I'm not suggesting we release Molina when Jorge comes back, just that moeller seems to be hitting better

By the way, if anyone is interested, counting tonight we're about to go 12-6 over our next 18 games and will be 33-31.

hey, lookie! 1st pitch swinging for robbie.

And didn't there used to be kangaroo courts in clubhouses where players would fine each other for quick 3 pitch innings and the like? Jeter's been around long enough to know better.

His OBP was forty points higher and his SLG thirty three points higher last year.

80 Totally agree.

But Jason, bubby, would it kill you to take the ball the other way once in a while?

Anyone see the two salamis for the BoSox today? And then they came kind of close to blowing an enormous lead. Entertaining game.

I don't watch ESPN.

And Cano's performance is just disgusting.

Oh, wait, the three plate appearances today show that I'm wrong. Sorry.

Go Joe!

Robby? First pitch grounder to second?

That's baseball!!

Yaaayyy!!

11-6 over the next 17 boys; the tide is turning.

He looked sharp.

Today.

(Watching the recap.)

He was also great paying a gay man in "the birdcage"....later we learned that he wasn't actually acting.

I'm not sure I've ever seen that before.

Still, shouldn't an out be recorded when that happens, somehow?

He's horrendous in the field, and those long, looping strikeouts just drive me nuts.

Bedard and Felix are up next...it would be nice to see the offense lock in for those two.

It was awesome.

Is there some relationship between this two men?

I have no idea what I'm talking about.

2 of 3 against Seattle
2 of 3 at baltimore
2 of 4 at Minnesota
2 of 3 against Toronto
3 of 4 against KC

That will put us at 33-31 (roughly the same as last year). We gotta take these baby steps.

BUT unlike last year when we were 33-31 (or maybe it was 32-30), we will not lost 9 of the next 11 because we'll have Oakland, Houston, San Diego, Cincy, and the Pittsburgh Welfare Queens.

275 July. that's the best part. We'll roll into July and that's where we'll do some damage because we only have 2 road trips in July (to Boston and Toronto). We play 18 home games and 6 road games in July AND have 4 off days surrounding the all-star break. Plus, assuming we even have 1-2 all stars, they won't be traveling.

the worm is turning.

The diamond in Molina's ear is massive.

He's a good pitcher and a lefty and we all know that the Yanks have done horribly against Lefties this season.

So I'm not happy with the hitting. But when it counted, Cano took two pitches and got a good pitch to hit. That's lesson #1 from "the science of hitting" by Ted Williams (one of the best OBP guys ever) -- GET A GOOD PITCH TO HIT.

Maybe they can start taking more pitches and get on-base a bit more. I blame Kevin Long for that. We've missed two guys with OBP's in the .380's to .400 and they would put more pressure on the pitcher and defense.

And indeed they trail by nine at the end of the third! Sweet.

A win is a win and I'll gladly take it. I just hope the approach improves.

Because he was really hitting before, but then, when suddenly he became an important bat, he kind of disappeared.

I hope that's what it is, because I starting to have minor concerns that he can't hit a consistent .280-290 with a bunch of walks.

No, and that's partly why Jose Tabata took a powder for a few days, in AA no less. They're kids, for chrissake... this is not KC or Tampa, where the expectations are a whole lot less and the draft picks are much higher, this is NY where everyone has lost their blasted minds because we've won four rings and have consistently made the playoffs for the past decade plus... it's insanity to think that the pressure he's under in this kind of situation is standard for baseball.

I kinda think Joe knows this too, and though his flipping out obviously made an impression on everyone who saw it, he himself said he didn't do it to motivate his team, he was genuinely angry (though he wouldn't say it on the record).

I believe that illustrates how much we take for granted; we miss so much of the obvious because we always try to analyze what people say or do without any regard for them personally. Why try to rationalize it? Eff it, he'll either do or don't; sooner if we leave him alone and let him function with his team.