CC, A-Rod, and Swisher stuff

CC pitches tonight against the Angels. He comes in tonight with a 1-2 record and a 4.73 ERA. "I need to make them put it in play, make them earn it, instead of giving it to them," Sabathia said. "It's a lot easier to live with it when you get beat, and they were hitting the balls and having good at-bats, as opposed to putting them on and struggling. I'm just trying to be too fine and make the perfect pitch." Well I don't know about you but that seems pretty accurate to what he has been doing. CC has always had the right attitude, he just needs his right pitches and to feel comfortable.

Sabathia's starts season-by-season
Year	March/April	May-September
2001	2-1, 4.57 ERA	15-4, 4.42 ERA
2002	2-3, 6.82 ERA	11-8, 3.95 ERA
2003	0-2, 3.79 ERA	13-7, 3.58 ERA
2004	1-0, 1.71 ERA	10-10, 4.44 ERA
2005	2-0, 0.92 ERA	13-10, 4.41 ERA
2006	5-1, 1.71 ERA (includes May)	7-10, 3.74 ERA (doesn't include May)
2007	3-0, 3.18 ERA	16-7, 3.23 ERA
2008	1-4, 7.88 ERA	16-6, 1.97 ERA
2009	1-2, 4.73 ERA	?
Career	12-12, 4.54 ERA	106-63, 3.54 ERA

Wow didn't know I could do that ^. Well there you have it. Make your own conclusions about his slow starts.


"The search for proper bullpen help continued for Yankees manager Joe Girardi on Friday night, when, lacking any more trustworthy alternatives, he called on rookie Mark Melancon to hold a lead in the sixth inning. One pitch later, the Bombers no longer held a lead."

This was when I was like, "Who is this guy? I don't think bringing in someone new with the bases loaded is such a good idea. (triple) ah crap." Anyways, the article I got this from was saying that the bull pen needs a break and CC is supposed to help tonight. And by help I mean not need to use them.

So A-Rod is feeling better, but he isn't hitting as good as I had hoped. Ya I know he just had surgery, but 1-6 in a game, only hit a home run, and 0-3 in another. Come on, feel the pitches A-Rod. Hope you can help the Yankees out after all.

I was right! They don't give you much information on those MLB.com gameday things but when I saw Swisher got hit and he needed a delay of game, I knew it was trouble. He left before the third inning after getting hit in the elbow in the first inning. The article says he will be back soon.