Brett Myers warms up before last night's game in Allentown between the Lehigh Valley IronPigs and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.Despite the afternoon's heat and humidity, at game time the weather was simply perfect. Brett Myers took the mound for the 'Pigs and went five innings. He was solid for four, then gave up three runs in the fifth. He looked pretty much like a guy working on things. He did it in front of a sell-out crowd of 10,000, which included some loudmouthed Mets hecklers. The guy behind me was a Yankee fan with the irritating habit of saying "good pitch" after almost every pitch made by a pitcher on either side. The woman next to me asked, "Is he always at the games?"
The 'Pigs played a sloppy game. Jason Jaramillo, most uncharacteristically, had three throwing errors. Tons of media people were on hand to monitor Myers' outing. This morning's Inky had a fascinating account by Jim Salisbury about how this whole stint in the minors came about. It was hard to check on Myers' velocity. When it was noticed that he was checking his speed after pitches, the team turned the display off. Postgame, Myers said that one of the things he was working on was getting his swagger back.
