SCCWS

Yankees won 6 straight after sweeping the Sox. Then they proceeded to lose 4 of 5 to Jays and Tigers. It will be a long season.

This team is rolling along. Starters right now are killing it.

Ray: Besides the name, did they also put up a plaque commemorating the lady and her 60 years? .I doubt it since the family complained they didn't get the sign back. Maybe some marketing geek got a brilliant idea to rename the section since he/she had no clue who the lady was. The family should be insulted with all the time she and her daughter put in w this organization.

Two solid pitching performances has reversed the Sox mini slide against the Yankees.

Great job by Lynn. He has been our #1 starter so far this year.

Or the Yankee were the better team coming into the series. Remember the Yankees had won 5 straight. Also Gio pitched a 2 hitter against the Twins two nights after TLR's bungle so obviously Gio was not affected. But your point was Hahn/Williams going to JR to get TLR fired. I don't think that will happen until the team collapses. Even then JR may hesitate.

They won't even try. Unfortunately JR can look at the standings and see TLR "has" the team with one of the best records in baseball. There is no way in hell he is going to fire his "friend" while the team is winning. Now if they are struggling to make the playoffs come late summer, then maybe Hahn/Williams can approach the altar

I don't think Schaumburg production means a whole lot. But I also think making decisions on a rookie after 109 MLB at bats also doesn't make sense.

FWIW--I saw an article on him that said he is playing 3rd in AAA but most likely the injuries will relegate him to DH/IB down the road.

I actually think Burger has little trade value until he puts in a year at AAA to show he has bounced back.

I see Boston a lot and I think their starting pitching is mediocre. They have a great closer and average pen. I think our combined pitching staff is better than Boston's.

With all the distractions, Rodon struck out 13 Yankees in 6 innings last night. I guess he didn't get the memo

With all the games against the AL Central, we will be fine.

Putting aside TLR's use of the bullpen. I was wondering if managers are changing their thinking w closers. Some teams use their closer in the 9th in a tie game and others wait until a close opportunity arises. In some situations, the batting order may come into play as a manager may use the closer in top of 9th in a tie game if the meat of the order is due up. But I wonder if the 10th inning w a runner at 2nd will start to change how a closer is used. Foe example, a manager that likes to use his closer in a tie game in the 9th ( home or away} may think it is better using him in the 10th ( if the game goes that far) since there is more pressure in the 10th w the runner on 2nd.

Heuer has pitched 6 innings in May and given up 12 hits and 6 earned runs. I think you can flip a coin between him and Marshall.

Both teams played to lose in that exchange of not scoring

Score now so we don't have to get into that runner on 2nd in 10th.

Grueling means "extremely tiring and demanding. It does not have to be just physical activity. It can also be mental activity as well. We have seen hospital staff experience it in all different levels of positions this year including clerical workers.

In the last 7 days, Leury has more hits than Collins-Vaughn-Mendick combined.

But the only grades that count toward graduation are JR's.

Agree. This is pretty much a young team and we had the chance to find a manager who could relate and grow with this group. Instead we now hope "inspite of......................"

In all fairness, I am sure almost every manage/coach including TLR has cost his team games with bad decisions, poor player management, shitty lineups etc. Which is why in every sport you see many coaches who get chased out of a town by fans and/or the front office are back coaching in another town down the road. TT will probably get coach of the year in NBA and is the toast of NY but he still might want to rent and not buy.

Of course La Russa said the situation was handled appropriately. But he screwed it up. Many media reports said it should have been handled in the manage's office not in the press. I saw this morning where Alex Cora, who is a close friend to TLR , when asked said Tony was wrong.

I don't think the Twins will retaliate. This in not a situation where Mercedes injured the opponent's player and Minny did send a message to Yermin.

All over the Boston market the last couple of days.