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5th inning: Indians 20, Yankees 2

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Originally posted by: Ballatician
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Originally posted by: Ballatician
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Originally posted by: Perknose
Wow, the Yankees Wang got beaten off . . . the mound . . . in record time. It's a good thing they yanked him.
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They need to send him back to the minors and recall either Hughes or Kennedy. Three starts for Wang and he's been shelled all three times.
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Whoosh
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No, I got it. It was just so juvenile that it didn't need to get expanded upon. Double entendres for anything involving somebody named Wang. Gosh, how clever, how original. :roll:
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Fair enough. Immature yes but I appreciated the effort to get more than one pun in.
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You Wang?
 
I haven't been tuning into his starts, but what the hell is up with Wang? Mechanics? Or is some injury going to magically appear in tomorrow's paper?
 
Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
WAAAAHHH!!! THEY'RE RUNNING UP THE SCORE! HOW UNPROFESSIONAL! SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE!!!
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What the fuck ever. I'd try to score 100. In football it makes sense to not run up the score because people can get hurt. Chances are much smaller in baseball.
 
Originally posted by: Rockinacoustic
I haven't been tuning into his starts, but what the hell is up with Wang? Mechanics? Or is some injury going to magically appear in tomorrow's paper?
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He hasn't kept the ball down in the zone. When you strike out as few guys as Wang, you can't afford to leave mediocre non-sinking fastballs in the middle of the plate. Wang has just looked absolutely awful this year.
 
The New York Yankees might have a serious problem on their hands: Beautiful new Yankee Stadium appears to be a veritable wind tunnel that is rocketing balls over the fences.

This was in evidence again on Saturday, when the Indians posted six homers, including 14 runs in the second innings. Cleveland eventually won 22-4 -- and the Yankees and Indians have combined for 14 homers in the last two days.

"With the way the wind has been the last couple of days, right field is a joke," said one official. "I would say at least three or four home runs in this series would be routine outs in nearly every park."

There have been five games played in new Yankee Stadium, including two exhibitions against the Chicago Cubs, and so far there have been 25 homers -- including 17 in the first three games in the Yankees' first home series against the Indians.

That's an average of almost five home runs per game and, at this pace, there would be about 400 homers hit in the park this year -- or an increase of about 250 percent. In the last year of old Yankee Stadium, in 2008, there were a total of 160 homers.

The Yankees' traditionally have fostered pitching in their home park. Old Yankee Stadium had a short porch in right field, designed originally to take advantage of Babe Ruth's power, but the rest of the park played large. Through the years, this has allowed pitchers to thrive in Yankee Stadium, and been a nice lure for the team in pursuing free agents.

The new Yankee Stadium is just across the street from the old park, but it's not aligned quite the same way as the old Yankee Stadium. In the late-afternoon shadows in the old park, the sun was in the eyes of the left fielder. Now the sun sets into the eyes of the center field and right fielder. Whether or not that's a factor is not known, and it's also possible that the number of home runs hit is directly related to the poor pitching of the likes of Chien-Ming Wang.

But already there have been a number of fly balls that seemed to be routine outs, before almost leaping out of the park. Mark Teixeira lifted a pop to right field off the end of his bat in the first inning Saturday, and players on both teams appeared to be completely surprised when it carried over the wall.

Even if the Yankees wanted to make an adjustment, there is nothing they could do structurally to alter the park this season. They would have to petition for a change going into the next offseason, before doing any reconstruction.
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I doubt that the park is boosting HRs by 250%. The Yankees' pitching, particularly Wang and their relievers, has been so bad that it's impossible to judge. Still, this could be an interesting story throughout the rest of the season.

edit: that article is per espn.com
 
Originally posted by: BeauJangles
The New York Yankees might have a serious problem on their hands: Beautiful new Yankee Stadium appears to be a veritable wind tunnel that is rocketing balls over the fences.

This was in evidence again on Saturday, when the Indians posted six homers, including 14 runs in the second innings. Cleveland eventually won 22-4 -- and the Yankees and Indians have combined for 14 homers in the last two days.

"With the way the wind has been the last couple of days, right field is a joke," said one official. "I would say at least three or four home runs in this series would be routine outs in nearly every park."

There have been five games played in new Yankee Stadium, including two exhibitions against the Chicago Cubs, and so far there have been 25 homers -- including 17 in the first three games in the Yankees' first home series against the Indians.

That's an average of almost five home runs per game and, at this pace, there would be about 400 homers hit in the park this year -- or an increase of about 250 percent. In the last year of old Yankee Stadium, in 2008, there were a total of 160 homers.

The Yankees' traditionally have fostered pitching in their home park. Old Yankee Stadium had a short porch in right field, designed originally to take advantage of Babe Ruth's power, but the rest of the park played large. Through the years, this has allowed pitchers to thrive in Yankee Stadium, and been a nice lure for the team in pursuing free agents.

The new Yankee Stadium is just across the street from the old park, but it's not aligned quite the same way as the old Yankee Stadium. In the late-afternoon shadows in the old park, the sun was in the eyes of the left fielder. Now the sun sets into the eyes of the center field and right fielder. Whether or not that's a factor is not known, and it's also possible that the number of home runs hit is directly related to the poor pitching of the likes of Chien-Ming Wang.

But already there have been a number of fly balls that seemed to be routine outs, before almost leaping out of the park. Mark Teixeira lifted a pop to right field off the end of his bat in the first inning Saturday, and players on both teams appeared to be completely surprised when it carried over the wall.

Even if the Yankees wanted to make an adjustment, there is nothing they could do structurally to alter the park this season. They would have to petition for a change going into the next offseason, before doing any reconstruction.
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I doubt that the park is boosting HRs by 250%. The Yankees' pitching, particularly Wang and their relievers, has been so bad that it's impossible to judge. Still, this could be an interesting story throughout the rest of the season.

edit: that article is per espn.com
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I've watched a few of the games on tv and it is very apparent the balls to right field just keep carrying. It seems easier to hit home runs (to right field at least) at the new stadium than it did in Denver before the Rockies took steps to prevent it.
While the pace is for 400 homers it certainly won't be maintained. But some really huge number may be in the making. It will be interesting to see what happens when the weather warms up since thats when balls traditionally carry further.
Also, the old stadium is still standing and is at least partially obstructing the wind. When they tear it down, apparently later this summer, it may change things.
As it stands now Ron Blomberg, Ed Kranepool and Tino Martinez are probably considering coming out of retirement to play for the Yankees in the new stadium.
And Barry Bonds is thinking with the new Yankee Stadium I wouldn't have needed steriods and I'd have hit a 1,000 home runs.

btw it's interesting that the new Citi Field looks like its the place home runs go to die and the new Yankee stadium is where pop ups go over the fence.

 
Originally posted by: Regs
Originally posted by: JujuFish
Originally posted by: TallBill
Gah, how'd you like to pay $200 to see that game, LOL.
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Being an Indians fan, it would probably go down as my favorite attended game of all time.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/salaries?team=nyy

14. Chien-Ming Wang 5,000,000


What I would do is throw myself down a flight of stairs and retire after the first year.
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Chien-Ming Wang for the Yankees (only team he ever played for)
2005 8-5
2006 19-6
2007 19-7
2008 8-2 (cut short by injury)
Lifetime before this season 54-20, yes, that's not a typo 54-20.
Heck, with those stats its unusual he only makes 5 mil a year.
 
Originally posted by: techs
Originally posted by: Regs
Originally posted by: JujuFish
Originally posted by: TallBill
Gah, how'd you like to pay $200 to see that game, LOL.
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Being an Indians fan, it would probably go down as my favorite attended game of all time.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/salaries?team=nyy

14. Chien-Ming Wang 5,000,000


What I would do is throw myself down a flight of stairs and retire after the first year.
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Chien-Ming Wang for the Yankees (only team he ever played for)
2005 8-5
2006 19-6
2007 19-7
2008 8-2 (cut short by injury)
Heck, with those stats its unusual he only makes 5 mil a years.
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He hasn't had enough Major League playing time to become a free agent yet.
 
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
He hasn't had enough Major League playing time to become a free agent yet.
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He's on a one year contract.

He should have learned from Carl Pavano that you get hurt & suck after you sign the big deal, not before.
 
Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
Sad thing is (if you're a NYY fan), Indians beat the Yanks 22-0 just 5 years ago.

Still, nothing beats Joba and the GNATS! 😀
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The Tribe has a knack for scoring on the Yankees.

They hold the record for most runs ever scored on the Yankees, most runs the Yankees have ever allowed on the road, most runs the Yankees have ever allowed at home at their old stadium and the most runs ever scored at their new stadium. Granted, the Indians own that last record by default of being the only team so far to play in the new stadium, but 22 runs is going to be hard to beat.
 
Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
Sad thing is (if you're a NYY fan), Indians beat the Yanks 22-0 just 5 years ago.

Still, nothing beats Joba and the GNATS! 😀
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I was at that game. One of the most unbelievably awesome things I've ever seen. There were no gnats anywhere else in the park
 
All that money and these are the results? Meh, the fans keep coming back so the Yanks must be doing something right, right?
 
wang, you sadden me... maybe you're trying to make up for the money you're not making the last 3 years.....
 
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