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lakelawyerheel

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3 game sweep, staff gave up 1 run

The Judge only has 2 hits, but they are both dingers

Great start to the season
 

kik84

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First time in franchise history Yanks started with back-to-back shutouts. That actually surprises me a bit.
 

2forheels

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I hate to nit pick so early in the season but Boone's use of the pen always chaps me. Doval only threw 2 pitches in the 8th inning. Why not bring him back in the 9th instead of using the weakest link in the pen, Blackburn, and why not use Blackburn earlier instead of using good relievers for a few batters in the middle innings? Boone's response after the game when asked was that he didn't want to extend Doval. ???? We had a day off yesterday and have another in 3 days. Stop over thinking. I hate staying up late to see Boone over think and blow a game in the botoem of the 9th. I could have used those couple hours of sleep. lol

And I'll be glad when our bats heat up. Anemic offnese so far.
 
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kik84

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I hate to nit pick so early in the season but Boone's use of the pen always chaps me. Doval only threw 2 pitches in the 8th inning. Why not bring him back in the 9th instead of using the weakest link in the pen, Blackburn, and why not use Blackburn earlier instead of using good relievers for a few batters in the middle innings? Boone's response after the game when asked was that he didn't want to extend Doval. ???? We had a day off yesterday and have another in 3 days. Stop over thinking. I hate staying up late to see Boone over think and blow a game in the botoem of the 9th. I could have used those couple hours of sleep. lol

And I'll be glad when our bats heat up. Anemic offnese so far.
Agree. And the media questioned him over it in the postgame.
 

2forheels

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Stanton…STANTON…stole a base tonight. LOL
And a big hit in the 8th that probably won the game. Only his power got that grounder through the infield for 2 RBI.

My preseason concerns about the pen are starting to look valid to me. Against better competition they have not been good. It's early but we'll see how it plays out. It's early. 8th inning and closers can't be loading the bases every outing.
 
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2forheels

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And Rice needs to stop calling for pitch reviews in the early innings. He lets ones that he should clearly ask for a review go by and then calls for a review when its not really close. I really like how fast the outcome is determined. Maybe they should up the challenges form 2 to 5.
 
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2forheels

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I am sorry but I am not on this bandwagon that a lot of fans are that we have this outstanding pen. Cashman and Hal duped the fans because they could not make any decent deals to shore up the pen so we basically have the same pen as last year and they promote them with a slogan saying, "Let's run it back". It's basically the same pen as last year without Weaver and the chump closer that sucked. This is not a decent bullpen. To have 5 relievers come into the same game at home and each give up a run is not acceptable. And this time of year pitching is supposed to be ahead of hitting. So what does that tell you? These relievers we have are one batter relievers being asked to pitch an inning or more. That's the stupid Yankees way now. It's demeaning to the Yankees fans. Let's run it back? Yep. It's the same **** out of the pen as last year. Bednar is going to be buened out by the end of May.