Tough One to Swallow

    These blog posts are pretty scattered and I apologize to my followers for that, i know i have quite a bit of notoriety, however I live some kind of lifestyle. Sometimes no matter what I have scheduled, i must get down to brass tax and talk about what's going on, on the field. First, my prayers go out to Cleveland Indians starting pitcher David Huff after being hit in the left side of the head off of an Alex Rodriguez comebacker in the bottom of the 3rd. The CAT scan was negative but he'll remain at Columbia Presbyterian with his family and for further evaluations. After my own father had something similar happen in his playing days it is something to worry about, but let's hope he's ok. Having said that, there are a couple of baseball issues that were raised in this 4 hour and 22 minute debacle.
    The Yanks hit, C.C. pitched mediocre, but logged enough innings to qualify for a win and he only gave up 4. Everybody enjoying a hot summer Memorial Day weekend baseball game at Yankee Stadium including viewers at home and the players on the field all thought it was lock-down after a 10-4 lead was in tact. The game was where the Yanks wanted it, but the lead just evaporated after C.C. left the game. Girardi mixed and matched like he always loves to do, but it really did not work out in his favor this time. David Robertson, who has been up and down this year was not very effective, and then on top of that, he leaves the game with a lower back strain. Hopefully he'll be alright, but you have to wonder if this injury stemmed from the ball Mauer hit in Minnesota that ricocheted off of him. They then brought in Sergio Mitre who didn't get it done. After Mitre, it was Marte for 3 pitches, who did his job. That's where Girardi got cute bringing in Joba Chamberlain with a 10-6 lead and he did not fair well at all. Joba would give up 4 runs on 4 hits, and gave the Indians a 12-10 lead! Then Russel Branyan hit a towering homer of Chad Gaudin in the 8th. The Yanks would get one back in the 9th off of an rbi double by Derek Jeter. The Yanks would lose 13-11 to Cleveland in a game that featured 412 total pitches. Not how the Yanks and there fans thought this one would play out.