CHICAGO - A Nova is supposed to be a bright, shining type of star. But a Nova of another kind - the New York Yankees' Ivan Nova - has been anything but bright and shining of late. In fact, you might say he's looking less like a star and more like a rusty, banged up Chevy Nova from the 1970s that's not hitting on all cylinders. In eight starts since the All-Star break, Nova has compiled a disastrous 1-4 record with a 7.28 ERA. He hoped things would get better with Tuesday night's start at Chicago - and it looked like they would for a while, as Nova scattered three hits and allowed just two runs in the first four innings. But as things turned out, it ultimately became more of the same for the now 11-7 Nova -- who at one point was 10-3 before his recent run of misfortune -- as the White Sox took the second straight game of the series from the Yankees, 7-3 at U.S. Cellular Field. "It's consistency and mechanics; he knows what to do," Yankees manag...
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August 23, 2012
