Young Phenom Vs Veteran Throwback, tonight in the Bronx

by mr.zoltanblack | June 3, 2008 at 03:21 pm | 134 views | 1 comment

Enjoy a good pitching duel? If your answer’s yes, tonight the Bronx is the place to be.

The maestroed Yankees franchise has been just a little off key this season. In a season where nobody seems to be able to tell up from down or good from bad the Yank’s have drastically underachieved, that one thing we can all agree on.

Now, out of desperation some would say, effective set-up man Chamberlain is moving to the starting rotation, pitching against Roy Halladay tonight

Chamberlain, much hyped as a part of the Yankees "next generation," a generation prepared to sooth the pain of moving, when the Yankees move to the new Stienbrenner complex across the street from their current digs at Yankee Stadium has proven that he is capable of taking the reins. During last years playoffs Jaba Chamberlain pitched through bug-gate at Cleveland’s Progressive field to cement himself in Yankees folklore just days after his twenty-second birthday.

Halliday the Toronto Blue Jays ace and a guy that regularly pitches eight or nine innings a start is a real throwback, think nineteen-twenties, think Ruth and Gehrig, then think Halliday. Its almost as if Roy Halliday somehow walked out of a corn field in rural Iowa nearly a hundred years after his time.

I haven’t studied it but I’m sure the statistic will bare it, Roy Halliday has pitched at least twice as many complete games in the last ten years as any other Major League pitcher. In an era were starting pitchers are babied to no end, seldom expected to make it through more then six innings of work, having multimillion dollar relief pitchers to cover their slack, Roy Halliday is one of a kind or perhaps there is a corn field in Iowa somewhere overflowing with untapped potential a century old.

Young Phenom Vs Veteran Throwback

The match up goes tonight, Tuesday, June 2 at 7:05pm est from Yankee Stadium in the Bronx and can be seen around the world on MLB TV. Enjoy the show

Betting Interest

With two competent pitchers set to take the mound this evening in New York I like a strange proposition wager. The Wager--- neither pitcher will give up three runs this evening. The payout --- seven dollars and fifty cents to every dollar, slightly inflated with two talented pitchers like Halliday and Chamberlain doing battle. I don’t recommend taking out a second mortgage or anything like that but with odds of 7.5/1 it is totally within the realm of possibility to make a buck without losing your shirt.

Zoltan Black