Gameday Open Thread: Yankees 6/11

You kidding me?ESPN.com reported that New York Yankees manager Joe Giradi wants Boston Red Sox pitcher Brad Penny to be suspended for "intentionally" hitting Alex Rodriguez in the back during the first inning in Thursday's game in which the Sox won 4-3.From the New York Post:"I do [think it was intentional]," said Girardi. "Penny's control was pretty good. We hit [Jason] Bay [Tuesday...

CC Sabathia and Brad Penny squared off in a pitcher's duel on Thursday night - and Penny won. That doesn't mean CC was bad - he wasn't. He pitched 7 innings and allowed 3 earned runs, two of which scored after he left the game thanks to the bullpe...

Still want to trade Brad Penny? Although Penny did not get the win last night he went six scoreless innings only walking one batter and struck out five. Boston rallied in the eighth inning, how fitting, to beat the New York Yankees 4-3 to start the season 8-0 against their arch rivals. J.D. Drew sparked the three run eighth inning with a RBI single...

Yankees manager Joe Girardi accused Boston's Brad Penny of deliberately hitting Alex Rodriguez with a pitch. Rodriguez was hit in the back in the first inning Thursday night at Fenway Park, prompting umpires to warn both teams. The Red Sox went on to win 4-3 and improved to 8-0 against the Yankees this season.

NEW YORK (AP) - Yankees manager Joe Girardi has accused Boston's Brad Penny of deliberately hitting Alex Rodriguez with a pitch. Rodriguez was hit in the back with a pitch in the first inning Thursday night at Fenway Park, prompting umpires to warn both teams. The Red Sox went on to win 4-3 and improved to 8-0 against the Yankees this season.In the sixth inning on Tuesday night...

Here's the latest on Jed Lowrie and Brad Penny, and what it means for the Red Sox: Lowrie told Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe that he sees "light at the end of the tunnel." He's expected back at the end of June or the beginning of July. Ben Collins of the Boston Globe says the Penny-John Smoltz conversation won't be "either/or" anymore after Penny's impressive...

With the news that John Maine has been placed on the disabled list with what Omar Minaya calls “weakness and fatigue”, can we now seriously consider the need for another starting pitcher? Who knows when John Maine will come back. If we were to go by what he said last night it would leave us once again [...]

Manager Joe Girardi said he believes Boston's Brad Penny drilling Alex Rodriguez in the back with a 97-mph fastball Thursday night was intentional. In the sixth inning on Tuesday night, Yankees reliever Jose Veras hit Boston's Jason Bay with a...

With John Maine and Oliver Perez on the disabled list, the Mets currently have three starters in the rotation who should be competing for the fifth spot.Livan Hernandez, Tim Redding and Fernando Nieve all should be fighting over the last spot and not filling out the entire back half of the rotation.While John Maine appears to be a short term trip to the DL, there's no telling if...

Yankees manager Joe Girardi has accused Boston's Brad Penny of deliberately hitting Alex Rodriguez with a pitch.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Yankees manager Joe Girardi accused Boston's Brad Penny of deliberately hitting Alex Rodriguez with a pitch.