Thursday, June 16, 2005

Ollie and Randy

It's pretty simple, really. We need to bounce back. We can't fall apart and get crushed like the Orioles did after we took a similar game from them last week. We can't go into Boston on a four game losing streak with Fogg, Williams, and Wells slated to start. We need Ollie. We've beat Randy Johnson before, in fact we beat him last year off Jack Wilson and Jason Bay's back to back 8th (I think, I was there but the game flew by so fast I don't really remember) inning homers in one of the fastest and best pitcher's duels of the year. That's what we need tonight, we need a dominating performance from Oliver Perez. He's certainly capable, last September he single handedly stopped the streaking Astros by striking out 14 in a 3-1 win. I don't think these Yankees are any match for those Astros that got hot late last year. This might be the most important game of the year and the bullpen can't be trusted, so it's all on Ollie's shoulders. Let's hope they aren't stiff.