Wang heading to Tampa - 棒球

Kyle avatar
By Kyle
at 2009-04-22T17:18

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Wang heading to Tampa:

Chien-Ming Wang will pitch an extended-spring-training game in Tampa
tomorrow to try to cure the mechanical woes that have so far wrecked
his season.

Wang is 0-3 with a 34.50 ERA after three starts, having allowed 23 hits
and 23 earned runs over six innings.

The Yankees scratched Wang from his next start but do not have the option
to demote him to the minor leagues, as he would have to be exposed to
waivers first.

"We think he needs to pitch and try and get this right," Girardi said.

Extended-spring-training games are not part of the minor leagues, so
players on the 25-man roster are allowed to participate. Wang will
join a team of prospects to play against Phillies prospects at 1 p.m.

"We're going to have him throw 100 pitches and then we're going to
evaluate him after that to see what the next step is," Girardi said.

Girardi said the Yankees want to see Wang locate his sinker and throw
with better velocity than he has so far. They would prefer him to be
consistently around 93-94 mph. He has been 89-91.

"That's not unusual at this time of the season," Girardi said. "But he
needs to get there."

Wang said he would prefer to pitch against the Red Sox in Boston on
Friday as was originally scheduled. "I understand what they're doing,"
he said. "I haven't been pitching very good."

But while Girardi was optimistic, general manager Brian Cashman sounded
intent on putting Wang on the disabled list.

"I'm sure it's going to take some time," Cashman said. "The first (step)
is to try and determine what's wrong. His velocity is down; his command is
off. That could indicate health. He feels so far that he's healthy, so
we're evaluating his mechanics.

"Those indicators, you can't ignore. I've been down that road before.
I don't rule out health being an issue. As of right now, everything is
on the table and we're in full laboratory mode."

Wang reiterated he does not have a physical issue.

"Nothing is wrong," he said. "I have told them that. I just need to pitch
better. I know I will."

Extra bases:

A.J. Burnett downloaded an iPhone application to help him learn Chinese
so he can speak to Wang. "I know about 20 words now," he said.

http://www.lohud.com/article/20090422/SPORTS01/904220394/1035


‧ A.J. Burnett is an interesting cat. He downloaded the WordPower
application to his iPhone and is learning words and phrases in Chinese
so he can talk to Wang in is native tongue.

Before the game, A.J. was trying out his Chinese on Wang, making the
pitcher (and the Taiwanese media) laugh. Trust me when I tell you,
Wang needed to laugh. This last week has been trying for him.

Kind of shows you what a good teammate Burnett is, something the Yankees
really didn’t know too much about before they signed him.


http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2009/04/21/the-mo-and-andy-show/

iPhone顯示圖:http://yankees.lhblogs.com/files/2009/04/wordpower1.jpg


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All Comments

Catherine avatar
By Catherine
at 2009-04-23T03:03
AJ就感心...
Una avatar
By Una
at 2009-04-24T04:39
滿感謝AJ 跟 Joe的 希望他們真心相挺
Jake avatar
By Jake
at 2009-04-26T00:17
但 GM卻一直想把建仔放到DL 這對建仔非常不利
Mary avatar
By Mary
at 2009-04-30T11:45
但是王自己要挺過來才是最重要的 @@
Necoo avatar
By Necoo
at 2009-05-03T14:46
Joe當好人 Cashman當壞人
無論如何建仔都要在對費城人比賽 拿出實力 加油
Regina avatar
By Regina
at 2009-05-06T22:05
AJ金價揪甘心......
Harry avatar
By Harry
at 2009-05-09T22:00
推那句 WANG其實還是要自己撐過來 才是最重要
這也可以像所有相信他的人證明 他很OK的
Connor avatar
By Connor
at 2009-05-14T16:01
想不到AJ人這麼Nice~ 完全沒有誤會
Sierra Rose avatar
By Sierra Rose
at 2009-05-19T13:46
AJ! AJ! AJ!
Steve avatar
By Steve
at 2009-05-20T07:00
不放DL老把一個還在戰力外的放在25名單也不是辦法
Callum avatar
By Callum
at 2009-05-24T12:40
王要證明他的戰力回來了....
Quanna avatar
By Quanna
at 2009-05-25T08:56
AJ真的非常Nice的 這其中完全沒有誤會
Eden avatar
By Eden
at 2009-05-27T16:21
AJ真棒>///< 球投的好人又好
Vanessa avatar
By Vanessa
at 2009-05-30T16:39
AJ的台灣之友卡發定了..!!
Skylar DavisLinda avatar
By Skylar DavisLinda
at 2009-06-01T07:59
AJ >/////<
Connor avatar
By Connor
at 2009-06-01T21:04
AJ 2009年的台灣之友好人卡是你的了XD
Ivy avatar
By Ivy
at 2009-06-03T17:01
老王加油!!
Gilbert avatar
By Gilbert
at 2009-06-04T05:19
這不就是在講"準備統治"的那個簡訊嗎? XD
Margaret avatar
By Margaret
at 2009-06-05T04:00
AJ真的很甘心阿
Zenobia avatar
By Zenobia
at 2009-06-07T03:11
IPhone好貴= =
Zenobia avatar
By Zenobia
at 2009-06-10T01:51
有沒有鄉民們英文都很好的八掛.....

建仔加油

Jack avatar
By Jack
at 2009-04-22T16:53
最近看到一篇當建仔的故事急轉直下, 我覺得寫的很貼切 太習慣勝利的Wang, 太習慣他被稱為王牌, 太習慣他總是替 大家在投一休四的爆肝之旅中有了可以討論的話題..... 太多的美滿讓王的故事的確少了一些令人驚喜的轉折 這幾次的挫折給Wang也給了台灣球 ...

美東時間4/20因雨延賽...會在那天補賽啊??

Ula avatar
By Ula
at 2009-04-22T16:02
想請教一下個位大大...這場...會在何時補賽啊?? 何時會知道啊?!?! - ...

愛徒陷低潮 前後教練都心急

John avatar
By John
at 2009-04-22T14:10
※ 引述《rexseraphim (Rex)》之銘言: : 推 allencce:很明顯現在洋基的投教根本不適任,牛棚燒成這樣還不下台 04/22 11:22 : → allencce:如果是王建民個人問題那就算了,但整個牛棚感覺快中職化 04/22 11:23 : 給allenecce : 炸成這樣 ...

[分享]剛剛轉播 wang 的訪問片段

Hamiltion avatar
By Hamiltion
at 2009-04-22T13:17
※ [本文轉錄自 NY-Yankees 看板] 作者: chengru7273 (Ready FighT ?!) 看板: NY-Yankees 標題: [分享]剛剛轉播 wang 的訪問片段 時間: Wed Apr 22 10:31:01 2009 分享一下轉播比賽剛剛王建民的訪問片段 原來錄的畫質還不 ...

愛徒陷低潮 前後教練都心急

Blanche avatar
By Blanche
at 2009-04-22T12:47
推 allencce:很明顯現在洋基的投教根本不適任,牛棚燒成這樣還不下台 04/22 11:22 → allencce:如果是王建民個人問題那就算了,但整個牛棚感覺快中職化 04/22 11:23 給allenecce 炸成這樣果然不是王建民的問題? 禾斗 不好意思啊 目前洋基牛棚ERA6.95 E ...