TWO DOWN,
Four to go. Or maybe it's two down one to go. If the Yankees lay a big enough egg tomorrow and get swept by the Mets on national TV, maybe Steinbrenner won't wait for the Red sox series.
The injury to Rasner can't help but give you the sense the Yanks are snakebit, and at least they showed a little fight today, but they still managed to leave 26 men on base, 26! That's unconsionable. And Joe has to take a lot of the blame for this one as well. There's absolutely no reason for Meyers to be on the roster, but if there were, it would be as a single out left-hand specialist and occasional mop-up man. You don't try to get four innings out of him at the beginning of the game unless you've really just given up on the possibility of winning. Slow Joe is forever complaining that MO gets no work, on account of the fact that the Yawnkees have needed a save since April, so why not have him pitch 2 today, followed by 2 from Bruney, 2 from Villone etc. Meyers apparently campaigned for the start tomorrow night, which is no reason to allow him to pitch at all, let alone fulfill his wish. I mean I'd like to start for the Yankees as well, but like Meyers I don't have the ability. Meyers' request should have been given the same consideration as mine would have been, zero.
In any event, it was nice to see AROD find his comfort zone; there's just nobody like him when you are down 5 in the 8th and you need a meaningless solo blast. And Cano continues his night- mare season with a 3 error game (actually, if not technically 4!). Shades of the late Chuck Knoblach! Meanwhile Giambi and Abreu continue to vie for most useless and overpaid person on the team--which is also to say the majors.
Tyler Clippard tomorrow night. Something of interest anyway.
The injury to Rasner can't help but give you the sense the Yanks are snakebit, and at least they showed a little fight today, but they still managed to leave 26 men on base, 26! That's unconsionable. And Joe has to take a lot of the blame for this one as well. There's absolutely no reason for Meyers to be on the roster, but if there were, it would be as a single out left-hand specialist and occasional mop-up man. You don't try to get four innings out of him at the beginning of the game unless you've really just given up on the possibility of winning. Slow Joe is forever complaining that MO gets no work, on account of the fact that the Yawnkees have needed a save since April, so why not have him pitch 2 today, followed by 2 from Bruney, 2 from Villone etc. Meyers apparently campaigned for the start tomorrow night, which is no reason to allow him to pitch at all, let alone fulfill his wish. I mean I'd like to start for the Yankees as well, but like Meyers I don't have the ability. Meyers' request should have been given the same consideration as mine would have been, zero.
In any event, it was nice to see AROD find his comfort zone; there's just nobody like him when you are down 5 in the 8th and you need a meaningless solo blast. And Cano continues his night- mare season with a 3 error game (actually, if not technically 4!). Shades of the late Chuck Knoblach! Meanwhile Giambi and Abreu continue to vie for most useless and overpaid person on the team--which is also to say the majors.
Tyler Clippard tomorrow night. Something of interest anyway.
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