Johnny Damon CF
Derek Jeter SS
Jason Giambi 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jorge Posada C
Bernie Williams RF
Melky Cabrera LF
Miguel Cairo 2B
Jaret Wright P

And Jeter's in, injuries and all.

Well, I did think Cano needed a day off. And after that homer, I'm not surprised they wanted Jorgie in. He can rest Thursday.

FWIW, Joe promises that Andy will get playing time when they get back to AL rules. He said he thought it was very unfair to schedule two NL series back-to-back, keeping some players from playing for a week.

4 - "Unfair"?? Boo hoo, try having your pitchers bat in every game over in the real man's league, Joe Torre!

Not everyone can play everyday. Giambi's a guy who can do with a rest every now and then. After 5 straight days playing first, facing a tough lefty might be a decent opportunity to do that.

And for the record, I'm not bashing Torre for playing Giambi, but rather for his pathetic record when it comes to Phillips, which you might have been able to figure out given much of the discussion on this site this .

There's absolutely no reason to bench Giambi today. He's hitting well lately. He's not fatigued.

I do read these comments quite a bit and the constant bashing of Joe Torre has gotten way out of hand.

Bad taste on Ozzie? Obsolutely.
Free speech in baseball?

Sigh.

This is why I cannot stand watching Jaret Wright pitch. Walking David Bell? I mean, come on now. These guys are not good hitters at the bottom of the order. Just throw the ball over the plate.

Also, there is not free speech in professional sports. Players and coaches get fined all the time for questioning calls or the judgement of the league.

I personally find it offensive that nobody bats an eye when people call Alex Rodriguez "Gay-Rod" derisively. Are there double standards in the world? Yeah. But just because there are doesn't mean offensive, bigoted speech should be tolerated.

And the fact that that buffoon Guillen then falls back on "well in my country Venezuela it means something different," as an excuse insults the intelligence of everyone he expects to buy it. In Venezuela there are no hate crime laws either, plus Ozzie doesn't live and earn a paycheck in Venezuela.

It's crap. But since it's sports, he won't be fired. Because in sports there are commissions put in place to make sure there are enough African American coches but "fuckin f*gs" are fair game.

Sorry for the rant, I just don't like bigots.

Is it me, or is that like saying "I don't hate Irish people, I love drinking Guiness on St. Patricks Day."

62 Yeah, that was unreal.

Also...the Phillie Phanatic really logs a lot of screen time on the Phils' station. Good to see a mascot still get some love.

And yeah, Cliff, I thought the same thing when I read that weird defense by Ozzie of his open-mindedness toward "those people". Does he have Streisand on his iPod as well?

There was a big stink about that song during the last election. Bush used it while campaigning. Many in his conservative base found it extremely inappropriate. They promised to stop using it, but didn't.

Extreme right for Coulter. Too funny.

So he enjoys "sports" that are really boring? What does that have to do with calling someone a fag?

(My wife is a huge basketball fan and despises it when I "quote" WNBA as a "sport". But seriously, the 2 times I've seen games I've seen a player cry. Not right.)

Funny thing is, Fasano was in Yankee camp just a few years back.

Add lesbians.

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon may love that "pointing to the sky" schtick, but it always seemed a little tacky to me.

I couldn't agree more. Al Campanis--gone, Jimmy the Greek--gone, but no natter who you are, bashing homosexuals is fair game in male professional sports. It's disgusting. Terrell, Barkley, and now Ozzie, and no punishment handed down.

The sad thing here is that Ozzie, as far as I'm concerned, is a top notch manager who directs his players to play the right way. This crap however, will blow over in a few days.

Sorry if that is common knowledge. I just thought about it when I saw Wright launch that bomb.

I don't think so. I think Rowand just knew it was Cairo at the plate and positioned himself accordingly.

Cairo and Wright, woo hoo! Keep your Arod, bat Wang, Wright, Chacon 4, 5, 6.

I think he meant when Wright was in Hot-Lanta.

Yikes, our farm system has been about as picked claen as a Thankgiving day Turkey at John Kruk's house.

One Christmas morning some 20 years ago, Michael Kay encountered an English Jenie and was given a bag containing 20 ten cent words, predominantly among them being "afformentioned" and "demonstrative." In exchange for this gift--quite a vocabulary at his young age--he was forced to promise that he would never again use a multisyllabic word other than those given to him by the Jenie.

I agree. I am just shocked to see Joe doing it.

Cliff,

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe KC's entire team payroll is less than the amount allocated to them from the prifit sharing agreement. While at the same time, KC's owner has more perosonal wealth than George Steinbrenner.

.201 .305 .240

I'll take my chances with Bubba and Melky.

(And why does it seem like he was playing a lot better than his numbers suggest whenever we played him?)

We were wondering last night why Joe didn't stick Bubba in RF in the 9th. Bubba would probably have gotten Utley's hit, meaning Howard would never have gotten to the plate.

I think Torre was afraid they'd tie it up, and he wanted Bernie in.

He walked the pitcher, fer crissakes.

Over the last ten games, these are some of the all-stars that have shut down our high octane offense.

And some fans were wondering if we could pinch-hit Wright for him..

But he did his usual turn into a pumpkin trick in the 5th. :-P

Yes, our offense tonight is Miggy Cairo and Jaret Wright.

He ended up getting in down to 1.46 before the call up. But still had 25 bb in 46 ip. He's getting the job done for Boston, but the peripherals ain't that great. Lotta k's thanx to tonight, but 9 walks in 16 ip.

All those jokes about the pitcher being the only one who can get the runner in from 3rd should get old quickly...except that there's an awful lot of truth to them.

Man, Giambi looks absolutely helpless.

I for one am hoping he saved his one hit per week for tonight...

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it...

I agree. They are doing all this with no pitching, a bullpen worse than
ours, and Papi and Manny off thier averages.

That's because they are by far the best team in baseball.

I wish! He just "had" to be a closer. What ever happened to doing what's best for the team that overpaid you?

We'll see.

I hope they continue to get beat up. I drafted Anthony Reyes because I figured Aruba Boy would be in prison or on the DL by now. I'll take a meltdown by Mulder and Marquis to get Reyes in the rotation.

That said, Mulder or Marquis aren't going to get pulled from the rotation unless they hit the DL.

Melky is money.

A man can dream. I really thought Ponson would do something to get hurt or arrested. Maybe he doesn't have enough time because he's learning LaRussa's convoluted signs and over-complicated rants. Lawyers shouldn't be managers, and I'm a lawyer.

Jeter overrated, umm no, but don't get me started on LaRussa.

Short answer, umm, NO!

Careful there, careful.

242 I agree 100%

Get out! Really, so it was an homage to himself? How about they put it where all homages to ones self belong, out here with me in LA.

And yeah, Stallone is as vain as they get, but I still love Rockys I and III, and some of II!

Dude, come on, MR.T, seriously? Maybe II, definitely I, but Mr.T?

I pity the fool who likes Rocky III!

Abreu spoke earlier in the week to Yankees third base coach Larry Bowa, who managed the Phillies from 2001-04. Bowa said it seemed to him Abreu was ready for a change.

That's the kind of employee you want, the kind that wants to me mediocre. I thought we should sign him, once it became clear BJ Ryan wasn't willing, but 6 Mil. Per, come on.

What's going to happen if we make the playoffs and he needs to take the mound in a tie game in the 9th?

So yes, I hate the Mets...because of one person. Which is a shame, because I would like to root for them because my grandma is a Mets fan.

But no, I'd rather the Braves be in first.

/end incoherent post.

I'm just kidding by the way.

274 - Easy solution to that problem...root for the Marlins! :)

I am livid.

Normally I will defend Torre and most of his bullpen decisions.

But I am livid.

Light the torches.

On a similar note, anyone else notice Proctor has more innings than Chacon?

304 Yes, Pavano! By gum he's throwing it around in Fla. Isn't that great news? Finally, something we can all believe in. Whew!