Some big names in country music are coming together to play the Bayou Country Superfest at the LSU Tiger Stadium next Memorial day weekend. Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift, Brooks & Dunn, and Keith Urban will hit the stage for this two day fest on May 29-30 2010. Taylor Swift and Urban will preform with Kellie Pickler and David Nail on Saturday May 29th. Chesney with Brooks & Dunn will play on Sunday May 30th with Jason Aldean, Jake Owen and Justin Moore. This could turn out to be the biggest country fest of 2010 especially with Swift scheduled to play as she has been one of the biggest stars of 2009. Check back as we will have tickets for this show soon.
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WOW – looks like this Yankees team is on a mission. An offensive explosion and another solid starting pitching effort and the Yankees now lead the Angels 3 games to 1 in the 2009 ALCS. Game over? Most definitely.
CC Sabathia has been the man this post-season. On Tuesday night, Sabathia needed just 101 pitches to throw 8 innings of 1 run ball. The lone came around on a Kendry Morales solo HR and he gave up just 4 other hits and 2 walks during the outing. Sabathia also had 5 K’s. In MLB post-season history, when a pitcher pitching on 3-days’ rest faced a pitcher pitching on regular rest, the team with the regular rest pitcher had won 27 of the 34 games played. CC erased that trend quickly and easily on Tuesday night with his dominating performance. In 3 playoffs starts this October, Sabathia is 3-0 in 22 2/3 innings pitched and he has given up just 3 ER, 17 hits and 3 walks during those outings (1.19 ERA and a .200 batting average against). Pretty amazing, especially for a pitcher who had not had the best post-season track record.
Now to A-Rod – got I hate this guy… I guess my time to enjoy A-Rod’s post-season struggles has come to an end. Since A-Rod had 3 HR’s and 8 RBI’s during the 2004 ALDS (against the Minnesota Twins) and ALCS (against the Boston Red Sox), A-Rod has been a major disappointment for the Yankees in October. From 2005 through 2007 (13 games, 44 at-bats), A-Rod delivered a total of 7 hits, 4 runs and only 1 RBI on a solo home run. A-Rod struck out 15 times and walked only 8 times. Plain and simple – he was bad and he didn’t come through in the clutch. But fast-forward to 2009 – A-Rod has been a big reason that the Yankees are where they are. In just 7 games this post-season (17 at-bats), A-Rod has 11 hits (5 home runs), 9 runs scored and 11 RBI’s. He has struck out only 4 times and he has an RBI in each game so far. Last night, A-Rod scored the game’s 1st run after singling to lead off the 4th inning and then his 2-run HR to deep left field extended the Yankees lead to 5-0. A-Rod kept raking in the 9th inning, leading off with a double and then scoring on Jorge Posada’s line out and subsequent error by Bobby Abreu to add insult to injury.
Sabathia and A-Rod have put the Yankees in a position to finish off the Angels in just 5 games. A.J. Burnett will have a chance to win the clincher on Thursday night in Anaheim. Unless the Angels John Lackey can throw a gem against Burnett, I don’t see this series returning to the Bronx for a Game 6…
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 | MLB | No Comments
American League Championship Series
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R |
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| N.Y. Yankees (3-1) « |
0 |
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3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
13 |
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| L.A. Angels (1-3) |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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5 |
1 |
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W: C. Sabathia (3-0) L: S. Kazmir (0-1)
HR: NYY – A. Rodriguez (5), J. Damon (2) ANA – K. Morales (2)
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