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May 29, 2007

Rock Bottom?

Filed under: Game Recaps — jeepsunday @ 12:24 am

The New York Yankees were swept by the Angels at home over the weekend. Joe Torre had made a questionable pitching change, pulling Mike Mussina (95 pitches), who was in the midst of pitching a gem, to bring in Scott Proctor, who for the most part, has been good this year. Proctor had his worst outing in his Yankee career, giving up a hit, and walking three straight batters, literally handing the Angels the game. For the first time in the Joe Torre era, the manager was booed when leaving the mound after pulling Proctor. It should be noted that this booing happened during a commercial break, and the YES network made it a POINT to show it on the air once they came back on. This really seemed like rock bottom – the kind of incident that would FINALLY spark this team out of their funk and get them on the path to winning….

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