NEW YORK - R.A. Dickey doesn't mind hearing his knuckleball described by opposing hitters as a glorified splitter. It's not just a compliment, it's a cry for help by those who have to solve the vicious, late break that, on Dickey's better nights, is like poison. Ask the Yankees what they thought of Dickey over the first six innings of their 2-1 loss to the Mets Friday night. A better question is what happened to the Bombers in the final three innings, when they went 0-for-9 with five strikeouts, all in just 38 pitches.
NEW YORK -- With expectations building around Joba Chamberlain for days, the last thing we would have predicted was nondescript. But that was Chamberlain's maiden start in a word Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. Chamberlain, looking very much like the 22-year-old he is, left the mound disconsolate after laboring for 2A1/2 innings with an exceedingly high pitch count (62), including 38 pitches in the first inning. But he gave up only one hit, one earned run, and we feel pretty sure that the Joba Chamberlain we witnessed Tuesday will never be Oliver Perez.
BUFFALO - It took 22 minutes and only 38 pitches to end Charleston Catholic's hopes of a baseball State Tournament bid for a fifth consecutive season. After a day of waiting and a day when host Wahama High used a three-run inning and a thunderstorm to make the Irish anxious, the White Falcons finished off Catholic 3-1 in Wednesday afternoon's final two innings of a Class A Region 4 semifinal.
SAN FRANCISCO - If there was any lingering doubt on the part of the Dodgers brain trust as to Yhency Brazoban's readiness for the primary setup role, it apparently had vanished by Saturday. In the eighth inning of what might go down as a pivotal game in the National League West, the rookie right-hander with the microscopic ERA had been on the mound for what felt like half an hour, and while his stuff was still good, he was struggling to put hitters away. But to manager Jim Tracy, the thought of taking Brazoban out seemed preposterous. Brazoban, after all, is the Dodgers' eighth- inning guy. And although he had thrown 38 pitches, this was still the eighth inning.
SAN FRANCISCO -- If there was any lingering doubt on the part of the Dodgers' brain trust as to Yhency Brazoban's readiness for the primary setup role, it apparently had vanished by Saturday. In the eighth inning of what might go down as a pivotal game in the National League West, the rookie right-hander with the microscopic ERA had been on the mound for what felt like half an hour, and while his stuff was still good, he was struggling to put hitters away. But to manager Jim Tracy, the thought of taking Brazoban out seemed preposterous. Brazoban, after all, is the Dodgers' eighth- inning guy. And, although he had thrown 38 pitches, this was still the eighth inning.
What one ex-Dodger was able to do in surprisingly masterful fashion for seven innings of a National League Championship Series- changing contest, another ex-Dodger was unsurprisingly able to mess up in a matter of pitches. After a layoff of more than two weeks, Philadelphia starter Pedro Martinez, who turns 38 next week and began his career pitching at Dodger Stadium as the 20-year-old kid brother to Ramon, had the Dodgers lineup completely baffled Friday. Pitch by pitch, he watched the sweat stains grow through their white shirts with nasty stuff on a stuffy hot day.
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. It seemed like a reasonable expectation. One week ahead of the regular-season opener, the Mets placed Orlando Hernandez and Mike Pelfrey on the mound, giving them each an opportunity to win a spot in the starting rotation. Hernandez was first, hopping over the third base line on his way out for his first Grapefruit League start of the spring. Three innings later he was dejectedly walking back to the dugout with a set of numbers that would impress no one - 69 pitches and just 38 strikes, five runs and four hits, a fastball that topped out at 85 mph and an arsenal that produced just three swing and misses.
PORTLAND Brandon Emanuel pitched five scoreless innings and Wilson Valdez hit a two-run triple to lift the Portland Beavers to a 4-2 win over the Las Vegas 51s on Sunday at PGE Park. Used primarily as a reliever this season, Emanuel (1-2) struggled in two previous starts, but he was almost flawless against the 51s. Emanuel needed just 52 pitches (38 strikes) to get through five innings.
Chris Sale pitched two-hit ball over six innings and struck out six for Chicago as the White Sox lost to the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 Monday in Glendale, Ariz. Sale allowed a one-out double to Zack Cozart in the first inning and a single to Cozart leading off the fourth. Sale, who had allowed eight runs in 71/3 innings in his previous two starts, is moving to the rotation following two seasons in the bullpen.
...He threw 38 of 49 pitches for strikes as his ERA rose from 0.0...
NEW YORK - R.A. Dickey doesn't mind hearing his knuckleball described as a glorified splitter, because it's not just a compliment - it's a cry for help from anyone who has to deal with that vicious, spin-less break. On Dickey's better nights, what he throws is toxic. The Yankees won't argue: they were no match for the knuckler, so disoriented over the first six innings of a 2-1 loss to the Mets they were even more invisible over the final three innings. You could've sworn the apocalypse was here, the way the Bombers went 0- for-9 with five strikeouts against Mike O'Connor, Jason Isringhausen and Francisco Rodriguez.
The three needed just 38 pitches to finish off the one-night reminder of wh...
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