-0.
“I didn’t follow the game plan,” Sabathia said. “I’m staying out there (over the plate) too much. I went soft. They put some good swings on pitches out over the plate.”
In five innings, Sabathia allowed six runs (five earned) and 10 hits – his most as a Yankee. Sabathia allowed 10 hits August 2 in Chicago but then the Yankees had enough offense to overcome it.
Now the Yankees are slumping to the point where these little mistakes become major ones and ultimately regrettable, especially when they could barely touch Johan Santana.
Santana last faced the Yankees June 14 and was torched for nine runs and nine hits in three innings but this time around the lefty was virtually flawless, holding the Yankees to a Francisco Cervelli single among six hits in 7 2/3 innings.
Cervelli’s hit could have been a home run if it climbed a few inches higher and visibly gone over the orange stripe in left field but it did not and the Yankees had to live with it just like they had to live with Bay’s home runs.
Bay’s first blast meant two runs that the Yankees would have liked back. At the worst, their comeback would have required another inning when A-Rod struck out on K-Rod’s changeup but instead it dropped the Bombers another game in the standings.
Many times over the last year, Yankee opponents are left expressing regrets but the combination of injuries and inconsistent play have those sounds coming from the defending champions, who scored just nine times this weekend.
"There is a lot of frustration because we know we're capable of doing a lot more," Rodriguez said. "Collectively, we're just not getting it done."
Rodriguez was hitless in four at-bats and he was among the better Yankee hitters this weekend. His eighth-inning walk knocked out Santana and loaded the bases but that only turned into another opportunity that left the visiting clubhouse lamenting.
That was because Robinson Cano saw three straight Pedro Feliciano sliders and meekly popped out to first base. Had Cano been able to prolong the inning, the Yankees might have been with two and scoring three in the ninth would have meant a tie ballgame as opposed to a close one.
“I'd like to have those back,” Rodriguez said. “That was a good sign, those last two innings. We put some pressure on them and had some opportunities. For a game that was 6-0 to come down to the last at-bat with two men on base, I'll take my chances.”
Good signs are nice for teams struggling to find their way. But these are the Yankees and they do not count unless the result is a victory.
NOTES:
Cervelli was another Yankees, who expressed regret about last night’s events. He admitted to making a mistake in not running hard, especially when his potential home run to left field was a ruled a single by umpires.
“I made a mistake running the bases,” Cervelli said. “Running hard all the time, that’s what I do all the time. I don’t know what happened. I made a mistake.”
The umpires reviewed it after third base coach Rob Thomson told Girardi he thought hit the base of the foul pole.
“The ball hit the line and stayed in the ballpark," crew chief Derryl Cousins said. "That's why we were out there so quick -- it wasn't worth looking at a second time."
Javier Vazquez will likely make his next scheduled start Thursday in Minnesota. The Yankees will definitely give him the start once they see him successfully get through Tuesday’s bullpen session. Vazquez injured his right index finger trying to lay down a bunt Friday and was still taped up.
"I expect to make it, unless it really feels bad," Vazquez said. "Right now, I don't think it will, because I don't feel that bad. I think there's a good chance I'm going to make it."
Curtis Granderson played two rehab games over the weekend for Scranton-Wilkes Barre. He was the DH Saturday and went 0-for-4 but played the field for the first time yesterday and was 1-for-2 with a walk.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Cano homers twice on Jackie Robinson Day
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Their No. 3 hitter is in the midst of his annual April slump. Their cleanup hitter has gone powerless through nine games and their old No. 5 hitter is three time zones away.
Those factors have not stopped the Yankees from their best start in eight seasons. The reason: they have found their new No. 5 hitter and last night’s 6-2 victory over the Angels provided further evidence of a maturing Robinson Cano.
If Cano’s two home runs off lefty Scott Kazmir and three RBIs are an indication of a year-long performance then manager Joe Girardi will have made a successful lineup alteration for the second consecutive season. Remember he flipped-flopped Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon in the leadoff spot and everyone saw how well that worked out.
“For me, Robbie was the guy that I wanted to hit there, just because it allowed us to break up our left-handers extremely well," Girardi said. “And, I always believed he could do it.
So far, Cano is justifying Girardi’s faith. His fifth career two-home run game on Jackie Robinson Night concluded a 6-for-13 series and raised his batting average to .395.
Cano’s showing has overshadowed the slow starts of the big bats hitting directly ahead of him as Mark Teixeira is batting .091 and Alex Rodriguez has yet to homer – his longer season-opening streak without going deep since becoming a Yankee.
“I’m blessed hitting behind A-Rod and in front of Posada,” Cano said. “Those two guys have been in the big leagues for a long time. Both got great numbers and I’ve been blessed and that’s why I’ve been working and I’m still going to keep working hard because I want to stay there.”
The words from Cano are not hollow. He was delayed in addressing reporters and apologized because his first postgame destination was the weight room.
It is not like Cano has not experienced success before. He is a .306 career hitter entering this season but has bounced around in the lineup, often overshadowed by more established bats.
In some ways, he still is hitting behind established stars in Teixeira and Rodriguez but for now he is carrying them and not the other way around, which exemplifies the potential that has kept him a Yankee and helped them win series against three tough opponents.
"Robbie's always a tough out, because he can hit a lot of pitches, even when they're not strikes,” Jeter said. “He seems to get better each and every year.”
Cano was not the only homegrown Yankees to enjoy a good night, though his was certainly more special.
Phil Hughes made his long-awaited season debut after winning the fifth starter’s job in spring training. The right-hander partially won that battle by developing a changeup but that pitch rarely appeared as he threw just five based on scouting reports that showed the Angels to be a good hitting team against those pitches.
Most of Hughes’ other 108 pitches were good though he did issue five walks, caused by nibbling around the strike zone.
Hughes’ best pitch was the cutter, which was thrown to hitters on both sides of the plate in any situation. It also was the pitch that fanned Kendry Morales and Reggie Willits, who batted left-handed.
“The cutter is something I've worked on for a while now, and it felt good tonight. I threw it when guys were looking for fastballs, and it was really effective," Hughes said. "Sometimes in a fastball count, I almost prefer the cutter because it's moving away from the barrel, where a changeup sometimes fades toward the barrel."
Hughes gave up a second-inning home run to Hideki Matsui but never trailed afterwards thanks to Cano. He exited two batters into the sixth to a loud ovation and chants of his surname in contrast to Javier Vazquez the day before.
"I'm very happy with how he threw the baseball," Girardi said. "He shut down a lineup that is an offensive lineup. I'm very pleased with what he did."
Yankee Notes:
Chan Ho Park irritated his right hamstring while warming up in the sixth. He will be evaluated today.
Curtis Granderson batted .205 through nine games last season but is hitting .333 after tripling twice. He is the first Yankee to do so since Bobby Abreu on May 31, 2008 at the Metrodome and the first Yankee to triple in consecutive at-bats since Clay Bellinger on August 26, 2000 in Oakland.
Granderson’s night also included an outfield assist when he threw out Matsui to end the fourth.
“I ended up slipping,” Granderson said. “I was hoping I had enough of the ball to make it to the plate. It ended up being on line and accurate. You don’t have the best arm but as long as you’re accurate and sure enough to be able to slip and still be on line allowed Jorge Posada make a play.”
Their No. 3 hitter is in the midst of his annual April slump. Their cleanup hitter has gone powerless through nine games and their old No. 5 hitter is three time zones away.
Those factors have not stopped the Yankees from their best start in eight seasons. The reason: they have found their new No. 5 hitter and last night’s 6-2 victory over the Angels provided further evidence of a maturing Robinson Cano.
If Cano’s two home runs off lefty Scott Kazmir and three RBIs are an indication of a year-long performance then manager Joe Girardi will have made a successful lineup alteration for the second consecutive season. Remember he flipped-flopped Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon in the leadoff spot and everyone saw how well that worked out.
“For me, Robbie was the guy that I wanted to hit there, just because it allowed us to break up our left-handers extremely well," Girardi said. “And, I always believed he could do it.
So far, Cano is justifying Girardi’s faith. His fifth career two-home run game on Jackie Robinson Night concluded a 6-for-13 series and raised his batting average to .395.
Cano’s showing has overshadowed the slow starts of the big bats hitting directly ahead of him as Mark Teixeira is batting .091 and Alex Rodriguez has yet to homer – his longer season-opening streak without going deep since becoming a Yankee.
“I’m blessed hitting behind A-Rod and in front of Posada,” Cano said. “Those two guys have been in the big leagues for a long time. Both got great numbers and I’ve been blessed and that’s why I’ve been working and I’m still going to keep working hard because I want to stay there.”
The words from Cano are not hollow. He was delayed in addressing reporters and apologized because his first postgame destination was the weight room.
It is not like Cano has not experienced success before. He is a .306 career hitter entering this season but has bounced around in the lineup, often overshadowed by more established bats.
In some ways, he still is hitting behind established stars in Teixeira and Rodriguez but for now he is carrying them and not the other way around, which exemplifies the potential that has kept him a Yankee and helped them win series against three tough opponents.
"Robbie's always a tough out, because he can hit a lot of pitches, even when they're not strikes,” Jeter said. “He seems to get better each and every year.”
Cano was not the only homegrown Yankees to enjoy a good night, though his was certainly more special.
Phil Hughes made his long-awaited season debut after winning the fifth starter’s job in spring training. The right-hander partially won that battle by developing a changeup but that pitch rarely appeared as he threw just five based on scouting reports that showed the Angels to be a good hitting team against those pitches.
Most of Hughes’ other 108 pitches were good though he did issue five walks, caused by nibbling around the strike zone.
Hughes’ best pitch was the cutter, which was thrown to hitters on both sides of the plate in any situation. It also was the pitch that fanned Kendry Morales and Reggie Willits, who batted left-handed.
“The cutter is something I've worked on for a while now, and it felt good tonight. I threw it when guys were looking for fastballs, and it was really effective," Hughes said. "Sometimes in a fastball count, I almost prefer the cutter because it's moving away from the barrel, where a changeup sometimes fades toward the barrel."
Hughes gave up a second-inning home run to Hideki Matsui but never trailed afterwards thanks to Cano. He exited two batters into the sixth to a loud ovation and chants of his surname in contrast to Javier Vazquez the day before.
"I'm very happy with how he threw the baseball," Girardi said. "He shut down a lineup that is an offensive lineup. I'm very pleased with what he did."
Yankee Notes:
Chan Ho Park irritated his right hamstring while warming up in the sixth. He will be evaluated today.
Curtis Granderson batted .205 through nine games last season but is hitting .333 after tripling twice. He is the first Yankee to do so since Bobby Abreu on May 31, 2008 at the Metrodome and the first Yankee to triple in consecutive at-bats since Clay Bellinger on August 26, 2000 in Oakland.
Granderson’s night also included an outfield assist when he threw out Matsui to end the fourth.
“I ended up slipping,” Granderson said. “I was hoping I had enough of the ball to make it to the plate. It ended up being on line and accurate. You don’t have the best arm but as long as you’re accurate and sure enough to be able to slip and still be on line allowed Jorge Posada make a play.”
Friday, February 26, 2010
Clips from the Yankee Championship run
The following are stories that I wrote for Metro New York newspaper during the Yankees run to their first World Series since 2000:
This is Game Six:
It was two years and three days ago, across the street at the Stadium Club inside Old Yankee Stadium that Joe Girardi went from 1996 World Series hero, broadcaster and bench coach to the pressurized position of being a Yankee manager. He was handed his jersey by management with the number 27 as in the next World Championship for the Yankees.
The Yankees waited nine years and nine days for to reach that point again. They waited through playoff disappointment, free agent mistakes and injuries until last night when they became World Champions with a 7-3 victory over the Phillies.
“You can call us anything you want,” general manager Brian Cashman said. “You’re also going to have to call us World Champions.”
“This is what the Steinbrenner family has strived for year after year after year and has tried to deliver to the city of the New York,” Girardi said. “George Steinbrenner and his family are champions. To be able to deliver this to the Boss, the stadium that he created and the atmosphere he has created around here is very gratifying for all of us.”
Going nine years without a title is nothing compared to other organizations in the area. The Giants went 17 years without winning, the Mets have two in 47 years, the Rangers have one in 69 years and the Knicks are headed for a 37th straight season without a title, but things are different with the Yankees, who have the game’s highest payroll and expectations, which means World Series titles and not division titles.
“It feels better than I remember it,” captain Derek Jeter said. “It’s been a long time.”
For eight seasons, the Yankees won a lot of regular-season games but twice lost the World Series, suffered an epic collapse when they were just one win away from the Fall Classic, four first-round exits and missing the playoffs in Girardi’s first season.
They finally got it done last night – the day after New York re-elected its mayor. After spending six months winning 103 regular-season game another month winning 11 more, the Yankees are champions and the seventh time under principal owner George Steinbrenner, who was not at the Stadium but watched at home on television.
“This one was big for him and more emotional than the others probably,” Hank Steinbrenner said.
They did it behind the efforts of two of their older players – one who added his fifth ring and another who finally won that elusive title after being a superstar in his native Japan.
Pitching on three days rest for the seventh time in the postseason, Andy Pettitte survived 5 2/3 innings and pitched his third clinching game of the playoffs. He extended his own postseason record with his 18th victory as he allowed three runs and four hits and overcame five walks.
“It makes it sweet because you don’t know when you’re going to get a chance to go back,” Pettitte said. “I realize I’m 37 years old. I realize I’m getting older. I realize I’m towards the end of my career and that makes it sweet.
“The first one is always sweet because you live your whole life and you say you want to win the championship and you’re able to do it that first time. This one is sweet because so many years passed and you don’t know if you’re ever going to be able to do it again. It’s very gratifying to be able to do this.”
Hideki Matsui also was playing on three days rest as knee issues kept him as a full-time designated hitter and a pinch hitter when the Yankees played in Philadelphia. He returned from the idle time and went 3-for-4, tying Bobby Richardson’s World Series record with six RBI. He accepted the MVP honors after a .615 (8-for-13) performance in his second Fall Classic.
“My first and foremost goal when I joined the Yankees was to win the world championship,” Matsui said through his interpreter. “Certainly it’s been a long road and a very difficult journey. I’m just happy that after all these years we were able to win and reach the goal that I had come here for.”
It was a fitting conclusion to a consistent season for Matsui, who was coming off surgery to both knees. During the regular-season, Matsui hit lefties and righties well and it resulted in a .274, 28 home run and 90 RBI performance.
“I don’t know if you can imagine it, but once it’s happened, you figure he’s capable,” assistant general manager Jean Afterman said. “That’s what he does. He is a professional run producer.”
Finally, Mariano Rivera closed it out even if was a non-save situation. He recorded the final five outs and clinched the title when Shane Victorino grounded out to second base.
The Yankees reiterated that winning 11 games is not easy and winning these certainly was not a breeze. They needed the ability to out-last two pesky opponents in the Angels and Twins and then some big hits against the Phillies.
“Those are great players,” Mark Teixeira said. “We beat the world champions. We beat an incredible team over there. They deserved the championship they got last year, and we deserve this one.”
Nobody provided that for the Yankees more than Matsui, who finally celebrated the championship he longed for when he signed here in 2002 following a standout career with the Yomiuri Giants. A three-time MVP in the Japanese Central League, Matsui hit a two-run home run in the second inning off Pedro Martinez, a bases-loaded two-run single in the fourth off Martinez and a two-run double in the fifth off J.A. Happ.
“He is not only a great player his whole life, he’s got great character,” Yankees president Randy Levine said. “To do what he did is beyond belief. Nobody can picture somebody having such an unbelievable night, but it doesn’t surprise us because he always comes up big in the moment.”
Pettitte also helped himself by silencing Yankee-killer Chase Utley. Utley was 0-for-3 with a walk after homering twice Monday and hitting three off C.C. Sabathia. The biggest out was getting Utley to hit into an inning-ending double play in the first.
Utley struck out in the fourth and walked ahead of Ryan Howard’s two-run home run that made it 7-3 in the sixth. Pettitte was gone two batters later after allowing Raul Ibanez’s double and he exited to a standing ovation of fans chanting his name as he jogged towards the dugout.
After Joba Chamberlain pitched a scoreless inning, lefthander Damaso Marte struck out Utley to end the seventh and Howard to open the eighth. Rivera then entered for the final time this season and secured the championship that had seemed absent for an eternity in the Yankees world of high expectations.
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linked stories -
World Series Game 5
World Series Game 4
World Series Game 2
World Series Game 1
ALCS GAME 6
ALCS GAME 3 -
ALCS GAME 2
ALCS GAME 1
Interview with Brian Cashman (ran before the playoffs)
This is Game Six:
It was two years and three days ago, across the street at the Stadium Club inside Old Yankee Stadium that Joe Girardi went from 1996 World Series hero, broadcaster and bench coach to the pressurized position of being a Yankee manager. He was handed his jersey by management with the number 27 as in the next World Championship for the Yankees.
The Yankees waited nine years and nine days for to reach that point again. They waited through playoff disappointment, free agent mistakes and injuries until last night when they became World Champions with a 7-3 victory over the Phillies.
“You can call us anything you want,” general manager Brian Cashman said. “You’re also going to have to call us World Champions.”
“This is what the Steinbrenner family has strived for year after year after year and has tried to deliver to the city of the New York,” Girardi said. “George Steinbrenner and his family are champions. To be able to deliver this to the Boss, the stadium that he created and the atmosphere he has created around here is very gratifying for all of us.”
Going nine years without a title is nothing compared to other organizations in the area. The Giants went 17 years without winning, the Mets have two in 47 years, the Rangers have one in 69 years and the Knicks are headed for a 37th straight season without a title, but things are different with the Yankees, who have the game’s highest payroll and expectations, which means World Series titles and not division titles.
“It feels better than I remember it,” captain Derek Jeter said. “It’s been a long time.”
For eight seasons, the Yankees won a lot of regular-season games but twice lost the World Series, suffered an epic collapse when they were just one win away from the Fall Classic, four first-round exits and missing the playoffs in Girardi’s first season.
They finally got it done last night – the day after New York re-elected its mayor. After spending six months winning 103 regular-season game another month winning 11 more, the Yankees are champions and the seventh time under principal owner George Steinbrenner, who was not at the Stadium but watched at home on television.
“This one was big for him and more emotional than the others probably,” Hank Steinbrenner said.
They did it behind the efforts of two of their older players – one who added his fifth ring and another who finally won that elusive title after being a superstar in his native Japan.
Pitching on three days rest for the seventh time in the postseason, Andy Pettitte survived 5 2/3 innings and pitched his third clinching game of the playoffs. He extended his own postseason record with his 18th victory as he allowed three runs and four hits and overcame five walks.
“It makes it sweet because you don’t know when you’re going to get a chance to go back,” Pettitte said. “I realize I’m 37 years old. I realize I’m getting older. I realize I’m towards the end of my career and that makes it sweet.
“The first one is always sweet because you live your whole life and you say you want to win the championship and you’re able to do it that first time. This one is sweet because so many years passed and you don’t know if you’re ever going to be able to do it again. It’s very gratifying to be able to do this.”
Hideki Matsui also was playing on three days rest as knee issues kept him as a full-time designated hitter and a pinch hitter when the Yankees played in Philadelphia. He returned from the idle time and went 3-for-4, tying Bobby Richardson’s World Series record with six RBI. He accepted the MVP honors after a .615 (8-for-13) performance in his second Fall Classic.
“My first and foremost goal when I joined the Yankees was to win the world championship,” Matsui said through his interpreter. “Certainly it’s been a long road and a very difficult journey. I’m just happy that after all these years we were able to win and reach the goal that I had come here for.”
It was a fitting conclusion to a consistent season for Matsui, who was coming off surgery to both knees. During the regular-season, Matsui hit lefties and righties well and it resulted in a .274, 28 home run and 90 RBI performance.
“I don’t know if you can imagine it, but once it’s happened, you figure he’s capable,” assistant general manager Jean Afterman said. “That’s what he does. He is a professional run producer.”
Finally, Mariano Rivera closed it out even if was a non-save situation. He recorded the final five outs and clinched the title when Shane Victorino grounded out to second base.
The Yankees reiterated that winning 11 games is not easy and winning these certainly was not a breeze. They needed the ability to out-last two pesky opponents in the Angels and Twins and then some big hits against the Phillies.
“Those are great players,” Mark Teixeira said. “We beat the world champions. We beat an incredible team over there. They deserved the championship they got last year, and we deserve this one.”
Nobody provided that for the Yankees more than Matsui, who finally celebrated the championship he longed for when he signed here in 2002 following a standout career with the Yomiuri Giants. A three-time MVP in the Japanese Central League, Matsui hit a two-run home run in the second inning off Pedro Martinez, a bases-loaded two-run single in the fourth off Martinez and a two-run double in the fifth off J.A. Happ.
“He is not only a great player his whole life, he’s got great character,” Yankees president Randy Levine said. “To do what he did is beyond belief. Nobody can picture somebody having such an unbelievable night, but it doesn’t surprise us because he always comes up big in the moment.”
Pettitte also helped himself by silencing Yankee-killer Chase Utley. Utley was 0-for-3 with a walk after homering twice Monday and hitting three off C.C. Sabathia. The biggest out was getting Utley to hit into an inning-ending double play in the first.
Utley struck out in the fourth and walked ahead of Ryan Howard’s two-run home run that made it 7-3 in the sixth. Pettitte was gone two batters later after allowing Raul Ibanez’s double and he exited to a standing ovation of fans chanting his name as he jogged towards the dugout.
After Joba Chamberlain pitched a scoreless inning, lefthander Damaso Marte struck out Utley to end the seventh and Howard to open the eighth. Rivera then entered for the final time this season and secured the championship that had seemed absent for an eternity in the Yankees world of high expectations.
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linked stories -
World Series Game 5
World Series Game 4
World Series Game 2
World Series Game 1
ALCS GAME 6
ALCS GAME 3 -
ALCS GAME 2
ALCS GAME 1
Interview with Brian Cashman (ran before the playoffs)
Monday, February 1, 2010
Pro Basketball Features/Game Stories
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Knicks outlast Pistons in triple overtime
The pendulum of emotions at Madison Square Garden can be described with a bunch of "D" words.
There were deafening cheers, groans of disappointment and some discouraging moments. In the end there was drama, which led to wild cheers and a thrilling 151-145 triple-overtime victory.
Knicks hire Walsh, win third straight
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Jamal Crawford led six players in double figures with 18 points as the Knicks held on for a 109-107 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats in front Walsh on Wednesday.
Curry re-appears in rare Knick win
There was an Eddy Curry sighting, and the New York Knicks found something else that had been reported missing - a victory.
A night after going scoreless in 13 minutes, Curry had 23 points and nine rebounds as the Knicks snapped a five-game losing streak with a 94-86 victory over the New Jersey Nets Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
On the eve of the Big East Tournament, Ray Allen sits in the visiting locker room at Madison Square Garden. It is the same space 11 years ago that Allen and his University of Connecticut teammates celebrated one of the most memorable endings in the history of the tournament.
Knicks outlast Pistons in triple overtime
The pendulum of emotions at Madison Square Garden can be described with a bunch of "D" words.
There were deafening cheers, groans of disappointment and some discouraging moments. In the end there was drama, which led to wild cheers and a thrilling 151-145 triple-overtime victory.
Knicks hire Walsh, win third straight
Isiah Thomas believes the New York Knicks have become a team. When he meets with new team president Donnie Walsh, he might have to answer why it took 79 games.
Jamal Crawford led six players in double figures with 18 points as the Knicks held on for a 109-107 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats in front Walsh on Wednesday.
Curry re-appears in rare Knick win
There was an Eddy Curry sighting, and the New York Knicks found something else that had been reported missing - a victory.
A night after going scoreless in 13 minutes, Curry had 23 points and nine rebounds as the Knicks snapped a five-game losing streak with a 94-86 victory over the New Jersey Nets Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
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