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Post by chiyankee on Apr 15, 2019 8:47:16 GMT -5
James Paxton: Astros stole signs, ‘knew what was coming’
“I did find out I was tipping my pitches when there were guys at second base, so they knew what was coming,” the left-hander said Sunday before the Yankees faced the White Sox at the Stadium. “They were fouling off some pretty good pitches, taking some pretty good pitches. There were stealing some signs. So that’s didn’t help.”
Paxton wasn’t absolving himself of blame. He didn’t pitch well. He lived in the middle of the plate far too often, especially against as lethal an offense as the Astros boast. But he felt something was off during the game, and after watching video of the outing, it was obvious. Special adviser Carlos Beltran pointed it out to him Saturday. It revolved around his knuckle-curve. His knuckle was showing before each delivery, a tendency earlier in his career.
“So they could see if I was going soft or hard,” said Paxton, who will start the opener in the first Yankees-Red Sox meeting of the year Tuesday in The Bronx. “[Beltran] showed me some video. [He said], ‘Look at these takes, look at these swings. They wouldn’t be making these swings or these takes if they didn’t know what was coming.’ That being said, I also didn’t throw the ball very well. I was over the middle of the plate too much, even when there were guys not on second base. So I need to be better as well.”
Why did it take special adviser Carlos Beltran (hats off to him) to tell Paxton that he was tipping his pitches? Larry Rothschild couldn't figure this out? Ugh, coaching staff sleeping at the wheel, this is not an impressive staff Cashman & Boone have put together. |
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Post by domeplease on Apr 15, 2019 10:10:11 GMT -5
www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/tanaka-yankees-edged-by-white-sox-lose-4th-series-of-season/ar-BBVVNtW?ocid=U147DHP
In the bottom of the ninth, with just three outs to make something happen, Luke Voit smoked the ball and the Stadium began to perk up at the sound of the ball off the bat. The line drive screamed…..right into the glove of White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson.
That was a snapshot of how the Yankees day went down the tubes Sunday.
BOX SCORE: WHITE SOX 5, YANKEES 2
They could not muster much offensively, and Masahiro Tanaka could not finish off hitters as the White Sox rallied to beat them 5-2 at the Stadium.
Lefty Carlos Rodon retired 11 straight Bombers Sunday as the White Sox (5-9) won their first series of the year. The Yankees (6-9) dropped their fourth of five series they have played this season and their third straight series at home. The last time the Yankees started a season so poorly at home, losing the first three series they played in the Bronx, was in 1982 and that season ended with them missing out on the playoffs.
“I’d say a little frustrated,” Voit said of the state of the Yankees. “Again, it’s early and you know and I am confident of what we have in this locker room, but it’s frustrating to lose two out of three to a team we should probably beat.
“We’re just not getting the job done.”
Sunday nobody in pinstripes seemed to be able to get it done. READ MORE...
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Post by inger on Apr 15, 2019 12:05:08 GMT -5
James Paxton: Astros stole signs, ‘knew what was coming’
“I did find out I was tipping my pitches when there were guys at second base, so they knew what was coming,” the left-hander said Sunday before the Yankees faced the White Sox at the Stadium. “They were fouling off some pretty good pitches, taking some pretty good pitches. There were stealing some signs. So that’s didn’t help.”
Paxton wasn’t absolving himself of blame. He didn’t pitch well. He lived in the middle of the plate far too often, especially against as lethal an offense as the Astros boast. But he felt something was off during the game, and after watching video of the outing, it was obvious. Special adviser Carlos Beltran pointed it out to him Saturday. It revolved around his knuckle-curve. His knuckle was showing before each delivery, a tendency earlier in his career.
“So they could see if I was going soft or hard,” said Paxton, who will start the opener in the first Yankees-Red Sox meeting of the year Tuesday in The Bronx. “[Beltran] showed me some video. [He said], ‘Look at these takes, look at these swings. They wouldn’t be making these swings or these takes if they didn’t know what was coming.’ That being said, I also didn’t throw the ball very well. I was over the middle of the plate too much, even when there were guys not on second base. So I need to be better as well.”
Why did it take special adviser Carlos Beltran (hats off to him) to tell Paxton that he was tipping his pitches? Larry Rothschild couldn't figure this out? It's all about hierarchy. Rothschild was not allowed to say anything because that was very "special advise"... (: |
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Post by greatfatness on Apr 15, 2019 18:21:56 GMT -5
Why did it take special adviser Carlos Beltran (hats off to him) to tell Paxton that he was tipping his pitches? Larry Rothschild couldn't figure this out? Ugh, coaching staff sleeping at the wheel, this is not an impressive staff Cashman & Boone have put together. I'm no expert here, but I actually don't think that's what the pitching coach would do on any team unless the tip was just so obvious and related to mechanics. |
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Post by inger on Apr 15, 2019 22:48:51 GMT -5
Ugh, coaching staff sleeping at the wheel, this is not an impressive staff Cashman & Boone have put together. I'm no expert here, but I actually don't think that's what the pitching coach would do on any team unless the tip was just so obvious and related to mechanics. I agree that it would not be the sole responsibility of the pitching coach. An experienced and accomplished hitter like Beltran was able to see hitters acting unnaturally and decided to watch tape along with Big Maple... it’s all good, unless there is a hierarchy of jealousy and protectionism of position that is unhealthy on the coaching staff... |
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Post by michcusejoe5 on Apr 18, 2019 11:32:05 GMT -5
Just saw Alex Rodriguez outside of my office. He looked jacked and in the zone. Was on the phone or I would have said hello.
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 18, 2019 12:26:23 GMT -5
Just saw Alex Rodriguez outside of my office. He looked jacked and in the zone. Was on the phone or I would have said hello. I wonder if he was making sweet talk with J Lo? |
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 18, 2019 12:27:20 GMT -5
In case anyone was wondering why you don't hear Kate Smith's rendition of "God Bless America" at the Stadium anymore:
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Post by michcusejoe5 on Apr 18, 2019 13:02:19 GMT -5
Just saw Alex Rodriguez outside of my office. He looked jacked and in the zone. Was on the phone or I would have said hello. I wonder if he was making sweet talk with J Lo? I wouldnt be surprised! |
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Post by pippsheadache on Apr 18, 2019 14:20:51 GMT -5
In case anyone was wondering why you don't hear Kate Smith's rendition of "God Bless America" at the Stadium anymore: That song was also recorded by a black man who is considered one of the icons of the civil rights movement, Paul Robeson. This isn't the Yankees "taking a stand against racism." It's doubtful that one percent of the people who attend games at Yankee Stadium ever heard of the song, so whatever moral instruction the Yankees feel they are imparting is lost on them. It is a really strained effort of virtue signalling that achieves nothing. And Kate Smith is long dead, so they don't even get the pleasure of making her feel bad. |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 18, 2019 14:26:03 GMT -5
Just saw Alex Rodriguez outside of my office. He looked jacked and in the zone. Was on the phone or I would have said hello. You shoulda used that phone for a quick spy shot!  |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 18, 2019 14:29:36 GMT -5
In case anyone was wondering why you don't hear Kate Smith's rendition of "God Bless America" at the Stadium anymore: They also had dropped Ronan Tynan singing God Bless America after he made some off-color comments about Jews:
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Post by pippsheadache on Apr 18, 2019 14:40:36 GMT -5
Maybe they should just quit the whole seventh inning production altogether. Probably anybody who ever recorded a song said something at some point in their lives that offended somebody somewhere.
I know they started it after 9/11, but it has lost whatever inspirational value it might have had. We live in a completely different world today.
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Post by inger on Apr 18, 2019 14:57:29 GMT -5
In case anyone was wondering why you don't hear Kate Smith's rendition of "God Bless America" at the Stadium anymore: That song was also recorded by a black man who is considered one of the icons of the civil rights movement, Paul Robeson. This isn't the Yankees "taking a stand against racism." It's doubtful that one percent of the people who attend games at Yankee Stadium ever heard of the song, so whatever moral instruction the Yankees feel they are imparting is lost on them. It is a really strained effort of virtue signalling that achieves nothing. And Kate Smith is long dead, so they don't even get the pleasure of making her feel bad. Absolutely, Pipps. Things that were said and done in that era need to be laid to rest. It was a non-educated world that acted in the ways of the ignorant. Human evolution is still occurring, both on a physical and mental level. To me, this is simply a way of continuing to stir a boiling pot. Drop the ladle, and let the fire go out. Move forward in a modern world. I suppose some small group of folks that push this sort of agenda will feel appeased. Some will be offended. In the end, will it really matter who sings that song... or even if it’s a different song? Just as an aside here, years ago when I was in Charleston, SC, there was a black family in the famous downtown marketplace that was selling little miniature washtubs full of miniature watermelon and little characterized black children with large eye whites and lips in the tub munching on the melons. They were selling like hot cakes. Those images and their memories can be smiled upon, frowned upon, remembered or forgotten... It’s a part of American lore if not history. Move on... |
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Post by noetsi on Apr 18, 2019 15:00:41 GMT -5
I think if the song itself (God Bless America) was racist that would be one issue. But its likely that most of the people of her era were racist. So getting rid of songs that are not racist because the author was means you would get rid of most songs of that era.
The Yankees are afraid of losing part of their customer base. Personally I doubt there customer base, including minorities, care if she was racist. I wish they would get rid of the song because its boring.
Replace it with Foggerty's song about centerfield. ... a real baseball song that wakes people up rather than put them to sleep. |
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