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Lenny Kravitz? If true, Cynthia Rodriguez for the win! She is a lucky woman. He is sexy as hell.

Meanwhile, watching Ponson start a game, even when things are going relatively well, is like taking a time machine back to 1906 San Francisco and strolling around.

Oh, and I thought everyone knew about Yogi and Liza. Old news.

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Speaking of stats, I was listening to "The Lumpy & Chuckles Show on the New York Yankees Radio Network" last night, and I'm pretty sure Sterling, in one of his scoffing rants against statistics, defined RISP as a runner on third, but not second base. Gotta love the guy.

I also love how Suzyn growls when she gets excited. Anybody catch her in the throes of passion after the Giambi salami?

excuse me .... I need to cleanse myself after reading "Suzyn", "passion" and "Giambi salami" in the same sentence!

(insert 'Spinal Tap' joke here)

With an off-day on Monday, the Yanks can skip Ponson's turn in the rotation. They can then decide on a 5th-man for Saturday's game in Toronto. Ponson? Giess? Kennedy? Karstens? McCutchen? (Any of them should be able to shut down the Jays.)

Chad Jennings reports that Ian Kennedy will be pitching today for SWB. He'll probably pitch for them again on Tuesday, so he seems to be out of the running for the Sat. July 12 start in Toronto. Three strong starts for Scranton will probably put him back in the Yankee rotation after the break.

I'm on record as enjoying Sterling and Waldman. Yes - they have an over-the-top schtick - but to me it's fun - like radio baseball is supposed to be. But we can all agree to disagree. I heard the Sterling grand salami call this morning, but they did not play Suzyn's reaction. I sorta envision her leaning back in her chair and fanning her face with her scorecard, her cheeks flushed and her hair a little rumpled. That Giambino does that to ladies.

And 14 , all I gotta say is "ewwww".

16 Don't worry. Even if Girardi won't take him out of the rotation, he'll probably be arrested for something or other within a few weeks.

Maybe he'll hit on Cynthia ....

Mood is always better in the banter after a game like that, as if the offensive explosion eased everyone's tension. Not gonna tie that thought into the 'stache ride thing. Nope. Not gonna. Just leave it alone.

(backing away from the keyboard)

You don't need 2 runs then 18 runs. You need 5 or 6 runs every night.

Scoring 18 runs in one day against the Rangers doesn't mean the offense is back. It means the Yanks were trying not to get swept and the Rangers pitchers were on the mound.

The Yankees offense will be back when they start hitting in the clutch and delivering EVERY day.

Yes... getting him goes against the grain of 'younger', but Ichiro is a very young 34. Have you seen him run? He is still greased lightning.

Our entire outfield is gone after next year. We MIGHT be able to count on AJax, we certainly can't count on Tabata. Melky/Brett will make a nice #4, but with Giambi gone and Jetes and Po in decline (by 2010 certainly), I think we need better starting OF production then Melky/Brett can provide.

Even an older Ichiro is Melky on steroids. Better glove, better arm, faster, smarter, and a better bat.

There are many OFers who have been productive at age 38. I believe Ichiro will be another. Dunn is certainly a better bat, but I am tired of big bat/no glove/no run guys. It's time we had a stud defensive guy in the OF.

Again, this is a MONEY ONLY transaction.
I think Ichiro is dying in Seattle. I personally believe he would be energized in NY. Last year, he posted: .351 .396 .431 .827 with 37 SB (82%).
A very smart Melky on steroids. Think about it.

ichiro in seattle isn't about baseball, it's about money and exposure.

the japanese ownership insisted on extending jojima for 3 years, even though the front office didn't want to because half of the pitching staff wasn't talking to him. there's just no chance they'd agree to trade him.

22 Agreed, alas, that 18 runs, mostly vs the Wandering Medieval Troubadour on the mound, is not a revived offense. Steady production against so-so pitchers is. A Halladay or Cliff Lee (this year) WILL shut people down. No one on Texas should.

I'm agin the Ichiro Approach, OYF, though I find him easily one of the 3-4 most enjoyable players in the game to watch. (Discussion topic: who are other favourites for people ... I have Vlad, A Rod, Bloody Ortiz at bat, for example - all for different reasons - it isn't just excellence, it is some sense of style or elan).

A 'young' 34, turning 35 end of this year ... that means 4 years 35-38. That means he gets old just as Jeter and Po do while earning a lunatic sum that reduces likelihood of signing younger studs. I've thought about it, love him, wouldn't take that contract on. Wouldn't be UPSET if they did, mind you. (Moi, ambivalent? Pshaw!)

Let me join the Emma's Line Line Up ... the earthquake image is wonderful. I think Emma is also the source of Porn 'Stache of Doom (even before he dyed it!) which is too, too perfect. We don't deserve you.

This is like some science fiction movie when the hero wakes up in the future and looks at the newspaper. "Tampa Bay is in first place? What happened? You damn dirty apes!"
Everybody around baseball figures the Rays will crack under the pressure of playing games that count for the first time. Two things: They may be too young to realize that. The owner also has a few billion. If they want to make a trade, they can make a trade.

Another great image! What's in the water today? I have to say (at risk of being flayed here) that I am perversely enjoying the Rays' excellence. It really does come under 'good for the game' even though I'd be hard-pressed to name a Ray I find genuinely appealing. (Crawford is superlative, I agree.) I think Pete's half-right about their being too young ... it DOES catch up, there IS a 'rule' that you need to be in a race once or twice before you can handle it. But they do have tons of money and are rumored, among others, to be mulling CC. They add an ace (another ace, as Kazmir IS one) or deepen the bullpen, and they get tougher, fast.

Can we be happy for one-time catching prospect Dioner Navarro?