Was it perhaps a bad choice of words, or are our ears geared to hear only certain words when discussing baseball right now? I will let you decide.
When asked how he felt after pitching from the mound again today for his fifth mound session of the spring following surgery to repair his right shoulder, Mariano Rivera replied, “I feel good — a little high today — but I feel good.”
What did he say? My ears cancelled every noise around me in order to hone in on this most disturbing recent development. “I feel good all year around after having surgery. I wanted to push a little more, so I feel good.”
Oh, thank you for clearing that up. I thought he was saying….well never mind let’s not even go there.
After pitching from the mound today he said he will be ready to pitch in a game on Tuesday, and will be right on track for the regular season.
The Yankees also got some perfect pitching today from A. J. Burnett, who struck out three in his four innings of work in a split squad game today against the Astros. This was his second start of the spring for the Bombers, and he is as advertised, and today was flawless.
This takes the Grapefruit League Record for the Yankees to 7-8-1.
The Twins are in town Sunday for a 1:15 pm game, and Pettitte will be getting the start.
