Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 29, 2005
Happy Halladay

A great pitching duel in New York as Roy Halladay outpitched Randy Johnson to win a close one 2-0. Roy outpitched the Big Unit, allowing only three hits and one walk as he pitched the complete game shutout. Johnson allowed 10 base runners, but it was a walk followed by a Hinske homer that did in Randy.

The Yankees offense wasted a good pitching performance for the second night in a row. The great Yankees teams of the late 1990's managed to win games like these. If the offense was down, the pitching would be stellar; if the pitchers had a bad game, the offense would score a ton of runs. That doesn't seem to be happening this season.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:28 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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"Great pitching duels" are becoming tediously common. They're playing baseball tonight like it's 1968. Seven runs a game in the eleven completed games so far, with three shutouts. The four games in progress also look like low-run snoozers.

Baseball is still managing just over nine runs a game this season, thanks to the much-maligned DH. Otherwise, offense would look really bad. But offense is down big from last year. In fact, this is shaping up as the lowest scoring season since 1992.

I have to think that baseball can't avoid setting an attendance record this year, because they said bye-bye to Montreal and its tiny "crowds." If the poor offense continues, though, I can't see any kind of huge increase in attendance.

Posted by: Casey Abell at April 29, 2005 11:26 PM

We're doing our part.

Posted by: Baltimore Orioles Offense at April 30, 2005 02:25 AM

Steroids?

Posted by: Russ at April 30, 2005 09:30 AM

and hinske is a lefty!!!!!

what a COOL way to win a game - a lefty hitting a HR off RJ

yankees don't look real too good this year, do they..

the offense isn't offensive and the defense is

Posted by: lisa gray at April 30, 2005 10:32 AM
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