ORIOLES vs. YANKEES 4/09

[crissfan172]

Hardy is awesome.

Not a good return for Matusz, but hopefully his command will be better next time out.

[SammyBirdland]

The good news is Nova is pitching. Let's hit.

[blwalt17]

JJ Hardy!!!!

[allquixotic]

You guys see Cano sling his helmet? That guy is a f(@#*$(@*# moron roid rager. I swear every Yank is such a bad sport about anything not being handed to them on a golden platter.

[murph]

Was that good defensive positioning metrics like they have been talking about for the last few games? Brian was very glad JJ was there regardless...

[TGO]

Disappointing night for Matusz. He's following three great performances and then comes out and lays an egg. He really needed to get off to a good start and unfortunately, he just wasn't able to do it. This crap[ performance should have his naysayers up in arms and honestly, it's hard to blame them. The breaking stuff is pretty good but he;s not fooling the good hitters. Right now he reminds of when Bruce Chen pitched for the Orioles. Soft tossing left-hander that you are just waiting for the sky fall on.

I don't know if this is quite fair, Tony. His velocity is fine, though he's overthrowing on some of the fastballs. But his issue today is command. The fastball's not going anywhere close to where he wants it to go.

[Malike]

The good news is Nova is pitching. Let's hit.

The bad new is Nova has his breaking ball working, which ensures that half of our lineup will be swinging at nothing as long as he's in there.

[Scrat1]

Disappointing start, but not that big of a deal. We're still in the game. Need to see better from Matusz next time out, though.

[Miller192]

Matusz just looks like a college pitcher to me.

[SoBo]

Funny you say that. He then throws an 89 and 90 for strikes.

Yup. He was never a 94 mph fastball guy. Just locate that damn 89-90 fastball damn it! His curve slider and change have always been his plus pitches.

[Saintbird]

You guys see Cano sling his helmet? That guy is a f(@#*$(@*# moron roid rager. I swear every Yank is such a bad sport about anything not being handed to them on a golden platter.

...What?

If anything, the run for the bat boy is shorter. :laughlol:

[OFFNY]

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MATUSZ TONIGHT:

IP: 4

H: 6

R: 4

BB: 4

SO: 1

Pitches: 96 (52 Strikes, 44 Balls)

2011 ERA: 9.00

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1st Inning:. 30 Pitches

2nd Inning: 11 Pitches

3rd Inning:. 23 Pitches

4h Inning:.. 32 Pitches

TOTAL:O. 96 Pitches

[vab]

Disappointing night for Matusz. He's following three great performances and then comes out and lays an egg. He really needed to get off to a good start and unfortunately, he just wasn't able to do it. This crap[ performance should have his naysayers up in arms and honestly, it's hard to blame them. The breaking stuff is pretty good but he;s not fooling the good hitters. Right now he reminds of when Bruce Chen pitched for the Orioles. Soft tossing left-hander that you are just waiting for the sky fall on.

Yeah, because he's getting behind with that garbage high, straight fastball. He's going to have to forget about velocity and figure out a way to get it done. He needs to talk to Scotty McGregor.

[Tony-OH]

You guys see Cano sling his helmet? That guy is a f(@#*$(@*# moron roid rager. I swear every Yank is such a bad sport about anything not being handed to them on a golden platter.

Or, maybe he was upset because he just hot a ball on the nose and the ball sliced into the SS's glove? He killed that ball. Matusz was not fooling anyone. Well at least when he actually got the ball over.

[allquixotic]

...What?

If anything, the run for the bat boy is shorter. :laughlol:

Couldn't tell the direction he was throwing the helmet from the camera angle, but it didn't seem like he was throwing it to the bat boy. :laughlol: