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Andy Pettitte rips Yankees effort as bats flop against Toronto

Lamest rip…since The Rip Chords ripped off THE Rip Chords!

The Yankees bats made little noise Sunday. Andy Pettitte, however, certainly pumped up the volume afterward.

With the Yankees seemingly already in All-Star break mode during Sunday’s 4-1 loss to the Blue Jays, Pettitte called out his team, and issued a challenge for the second half.

“If we want to make the playoffs, we have to be better,” said Pettitte, who took the loss Sunday. “We stink right now for the most part. As a team, we’ve kind of stunk it up here lately, so we need to play better.”

...“We’ve got to find a way to put it all together for an extended period of time with our pitching and our hitting combined,” Pettitte said. “It seems like right now, we’re feast or famine.”

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1. Big Train Posted: July 14, 2008 at 01:20 PM (#2855708)

He is right. The lack of offense is befuddling.

2. Rough Carrigan

Posted: July 14, 2008 at 04:36 PM (#2855898)

This isn't really relevant to considering the yankee offense, but is there another reasonably successful pitcher who throws actual strikes as seldom as Andy Pettitte? It amazes me when I watch the games he pitches. A typical 5 pitch at bat will consist, seemingly, of nothing but cutters and sliders in the dirt, perhaps a curve off the plate away or a fastball high. He doesn't throw anything that passes through the strike zone unless he absolutely must. Of course, this is a great strategy if you can get away with it. It's baffling to me that he does.

3. RJ in TO Posted: July 14, 2008 at 04:39 PM (#2855903)

This isn't really relevant to considering the yankee offense, but is there another reasonably successful pitcher who throws actual strikes as seldom as Andy Pettitte?

Perhaps you've forgotten Tom Glavine, and the 5" outside called strikes.

4. Boots Day Posted: July 14, 2008 at 04:40 PM (#2855904)

I think what would really help the Yankee offense is if their hitters would all start using hGH. But just once. No, wait, they should use it twice, but only those two times. But that's all, never again.

5. konaforever Posted: July 14, 2008 at 04:51 PM (#2855924)

He is right. The lack of offense is befuddling.

Actually, it's not when you consider what they're trotting out these days with Matsui and Damon out. They're bottom 5 look awful statwise.

6. Charter Member of the Jesus Melendez Fanclub Posted: July 14, 2008 at 05:16 PM (#2855952)

Perhaps you've forgotten Kirk Reuter, and the 10" outside called strikes. In the few times I saw him pitch, I really don't think he ever put anything in the strike zone. I've never thought of Pettitte that way, but maybe it's because Pettitte has more variety to his pitches -- cutters, sliders, changes, going to the left of the plate, the right, low. Reuter seemed to be throwing every single pitch in the exact same place. I assume batters just got bored and started hacking.

7. RJ in TO Posted: July 14, 2008 at 05:21 PM (#2855955)

Reuter seemed to be throwing every single pitch in the exact same place. I assume batters just got bored and started hacking.

The thought process for the batter was probably along the lines of "Okay, the last 15 pitches have been balls. This next one HAS to be a strike. I'm going to take a big rip at it. Dammit! Okay, the last 16 pitches have been balls...."

8. Cowboy Popup Posted: July 14, 2008 at 05:30 PM (#2855961)

They're bottom 5 look awful statwise.

At this point, the most useful one is probably Gardner, simply because it takes an extra pitch or so per AB to get him out. Yesterday, they had three guys with sub .300 OBPs (Gardner, Cano, Betemit, two at corner positions!) starting. A fourth starter (Melky!), finished the day at .301.

Yanks are hitting .238/.314/.342 in July.

9. StHendu Posted: July 14, 2008 at 08:04 PM (#2856160)

I wonder: how many wins would Pettite have if he came up with the Royals? Well, Appier is 4 years older, pitched about as much, and better, compared to Pettite. Appier won 42 fewer than Andy has. If Pettite ends up in the Hall, his plaque should have him in a group with Giambi and Posada - 3 stooges style.

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