Yankees Go Home & Browns Interest In Pryor??

The Yankees closed out their road trip to Cleveland with a lackluster 5-3 loss to the Indians, losing their first series since the debacle in the Bronx against the Red Sox.  Coupled with Boston’s win last night, the Yanks are just 1/2 game ahead of their blood rivals.  Justin Masterson looked like Bob Feller last night as he held the Yankees to only 3 hits and no runs over 8 innings.    One of those 3 hits was a double by Derek Jeter which sets the Captain up to get three hits over four games to get to 3,000 hits at home against the Rays starting tonight. 

After a rough 1st inning, Phil Hughes settled down and allowed only 2 runs over five innings.  His fastball was clocked consistently between 90 and 92 which was an improvement over earlier this year.  Hughes may have only given up one run if Russell Martin had made a better throw to third base.  However, the throw was wide of ARod and the ball went into left field allowing the Tribe to score their second run.  In looking at the pitcher’s work over the five innings, the Yankees have to be somewhat hopeful.  It seemed that what got him in trouble was pitch location and that I think can be corrected.

With Tampa coming to the Bronx, the Yankees need to bounce back.  I really believe that ARod needs a day off.  He made a great play in the field saving Boone Logan and kept the game at 2-0 however he looked bad at the plate.  I wonder if it makes sense for ARod to participate in the All-Star Game.  If it were up to me, he would take a pass on it.

One good thing going into the Tampa series, Mariano Rivera will be good to go.

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There had been some rumblings coming out of Northeast Ohio that the Cleveland Browns might be interested in selecting Terrell Pryor in the supplemental draft when that takes place.  In my opinion, this is nothing more than Ohio State nonsense.  Pryor in no way shape or form fits in with the new West Coast offense system that is being put in place by the Browns.  In addition, Pryor is an unfinished product at quarterback.  He could have used another year in college at QB however that was not going to happen because he was in up to his eyeballs on the Buckeye tattoo scandal.

Bringing Pryor in would also be planting the seeds for another quarterback controversy which seems to have been a hallmark of the Browns since they have come back into the league.  The team needs to find out what they have in Colt McCoy without the distraction of Ohio State product Terrell Pryor being on the bench.  I’ve never been impressed with Pryor as a quarterback, though he did look good in his bowl appearance last year.  I don’t see the Browns messing with Pryor.  One thing I have found while following the Browns, there are many in Northeast Ohio who want the Browns to take any Buckeye star that’s out there.  Hopefully, that won’t happen with Pryor.