I was getting my hair cut at Astor when Wagner was imploding during game 2. This was the sad result:

http://www.therefor.com.au/static/robertblack/BadHair.jpg

And no, that link is short enough.

2 With groundballing Tiger Wang on the mound, a sub-par defensive OF is probably not a bad thing. Unless Wang leaves the ball up . . .

Long? What? Do they really mean to say that he is the best we have to offer organizationally tonight?

Rob do you have a Motor Cycle, batting or hockey helmet? Would you like to borrow one? Don't lead with your face.

Long? What the F?

Line-ups for tonight. good to have wang on the mound. Look at that outfield, ouch.

what's up with giambi at 1b, damon must be really hurting.

The guy's gotta be hungry. I mean literally, he hasn't gotten a real Major League paycheck in quite some time.

do you guys feel he'll strugle all that much in Fenway's LF?

I'm more worried about the Bernie-Melky combo in CF-RF. That is very tricky in Fenway.

Again Damon must be really hurting...

Sometimes anecdotal info can balance that stuff out, unfortunately the anecdotal stuff may be worse than the metrics in this case.

My head hurts and I feel sleepy.

That being said, how about Brian Cashman earning his salary this year? With many teams remaining competitive in their respective divisions, those established players who would normally be available, are not. I'm sure Selig believes his pointless profit sharing agreement is responsible for the current state of affairs, he'll recieve credit for something he had absolutely nothing to do with. Maybe he'll take credit for the new Twins stadium as well.

Let's just hope we can hang on with what we've got. I would like to see Erickson fly and Matt Smith and Hughes be brought in in lieu of Erickson and Bean, but that would lower the median age in the bullpen, a move which simply cannot stand this year, or last for that matter.

Here's to hoping Arod turns it around tonight. I guess he might be due this attention, maybe there is balance in all things, no one gave a rat's ass about him in Seattle or Texas, this is what superstars can expect in large markets. Open a Chicago paper for God's sake. If Pujols slides to .250 and begins hurting his team, he'd recieve similar treatment. Those of you who continue to believe that Jeter's successes are overplayed and failures minimized simply don't inderstand NY. Maybe those on Oakland or Minnesota or St. Louis love the game for what it is and move on with their lives at the end of the season no matter the outcome, but that isn't the case in NY. If Jete owns 0 rings, he would get the same treatment. Was not Jeter BOO'ed at the stadium in 2004!!!! Once Arod is on a championship team, this will all end. Unfortunately for him, he came to the team on the down-side of a dynasty. Some people are objectively likeable and some are not, that's the way of the world. Arod just doesn't have the charm and likeability of a Jeter or Bernie. Get over it guys. What I care about is that he is batting .250 WRISP while we are suffering injuries to other players.

Let's go Yankees!

Melky hits lights-out, he gets the start in right and Sheff DH's next year. Torre gets his head out of his ass and uses Farny or Proctor for two innings to get to Mo. You know, use you best bullpen guys a la 1996-2000, and forget this silly one inning and lefty-righty garbage. When the opponent knows the game is over after 6, they react accordingly. He uses Mo for more than one inning when he needs to. Wang and Wright continue to pitch well, Chacon comes back strong and RJ returns to form.

I predict that Durazo will perform so well for the Yankees that he'll become the everyday DH, unless Giambi is in that role. In that case you'll see Phillips or Pena.

12 MFD, if you like BP's 'Rate' statistic, Long is a career 96 Rate/Rate2 in LF and 94 in CF, but an amazing 109(!) in RF, though in a much smaller sample vs LF and CF.

I have no idea why his Rate/Rate2 is so good in RF. While trying to find out, I came across this piece from the excellent Elephants in Oakland blog:

http://tinyurl.com/pbubp

I am now more disgusted with Brian Cashman for bringing Long on this team that I was before.

I'm DVR'ing the NBA games so I'm going with NESN to avoid Sportscenter Updates. Just a thought.

Cashman should have been gone years ago.

Not to mention, any excuse to avoid Joe Morgan is a good excuse in my book.

Schilling looks sharp.

And of course the first ball in play finds Long in left. Funny.

Seriously, my brain is hurting.

Nice play Melky! That makes me feel better? I definitely think this kid is for real. A possible silver lining of Sheff's injury.

Since he's on the DL, can we please have Cairo back in LF? He did better than Long.

I only have confidence in Jeter, Cano, Posada and Melky, go figure.

Falling asleep very quickly

Schilling at 82, Wang at 80.

3 runs down and 4, 5 and 6 coming up. I think this should be the yanks' inning or a lot of hope will be lost.

C'MON WAKE UP

Hey, Willie Harris is starting for the Red Sox. Think about how their fans must feel. Let's call it an even trade. (How can you start Willie Harris over Wily Mo Pena???? Is he injured or something?)