這場球穆帥的曲球投的相當犀利,所以投起來相當得心應手,穆帥的武器就是大弧度曲球,只要曲球能投進好球帶打者就較好應付,畢竟35歲的穆帥速球已不到90Mi,若是曲球投不進好球帶,要靠直球硬拼下場就很慘.這場比賽穆帥罕見的投了7局用101顆球也令人刮目相看,原本只設定在80~85球的用球數今天一口氣催到100球,波沙達今天也有5-4的好表現,其中有3支2壘安打,李維拉更是在8局下就提前上班,幫穆帥守住勝投,穆帥的勝投場數也挺進到252.
今天也出現一個罕見的畫面,當7局下穆帥被轟出陽春砲時,教頭喬拉迪走向投手丘,應該是要換投手的意思,因為投球數已來到99球,穆帥體力應當耗盡,再不換可能又要挨轟,正當要做換投的手勢時,波沙達不知說了些什麼,喬拉迪轉頭去聽他的意見,結果就沒換投,穆帥繼續又投了2顆球解決打者完成7局的投球.
根據洋基官網上記載波沙達當時是說"他沒有錯(he's got nothing) ",意思應該是說這球曲球穆帥投的不錯並沒有失投,只是運氣不好被撈出牆外,應該給穆帥一個機會讓他繼續投完這局,所以是波沙達幫穆帥求情的意思,喬拉迪於是尊重波沙達的意見將比了一半的手縮回來,讓穆帥繼續投,結果只花了2球就解決下一名打者形成3人出局.穆帥也順利獲得這場比賽的勝投.穆帥自從去年下半球季就投的相當差,上一場對紅襪更是3局就被打爆,今天能投到7局可說是一吐怨氣.
這個事件有兩種解讀,一是菜鳥總教練壓不住隊中的老鳥球員,喬拉迪43歲,穆帥39歲,波沙達36歲,其它洋基的球員年齡也都老大不小,要如何安排這些球員上場都是個問題,上頭又有老闆的壓力,所幸這場贏球,不然又要被質疑管理的能力,另一是喬拉迪懂得傾聽部屬的意見,畢竟場上的捕手才是最了解投手現況的人,更何況他也是捕手出身(聽說之前還有幫方斯渥司接捕過),才會採納波沙達的意見.所以管理真是一門很深奧的學問,之前在當預官時就深深感受到管理人的難處.這場球應是穆帥這兩年來的代表作,犀利的曲球讓波沙達覺得彷彿又回到2001,02年那時穆帥拿下17和18勝的功力,所以才敢勇於鑑言.
下面是洋基官網的原文
Mike Mussina may have made a conscious in-game effort to stay away from using his curveball, but that didn't keep Jorge Posada from throwing him one.
During a mound visit in the seventh inning, Yankees manager Joe Girardi trotted out to check how the right-hander was doing, having just served up a solo homer. Posada blurted out, "He's got nothing," then quickly bit his tongue.
What Posada meant to say was, "Nothing's wrong." Satisfied with that humorous explanation, Girardi returned to the dugout and Mussina finished the seventh inning, helping the Yankees to a 6-4 victory over the White Sox on Wednesday at U.S. Cellular Field.
"He said, 'He's got nothing,'" Mussina said, chuckling later. "I heard him, plain as day. We spent the whole time before Joe got out there talking about what we were going to do, what was the plan: 'We're going to do this and this and this. Well, all right, let's go.' Then Joe comes out."
"Joe went right away to try and get [a reliever], and I said, 'No, no, no!'" Posada said. "It was a little miscommunication. It came out the wrong way."
After a tumultuous week that included an in-print criticism from Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner, Mussina could savor this one. Working for the first time since Steinbrenner suggested that Mussina pitch "more like Jamie Moyer," the hurler put his own spin on the controversy by limiting the White Sox to just one run -- a Joe Crede homer -- through the first six innings.
"People have always doubted me," Mussina said. "If you throw bad games, they doubt you. That's part of it when you're past 35 years old. Every time you step on a mound and give up two hits in an inning, that's just how it is. I'm just glad I'm still able to go out there and pitch."
Mussina, who also allowed a solo shot to Carlos Quentin before the confusing mound visit in the seventh, said that his trademark curveball abandoned him for the evening. That left him and Posada to adjust on the fly and throw approximately 85 percent two-seam fastballs.
The new look worked; with a lead in hand, Mussina got Crede to line out to right field, ending the seventh inning, and exited in line for the victory.
"It wasn't really rocket science," Mussina said. "We kept doing what was working."
"That's pitching -- look it up, that's what it looks like," said Chicago's Paul Konerko. "It didn't seem like he threw a bunch of mistakes in the middle of the plate. He hit the corners and missed off the corners. That's him."
While Mussina scattered four hits, walking one and striking out three in a 101-pitch performance, Posada and Johnny Damon each drove in two runs for New York. Facing former Yankees right-hander Javier Vazquez, New York put a second-inning run on the board when Melky Cabrera legged out a bases-loaded infield single to shortstop Orlando Cabrera.
Posada drove home two runs with a double -- one of a career-high three in the game -- to center field in the fifth, eluding the grasp of center fielder Nick Swisher, who dove for the ball. Catching for the second consecutive game after being held out of starting duty behind the plate since April 8, Posada said he much preferred the blood flow of being involved on the field.
"I just feel comfortable," Posada said. "It's the only thing I know how to do. When you're back there, the only thing you think about is the game. When you're DHing, you've just got a lot of thoughts in your mind. I feel more comfortable when I'm back there."
With three doubles on Wednesday, Posada reached 308 two-base hits for his Yankees career, surpassing Earle Combs for sole possession of 12th place on the Yankees' all-time list.
The Yankees broke it open with three runs in the sixth, scoring on an RBI single by Derek Jeter and Damon's two-run double -- his seventh RBI in the past three games, a trip on which he is hitting .381 (8-for-21). Vazquez exited after 5 1/3 innings, allowing six runs on 10 hits while walking three and striking out three.
Chicago closed the gap after Mussina's exit. LaTroy Hawkins issued a one-out walk to Swisher and allowed a hit to Cabrera before Jim Thome drilled a run-scoring single past a diving Jason Giambi, greeting left-hander Billy Traber with a run.
That prompted Girardi to call upon Mariano Rivera for a five-out save. Rivera allowed a sacrifice fly to Konerko in the eighth, drawing the White Sox to within two runs, but he then worked a perfect ninth inning for his sixth save.
"The game was on the line," Girardi said. "To me, that was when we had to shut the door."
Rivera's work preserved Mussina's 252nd career win and the 41st save Rivera has logged for Mussina in his career -- the fourth-highest total in history for any pair of pitchers. More immediately, it made Mussina successful in his third attempt at passing Bob Gibson on baseball's all-time wins list.
"I think all these things will settle in more when I don't play anymore," Mussina said. "Wherever I stop at, I'll see who I've been able to pass. Bob Gibson is a pretty big name. Whitey Ford (236) was a pretty big name. There are some guys that I've been able to get by who are pretty well known and have been able to do a lot in this game. I'm just lucky people keep giving me the chance to pitch."
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