Stottlemyre's Save Helps Brown Gets Untracked
Summary with new information since yesterday, from articles in English
T HE Yankees need Randy Johnson and Carl Pavano to pitch at least half as well as a brilliant Mike Mussina did yesterday almost every time they go out. (article 4)
If you had been out of the country, or worrying about your horse, you never would have gleaned from yesterday's back-on-your-horse 5-0 victory that the Yankees need a few more of these to lower an anxiety level surely palpable when sure hands like Derek Jeter, Tino Martinez and Alex Rodriguez fumble away a feel-good victory. (article 4)
Of course, Brian Cashman and Joe Torre need to understand that once this talented team inevitably begins to play better, it won't reach the playoffs without a major trade. (article 4)
For now, the Yankees mostly need blinders and, let's see what happens over the next four days, probably their big suitcases. (article 4)
Whether they have to relax to get going or need to get going to relax, those things usually end up going hand-in-hand, realizes the man with the best hand in the game for bringing them out of this. (article 4)
Two starts in a row Mussina has reminded the Yankees what a good pitcher he is, step one in soothing their soul. (article 4)
Randy Johnson, pronounced yesterday good to go tomorrow night, is step two, even if Brown proves awful again today. (article 4)
From there, a steady 62-38 will get them 92 wins, what division champions Minnesota and Anaheim had a year ago. (article 4)
Billy would be screaming right now, goading these sluggards into action. (article 7)
JOE TORRE was talking about the Boss's horse, Bellamy Road, having run a disappointing seventh in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, but he could have been talking about the Yankees. (article 8)
" You knew when the fractions were fast, that something bad was going to happen Torre, sitting in the dugout before yesterday's matinee with Oakland, was saying about the early pace of the Derby. (article 8)
Just as the Yankees had been the favorite to win the A.L. East again, as they have almost every season in Torre's decade as the Yankees' manager. (article 8)
But if you believed in omens, you had to wonder if Sis City's fourth-place finish meant that the Yankees would finish fourth in the A.L. East this season, and if Bellamy Road's seventh-place finish meant that the Yankees would finish seventh in the overall A.L. standings. (article 8)
Not that Steinbrenner, the Yankees' principal owner, would ever believe in omens, at least not in those omens. (article 8)
In the dugout now, Torre resumed talking baseball, mostly about how Mike Mussina's 5-0, four-hit shutout of the Athletics on Saturday had stopped a four-game losing streak, and about the importance of pitching. (article 8)
" In the postseason, pitching is what makes it happen. (article 8)
After taking a 3-0 lead on the Red Sox in the A.L. Championship Series, the Yankees lost four straight. (article 8)
That included Kevin Brown's disastrous start in Game 7 at Yankee Stadium, where he allowed five earned runs in one and a third innings. (article 8)
For the first time since turning 40 in March, Brown was better than solid. (article 8)
Over his seven shutout innings in the Yankees' 6-0 victory, he allowed only five hits, struck out four and walked one. (article 8)
And to Torre, who, as a hitter and a catcher, was once the National League's most valuable player with the St. Louis Cardinals, movement on a fastball is more important than velocity. (article 8)
For only the fourth time this season, the Yankees have won two consecutive games. (article 8)
In recent years, the Yankees had to worry only about the Red Sox, but suddenly they must overtake the Orioles and the Red Sox, not to mention the Blue Jays, if they are to win the A.L. East. (article 8)
Torre, who started with the Yankees in 1996, told the team to ignore the standings and forget what had happened. (article 5)
Hendrickson worked seven and a third innings for his first victory, and the Tampa Bay leadoff man, Alex Sanchez, went 3 for 3 with two bunt singles, a home run, two stolen bases and four runs. (article 5)
Problem is, that team has played itself into an 11-19 record or a 102-loss pace following Friday night's 6-3, 10-inning loss to the Oakland Athletics, and much to the amusement of many around baseball, there is not an immediately evident way for the Yankees to get out of the mess they have gotten themselves into. (article 3)
" We 're just not getting the pitching Steinbrenner told USA Today. (article 3)
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Source articles
- Big-time failure in the Big Apple (baltimoresun.com, 05/08/2005, 579 words)
- It's the Yankees of old, circa '65 (dallasnews.com, 05/07/2005, 601 words)
- It's the Last Place Anyone Expected to Find Yankees (Washington Post, 05/07/2005, 506 words)
- NO BETTER TIME TO START (NY Post, 05/08/2005, 657 words)
- Not Much Left to Say for Last-Place Yanks (nytimes.com, 05/06/2005, 849 words)
- In Fall of Empire, the Team Follows Giambi's Lead (nytimes.com, 05/07/2005, 906 words)
- Amid Pressure, Torre Runs the Good Race (nytimes.com, 05/08/2005, 842 words)
- After Some Bad Omens, Two Solid Shutouts (nytimes.com, 05/09/2005, 877 words)
- Stottlemyre's Save Helps Brown Gets Untracked (nytimes.com, 05/09/2005, 881 words)
- Yankees 6, Athletics 0 (sfgate.com, 05/08/2005, 894 words)
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