Talk about a rough day at the office.
The New York Yankees’ pitching machine got the best of a couple of the club’s batters Monday during an intrasquad scrimmage. Alex Rodriguez and center fielder Chris Young were the machine’s victims.
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Ouch.
But while it’s easy to laugh at a pitching machine being a match for what looks like a pretty weak Yankees lineup, there’s a little more to the story than what’s on the surface.
“The pitching machine, known to some Yankees as ‘Iron Mike,’ was throwing fastballs at about 90 mph,” NJ.com’s Brendan Kuty wrote Monday. “It was behind fed at the mound from behind an L-screen by bullpen coach Gary Tuck, who occasionally bounced some in the dirt to keep catchers on their toes.”
Plus, it’s not very hard to strike out Young, who’s whiffed in 25 percent of his at-bats in his nine-year career.
But Boston Red Sox fans certainly can have fun with this one before the regular season starts.
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