You don’t even think maybe he WAS a bit too intense (or intentionally the opposite) facing a team he’d been on a month ago? Sidney is human, always has been emotional, and used to blow leads like that when younger. Actually, many good pitchers seem to pitch badly with big leads…and at least he could go five, there have been times in the past where that was hard. And if you followed him as I do, you’d realize he was really off, because he gave up more fly balls than grounders, and that is NOT Sidney! And read his comments, his catcher’s too…he is well aware he had messed-up mechanics, and his catcher agreed. He will make changes, and hopefully things will go better. Overall, his 2008 has been pretty decent- The hits, the WHiP, the BAA-Sid has guts, he pitches to make batters put the ball in play, hits will happen, especially on the Rangers…and the doublepalys he induces are great, but when you face less batters by getting two outs for one, that hurts your stats! So I really figure that Bill James-ish number manipulation doesn’t apply too much to Ponson.
Sidney Ponson can pitch, and I hope if the Yankees don’t want him, someone else will! He can do the job somewhere in MLB, but he does need the chance!

I’ll be a Yankee fan as long as Sidney is a Yankee-and I’ll be a fan of whatever team he gets on after. Sidney makes baseball fun for me, because he is no robot! I like his comments on his games, and I wish he’d trust the media more and get interviewed on other subjects, too. Wish some wouldn’t take him and his uniqueness so seriously as a threat. Sidney rocks!

A Yankee and Sidney Ponson fan in Aruba!