Johnny Damon CF
Derek Jeter SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Jason Giambi DH
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Melky Cabrera LF
Craig Wilson 1B
Nick Green 3B

Ichiro Suzuki CF
Willie Bloomquist 3B
Jose Lopez 2B
Richie Sexson 1B
Eduardo Perez DH
Kenji Johjima C
Yuniesky Betancourt SS
T.J. Bohn RF
Chris Snelling LF

Jarrod Washburn P

We need A-Rod back. Robbie is needed toward the top of the line-up more than Jorge, but that would make 3 straight lefties with Abreu and Giambi. Even when A-Rod comes back, 4 of our top 6 guys are lefties. Not that that's bad, but a good lefty reliever could kill us.

Her nickname is Bean, so there you go.

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Alex Rodriguez remains out with an illness but is in uniform and took some batting practice. He hopes to be back in the lineup tomorrow. The Yankees are 3-0 when A-Rod doesn't play. They have scored 21 runs in those games and hit .331. But that's a total coincidence, right? Hello? I mean it has to be.
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He also reports that Cairo ran the bases today, and Andy started swinging the bat.

And Pavano pitches for the Clippers tomorrow.

11 I vote for option 3.

2 I totally forgot about the Eduardo Perez v. Randy Johnson factor! Perez is hitting .290/.389/.710 off Randy with four homers in 31 ABs and is the batter Johnson was ejected for throwing near back in June when the Indians visited the Bronx.

Another Phillip Hughes start tonight Ho-Hum.

He can make a difference in the bullpen right now. All year I've said they should just shut him down, but if hes going to throw 30 more innings this year he should probably do it in New York.

yup...we are going to a bunch of runs

I think they'll keep Andy on the DL until rosters expand. I suspect they wanted Guiel instead of Andy even before the "injury." They need an outfielder, not another infielder.

But Andy's out of options, and they aren't sure he'll clear waivers.

And they're teaching Guiel how to play 1B.

teaching Guiel to play first, what is Mattingly doing holding clinics ? Sheff, Guiel....good news is that anyone but Giambi with a glove in hand is where you want to be...

Guiel+RHP =_____?

The answer, Mr. Torre?

Green is younger, and that might count for something. But Cairo was the first string 2B for the Mets last year. Nick Green was DFA'd by Tampa.

Ooh.. nice hit.

Wow, and IF hit against a drawn in IF.

Ugh, I see that the next stiff singled in the run anyway.

And Sexon ropes a double. This night is starting to look sucky if RJ can't screw his head on.

It's a moot point now, though. All those runs scored anyway.

58 He's not average, he's great, except for those innings he gives up runs. If you take those away, he's awesome (why I hate the, he was great except for one or two bad innings line).

I like Washburn since he is also a Packer fan.

Damon needs to cash in here.

Roger Clemens has been through 3 different "eras" with 3 different strike zones, and adjusted his location with every one of them.

Expecting anything but mediocrity in the post season from Johnson is a pipe dream. If Joe doesn't admit to himself that Wang is his best pitcher, Moose second best, and at this point, Lidle is likely third best, and that Wang and Moose are going to have to go on 3 days rest at some point in the post season, we will lose.

Unless we catch fire in a bottle with Pavano--yes, it is possible--Joe simply cannot rest these guys as much as he has the past few years in the post season. I watced "Game 6" with Michael Keaton the other night (not a bad flick) and I had forgotten that Clemens had gone on 3 days rest three times that post season to get Boston into a position to win the series (AND GAME 6 WASNT EVEN A MUST WIN AND HE STARTED AND KEPT THEM IN IT, GOING 7 I THINK, GIVING UP 1 or 2 RUNS!). You can bet your first born that Joe Torre would not have started Clemens, he would have trotted out whomever was next in line to start on regular rest, and that is where being a players manager is great for players, but horrible for the ball club.

I love Joe, but if he pulls another horse shit move like starting Kevin Brown in a game 7, instead of understanding who gives him the best chance to win, he has to be fired at the end of the season. It doesn't matter what circus tricks you pull to manage the team into the playoffs, if you butcher them once you get there. If we are in a deciding game and we have Wang on 3 days or Moose on 3,4 days, we have to take our chances. This Joe, is how teams win playoff series, not by making sure the starters have enough rest to make their next NOVEMBER START!

But we've also lost to the O's at home, split with the Angels, and lost 2 of 3 to the White Sox. If we lose this game, that will be another series loss to a less than stellar team.

Right before we got Bobby, there was a stretch where we were winning pretty much every series (9-1-1 record in 11 series), and the biggest complaint was our inability to sweep, and our house money lineups in games we lost.