When we look back at this season and ask "when did the turnaround start?" the answer is going to be "that second game against the Orioles in May."

Ok - I've posted this twice and we've lost 11-2 and 12-2. So now we lost 13-2?

5 okay - you better be right this time :}

By the way, I really think it is time for Joba to get into the rotation. We need to get him 146 innings so that he can pitch 176 next season. They should send him down for the rest of May early June and get him ready. Then, his first start should be on June 20 against the Reds (because I'll be in the house).

...I guess I should be more specific.

(6) Man U 1 - 1 Chelsea (5)

Guys, I rooted for the Yankees many years when there was no chance of competing. '67 and '68 were about NOT finishing 10th... last place.

So we did pick our moral victories because there was nothing else. Before Mickey retired, it was simply about seeing Mickey and praying for a good day. I remember rooting for any ONE player, ANY player, to have a .300 average. Then, in '69 it was about a new rookie named Munson, and our one God, Bobby Murcer, hitting more then 25 HRs.

There were small lights here and there, and even a couple of 2nd place finishes. For me, there was no Post Season for TWELVE years... 1976, before we FINALLY beat our nemisis, the Baltimore Orioles.

12 years guys. A number of teams that were not as good as KC or Pittsburg is today. So don't take it for granted and put all your karmic energy into the boys this year.... because they REALLY need it!

Trivia Question: In 1956, Mickey lead the AL in batting with a .353 BA. A NY Yankee only led the league THREE times, with 3 different players, in the next 51 years. Can you name them? And which one bested Mickey's .353?
(And NO looking it up!)

I was wondering that Cano feller and Moeller guy hit the ball on the screws and didn't tap weakly to 2nd.

1994 - Paul O'Neill .359 (strike shortened)

As Butch asked Sundance: Who are those guys?

What do I win?

Unfortunately a labor dispute got in the way of a potentially historic season.

the ghost of Kirby Puckett perhaps?

(too soon?)

And from Peter's commenter Kenneth Keith Kallenbach, here's the youtube of the extra voice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YKxf3OkpJc

NSFW

Though I still think that Jeter should have taken the night off.

Help is appreciated.

You can go here to see where the seats are, and an approximation of the view: http://tinyurl.com/339me5

As to the rest: Shhh. Nobody tell the boys this isn't batting practice.

They've won 5 of the other 6 games.

In 29 April games, 12 times they scored 5 or more runs, and 9 times they won.

So, to recap, Yanks score 5+ runs: 14-4.
Yanks score 4 or fewer runs: 6-21.

And Cy Rasner escapes the jam!

Here's our 4th starter.

Here's another very nice stat. Josh Beckett's 2008 ERA+ is 92.

So, this new 3B guy is good. Do you think he's won the job over Betamit?

Ugh, Shelley.

I agree. We can't expect a lot of shut-out seven inning starts, but a few mixed in with some decent, quality starts, that would be really big. I mean, most teams are happy to have a guy with a 92 ERA+ for their fifth starter. (See 85 .)

BTW, is this some sort of media manufactures "scandal" about Willie Randolph? They should give the guy a break..

Oh, man. Even as I typed...

:-)

51 never to soon on Puckett. They put a halo on him when he died and he wasn't a good guy. I bet that woman he hit in that womens restroom (after he burst into the stall) would attest to that.

Joba for two! (please)

-signed,
Lucifer.

This is a pretty awesome night.

BTW, how many runs do the Yankees have to score in the bottom of the ninth to win? I'm not sure the scoreboard is working right.

Where is william tonight? He's got to be pretty happy, especially if this is true.

191 Sterling is OK, I liked him better in the Sterling-Kay days. I used to like Suzyn, but now, I feel more meh towards her than anything else.

Sterling:booth::Jeter:SS

Getting either of them out of there is going to be messy, but its got to happen eventually.

from RAB:

During his postgame interview with Kim Jones, Joe Girardi fielded a question about Joba's throwing a career-high 35 pitches tonight. His response: "The process has started." That process, of course, is turning Joba from a reliever back into a starter. Girardi, in announcing one of the more significant in-season moves the Yanks will make this year, was very matter-of-fact about it.

http://tinyurl.com/5rtjlj

Colon does not worry me.

One thing I don't get, Kay said over and over again that the GMs voted to utilize instant replay, but he never explained why it's not currently being used. Was this during the off-season and requires others' votes, or was it voted on after the season started? I'm just a little confused...

By the way, I would just love for someone to go all George Brett if that happens again. These guys must be doing this crap on purpose; why I dunno. Are they subject to random testing? Please?

It won't change unless the owners - or the press/public outcry - force it on Bud. It should change, though. Someone (Rob Neyer?) had the perfect argument. Replay on home runs wouldn't cause delays in games, it would remove them. Look how much time the umps conferencing, and both sides arguing, take now. 30 seconds in front of a replay monitor and it'd be done.

I think the umps performance in general has been awful this year, but who am I to judge? I'd rather see whoever is supposedly supervising them (Sandy Alderson's old job) be punished for failing to do his job.