Thursday, June 4, 2009

The Return



"It’s time to find a time to slot him in."

Timing is everything.

(A google search through the vast sea of data across the world wide web for "It's time to find a time" will get you...3 results)

Last week after losing to Cleveland, I made the case (an easy one, I thought) for replacing Hughes with Wang in the rotation.

It was a long post, but here's the key exerpt:

"Hughes was inept. Lets compare his performance to Chien Ming Wang's. Wang, btw, is what we call a REAL STARTING PITCHER.

Hughes pitched 5 innings and gave up 4 runs. He averaged 19 pitches per inning for a total of 95.
Wang pitched 3 innings and gave up 0 runs. He averaged 13 pitches per inning for a total of 42.

Today Wang was better. In fact, Wang has ALWAYS BEEN better than Phil Hughes. And for fans (and coaches) with short memories, I'll remind you: Wang has been a great pitcher for the Yankees for 4 years."

By the way, if you're wondering where that picture came from, here's the page. It's from Wang's mastery of the Red Sox at Fenway in April of last year, a prelude to the effective and efficient first half he had before the fall. The question now is: Is he really back? We'll find out.

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