Sorry, now I'll turn my attention to Cleveland.

very excited about jaba chamberlain last night - the 'jaba rules' from torre are classic - what's the chances he honors them in late september - yankees clinging to one run in the late innings and mo has already worked 6 of the last 7 games?

we'll see, i guess.

found a good jaba chamberlain article if anyone wants to see why i'm so excited:

http://www.jabachamberlain.com

anyway - Let's Go Yanks!

Man, Robbie could've walked to third on that throw.

Awesome. I'm looking for seven runs every game, to make 1000 with a little margin this year. But it would be nice to get a bunch in the bank, for when we have to face the great Josh Beckett, for example.

44 Then he needs to carry a bigger stick >;)

I don't know what he took or what he's still taking... but he's 40 friggin 3 and leading MLB in OPS. Amazing.

Agreed on the stick. ;-)

Which is what made the Igawa debacle all the more confusing.

San Franscisco is not a poor area. Their payroll is similar to LAs, Mutts, Cubbies and Atlanta. I think they just have a terrible FO.

I say 3:1 that he does.

I have to admit. I really, really like Mike Mussina. He may be one of my favorite Yankees. I want nothing more for him to be recognized as the HOF pitcher he is, and to get that, he's going to have to rack up wins. I may not be as confident in him this year as I have been in years past, but I we owe him some wins and would like to see him get them.

Farnsworth is a deterrent to that.

55 No arguing with that. They're what the Yanks would be if Tampa had their way, honestly...

57 Not even in sentiment. He's said time and time again, "if they Yankees wanted me, they would have got me a long time ago." They're all waiting on the grand jury, I bet...

Too much time in the southern sun?

I could lose a lot of weight here if it didn't make me more screwy than I already am (I have no problem admitting that >;) Sorry for the mix-up.

76 Spot sarcasm, nothing important >;)

92 You are correct, sir. He and Melky were talking it over, it's been said.

YES and Sportsline can't seem to agree.

98 You're probably right about that under one or two circumstance, but most of the team spit the bit at the worst time, so we'll never know...

Speaking of May 31st...

Red Sox' record since that day this year: 33-31.

A-Rod, A-Rod, A-Rod... what else can you say?

I miss Hideki.

(I said I'm very hungry, okay? You guys have to start crunching mucho stats again if you want me to go eat, hint-hint)

; )

Vizcaino in an 8-run game, when Farns is available? Let me guess, he needs work.

120 Yeah, but that's exactly what you would say...

Other opinions?

Mean while, we are now making Viz. unavailable tomorrow, and we know about the Joba rules. So Farns for sure tomorrow! Yeah!

Has he started hitting yet?

Matsui 2007: .840 ZR
Damon 2007: .815 ZR (admittedly very small sample size)

Make what you will of their opinions. Oh yeah, Matsui has a better arm.

Jason's back! (how un-weeping-like)

So now will everyone say, "Yeah, but Cleveland is obviously in a nose-dive. Wait till they play good teams."?

Oh, also, I guess Vizcaino is available tomorrow after all. So a good performance by Andy would mean the late innings could be pretty safe.

167 No Vizcount Rules?

Sure:

Rule #1: Modechai will use Viz in any situation, as often as possible.

Rule #2: There is no rule #2.

Look, sometimes you have to use a reliver to keep him fresh, no doubt. But there is also no doubt that Mordechai's strength does not lie in managing a BP.

But you did get to use your clever nickname, so props to you.

Of course, the real root of the problem is the silly 13 man staff, which makes it very difficult to find adequate work for everyone in the pen, without overworking the valuable members.

-Jorge Posada
-Robinson Cano
-Shelley Duncan
-Derek Jeter
-Andy Phillips
-Melky Cabrera
-Joba Chamberlain
-Phil Hughes
-Jeff Karstens
-Andy Pettitte
-Mariano Rivera
-Chien-Ming Wang

Hint: In 2000, we only had 6.

The answer is pretty amazing, no?

Though Andy Phillips and to a lesser extend Jeff Karsten /Shelley Duncans arent exactly awsome prospects. (the former being an organizational bench guy at best, the other 2 being iffy 5th starter / decent reliever and a power bench bat)

Still though, does anyone not realize how ridiculas Cano's career start is? he's on a HOF pace and then some, he's career start completely owns Kent / Biggio / Utley . and at least 2 out of those 3 will be a HOFer.

The Force is with the Yankees, OldYanksFan, no matter what certain malcontents might say!

We are going to take the whole fucking thing the way we are playing. Here's a drink to regression to the pythagorean mean.

177 You're day late. One of the beat writers made this point on his blog on Friday. Personally, I do think that counting Pettite toward the total is a bit of a cheat, since his present incarnation is as a free agent signing.

178 Bidge spent the first several years of his career as a catcher, so that comparison is a little weak. That he played three positions, played two of them well and made it to the All Star game in two different positions -- along with the 3000 hits of course -- helps provides enough distinction for him to make it into the HOF. BTW: I'm not knocking him. I am a long-time Astros fan, so plan to attend the HOF ceremony when Bidge goes in, and hopefully Bagwell too.

Can this be by accident? Or is Cashman a lot friggin' smarter then we ever give him credit for?

And all this is without a big name trade in 2 years. And even with the kids we have up, there is still a healthy farm waiting.

We have always had some big name vets and sluggers, but this is the best shape IMHO that the organization has been in in a long time. A dynasty awaits....

This guy has taken a lot of sh*t here.
Can I solicit some Judos?
Are we nothing if not fair minded here?
Is the topic of our future and direction worthy of debate?