Cliff, word is that BJ Upton returns tonight, and is scheduled to play CF (not sure who's roster spot he takes). My guess is that pushes Delmon to RF and Gomes to DH?

And to think that Gomes might have been available at the start of the year, when TB had 'depth' in the OF and he was in the minors. Dude can flat out rake.

God, with pitching that bad, how do the Rays not trade Pena or Wiggy for something like Desalvo & some bullpen mediocrity... If David Price arrives next year (hmm), adding Desalvo to that rotation would give them something for the future...

0 "It's now or never."

Truer words were never spoken. If they don't win the first two series of the second half, they should start looking to trade Abreu and anyone else over 32 who isn't named Mo, Derek or Jorge...for position prospects.

If they do start hot however, I'm still betting Teixeira is wearing pinstripes before the deadline.

Is anyone else frustrated by the relative lack of realistic sounding trades for the Yanks? I love the trading deadline and wondering about who the Yanks will pick up for the 2nd half each year, but I'm not feeling anything credible on the way this year. On the other hand, maybe that's a good thing if it means Cash is planning a stealthy blockbuster. I guess I'm just looking for some other good trade rumors besides Teixeira.

2 Probably TB is banking on the youngsters (outside of Edwin Jackson) getting it together. And they have, outside of Price, another 3 young pitcher in AA/AAA (Niemann, Davis, and McGee). So they don't really need a DeSalvo type, though they could use bullpen help.

4 "Those scrubs haven't earned a better team!"

4 6

It is due to Brian Cashman's general view that many of our farm talent is better than it is. There is absolutely no reason why he cannot put a package together for Mark Texiera, and solve our 1B problems for years to come. Clearly, we will have to address 1B and C at some point soon. 1B being much more important that C right this second. If he doesn't put a deal together, we will have no power threat next season. Arod will either opt-out, or follow Boras' instructions and refuse to negotiate until seasons end--which is a bad bad move on his part, anything can happen between now and then. Boras willl find another Texas out there who will give him 5 years at 30 Mil. per., and the Yankees wont be that team. No player is worth 30 Mil., let alone 25 Mil. We are 10 games out with him having the best season of his career. He can hit 80 HR, and we still wont make the playoffs. 30 Mil. ummm, NO! Trade and sign Mark Texiera and be done with it. If Arod really wanted to stay, he would be taking Cashman's offer to negotiate now, so we have to plan on a 2008 without Arod. I like the guy, and any team is better with him, but its not a coincidece that he calls some of the most surly and selfish ball players his best friends.

1 Via D-Rays Bay on the sidebar:

"Though they had been rather firm in saying B.J. Upton would be back and starting in center field tonight, the Rays have decided to give him at least one more day. Upton will play for Vero Beach tonight at Dunedin, and the Rays apparently will go with a 24-man roster for the second-half opener."

7 "30 Mil. ummm, NO!"

I'll sort of buy that if you also would have refused to pay Clemens a pro-rated $24MM. But if you think Clemens is worth what we're paying him, then I would have to say that A-Rod is worth $30MM+ based on what each player provides to his team.

Just like anything else, a good or service is worth what the market is willing to pay for it. (Regardless of what you think an iPhone is actually worth, it is worth $500+ because millions of them are getting sold at that price right now.)

Scarcity is a tried and true economic principle. Right now, there is only one A-Rod...thus if you want him, you will have to pay whatever the market demands. That's not selfish on his part -- you and just about everyone else in the world would do the exact same thing in his position. If a company offered you $1MM in salary would you say "No thanks - I'm not worth that much and I like my current job for $100K." I think not... :-O

7 that ought to get things off and running nicely around here ... hmmm, where's my popcorn

8 That's what happens when I base my info on XM's Fantasy Focus, which was on at noon. =)

7 I think you overlooked that Scott Boras is also Mark Teixeira's agent, and any deal for Teixeira is also going to include a vary lucrative contract extension, as well as prospects given up to get him in the first place. Isn't that maybe equal to, or more costly, than paying A-Rod $30M a year? It certainly is if an extension can be worked out, given that Texas is still responsible for a chunk of A-Rod's contract going forward.

I also wouldn't fault A-Rod for acting in his own best interest, by refusing to negotiate with the Yanks for now. That's good negotiating tactics. Its like when Rivera talked in Spring Training about 'testing the waters' in free agency after this year.

Why should Tampa trade back Pena to the team who dropped him so they could have Minky as their 1st baseman. In two years Desalvo wouldn't even come close to making the TB rotation. Tampa needs to look at the Yankee's as competitors not their farm team and giving away Pena for AAAA pitcher would not be in their best interests. The ERA numbers your quoting were before 2/5 of the rotation was replaced. They still stink but this will probably be the last 3 months they stink. As good as Hughes, Joba, and Kennedy are Price, McGee, Davis, and Neiman can match them. They don't need any minor league pitchers they need major league pitchers and the Yankee's barely have enough of those themselves.

If anyone's interested, over at River Ave Blues, they've got a link up that will allow you to watch Saturday's Trenton Thunder game online for free ...

need a reason to watch?

Joba's starting

7 Who else besides Bonds is Arod best friends with? You do know that in multiple recent interviews, Jeter has expressed great admiration for Barry too, right?

12 The end of that is just not true. Davis is in AA, and has a higher WHIP Kennedy and Chamberlain (.01 below Horne), who don't have as much pro experience as Davis. He can't even approach their K/9. McGee has struck a ton of guys out, but he's almost 21 in A+. Price hasn't thrown a professional pitch yet. For some reason I can't look up stats on Neiman.

Oh yeah, Phil Hughes, who IIRC just turned 21, was no-hitting the Texas Rangers (the ML ones).

I'd like to see the Yanks make Boras blink on A-Rod. Seriously, 7-8 more years? Nobody is going to pay $30M per. Not Boston and the Yanks shouldn't either. It seems to me that the Yanks are positioning themselves to let Alex walk (by offering to negotiate, which they never do during a season) because they know Boras is going to try and play the PR game. Well, the Yanks invented that game and since they have the biggest pockets they can and should use their muscle in this case. Give Boras an ultimatum. Sign at our fair price or we will publicly deny interest in each and every one of your clients from this point on. You think the guys he reps would stick around if that "got leaked"?

Lineup

Damon DH
Cabrera CF
Jeter SS
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui LF
Posada C
Abreu RF
Cano 2B
Phillips 1B

the all star break is over. Someone needs to send out an e-mail and let folks know. :)

damn, i thought that was dropping in.

i think people's arms are tired from all the horse flogging, too tired to type ...

ah. the ol' horse flogging problem. BUT THEY"RE MISSING ANDY PHILLIPS!!!

Boy would that have been a great idea against Krod!

that was a beaut of a bunt!

and a crap of a steal.

Ian Kennedy...5 Ks in the first 2 innings. Pretty, pretty good...

Might be getting closer to time to get milb.tv

what you need is picture (mlb.tv) in picture (milb.tv).

what a shot! good job captain!

HA

Jeter got all of that one.

Is milb part of mlb? If so, they should make a joint package where you can get both deals...

HA!

Um, wow, Alex is good.

Wowza, back to back shots

Now or never motherlovers. Now or never!

26 Ah, the joy of Firefox...if I'm thinking what you're thinking, you can indeed do a sort of PIP (split your browser, so you can surf on the right, watch on the left, or top, or bottom, etc.)

YAY! CAPTAIN AND A-GOD!

33 That's the rallying cry for every game from here on out!

It's been a while since I remember back 3 back Jacks. First time this year?

FYI... I stopped down at the Staten Island Yankees afternoon game today to catch Karstens first rehab start, and it was solid... 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER (solo homer off a high fastball that was probably his only mistake), 8 K, 0 BB and 66 pitches... Not too bad even if it was against some Low A ball competition... Hughes threw a bullpen session last night in SI and the two are driving down to Trenton today for some more work... I know he's not the savior, but he could probably hold down the fort for a while in the 5th starter spot so that they don't have to rush along Hughes... It was promising...

10 years ago, that would've been grounds for a sleepover.

ummmm... that's 2 not 3.

36 Not against us, that's for sure.

The Bronx Bombers!

Is that Chase Wright?

42 Easy now ;-)

Pettitte has developed the worrisome habit of letting in what the offense gets. Hopefully, it doesn't continue.

Argh, here goes Andy starting to suck again.

Jesus... we can't just get out to a comfortable lead and cruise can we? C'mon Andy...

44 Haven't checked the stats, but it seemed to start just around the time he questioned the desire of a few certian somebodies...

It's pretty quiet around here, no?

48 It's the Devil Rays.

is Pettitte's pitch count like 700?

49 Yeah but it's now or never motherlover! Now or never!

47 It's been more wide spread than that. Pettitte has really had a poor season. His peripheral numbers have been weak all year and his ERA is finally catching up. He has also proven to be the anti-Jack Morris (Teams scores 1 he gives up 2; team scores 5 he gives up 6). He has escaped scrutiny because of his reputation and a little smoke and mirrors, but I think you have to be concerned about him going forward.

Brett Gardner got called up to Scranton today. I'd be happy to call him a prospect in spite of all my bluster about the Yanks having no position prospects. Problem is: Where would he ever play? Unless they're thinking Melky could be a RF, which would leave a seriously underpowered OF, there's just no place for him on the club except in Kevin Thompson's "role".

So I wonder if they're showcasing him for Texas. They need a CF and a pitcher like Kennedy and Melky/Gardner plus another prospect could be enough to get Tex (even as I'm lukewarm about the prospect).

I think Brett Gardner will be something like Scott Podsednik as a major leaguer.

Great AB there from Phillips.

54 Only with less pop in his bat...

And that is the best hitting we've seen from Damon in a longtime. He's getting close to Womackian on the year.

Some more RBI's for the captain?

Where was the 3B on that Damon blast?

BTW... thank you YES network bc I thought we weren't going to make it through the AB w/o seeing the replay of his only grannie...

At some point, aren't all the GIDPs coincidence?

That's scoring one the hard way.

61 Or an act of god?

Well.... that was shitty.

63 Well, A-God did say their relationship has cooled.

Letting the D-Rays hang around...not good.

Melky has become an excellent bunter...unfortunately, everytime he lays one down, I am going to think about the game against the Angels and why Torre didn't think to squeeze.

65 As well as their hitting with RISP... ugh... one run with bases loaded and no out with captain and a-god... blah

Tony Womack 2005: .249/.276/.280 (Good god...)
Johnny Damon 2007: .245/.339/.344

So, he's got a ways to go.

66 Him becoming an excellent bunter might not be a good thing. I can see him pulling a Jeter and bunting left and right in totally inappropriate situations.

If A-Rod doesn't win the MVP, I'm gonna set myself on fire.

68 Tony Womack is in a class by himself. He was, as Suzyn Waldman was fond of saying, the fastest man Joe Torre ever managed.

68 Yes, but what if you take out April? I'm pretty sure then his line is right about there.

54 56 Advice: Research before you type. :)

Career mL numbers:
Podsednik: .265 .344 .347 - 2772 AB
Gardner: .293 .388 .372 - 731 AB (up to 2006)
- 2007: .300 .392 .419 - 200 AB

And Garner is 1.5 years ahead of Podsednik's pace. He's hitting AAA in the middle of his year 24. Oh, and Gardner's has a better SB rate -

Podsednik: 190 SB 65 CS (750 G)
Gardner: 95 SB 19 CS (245 G)

I think the Yankees will make a run for the PS. I haven't heard anything in particular... there's no new evidence.... I just have a gut feeling.

73 I've researched Gardner. I really want to like him. I like speedy toolsy guys like him. But even if he's a few ticks better than Podsednick so what. Podsednick is terrible.

Christmas comes early for Hideki.

Rays' OF makes the Yanks' OF look stellar.

73 Though I will admit I was unaware of his improved SLGing in 2007.

75 I think I bash so as to not get excited. And well, the Yanks have needed other position prospects for a few years now.

But look at Gardner's 2007 line. If he's still developing power and he's got that speed, he's a good bit more valuable than Podsednik. Indeed, he could be more valuable than Melky.

78 "I've researched Gardner" - except recently :)

79 I sincerely hope you're right. Because I never know what to make of Matsui.

Toronto's coming back in Boston - 5 to 4.

80 :) No one will ever accuse you of not being gracious when someone else admits their error, right?

81 Think of him as selling a lot of T-Shirts in Japan.

83 Nah, never.

It seems that the AL is catching up to Jamie Shields. Now let's see if he can re-adjust.

75 79 Gardner, especially with a bit of pop, could be a fine 4th OF/spot starter, as Melky seems to have claimed the CF job. Can you imagine the Yanks paying two out of 4 OFs less than a million bucks? The last time that happened, best I can tell, was '95 when Bernie and Gerald both made well under $1M.

Kennedy with 3 H 0 ER 0 BB and 7 K through 6 IP

gotta love that melky delivery!

Fuckin' A! Melky.

HA!

and yes, I did fall asleep for two innings. literally.

86 I think they'd have to trade one of them - unless Melky starts to hit for more power. With that cannon he'd be a heck of a RF. But that would be a hell of risk trusting that job to him for next year. Still he's SLGing .514 in July and he's 22. He could still turn into an Abreu 3/4/5 type.

As I typed, what happened with Melky?

Please Andy, don't stop pitching.

Bad throw Melky.

Melky made a great catch in deep center to rob Pena of at least a RBI double.

But on the next batter, he fielded a single in shallow center, and some dude was trying to go first to third, and Melky made a weak throw to A-Rod at third.

96 The throw was strong; it was the decision that may have been weak. I'm not sure though...they had a great shot at Harris.

97 The throw one hopped A-Rod.

Not a good start for Andy...he is going to have to pitch much better if the Yankees are going to make a comeback.

98 Why does that make it a bad throw? One hop on the bag is pretty good. He was safe by an eyelash.

98 I don't know, it was right on line and the runner was only just safe. Pretty good throw, I thought, though obviously not perfect.

100 The way I saw it, if he had not one hopped it, A-Rod would have had a chance to make a tag lower on the leg.

102 I didn't see it, but that doesn't exactly make it sound like it would have been a sure out if it reached on a fly.

103 Ok, cool.

Navarro has an OPS+ of 30...he would be a big upgrade over Nieves. Scary.

99 we're winning by three runs. Holding the lead IS good enough and much better than his last two starts.

106 Andy gave up 3 runs in 5 2/3. That's an ERA of more than 4.5. That's not gonna get it done.

106 Andy was hit hard. We caught some luck. I can't say I am impressed with his start. But, yes, I guess it wasn't as bad as his last.

Vizcaino for gold glove!

108 Look, if we walk away with a win, then the night's a success... but it's kinda sad that Andy was dodging bullets from putrid Tampa Bay and we have to sit here and say well at least it wasn't as bad as the last time he took the hill.

Viz has looked real good of late. (knocks on wood)

106 It's good enough against the D-Rays tonight, but he didn't pitch well. If he gives that effort against just about any other team, it might be a different story.

107 112 Exactly.

111 Hopefully, Joe doesn't use that as a green light to run him out there every game.

more runs, i want an edwar sighting ... course, with 3 days off, EDSP HAS to pitch tonite, i imagine ...

115 He was out of options or they would have shipped him to the minors during the break for some extra work.

115 No Maas had a great picture of EDSP enjoying his time off.

Good tag-up by ARod

116 really? he's never been up to the bigs before and this is only his 4th year in pro ball ...

115 was he running up mountains with logs on his back all Rocky IV like?

C'mon Jorgie, at least get the ball in the air so A-Rod can score.

116 Do we know for sure that it was Karstens who pitched for Staten Island today? It wouldn't surprise me if EDSP paid the kid so he could pitch in his place.

I can't believe Alex is 5 away from 500. Sosa was what, 35 when he got 500? At age 38 Bonds was at just more than 600.

Incredible.

oh, you meant EDSP ... never mind ...

wow ... the devil fishies have a never ending cavalcade of bullpen suck

121 If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would believe the EDSP bribe... someone needs to stop the madness...

That was a terrible Strike one call on Jorge.

123 Sorry, I should have specified.

Yo.

It's fun to play against a team with a worse bullpen than ours.

Nice baserunning by Hip-Hip-Jorge! First to third on an infield butcher job...

Nice game for Bobby.

Why is Cano so bad with men on 3rd and less than 2 outs!

Actually, nice june and July for Bobby.

131 Is he?

Someone really needs to get on Cano about working the count. If that's Rickey's job as a hitting coach, he'll be fantastic.

131 Because once a guy gets to third, Robby goes out to the Dominican clubs in Queens, and gets shitfaced, and then he's too drunk to hit. Peter Abraham had a post about it.

131 He's said he's pressing. And that AB shows the same thing.

131 Is that to assume that the man-on-third-less-than-two-outs situation is the only one that Robbie is horrible in? I think not... And it won't get any better until he develops a semblance of a sense of the strike zone... No discipline...

133 I'm not sure of the out variable, but he has been bad with --3, -23 and 123, but good with 1-3.

Good to see Farnsworth didn't let the All Star break effect him.

Enter Kombustable Kyle... greeeeeeeeeeeeeat...

139 And that Joe Torre didn't forget he's the "8th inning guy".

134 Uh. Cano is being traded to the Mets??

The stat is about 3 weeks old but at that time Cano had more RBI opps then any other Yankee. His RISP numbers are terrible, currently: 98 abs .214 .255 .347 .602 (Womackian)

131 I think I actually hate watching Cano more than I ever did Soriano at his flailing-at-sliders worst.

When he's slamming one double after the other, it's wonderful...but more often, it's this impatient, first-pitch-swinging, rally-killing BS.

Krazy Kyle sighting!!

LET CRAWFORD STEAL...throw strikes!

138 Okay, yeah, I'm looking at the same thing. That's weird. It strongly suggests (to me) that it's a coincidence and not meaningful. Don't you think?

To: Joe Torre
From: The entire world with eyes
Re: Kyle Farnsworth

He sucks

146 Perhaps...but he has always underperformed with the bases loaded and RISP, so maybe not.

147 Can we actually forward that to him?

Hm. If they're showcasing Farns, it's not working.
And if they aren't, it's not working.

147 When does Torre wake up to the obvious. I don't want to go all Jim Dean on Torre (although it's how I feel), but his formulaic approach is seriously detrimental to the team. Either Farnsworht blows the game or Mariano is forced to pitch in the 8th.

149 Worked for the Mariners fans.

Maybe, PeteAbe can do a readers questions session with Kyle. Every question can be: Are you aware that you suck?

148 True. And I believe league-average with bases loaded is quite high, so Robbie's worse than the stats would appear, even.

What do you think Guidry is saying right now to Kyle?... "Kyle, throw the motherfucking ball over the motherfucking plate and don't let them hit it. How fucking complicated is that?! And take off those stupid fucking glasses, too."

154 I would pay to hear Gator use language like that!

Kyle lives to blow another game!

where did that come from? Farns, where ya been hiding.

Attaboy.
You just know the D-Rays would love to get Kyle in their bullpen now. Maybe we could pick up, like, 125% of his salary and take Baldelli for him?

154 i like his glasses.

154 I honestly think he'd respond to that. The Yanks have had two low key pitching coaches. But I bet he of all people on the team would respond to someone challenging his manhood.

And then the ball would burst into flames.

160 You'd have to be brave to say that to his face though. I know I wouldn't mention any of things I've said about him to his face.

Who was warming up while Kyle was throwing? Any chance of a No-D ninth?

Mariano was...now Myers is warming up.

159 Only Edwar can pull off glasses like that at night.

If Melky gets a little stronger, he just might be something. It seems like he hits a lot of balls hard, but he just doesn't have the muscle to make them carry...at least he doesn't yet.

Oh, good, Myers.
They're definitely shopping Myers, right? Some NL team is interested in him.

163 Mo's still throwing.

I wonder what Chris Britton thinks when he returns to his hotel room at night?

168 "Donuts... mmmmmm."

Good thinking Johny. Take that bat out of A-Rod's hands.

What a silly time to attempt a steal.

167 Sure enough...Mo is still throwing. I guess that's not a suprise as 14 of Mo's 33 games have come in games in which the team was either ahead or behind by 4 runs. Even in a win, Joe finds multiple ways to frustrate me.

166 Probably not, because in the NL people care about things like benches and usually don't waste roster spots on 1 batter pitchers as much.

I had to laugh when the Devil Rays' announcers talked about the "switch-hitting Casanova"

I had to laugh when the Devil Rays' announcers talked about the "switch-hitting Casanova"

Well at least Mo is still awesome.

I must say that I find it hard to complain about a Rivera appearance. Just aesthetically speaking.

At least we know that Mo's still got it... can we talk about contract extensions with him and Hip-Hip while we're trying to slip Boras a roofie and con an A-Rod mulit-year deal?

1 down - 55 to go.

174 Nice.

168 "Gotta get those pictures from Cairo."

Eh, I've used that one before.

177 Well Posada has said that he wants to be a free agent, no matter what. I wonder if with Joe leaving, Posada and Rivera would consider going somewhere else. We'd be dead without Posada next year and I can't bear to think of Mo in any other uniform.

Adam Miller versus Felix...a nice bedtime story...especially because the Yankees will gain a game on someone.

171 Isn't some of that accounted for by the rust that Mo has accumulated from so few opportunities to protect a lead? In other words, Torre looking for opportunities to get him work.

I'm not defending Torre at all in this case, but it seems to me the coaches decided that rust was more detrimental than pitching in meaningless situations in order to get work...especially given the rough start Mo had.

I do agree that there are times that Mo is simply trotted out there illogically instead of the deadwood that should get time in a blowout (Henn etc).

I'm fine with sticking with Viz for a bit. He's got a track record of at least being average, but Kyle is just bad. He's been bad basically everywhere, every year. Yes he has great "stuff" but he can't command it, control it and he has the brains of a monkey.

181 If that happens, maybe the entire team can opt out and take a year off.

181 You're not ready to turn the reins over to Wil?

Hey, so, who is the fifth TB starter, now that Fossum is in the bullpen?

184 Yes but next to humans, aren't monkey's the smartest animal?

186 Only if Miguel Cairo can be my starting first basemen and Kei Igawa starts every game since the Japanese are "durable."

183 I think the rust argument was valid early in the season, but at this point, I think you can/should save Mo for high leverage situations.

Also, to illustrate the point, consider the recent roadtrip: After pitching June 22, Mo is held out of two close extra inning/9th inning tie games on June 23 and June 26, but pitches with the team down 4-0 on June 27. He wouldn't have need to get work on 6/27 if he had been used when the Yankees desperately needed him in the other two games.

Btw, as bad as our team has been at least we're not Rays fans. Yeesh.

189 Can we have a pitching staff of just two then... Kei and EDSP?

191 There are actual Rays fans? I just thought those ppl in the stands that weren't wearing Yankee hats were paid employees.

192 Why use EDSP when we can have Krazy Kyle close for us?

193 BC he can only pitch every other day and only one inning at a time in order to save his fragile psyche... so we should go with Bionic Scott as our relief corp. Can we keep Minky too?

194 No, everyone no Miguel Cairo is the starting first basemen.

On a serious note, if the Yankees bench Andy Phillips for Shea Hillebrand then I believe the entire front office should be fired.

195 Ok, its late, that should read: No, everyone knows...

Woah, Ortiz has a torn meniscus? Anyone know about this?

197 Isn't that the bottom curve formed when a liquid clings to the sides of its container?

197 And if so, this is totally Rocky 6 when "The Line" breaks his hand. This is the chance. "Now or never, motherlovers!" HA!

"Boston's second half started with a victory and the news that David Ortiz has been playing with a torn meniscus in his right knee since last summer.

The Red Sox slugger spoke about the injury following Thursday's 7-4 victory over Toronto, the first game back from an All-Star break that began with Boston holding baseball's best record.

Ortiz stated he isn't concerned because of no swelling in the knee, revealing he suffered the injury last season at Yankee Stadium after getting tangled in netting around the batting cage."

The sea creature jokes write themselves.
He's having an MRI Thursday.

200
The sea creature jokes write themselves.

I understand that Lugo may need surgery to remove a hook embedded in his cheek.

He's having an MRI Thursday.

That's what the Red Sox have instead of Casual Friday.

But seriously, folks, I'll be here all week...

"Last night, Ortiz notched his third multi-hit game in his last four contests. He has gone 9-for-18, with three doubles, a homer, five RBI and eight runs scored over his past five games."

Jeez... with all his injuries, maybe JD needs a torn meniscus too.

The Boston ABC affiliate felt Papi's knee was such big news, they had a reporter outside of Fenway Park live at 7AM to discuss the situation. Apparently, Papi has decided to wait until the offseason to have surgery.

202 Perhaps, but Papi's power isn't there like it used to be. Its taken him from "otherworldly" to merely "great".

Is this the cue for some of our resident Red Sox posters (Beth, ric, and debris among others) to re-appear?

203 Let the short quick decline begin. Mo Vaughn is waiting.

200 You mean like: try to catch that big one, but for god's sake don't hurt the dolphins!