TED said...
First of all Girardi needs to pull Wang into his office and convince him that he has arm fatigue. If that doesn’t work he may want to try and hire Tanya Harding, if she’s not boxing or making movies, to help “influence” Wang into taking some time off. Seriously though I belief loss of confidence is the biggest problem Wang is having, ala Clay Buchholz 2008. I know his ball movement is lacking and his location is up, but I think he’s lost faith in his stuff and instead of rearing back and firing the ball into Posada’s mitt he’s pushing it. Make the guy miss a few starts and have him start from scratch working on his mechanics.
By the way I’m glad you mentioned something about the new Yankee stadium being the Coors Field of the East. I was beginning to think that the huge amount the Empire spent on the new home included some Rocky Mountain air. If this keeps up do you think some pitchers will think twice before signing with the Yanks in the future in fear of inflated ERA’s?
Dear TED,
Excellent ideas - Girardi should take a page out of Terry Francona’s book by convincing Wang that he has arm fatigue like Matsuzaka, the Dart Thrower. I’m also betting Tanya Harding would do the kneecap thing for cheap, probably a 6 pack of Schlitz, if the arm fatigue thing doesn’t work. I think the mysterious Dontrelle Willis “anxiety disorder” is also another good way to go.
I hope your observations are right, and this is just a confidence issue. Brian Bruney thinks Wang is afraid to push off with his power foot, which he injured last year. Bruney also suffered the same injury early last season and had trouble trusting his foot upon his return later in the year.
As for the new stadium being a launching pad, you bring up a good point about free agent pitchers potential fear of signing with the Yanks. Perhaps the Yanks will begin using humidors like Colorado or build their own “Monster” in right. We can call it the Blue Monster. I’m just hoping that first series with Cleveland was a fluke. Time will tell.
Have you also noticed all the empty seats? It appears the Yanks greed is catching up to them. $2600 for a seat? Maybe if they resurrected Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, Maris and Dimaggio. They better lower those prices fast, because it almost looks like a Marlins game in the lower stands.
Thanks for reading and keep sending those comments.
-Yankee Bomber
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