80 G, 145 IP, 195 K, 57 BB 136 H, 0 HR, 19 ER

Which is all good for a 1.33 WHiP and a 1.18 ERA and 12Ks/9IP.

Your set-up guy? This guy is sick. While some of the moves haven't panned out for Cash, he's built a helluva bullpen. And there's plenty more help on its way.

http://tinyurl.com/6cpne2

must be missing nine very bad innings, because it lists just 136 IP but only 54 BB and 71 H, for a minor league WHIP of .92.

Anyway, the bullpen in general is exciting, for sure. Also, three-run homers.

Is there really no chance of Posada regaining the ability to throw this season? That plus Damon's return would make our line-up scary again.

Fixed:

80 G, 145 IP, 195 K, 57 BB 77 H, 0 HR, 19 ER and a 0.92 WhiP.

Sick.

I still think Molina should've bunted in the 5th, advancing Melky to 3b. Had he been successful, I would've tried a squeeze play with Gardner.

Anyway, it was a good game all around.

Was at the game (probably my last at the Stadium, I don't live here). Great from bottom of the 1st on, Moose putting practically every lead-off runner on but otherwise doing great, the bullpen staggeringly good.

Go Joba.

Plus it appears that Boston is suddenly imploding. Their prized prospect got lit up last night. AND Manny Ramirez! Oh Manny!

First their was the bitch slap job on Youkilis, then the push of a Red Sox official, then a fine for the push, then a 3 pitch bat-on-the-shoulder strikeout against Mo (which the Boston Globe claims Manny did purposely because of the fine), then Manny's recent quotes about re-upping and Henry's response, and then came last night....

I don't know to create a "Tiny URL" link, but if you go to MLB.com check out the insane little league play that Manny made on the triple (which was really a soft single), you'll see that the Sox really have a problem. He didn't just miss the ball, but he also began flopping around and landed on the ball and even threw to the wrong base. Then with Francona looking on (as well as some Red Sox official in the stands who I think was Epstein), Manny just laughed and laughed, while his team trailed 9-3.

So, I'm getting hope at the expense of the Red Sox.

My childhood friend Dave is making his first ever trip to Yankee Stadium today. He's a Pirates fan, but wanted to drive up from Virginia to see the BB in the Bronx. I hope he sees a gem from Joba.

It was Theo in the stands, for sure; and the triple was probably an out, caught by Alex Cora if the Sox hadn't had the infield in.

To make a tinyurl, just go to http://tinyurl.com/
and follow instructions. If you like it (and everybody does), you can get a toolbar button there, a snap to install and very convenient.

MLB needs to establish to "rules of decorum" and fine players who are offenders.
I love to hate the Sox, so watching Manny being Manny is funny. But it's also discusting. I just don't think there is room in the game for these kind on antics.

And do we want other players to follow in his footsteps? Punishing his team by taking 3 strikes in a critical situation? It's outrageous. He should have been suspended without pay for that one.

I'm tired of it.

I guess considering our current state and a RHP, this is our 'A' lineup. With Joba pitching, I feel very good about a Win here.

Here's a link to that Boston Globe story (and I'm sorry I don't know the tiny URL protocol)

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2008/07/report_manny_fi.html

Check out this quote about that strikeout:

"The thing that most people are forgetting and haven't talked about is the strikeout in Yankee Stadium," Lobel said. "The bat on the shoulder for the three pitches from Mariano Rivera. That was a big [expletive] to the Red Sox after the fine. I'm just telling you ... there are things in the front office that are perceived ... I'm saying that there is a strong feeling that that [three-pitch strikeout] was the message to the Red Sox and it's a strong feeling that that's unacceptable ... there's a feeling that he didn't give it his all, let's put it that way ... I'm just saying the front office has not forgotten that moment. It's akin to Nomar sitting on the bench [in a game in which Derek Jeter dove into the stands at Yankee Stadium in 2004]. It's the same thing. It's an at bat that resonated very strongly in the front office."

This is getting delicious.

and it was definitely theo and he was furious

anyway back to the yanks.
9 yes, last night's game was inspiring because that is the way we expected the yanks to approach abs - obviously the production is nice but not always guaranteed. we haven't seen to many games where the bulk of the lineup had good abs.
i came into this year thinking it was a transition year and so have not been that focused on what happens this year as the goal. but if last night's team is who we are getting for most of the rest of the year i think making the playoffs and then doing something in the playoffs is a lot more feasible. but a lot rests on posada's ability to catch at least 60% of the time and damon's ability to come back and play at a level close to where he was the 1st half of the season.

http://tinyurl.com/55o772

(it's the Manny being a Jerk article)

UPDATE, 12:00 p.m.: Johnny Damon took BP in the cages and on the field today. He took 19 cuts and hits two home runn, one off the facing of the upper deck in right field. To me, he looked very comfortable. He didn't stop for an extended interview but he would like to be activated and play tomorrow.

That could be a stretch, but he's very close.