tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851986562628551289.post2180601989336773175..comments2023-09-26T04:41:26.184-04:00Comments on "It's great to be young and a Yankee.": Thursday, July 9: NYY @ Minn (A sweep despite Girardi's best efforts)Crazy Yankee Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13122967122482170769noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851986562628551289.post-64351573442547948582009-07-09T23:54:31.374-04:002009-07-09T23:54:31.374-04:00Thanks for linking my site, Heartland Pinstripes, ...Thanks for linking my site, Heartland Pinstripes, to yours. I reciprocated and have a link to yours at The Heartland.<br /><br />To a degree, I agree about Girardi and over-managing. That was certainly the case last night when he pulled Hughes in the eighth to insert Mariano for a four-out save. It worked out fine, but was an unnecessarily quick hook. <br /><br />On Robertson, I think he needs to bear down and locate better than he has lately. He's walked five in his last four appearances, and did the same thing against Toronto July 4th that he did today--walk batters right away. It's a tough situation in which to enter, no doubt. But that's what middle relief entails, and he must throw strikes. Tomorrow night, so must Joba. Enough screwing around and bickering with Jorge.<br /><br />Albaladejo was terrific, and the Yanks need him to be like that as often as possible. His sinker can be deadly when he's on.<br /><br />Good point about the bottom of the order, which carried the day again for the Yanks. I love when this club turns over the lineup.<br /><br />I think a big key to the series was that the Yanks held Morneau hitless for the entire series. Mauer had five hits and Morneau had opportunities but, despite Mauer's fine work, the Yanks kept Morneau from hitting anything out, or even adding on in a meaningful way. That impressed me.<br /><br />I can't say enough about Mariano and what a privilege it is to see him operate, twice besting the tough Mauer to end games. To me, he's not just the best closer and best reliever in the history of the game. I'd say it's not a stretch to consider him one of the best pitchers in the history of the game. A power pitcher with control, a control pitcher with heat; in the clutch, runners on, all the pressure swirling, and the guy continually gets it done and makes it look easy. There has never been anyone like him, and there never will be.Jason from The Heartlandhttp://heartlandpinstripes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com