My wife doesn't allow the hooting and cursing. Her reasoning is if it's not something we want the eventual kids to see and emulate then it needs to go now. Hard for me to argue there - thus the need to vent here!

Great win last night. Hopefully this afternoon's content (Love the mid-week day games!) seals the deal cause Saturday could be ugly.

Yeah, actually I'm getting used to calling Em my wife. The question that seems to trip me up is when people ask when we got married.

As for my antics it generally depends on her mood. I mean she told me to settle down once or twice last night--when Damon turned a single into a double, that was the moment I believe. Mostly, she ignores me. If I get too insufferable she'll just leave the room. Actually, I've gotten much better at biting my tongue. I wasn't saying nuthin when they were stinkin'. Now that they are showing promise, I'm back to my old self.

With DeSalvo and Igawa going on Saturday I think we might have a Edwar citing before the end of the weekend.

As for today, 3-4 is nice, but screw that, a clean sweep is better.

I must admit, that I'm rather benign watching the Yankees. I think baseball's pace and the pure quantity of games keeps me from yelling and screaming more than I do watching college football (where I am beyond intense).

As for Edwar, I wanted to see Joe use him in the 9th once the lead was padded to five runs, but I understood him not doing so. Had he been lit up the only guys left were Vizcaino and Farnsworth, both of whom needed the day off.

I was annoyed that Joe yanked Bruney when he did. He seemed to recover nicely against his second batter. After the game, however, Torre seemed pretty ticked about his relievers walking people (read: Bruney and Villone), so I don't think Bruney's status in the pen is going to improve.

Hey Kevin (Brown): You Suck!

Such things have been reserved for Kyle Farnsworth lately.

Also, the very first time I heard my dad swear was when Ken Griffey Jr slid across home plate in Game 5 of the 1995 ALDS. I was eleven, and he said it loud, and I was a bit shocked.

I then grew up to be a Cameron Crazie, so I've yelled much much worse during college basketball games...

As soon as I see Farnsworth warming up then that sparks an immediate reaction, Proctor causes me to take a wait-and-see approach, as does Vizcaino. Mo provides the comfort my mom would provide me when I was going to bed when I was eight years old, I can hear her saying "sweet dreams my son". If only Mo can pitch every inning then I wouldn't have a "problem".

I'm so glad mother earth has blessed us all with cest.

I'm convinced my wife helps to find and nurture my redeeming qualities or else I'd be insufferable throughout most of my life. It's amazing what love can do.

Now when we watch the games together I mostly stew in quiet and let the fingers rage here. When things are going good, like last night, there's nothing better than to tangle in each other's arms and enjoy bliss on Earth!

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

ground into a double play? you get the finger.
walk the leadoff man (especially a #8 or #9 guy)? finger.
farnsworth? finger.
niedermeyer? dead.

need a rally? rub the heads of my bobblehead matsui and bronze munson.

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i often blame bad yankee play on my wife; she is supposed to be wearing her good luck yanks sweatshirt for every game, but now that it's july, i have allowed the short sleeve t shirt. if we are still playing bad with the shirt on, i tell her to turn it inside out.

this is much better than the lucky penny i used during the 2004 ALCS. you can only imagine what happened to that damn penny after game seven. actually, after damon's GS.

Man, the team really came alive while I was in Maine and unable to follow even one game (I did hear a Blue Jays broadcast of a Sox game -- those guys are so laid back they must be medicated).

Here's an amazing fact. The Red Sox were 13 and 7 in their first twenty 1-run games this season. They're 1 and 9 in their last ten 1-run games.

But I honestly think Joe worries about things like losing the DH if Jorge had to come in and catch. Ah, what's it's like to be old and bound to "rules".

16 Alex, have you found that your cursing and irrational craziness have gotten worse as you've gotten older? I used to be more calm than seamus describes in 6, when I was in my early 20s. But with each passing year, I get more and more upset more easily, curse at more things, shout and rant and rave. The one thing that holds me back is when the kids are around. Then I force myself to be good, because I don't want them to learn that from me.

1 The trick is to do your ranting and raving after the kids go to bed. This is especially useful when the thing you rant about the most is the bullpen. =)

Voila! No more Nieves!

29 You know, I missed last night's game but I checked in to the thread just to see what you would say about Kevin Whelan. Just in case you wanted to alter your opinion any on the Sheffield trade. Yes yes I know the grade should still be somewhere between mine (Answer Unclear, Try Again Later) and yours (F-), but that was encouraging, no?

Torre's willingness to shake up the lineups has always impressed me. I just like his willingness to be flexible.

That said, I'm beginning to think he just pulls names out of a hat.

Why is Damon leading off?

With a young talent like Melky, I think it would benefit him to have a secure spot at the top of the order as well as in center.

He needs to learn what leading off is about, and really settle into the role. Maybe he doesn't care, but I have to think a kid like him might benefit from some stability.

When we first started going out, she invited herself over one night we didn't have a date, and I warned her I was just watching baseball. I think she expected that meant I kinda hung out, drank a beer and flipped around to check the score. I don't think she was ready for my jumping and screaming.

I think she's afraid to go to an actual game with me, though I did convince her to start wearing a yankees cap (trouble is its pink).

That was maybe the best scene from the show so far because it showed some real humanity between Billy and Reggie.

That show could be so, so much better with a serious writer.

Too much of the human element remains on the surface with lots of "tabloid moments" standing in for genuine depiction of character.

I think the actors do a pretty good job of getting deeper than the script allows (especially Turturro), but I feel that someone should tell the writers that less is more.

Last night, after Damon practically rolled that throw to 3B, I began hoping that Torre would remove him for Thompson as a defensive replacement.

Last night I had Gameday going while she finished watching So You Think You Can Dance, and was fortunate enough to have that wrap just in time for me to flip over and see the A-Rod double.

32 I know numbers aren't always your thing, weeping, but I had a post near the start of last night's thread that showed the difference between batting Damon leadoff, and batting Melky leadoff, is like .142 runs/game. So while there might be an advantage to getting Melky used to hitting leadoff, there really isn't much of an advantage to the Yanks.

That will be the real test of Torre. Unless Damon gets healthy and starts to hit, he doesn't belong anywhere near a playoff roster.

It's surprising though, what you report. Is that to say that Melky's not hitting significantly better than Damon right now?

Also, what's up with Vernon Wells. Seems like he's always done well against the Yanks. Doesn't seem like the same hitter this year. Rios, however, man, nice to see a young talent like that blossom.

Oh, and I didn't mention it last night but John McDonald plays a nice shortstop. He turned a couple of nifty DP's last night, especially the one on Andy Phillips.

What are you trying to jinx us?

Take it back.

I'd venture to guess that I'm pretty much the same way. The only issue in my house is whether or not I scare the dog with my