HBT – Greg Bird took Ervin Santana downtown twice yesterday, and that’s what cost the Twins the game. After the game, Santana had this to say about the homers he gave up. One of which he gives Bird credit for, the other he does not: “The other one was a very good pitch, out and way, and he just hit it very good,” the pitcher said. “I know, probably in another park that’s a double. But here, it’s a joke.”
I'm a little confused. I understand when a visiting pitcher gets frustrated after serving up a 314.5 foot pop-up that goes for a home run but yesterday that most certainly was NOT the case. Bird's first home run was crushed into the upper deck and the second one went about 400 feet into the Yankee bullpen so I'm not really sure what Santana is talking about here. Maybe you should spend a little less time blaming your surroundings and a little more time evaluating your own performance after getting your head spun around twice by a kid with 19 career plate appearances.
He isn't wrong though. Yankee Stadium most definitely IS a joke. There are more home runs hit on bad contact there than anywhere else in baseball by a huge margin. I almost find it endearing when someone pokes fun at the new place. Yea I know it's a joke. But we build our teams around our joke, hit a billion home runs and we dominate at home. Maybe learn to take advantage of your own home field Ervin. You're on steroids with 5.53 ERA pitching in a ballpark with the vastness of outer space.
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