The Wrong Stuff (there's gonna a be a heartburn tonight, a heartburn tonight I know)

Well the Yankees won last night by scratching out 4 runs on 5 hits, 3 of them by Jeter, who basically carried them on his back. He's hitting 408 as April ends and for anyone who wished to keep him in the leadoff spot, I think this is proof positive thast hitting second suits him best. Like everyone else though I thought Damon would transform this offense, make it more speed oriented, allow them to grind out runs more. That hasn't happened in part because Damon hasn't been all that good. He's still hitting in the 270's and they need to get somethin ovcer 300 out of him. Chacon was great, even survining the revenance of Williams in center. When you rest Damon, play Bubba you mook!

Oooh, oooh, I'm status quo Joe, I'm status quo Joe, I have so much trouble doing what I don't already know. Even when my players get so old they really start to blow, I'll play them in defense of the dear old status quo.

Before we get too happy about winning that series however let it be noted that the Yankees will surely lose once again tonight. Torre insists on starting Jared (Wrong stuff) Wright against Roy Halladay, which makes the Yankees the Christians to Toronto's lions. In 2 starts so far Wright has managed to complete five innings of work. That's right he's not eligible for a quality start even if you combine his 2 outings. In those 5 innings he has given up 11 hits and 8 runs. His era is 7.20 and this after a terrible spring where he did not give a single good performance. So the question is how bad does this guy have to be before slow-Joe gets it: he's not major league material and except for one year under the wizard Mazzone he never fucking was. He's slated for another start against Tampa next week but after what Toronto will do to him tonight and the fact that Aaron Small will be back on the team Monday or Tuesday, one can pray Torre somehow casts his eye back through the miasma of his own stupidity and remembers that last year the best win-loss starter in baseball was 10--0 and played (when Torre let him) on his team. By the by, Small did his rehab diligence in AAA last night and gave his typical performance, 7 innings 2 runs. You know the other 4 starters have been, in aggregate, better than anyone expected, if Torre would just go with those who have been successful in the 5th slot there might be room for hope.