Down On The Farm Minor League Report 8/25/08 Trip.le A The Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees won easily over the Buffalo Bisons by a score of 7-2. Starting for Scranton was Ian Kennedy and he pitched well. This good pitching performance didn't surprise me just like his performance in the pro's doesn't surprise me. He gave up 2 earned runs on 4 hits in 6 innings of work along with 9 strikeouts for the win. Steven Jackson pitched a scoreless 7th inning giving up 1 hit and all 3 outs were on strike outs. Phil Coke pitched a scoreless 8th inning.Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Yankees VS Durham Bulls Other Events Tickets.

Cash, Theo, Are You Listening? Tickets, Via Chad Jennings - Lehigh Valley IronPigs general manager Kurt Landis served as a bat boy [yesterday] after losing a public bet with Yankees GM Jeremy Ruby over which team would win the season series between the IronPigs and Yankees. The Yankees won in a landslide, so Landis picked up bats while wearing a Scranton./Wilkes-Barre uniform. Wouldn't it be great if Brian Cashman and Theo Epstein made a bet like this over the next three games between the Yankees and Red Sox - with the loser than.

Down On The Farm Minor League Report 8/24/08 Triple A The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees won a close scoring game over the Buffalo Bisons by a score of 2-0. Starting for Scranton was Alfredo Aceves and he pitched 6 scoreless innings giving up 3 hits along with having 8 strikeouts for the win. This was the best Aceves has pitched in his last 6 games. Replacing Aceves to start the 7th inning was Mark Melancon and he pitched 2 perfect innings along with having 3 strikeouts. Billy Traber pitched a scoreless 9th inning giving. Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Yankees VS Durham Bulls Tickets.

Random Thoughts The Olympics are wrapping up finally this weekend in Beijing and the pennant races are heating up. Plus football is actually back with the annual Giants/Jets preseason tilt tonight. So, what's floating around my brain? Shall we: 1.It?s pretty pathetic how bad our men's and women's relay teams performed botching routine handoffs of the baton to not even give themselves a shot of winning gold. Passing the baton is something which is taught during high school outdoor track as I can recall learnin. Cheap Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Yankees VS Durham Bulls Tickets.

Down On The Farm Minor League Report 8/23/08 Part 1 Other Events, Triple A After feasting on star blogger Phil Hughes yesterday, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs were held scoreless as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees beat them 4-0. Starting for Scranton was Chase Wright and he pitched 7 scoreless innings giving up 5 hits for the win. He has a ridiculous 2.05 era. This is the worst team Wright pitched against but he did what he was supposed to do. Phil Coke pitched a perfect 8th inning and Scott Strickland pitched a perfect 9th inning for his 12th save. I'm wonder.

Game 129: Yanks @ O's Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Yankees VS Durham Bulls, Regular Season Game 129 Yankees (68-60) @ Orioles (61-66) Camden Yards - Baltimore, MD Game Time: 7:05 p.m. TV: YES - MLB.TV | Radio: WCBS 880 Here are the lineups: YANKEES Johnny Damon CF Derek Jeter SS Bobby Abreu RF Alex Rodriguez 3B Jason Giambi 1B Xavier Nady LF Hideki Matsui DH Robinson Cano 2B Ivan Rodriguez C Carl Pavano RHP (0-0, 0.00 ERA) ORIOLES Brian Roberts 2B Nick Markakis RF Melvin Mora 3B Aubrey Huff DH Ramon Hernandez C Luke Scott LF Kevin Millar 1B Jay Payton.

Game 129: Yanks @ O?s , Regular Season Game 129 Yankees (68-60) @ Orioles (61-66) Camden Yards - Baltimore, MD Game Time: 7:05 p.m. TV: YES - MLB.TV | Radio: WCBS 880 Here are the lineups: YANKEES Johnny Damon CF Derek Jeter SS Bobby Abreu RF Alex Rodriguez 3B Jason Giambi 1B Xavier Nady LF Hideki Matsui DH Robinson Cano 2B Ivan Rodriguez C Carl Pavano RHP (0-0, 0.00 ERA) ORIOLES Brian Roberts 2B Nick Markakis RF Melvin Mora 3B Aubrey Huff DH Ramon Hernandez C Luke Scott LF Kevin.illar 1B Jay Payton.

Down On The Farm Minor League Report 8/22/08 Part 1 , Triple A Well, Phil Hughes can always have a career in blogging. The Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees won a high scoring game over the Lehigh Valley IronPigs by a score of 13-12. Starting for Scranton was star blogger Phil Hughes and he gave up 8 earned runs on 10 hits in 3.1 innings of work for the no decision. Call the Twins back and tell them that we'll do that trade now. Replacing Hughes was Zachary Kroenke and he gave up 2 earned runs on 3 hits in 3.2 innings. Following Kroenke to start.

Watch Pavano shut every one up/ Hughes, go away , Pavano starts Saturday I think we all know that Carl Pavano is a disgrace but watch him pitch great on Saturday. That would be funny. I bashed Pavano a couple of days ago but maybe I was wrong for doing that. Maybe he ?will? pitch great. I went to google and his name came up on wikipedia first and I read a funny excerpt? Pavano is known for being injury-prone, spending the majority of the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons on the disabled list, and having his work ethic questioned by teammates.

Yankees @ Orioles Series Preview Tickets, Yankees - Orioles Oriole Park at Camden Yards (3 games) It was just before the last series with the Orioles that the Yanks had me believing. They had just won 8 out of 9, capping it off by taking two out of three from the Red Sox at Fenway, and trailed the Rays by just three games in the division and the Red Sox by two in the Wild Card. But then the last place Orioles came to Yankee Stadium and took two out of three to began a terrible three+ week stretch that saw the Yanks go 9-14 and fall.