10 pitches, 4 HRs

I felt for that guy also...although he was missing spots and hanging breaking balls all the time before that happened. I guess it all just caught up to him at once.

I don't think you two will find too many people here in Boston who share your concern!

I felt bad for the kid, but as much as a Red Sox loss would've helped my Orioles, I couldn't root for the Evil Empire.

(Yes, that's right, here in April, the O's are in the hunt!!!!!! )



The O's in 2007. You heard it here first...and my wife says "You say that every year"....

Felt sorry for him? Yeah right. The Yanks had it coming. This sort of thing happens when you send a minor league pitcher to the mound against a major league team.

Pop,
Had it coming? Who else were they going to send out there? IMO the reason they Yanks lost 2 out of the 3 games was due to poor decisions by thier manager.

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Originally posted by Pat H:
IMO the reason they Yanks lost 2 out of the 3 games was due to poor decisions by thier manager.

OK...I'll bite.

What "poor decisions"?

I thought Joe Torre was all class when in the interview from the dugout he explained why he removed the Wright kid


Weird part about the home runs was that they were all rockets

Pitching Mo in the 8th. Why? Let Luis V and Proctor pitch it. Plus why not pitch Farnsworth? It's April, let him try tp pitch in these situations. This wasn't a must win series.

Also why the heck pitch Pettitte? He just threw 100 pithces on Friday? The idea is to save your starters, not have them work double duty. I also felt Minkewicz (sp?) was way too off the line for Crisp's triple.

Taking Chase out was the right decision.

IMHO, he relies on his CU way too much!! Isn't that like a BP FB??? Nothing like pitching a rookie with a rookie catcher in Fenway on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball!!

Wonder if he's headed to the DL with a strained neck? Watching him pitch was like watching the bombings of Iraq on CNN!!

Ok, I guess I didn't mean "had it coming". But what did they expect? I know they are in a bind pitching- wise, seems like they are every season. I think the days of them being a serious contender may be winding down for a bit now. What I understand is that Cashman is committed to building from within, which means no more trading three prospects to get one possible impact player. If they live and die with their young pitching it's going to sting for a while, but don't forget, we haven't seen Philip Hughes yet. Does anyone else think they should have pitched him a game this series, or is he just not ready yet? Fun fact: the Yankees and the Mariners are the only two teams in baseball without a save yet. That's what I heard on the radio this AM.

As a pitcher's mom, it was tough to watch the poor kid get shelled, but as a Red Sox fan...

Son was more pragmatic. He said "Welcome to the Bigs, kid."

Have to agree with TR, Joe Torre was all class in how he handled the questions concerning pulling the young man.

It was definately a classy move I suppose. But how many coaches out there would've taken him out after three? Oh, wait a minute, he had no one warming up. By the way, Wikipedia is already updated, look up "Paul Foytack" or "Sebern Chase Wright". Gosh, no wonder they call him Chase.

A guy named Randy Johnson gave up four in an inning just last year, though not in a row. The yankees without any pitching lost by 1, 2 and 1 to Schilling, Beckett, and Matsuzaka. I'd be more worried when they get healthy (****, Mussina, Matsui and Pasoda) forget about Pavano, Hughes will be up in July.

You know, I really like Joe Torre and he is a classy guy. I like Chase Wright even more because he went to a couple of our events while in high school.

I guess I don't understand why this was classy at all. In fact, I think it would have been classier had he left him in. He mentioned 4 HRs is hard to deal with. Yet he left him in after he gave up the 4th one. Yes, he didn't have anyone ready, I mean it happened so fast! Went from 2.2 innings of 1 hit ball to 2.2 innings of 5 hit (4 HR) ball in 10 pitches.

Taking him out had NOTHING to do with being classy or to be "nice" to the kid! It had everything to do with not wanting to give up more runs. IMO

I asked my son about this today, his response was he'd easily give up 4 home runs in a row anyday to get a chance to play in the show.
Undoubtable that rookie learned a lot last night, most likely to be more selective in using the change up. But, not sure if anything else was working for him, so we should give him the benefit of the doubt and not say he had it coming to him.

Chase Wright next outing won't be in the Big Leagues.... optioned to the Minor Leagues the next day.

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Originally posted by bb1:
..forget about Pavano, Hughes will be up in July.

Actually, he's starting Thursday night.

Right. I should have said Clemens arrives in July. If not a lot sooner.