Post by musicradio77 on Apr 6, 2005 21:20:29 GMT -5
From the Daily News:
Matsui a hit
in No. 4 spot
The top three hitters in the Bombers lineup (Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Gary Sheffield) are set, and so is the bottom hitter (Tony Womack). In the middle is anyone's guess.
Joe Torre used Hideki Matsui in the cleanup spot yesterday - which worked well, as Matsui went 3-for-4 and hit his second two-run homer in two games - while shifting Jason Giambi up one spot to the six hole, just behind Jorge Posada and in front of Bernie Williams and Tino Martinez.
Torre said he's comfortable with this lineup for now (particularly Matsui's spot), but said it'll change on days when Posada sits out or Ruben Sierra plays, or if a cold hitter (like Williams) gets hot or a hot hitter gets cold.
"It's basically just whatever seems right for that particular day," Torre said.
NOTEBOOK:
LONG ROAD BACK: Kevin Brown said he played catch yesterday and felt no "additional" pain in his back than the stiffness that seems to be perpetually lingering. The 40-year-old righthander went on the disabled list Sunday and said he hopes to throw off the mound "in a few days."
HITS AND MISSES: Giambi hasn't gotten a lot of hits, but he has gotten hit plenty. Sox reliever John Halama plunked Giambi for the third time in two games.
After smacking a single in his first at-bat of the season, Giambi hasn't recorded a hit in eight plate appearances since. He nearly had one in the third, but the Sox infielders were in a hard shift and second baseman Mark Bellhorn fielded his grounder in short right field and threw him out at first.
SCOREBOARD WATCHING: Torre isn't a big fan of the new scoreboard feature that identifies each pitch (fastball, curve, etc.) and gives its velocity. "It's another distraction," he said, noting that it may prompt some pitchers to try to hit certain speeds. It's also wrong a lot, as evidenced by one reading on a Mariano Rivera pitch in the ninth inning of 51 mph.
Matsui a hit
in No. 4 spot
The top three hitters in the Bombers lineup (Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Gary Sheffield) are set, and so is the bottom hitter (Tony Womack). In the middle is anyone's guess.
Joe Torre used Hideki Matsui in the cleanup spot yesterday - which worked well, as Matsui went 3-for-4 and hit his second two-run homer in two games - while shifting Jason Giambi up one spot to the six hole, just behind Jorge Posada and in front of Bernie Williams and Tino Martinez.
Torre said he's comfortable with this lineup for now (particularly Matsui's spot), but said it'll change on days when Posada sits out or Ruben Sierra plays, or if a cold hitter (like Williams) gets hot or a hot hitter gets cold.
"It's basically just whatever seems right for that particular day," Torre said.
NOTEBOOK:
LONG ROAD BACK: Kevin Brown said he played catch yesterday and felt no "additional" pain in his back than the stiffness that seems to be perpetually lingering. The 40-year-old righthander went on the disabled list Sunday and said he hopes to throw off the mound "in a few days."
HITS AND MISSES: Giambi hasn't gotten a lot of hits, but he has gotten hit plenty. Sox reliever John Halama plunked Giambi for the third time in two games.
After smacking a single in his first at-bat of the season, Giambi hasn't recorded a hit in eight plate appearances since. He nearly had one in the third, but the Sox infielders were in a hard shift and second baseman Mark Bellhorn fielded his grounder in short right field and threw him out at first.
SCOREBOARD WATCHING: Torre isn't a big fan of the new scoreboard feature that identifies each pitch (fastball, curve, etc.) and gives its velocity. "It's another distraction," he said, noting that it may prompt some pitchers to try to hit certain speeds. It's also wrong a lot, as evidenced by one reading on a Mariano Rivera pitch in the ninth inning of 51 mph.