Sunday, April 20, 2008
Joba Returns; Girardi on Kennedy
As you may have noticed last night Joba Chamberlain returned sending Edwar Ramirez back down to Triple A. Joba pitched a scoreless 8th inning with 2 K's and let us know that his father was doing better.
After another poor performance not getting out of the 3rd innings Joe Girardi had this to say about Ian Kennedy:
"When you're getting out of the gates, you've got to expect the growing pains," he said while standing in the visitor's dugout at Camden Yards. "Anybody who doesn't expect that would be naïve. They'll be fine in the long run. You've just got to wait it out. They'll be learning on the run and we'll be better for it." Manager Joe Girardi said Kennedy would stay in the rotation, or at least that's the plan "right now." Girardi then expanded on his answer, saying Kennedy only needed to make a minor adjustment. When asked what that adjustment was, Girardi became testy. "I don't want to get into semantics, OK? Minor, major - you've got to throw strikes," he said, his voice rising. "That's the bottom line. I am not a mechanics guy. You've got to throw strikes."
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