and speaking of cano:

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Did that make sense or just confuse everyone even more?

Nope. Makes complete sense to me. I considered the division to be in play most of this season, until now. Unless the Yankees can get the lead down to three or four games, the division is simply not in play, and there is no sense getting anyones' hopes up in that area. If the Red Sox pick Dye up and Schilling gets healthy, the Yankees have absolutely no chance to win the division, barring some miracle.

I am watching the Angels game, and to be frank, I just don't get it. How the hell is this team winning so many games? The pitching is anything but stellar, and well, the lineup isn't anything that should scare anyone. Maybe a manager can actually impact a club more than I thought (see Leyland, Jim, and Scioscia, Mike). I wondered why so many people were surprised by the Mariners, as their lineup is clearly better than any other in the AL West. I actually think the Mariners will wind up winning the West. With Cleveland in a virtual tie with the Tigers, and the Angels and Mariners pretty tight, we have a handfull of teams we are fighting. But we shouldn't begin to believe that the playoffs are in play, much less the division, until we do something over an extended period to truly make that possible. With the Angels likely to make a run at Tex, and Boston likely to make a run at Dye and possible pitching, we are in deep deep doo doo if Hughes does not only come back, but dominates, and Karstens and Chamberlain are able to give a useless bullpen some strength.

OK. Robbie's out and Andy's foul drive are encouraging. C'mon fellas, find those gaps!

Please say our boys will respond with a 8 run inning...

Nice skip-to-my-lou by Bobby... peace >;)

C'mon, Bobby. Drive one!

* Pacific time, right now...

I think Mats should be tried at first.

"Trying" Matsui at 1B is a deadend, in my opinion. The team already has too many DH/1B types who can't play in the OF at all; if Matsui's bat must stay in the lineup, he's better utilized in the OF.

Sorry, I know that's not contributing much to the convo, but geez loueez it's frustrating.

Here comes Miggy with the bases juiced. Hope you can get a ground ball here, and pray that it doesn't have eyes...

Game over.

Ugh. Could have been worse, but still...ugh.

Um, yeah, the games over.

I'm off.

Duck Alert.

Bruney's useless. Trade Proctor for some decent bench help, bring up Joba & Britton

He was roommates with Bubba Crosby for awhile in his college days. Amazing that one room could hold so much spirited, hustling scrappiness...

Duck Alert.

Sorry to be so negative but damn this team!

5 games out of the WC. Keep hope alive.

LETS GO YAN-KEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, quest. had a lot of abbrev.

Now, Damon hitting weakly to second into a rally killing DP--that is NOT an aberration. See 134.

Gawd, this game was a knife through the heart. It would have been easier to watch if they hadn't had that too little, too late rally.

The comeback only makes the loss harder to take.

Or because the Yankees deployment of the DH, as a spot to rehab injured, light hitting players who are anemic against LHP?

Seriously, though, there is absolutely nothing wrong with PH for the DH, and since the move requires no parallel change to the defense, it is the position for which platooning and situational PH is most applicable.

Shoot, I'd PH for Damon there even if the righty was still pitching. Or at least have him bunt.

Wasn't that the textbook case of a bunt actually being advantageous using run expectancy? Torre's use (and lack of use) of the bunt is confounding.