Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Spring Training Day 18

A new catcher arrived at Yankees camp today and maybe you have heard of him, his name is Yogi Berra? He comes down to Yankees camp every year so it is not like it is a huge deal but spring training just does not feel the same without him down there. With that said let us get to today's news.

Mariano Rivera threw another bullpen session today and is expected to get into his first game sometime this weekend. Rafael Soriano pitched in today's game along with Hiroki Kuroda so Mariano is the last Yankee "regular" to not make it into a game yet this spring. Also, in Mariano Rivera news, he announced that he would announce his retirement decision before the All Star game this year. Why he cannot just tell us now is beyond me but I kind of do not like the anti Mike Mussina approach but when you are Mariano Rivera you do what you want, right?

The Yankees played the Tampa Bay Rays today and the bats apparently did not get the memo in a 4-0 loss. Granted the only regular Yankees in the lineup were Nick Swisher (doubled) and Russell Martin (singled)and it is Spring Training though so you do not get all that excited about a shut out but I am a Greedy Pinstripe fan so I never want to lose! Anyway, Kuroda pitched a great first inning using only 9 pitches on his way to a 1-2-3 inning. The second inning was a , for lack of a better word, disaster piece. Allowing three straight hits he allowed a two run triple. If you want to look on the bright side though he did retire his next three batters in order though. Most importantly though Kuroda got a feel for real life baseball situations and got that first one out of the way as a Yankee.

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