July 20th: Orioles vs. Yankees

[Scrat1]

I hope the rest of our players are watching Izturis' at bat...

[murrayfan420]

Anyone watching MLB.tv? The Notre Dame coach barely has a pulse.

It's hard to feel the pulse through layers and layers of fat.

[threedaysrest]

That's OK, Izzy--good AB. :clap3:

[trk001]

Not technically a productive at bat, but 9 more pitches out of Petitte, so good on ya, Cesar.

[mrbig1]

Yup.

What's up, big?

Getting my game on.

[snatch311]

Just said Petite's pitched 10 balls through 3 innings... 2 against Cesar this inning... Matt walked so 4 against him.

So in the first 2 innings he threw 4 balls altogether?? Jesus.

Sounds like 5 innings worth for Koji.

[mrbig1]

We're making Pettitte work.

[O-The-Memories]

Dude, I think it's clear (pun-intended) that NYY has had more than their share of roiders.

From the 2000 team alone: Clemens and Pettitte were the teams' top two starters...the only starters with winning records. Fifth starter Denny Neagle was also a juicer. Jason Grimsley and Mike Stanton were key relievers with 150+ innings.

Knoblauch in the lineup, Canseco, Justice, Leyritz, Glenallen Hill off the bench.

I'm not asking for it both ways, but saying the great Yankees teams were not built with significant help from steroids is just sticking your head in the sand.

I agree that they helped, but almost all of their offense hasn't been linked the the roids. I'm not telling you to not hate the Yankees, but steroid use wouldn't be in my top 5 personally. Our team had rampant use too.

Rep to you for the roster facts though.

[trk001]

That was a crap call.

[Mackus]

8, 10, and 7 pitch at bats for the O's to start the inning, unfortunately two of them were strikeouts. At least they are getting that pitch count up, and hopefully Nick can stay hot here.

[threedaysrest]

The pain, Stick! The pain!

[mrbig1]

Damn!!!!!!

[trk001]

Bright side!

26 pitch inning for Pettite (51 pitches total)

[Peace21]

Now watch a good team take advantage of a team trying to be a good team, that didn't take advantage when they had the shot.

[O-The-Memories]

Damn!!!!!!

Yup, that stunk. We need to make guys work, I don't know why that hasn't been preached more.

If DH can make it through five that would be incredible.