Yanks lose.  Mets lose.
The Tampa Bay Rays delivered a spanking to the New York Yankees in Tampa’s home opener at the Tropicana.  The Yanks slip to 3-4.
Chien-Ming Wang continues to frustrate, having an “excellent bullpen session” yet getting only three outs in the game while charged with eight earned runs.  Three of those runs came when he left the bases loaded in the second inning and reliever Jonathan Albaladejo served up, as if on cue, a grand slam on his first pitch to Carlos Pena.  It is clear that Wang is throwing “all arm” and his body appears to not be catching up.  It has been this way since Spring Training and the coaching staff has not yet corrected it.
The Rays beat the… (more…)