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the only batters that hit him hard in that game were the last 3 batters , the other 6 including pujols he was able to get out .  not a terrible start but not a very good one either

The Angels are far from a potent lineup. They are getting a great deal of support from older players who weren't expected to contribute this much, like Torii Hunter and Vernon Wells, similar to the situation the Yankees have right now with Ibanez. I think Nova's major issue was the long layovers between innings. If you looked at his pitches, he clearly had his good stuff today, but just made a few mistakes locating it. Yankee Stadium seems to be playing very short in right field again early in the year, and the 2-run HR he gave up would have been a double in every other park in the league. That, plus the fact that he had a big lead and could afford to be less picky about his location.

Apr 16, 2012 -- 4:00AM, AJFreeway wrote:

The Angels are far from a potent lineup. They are getting a great deal of support from older players who weren't expected to contribute this much, like Torii Hunter and Vernon Wells, similar to the situation the Yankees have right now with Ibanez. I think Nova's major issue was the long layovers between innings. If you looked at his pitches, he clearly had his good stuff today, but just made a few mistakes locating it. Yankee Stadium seems to be playing very short in right field again early in the year, and the 2-run HR he gave up would have been a double in every other park in the league. That, plus the fact that he had a big lead and could afford to be less picky about his location.

Doubles or just a long fly ball that would have been caught ?? But we benefited from the same short porch many of time..  I still content that short porch has ruined some very good swings ???

I say sophomore Jinx because of his ERA this spring and his struggles so far even though he is 2-0.  The Yanks have had to overcome big deficits and get him leads of 4 runs or more.  I AM happy that he is 2-0 and that Raul Ibanez (who had a GOD AWFUL spring) has also pleasantly SURPRISED me with his production so far.  When they got him I thought that it was 2yrs. too late.  I still think that a return of Matsui & or Damon would have been a better DH scenario than Jones/Ibanez!

Apr 16, 2012 -- 9:15AM, terr wrote:

I say sophomore Jinx because of his ERA this spring and his struggles so far even though he is 2-0.  The Yanks have had to overcome big deficits and get him leads of 4 runs or more.  I AM happy that he is 2-0 and that Raul Ibanez (who had a GOD AWFUL spring) has also pleasantly SURPRISED me with his production so far.  When they got him I thought that it was 2yrs. too late.  I still think that a return of Matsui & or Damon would have been a better DH scenario than Jones/Ibanez!

 

What BIG DEFICIT did the Yanks have to overcome last night? Did you watch a different game than I did?