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Post by bumper on May 17, 2024 6:07:42 GMT -5
another sweep. +15.
not surprised at all by schmidt. he's always had "good stuff" - just command and confidence an issue. think they go hand-in-hand. just like w gil, we are watching the maturation of a pitcher. who would have predicted coming into the season that gil & schmidt would be our best 2 starters (both w era's around 2.50). sure at some point the clock might strike 12 but for now both have been excellent.
gerrit who? at some point a decision might have to be made. the only factor might be an innings limit on gil, but when you have a guy like that, as shutdown as he might be in the pen, he has to be in the rotation. a good problem to have. looks like we're finally developing some pitchers.
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Post by pippsheadache on May 17, 2024 11:04:17 GMT -5
It's been a while since the Yankees pitched this well in a three game series. All of those series took place in the deadball era except the 1952 set against Boston. I assumed in that year the pitchers would be Reynolds, Raschi and Lopat, or possibly Johnny Sain. (I knew Whitey Ford was in the military that year.) So I had to look it up, and none of those guys were prominently involved. (Sain did pitch three innings in relief.) It was three pitchers who won a combined total of 11 games for the Yanks that year -- Ray Scarborough, Tom Gorman (not the future umpire) and Ewell "The Whip" Blackwell, who is the only one of them I ever heard of and who was at the tail-end of his modest career. And amazingly it was the same pattern -- Boston scored one run in the first inning of the first game and was shut down the rest of the way. Oddly enough, the three Red Sox pitchers who lost were much better known than the guys they lost to -- Ellis Kinder, Mel Parnell and Sid Hudson. They all won at least 100 games, which none of the Yankee pitchers did. I know 1920 is often marked as the start of the live ball era, but it was really only a live ball for Babe Ruth. Babe hit 54 HRs that season, more than any TEAM in the American League and more than any team in the majors except for the Phillies, who nudged him out by hitting 64. George Sisler was second in the majors to Babe, trailing by 35 HRs with 19. Ruth had more HRs than the next three top HR hitters combined. This is one reason why I contend that there has still never been any slugger in baseball who can be compared to The Sultan of Swat. |
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Post by inger on May 17, 2024 11:18:14 GMT -5
It's been a while since the Yankees pitched this well in a three game series. All of those series took place in the deadball era except the 1952 set against Boston. I assumed in that year the pitchers would be Reynolds, Raschi and Lopat, or possibly Johnny Sain. (I knew Whitey Ford was in the military that year.) So I had to look it up, and none of those guys were prominently involved. (Sain did pitch three innings in relief.) It was three pitchers who won a combined total of 11 games for the Yanks that year -- Ray Scarborough, Tom Gorman (not the future umpire) and Ewell "The Whip" Blackwell, who is the only one of them I ever heard of and who was at the tail-end of his modest career. And amazingly it was the same pattern -- Boston scored one run in the first inning of the first game and was shut down the rest of the way. Oddly enough, the three Red Sox pitchers who lost were much better known than the guys they lost to -- Ellis Kinder, Mel Parnell and Sid Hudson. They all won at least 100 games, which none of the Yankee pitchers did. I know 1920 is often marked as the start of the live ball era, but it was really only a live ball for Babe Ruth. Babe hit 54 HRs that season, more than any TEAM in the American League and more than any team in the majors except for the Phillies, who nudged him out by hitting 64. George Sisler was second in the majors to Babe, trailing by 35 HRs with 19. Ruth had more HRs than the next three top HR hitters combined. This is one reason why I contend that there has still never been any slugger in baseball who can be compared to The Sultan of Swat. Is Tom Gorman the one that became a GPS after he retired? To had the same impact as Babe Ruth did a guy would have to fit at least 150 HR. Looking at what Cheating Barry Bonds did, I don’t see how anyone could hit many more, because whoever would come near Bonds pace would simply be walked intentionally to vet and over again. Babe is and will forever be the greatest one-off in sports history. Better than Wilt. Better than Ali (that one hurts me to say), better than Gretzky… |
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Post by pippsheadache on May 17, 2024 12:17:27 GMT -5
All of those series took place in the deadball era except the 1952 set against Boston. I assumed in that year the pitchers would be Reynolds, Raschi and Lopat, or possibly Johnny Sain. (I knew Whitey Ford was in the military that year.) So I had to look it up, and none of those guys were prominently involved. (Sain did pitch three innings in relief.) It was three pitchers who won a combined total of 11 games for the Yanks that year -- Ray Scarborough, Tom Gorman (not the future umpire) and Ewell "The Whip" Blackwell, who is the only one of them I ever heard of and who was at the tail-end of his modest career. And amazingly it was the same pattern -- Boston scored one run in the first inning of the first game and was shut down the rest of the way. Oddly enough, the three Red Sox pitchers who lost were much better known than the guys they lost to -- Ellis Kinder, Mel Parnell and Sid Hudson. They all won at least 100 games, which none of the Yankee pitchers did. I know 1920 is often marked as the start of the live ball era, but it was really only a live ball for Babe Ruth. Babe hit 54 HRs that season, more than any TEAM in the American League and more than any team in the majors except for the Phillies, who nudged him out by hitting 64. George Sisler was second in the majors to Babe, trailing by 35 HRs with 19. Ruth had more HRs than the next three top HR hitters combined. This is one reason why I contend that there has still never been any slugger in baseball who can be compared to The Sultan of Swat. Is Tom Gorman the one that became a GPS after he retired? To had the same impact as Babe Ruth did a guy would have to fit at least 150 HR. Looking at what Cheating Barry Bonds did, I don’t see how anyone could hit many more, because whoever would come near Bonds pace would simply be walked intentionally to vet and over again. Babe is and will forever be the greatest one-off in sports history. Better than Wilt. Better than Ali (that one hurts me to say), better than Gretzky… Inger, I think the gap between Babe and whoever was number two is greater than any of them. I think the closest comparison in baseball at least is Mo among relief pitchers. Maybe Secretariat for horses? Although even there a lot of knowledgeable students will say Man O' War. But I probably shouldn't be comparing The Babe to a horse. |
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Post by Max on May 17, 2024 12:24:23 GMT -5
It's been a while since the Yankees pitched this well in a three game series. Very impressive sweep by the Yankees. In their last 20 games before the Yankees series the Twins were playing very good baseball (17-3). The Yankees also won the last 2 games of the series vs 2 very good starting pitchers. |
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