A Pseudo Yankee fan blog--Bronx Blather is out at home

A supposed big-time Yankee fan blog comes up with these statements about last night's Yankee-Red Sox game: "That set up what was just Mariano Rivera's second save opportunity in the last month."

• Funny stat to isolate. A month I guess being 30 days, although on May 3 Mo had 2 Saves in 1 day for the 5th time in his career but the author just clipped it by one day, so no mention. Actually, it was Mo's 2nd save opportunity in a week (last being May 30, and prior to that May 3rd).

Then this author strangely says, "Mo battled Ortiz for ten pitches, including six straight fouls, throwing pitch after pitch right to Jorge Posada's glove. The tenth pitch just missed however."

• According to MLB Gameday and The Boston Globe's Bob Ryan, Mo battled Ortiz for 11 pitches, not 10, including 7 straight fouls, not 6.

"David Ortiz led off the Red Sox ninth and battled Mariano Rivera for 11 pitches -- including seven fouls in a row -- before lining hard to Abreu." (Boston Globe) The purported Yankee blogger continues, giving such detail he presents himself as a combination genious/baseball media darling. Or was he actually inside the baseball? No, scratch that, he got the # pitches and fouls wrong.

• "Jorge called for the ball right under Ortiz's hands and Rivera missed out over the plate and Ortiz crushed it. By then, however, the game was being played in a driving rainstorm and the rain, the wind, and the topspin on the ball conspired to drop Ortiz's drive into Bobby Abreu's glove for the first out."

RIGHT. YOU MEAN ALL THESE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS DIDN'T MAKE RIVERA'S JOB HARDER, TOO? No, big time Yankee blogger says, just the hitter.

• "Rivera then struck out Ramirez and, after accidentally hitting Youkilis in the forearm on a check swing, struck out Mile Lowell on a check swing to give the Yankees a 6-5 win in the game and a 3-2 series win."

I'm not going to double check on this statement, the author has already demonstrated he's a waste of time. The blog of course was Bronx Banter.

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