Knuckle Curve » water_bottles http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve Major League Baseball News from Spring Training to the World Series Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:44:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Water Bottles and Cy Young Contenders http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/water-bottles-and-cy-young-contenders/ http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/water-bottles-and-cy-young-contenders/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:08:03 +0000 Geoff Young http://www.knucklecurve.com/water-bottles-and-cy-young-contenders/ Post from: Knuckle Curve

]]> And folks said that Diamondbacks fans don’t care. Certainly they do, but as Rodney Dangerfield would say, “about what I have no idea.” Apparently not about dehydration. Oh, the water bottles were empty? My bad.

Either way, Arizona lost the game Brandon Webb started, which creates serious problems for the rest of the series. Friday night’s game (first pitch 7 p.m. PT) features slop-balling left-hander Doug Davis and young flamethrower Ubaldo Jimenez. If Jimenez is on his game (anyone’s guess given his lack of experience), he should have little trouble with Arizona’s hitters. Davis, as is his custom, will be perfectly average in all respects.

Over in the American League, we have a great pitching matchup. The Indians are in Boston for Game 1 of the ALCS. First pitch is at 4 p.m. PT. The two leading candidates for AL Cy Young hook up in this one — C. C. Sabathia and Josh Beckett. Holy smokes, I was just looking at Sabathia’s numbers against left-handers this year: .203/.229/.317, with 75 strikeouts against 4 walks.

Looking for a weakness in either guy’s game? Check out — scratch that, there are none. If you love great pitching (as do I), you’re in for a treat.

Happy Friday, folks, and happy watching!

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