Yankees wrap up the trip

Breaking News front page in the Tampa papers tomorrow:
YANKEES FIRE GIRARDI

I'm a die hard Yankee fan but this team really stinks. I hear the excuses and the promises of change yet this is the same team that finished the season getting stomped by the Indians. Am I the only fan that is tired of seeing a 209 million dollar team play under .500. Come on! I don't want to hear about being patient with this team. Think about it, they are paying Giambi 23 million dollars to bat under .190!!! A-Rod is getting 25 mil to watch from the dugout. Don't get me started on the most overrated player in the history of baseball, Abreu. I'm tired of this team and the promises of this "teams" management.

Yay! A Jeter single! (I have to have SOMETHING to cheer for!)

Sit down, Big G.

I disagree, Big G has been leading the AL in homeruns and walks.

Message from the Rays: Thanks for coming, Yanks. You are our punk b__ch!

Ian kennadia is euro trash

He just punched out looking, bpark. That is what I was talking about.

What the heck is Ian Kennadia being given another chance for? Trade him to Iraq already.

Compared to Ian Kennadia, Clemens has already won 20 games this year.

Kennadia will start in Tampa and get with single A Tampa before being deployed to Iraq.

I'm with you jenexgod the faster they dump Giambi the better. The guy can't field and is not even batting his weight. The Yankees are not going to resign this guy so unload him. Another Carl Pavano-like player. As for Kennedy it sure does appear that Cashman made a huge mistake holding on to him and Hughes and not trading for Santana. Unless this team does a 180 soon it is going to be a long, long season because they stink.

In case you forgot FIRE GIRARDI

CUT KENNADIA, CUT HAWKINS, TRADE BETAMIT, OPTION DUNCAN.

Giambi's option won't be picked up but I bet he's re-signed.

Bet "I can't lose 50 pounds of my sorry *** before I'm traded"amit has no worth whatsoever, he's worthless, talentless garbage, just like the child molester Roger "The Savior"Clemens. Feds are now going after him for molestation charges. Pena will lead this team into the toilet!!

Sounds like Giambi is becoming an older version of Betamit!!

Holy cow, a run scored!

GLewis, I guess Girardi would be manager of the year in your book. Pena would be a short term option.

OMG!!!!! This team actually strung some hits together and scored?

Martinez is 4-2 3.10 with the Mets, but Mets are only in 4th 20-19. Doesn't sound like he has made any difference at all.

Too bad Molina was plugging the basepaths. WAY TO GO, CAPTAIN! RBI SINGLE!

Time to PH Godzilla!

Nevermind.

At least I don't get hysterical like a 15 year old girl at the first sign of trouble like you do bpark. Uhhh-ohhhh here comes Clemens run for your life!!!!

Absolutely ridiculous, firing a manager when the team is only .500 and 4 games back. Don't give up your day job to become GM of the Yanks bpark.

What do you expect? This team is loaded with slow-footed sloths.

Girardi was a poor hire. He is way out of his league and the record and team performance shows it.

This team is in no worse a position than it was last season with Torre. What do you expect Girardi to do? Take the hill every night? Take every AB for this team? This team's struggles aren't all his fault just like they weren't all Torre's fault last season when they struggled.

If you want to see a change start at the top of this organization, and fire the people responsible for putting this garbage together!!

OK. The pen is keeping us in this game. We need 3 runs. Go YANKS!

Difference was I had full confidence in Torre and he showed it.

Cashman has taken all of Bob's work and pooped all over it.

Matt, becareful what you wish for...like I said if Cash is gone, Hank will sign every big free agent and trade the farm.

Veras is quitely doing well

Agree with you matt and start with Cashman. Girardi did NOT put this team together Cashman did. Finally some life out of this team 2 runs in and 1st and 3rd. Giambi up and once again Mr. Clutch or should I say Choke doesn't produce. What a waste of $$$$$.

Matt, Last Year...Torre sat the team down in Toronto and they went on about a 15 game win streak getting to within about 4 games. Girardi isn't capable of that.

Long live Gene Michel.

This team is better at this point than it was last year. There are some needed changes though. Lets get Joba in the starting rotation. There is no sense of letting him pitch one inning every 5th day. He just as well throw 7 every 5th day. Kennedy could be good in the future. I hope there will come a day when the Yankee fans are glad he was not traded for Santana, but that day will not be this year. He needs to spend the summer in the minors. There are no pitching options out there, Joba to the starting rotation seems like the best direction in my opinion. And please, do not say Wells or Clemens are better options at this point and time. I would rather have watched Joba pitch 7 innings today and hope the bullpen could get the ball to Rivera than to watch this knowing that Joba nor Rivera will be throwing.

I don't know about that bpark. Steiny will probably do that any way whether Cashman is there or not. Any kind of change would be welcome.

CANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Down by 3 and he's first pitch swinging!!!! WTF!!!!!!!!

I wonder if Ian Kennadia is in the running for pitcher of the year?

Cano, Canseco, Sheff. They swing at every pitch.

bpark,

IT wasn't all because of Torre. This team recognized it had to make changes at the time and did that. Plus it got lucky and hit a patch where they played weaker teams which enabled this team to get better. This team may have to make changes again, anything to inject some life into it.

I would like us to acquire someone like BJ Upton, someone who will be around for 10 more years and is already major league ready.

As oppose to people in their 40s.

Matt, I am not sure this team with Girardi managing could have beaten weaker teams, they are struggling with 2nd tier pitching this year. Damon at 1B now

Damon at 1B and Edwar Ramirez is going after hitters.

Edwar's ERA 0.0

FIRE GIRARDI

If Paul O'Neill was the bench coach right now, he'd be in line to take over but he's not, so FIRE GIRARDI AND THOMPSON AND THE HITTING COACH AND THE STRENGTH COACH. PROMOTE PENA, HIRE MARTINEZ TO REPLACE PENA, HIRE O'NEILL FOR BENCH COACH.

Second tier pitching, bpark every time you post you show your lack of intelligence. Kazmir is not a second tier pitcher. In fact if you would read anything you would find the Rays pitching has been very good this year.

I am not talking about Kazmir.

Kazmir is among the elite in the AL.

Kenny Rogers clearly is not an ace but he has 2 wins against us this year.

Way to be aggressive in the 9th. Nice backwards K, Abreu.

Edwin Jackson is not an ace he's beat us twice this year. He destroyed him last year.

We torched Edwin for about 20 last year.

I consider Kazmir a great young pitcher for the record.

This is embarrassing. Where is my Cubs hat?

The coaches aren't the ones striking out and barely hitting.

1 and 3 against Tampa in this trip = FIRE GIRARDI.

I don't buy the crap that the players are to blame. The buck stops with the manager. FIRE GIRARDI.

I just came home from lacrosse practice and this is what greets me on TV? If there is ever a time to rebound it's this weekend.

We are making Tampa look like a 3 peat WS team. They will probably end up last at the end. FIRE GIRARDI.

Sweet. We scored our requisite 2 runs, and Girardi put a child in the Lion's den. All in all a great game.

bpark,

I got to disagree with you about this team's inability to beat the weaker teams. They did sweep Seattle, took 2 of 3 from Chicago, 2 of 3 from Toronto, actually swept Tampa back in April, split with Cleveland in the first series the two teams played each other, and split the first series with Tampa. So they can beat the weaker teams, and be competitive with the better teams in the AL. This team is just playing like crap, and can't do it on a consistent basis.

Another thing, what are you going to say if the Yanks fire Girardi, and replace him with Pena or someone else, and things just get worse?

So Girardi is purposely telling them to not hit? Yeah I see that.
In all seriousness, none of them are doing there job right.

bpark,

I got to disagree with you about this team's inability to beat the weaker teams. They did sweep Seattle, took 2 of 3 from Chicago, 2 of 3 from Toronto, actually swept Tampa back in April, split with Cleveland in the first series the two teams played each other, and split the first series with Tampa. So they can beat the weaker teams, and be competitive with the better teams in the AL. This team is just playing like crap, and can't do it on a consistent basis.

Another thing, what are you going to say if the Yanks fire Girardi, and replace him with Pena or someone else, and things just get worse?

By matt_saiki@yahoo.com on May 15, 2008 6:57 PM

They sure are not hitting pitching that should be easier targets.
I am gonna say Pena to Paul O'Neill. Yankees are in need of a leader they all respect.

So Girardi is purposely telling them to not hit? Yeah I see that.
In all seriousness, none of them are doing there job right.

By obsportsgirl92@aim.com on May 15, 2008 6:58 PM
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Bad coaches = poor play

The Yankees groomed Mattingley for this job and then hire Girardi. Mattingley would have received a better level of respect. However, Pena was the correct hire.

TEAM W L % GB
Tampa Bay 23 17 .575 -
Boston 24 19 .558 0.5
Baltimore 21 19 .525 2.0
Toronto 21 22 .488 3.5
New York 20 21 .488 3.5 "Rock Bottom"

Streaks: W1
Last 10: 5-5
Home: 9-9 Road: 11-12
Runs Scored: 171
Runs Against: 174 "The Problem"

Again, it's not realistic to think this team will fire Girardi while they are around the .500 mark and are going still within reasonable range of the divisional leaders. Also respect is one thing, results are another. This team isn't going to pull the trigger on Girardi with the risk of things getting worse.

Just for the record, the Yanks scored only 11 runs on Jackson in 3 starts. Except for 2 starts this season, Jackson is shutting teams down.

Bpark, I would love to go and check your posts when we were selecting a new skipper. I remember that I was only 1 of maybe 3 people who were NOT in favor of Girardi, and even I supported the decision when it was made. I don't remember exactly, but I could swear that you liked the idea of Girardi back then. Right now none of that really matters. Right now, WE ARE ALL RIGHT. Girardi is making terrible decisions, the lineup can't hit, and Hughes and Kennedy (so far) have been a total bust. I feel that Hughes is big league ready, and I think that Kennedy is too. Putting him in this game was a huge mistake, as I have been saying since early this morning.

That's not so true. If anyone hit a three run home run in the ninth and we tied the game or won it or whatever, people would be calling Girardi a genious for that "closed door" meeting yesterday. Because no one hits, *all* the blame goes to him. If the Yankees were winning no one would care about Girardi not sending the runner here, or not having a hitter swing there...If the Yankees get going and start hitting when it's needed, Girardi would look like a pretty cool manager. He could only instruct the players and coach them...he's not on the field with them. He's just as pissed off as all of us. The only difference is we're not being blamed for the way this team is playing.

Down and Down we go like a leaf that's caught in the tide.. Our hitless wonders did it again. A resounding 6 runs scored in 4 games. We were lucky we weren't swept.
Trade Kennedy, Betemit, option Duncan, Put Giambi on the DL, Eye problems. We are in a better position than 2007, Only 1 game better and !0.5 out of 1st. But will it be possible to make a run as we did last year, With the phenomenal finish. ??
WE NEED TO HIT TO SCORE, HOW MANY MORE GREAT PITCHERS WILL WE HAVE TO FACE?? Are we that bad or are these pitchers that good??
"GO YANKEES"

Chaz, check my posts. I said I liked Pena.

Why put the kid after Moose when they have similiar pitching styles? You put the kid against Kaz' get him a win boost his confidence. Check my post from last year "Torres curse is upon us". This isn't Girardi's fault though. Though I had Johan all the way because he's the man. I really Phil can get his game together. Is the Moose's ERA dropping down to "I told ya' so" or what?

Listen up, Fellow bloggers -
I expected the young pitchers on this team to have rocky years. I think that none of us were blind or stupid enough to expect them to win 20 games each. The caveat to them being able to learn by doing was that we all expected them to get run support. Right now we can't expect these youngsters to come out against a division leader's staff ace when we (Girardi) knows we cannot score to support him. To me, it's almost as if he waved the white flag and fed the poor kid to the sharks. Say what you want, but we do not need IPK, or Hughes for that matter, to contend for a Cy Young. We need them to get innings. While this is happening, we need this offense (that was projected to score 1000 runs) to give them room for error. Are we all on the same page as far as what I am posting goes? What we need to get EVERYTHING to start clicking is this team to start scoring runs like they can.

Does Girardi have his fair share of mistakes? Sure.
Do we all? Yeah.
Did the season just start a month ago? Yeah.
Should this team start hitting? Hell yeah.
I say wait until all-star break. If the team has a losing record then, you know it’s the manager’s fault. Because the past ten years under a different manager and almost all the same players…we’ve been winning by the break. If Girardi and this team doesn’t shape up until the break…then hell, I’ll volunteer to clean out the guys office myself. I think that they will though. There’s been injuries, it’s been tough but it isn’t an interesting baseball season if there aren’t obstacles to overcome. And the past ten years we’ve been overcoming. Not overcoming all the way until the world series, but we’ve been managing just fine. Just wait for the record to rise…it always does.

It's Girardi's fault, because Cano keeps swinging at the first thing he sees? It's his fault that Giambi ain't hitting jack? It's his fault that he has no-talents like Betamit taking up space on the roster for no reason? It's his fault that injuries keep hitting this team? It's his fault this team is two starters short of a full rotation? I don't think so!!

Here Chaz,

Fellas,

I didn't think I would say this....I want Pena, Donnie can sit next to him. Reach out to Paul O'Neill. I like the high energy...WS next year. Torre needs to work for the organization in some capacity..an advisor type role.

By bpark23@hotmail.com on October 24, 2007 5:52 PM
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bpark
i know your pains about not watching yanks in the WS, and i understand why you say "pena" but when you feel better, you will say yeah girardi or donnie will outperform pena down the stretch.

and torre can never come back, in any capacity, any role.

bridges have been burned and the wounds are very fresh right now.

and lastly, ws next year, even the biggest yankee fan knows what to expect next year, pitching challenges, team in transition, young and semi-old, BTW that biggest fan is the boy who cuts everyone's checks, he said so himself that next year will be a "transition" year.

disgusting redsox are winning, so pathetically i could even watch a full inning, i just went to sleep.

i hate the redsox so much!!!

By redsoxlose@hotmail.com on October 25, 2007 7:42 AM

OBSG, The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. The time to start playing baseball at 100% intensity is in April, NOT JULY.

Its Girardi's fault we want to win and we don't have time for him learning to coach veterans. GET YA FEET WET SOMEWHERE ELSE, GO SIT WITH PINELLA. FIRE GIRARDI WATCH CONTINUES.

I WILL BE WAKING UP EVERY MORNING EXPECTING THE INERTABLE HEADLINE, GIRARDI FIRED GAMMONS REACHES OUT TO MATTINGLEY.

Again, Pena or O'Neill don't guarantee any change. No guarantee this team wouldn't be going through the same thing it's going through now if Pena or O'Neill are manager.Also who cares how much respect the players have for these guys if it doesn't translate into success.

Okay fine, so the Yankees are insane. If you ask me 26 world series titles is pretty insane. I’m not rooting for the same crap beginning, comeback ending at all. I’m just saying that this what the team did last year. No one expects to start playing the game at 100% intensity in April. Things get started in April. When you start up the engine of a car you don’t expect it to speed off right away (unless it’s a sports car). Guys figure out stuff in spring training and some actually continue learning things in April. Still having spring training in mid May is ridiculous but the Yankees will bounce back. Eventually Arod will come back and Jorge…All I’m saying is that the Yankees didn’t start off great. None of us can change that…but there is about 5 months left of baseball. A lot could happen in five months. My mom gets a new botox every five months. My little brother grows two inches over five months…The Yankees can score some runs and build up a record in five months. If they start playing intense baseball now I have no problem with that.

"who cares how much respect the players have for these guys if it doesn't translate into success."

I would say Torre was the most successful manager I have seen.

I would say we have a vote. Jeter, Cash, Reggie Jackson, Hank Brenner, George vote on Girardi.

Hate to burst your bubble, bpark, but Joe Girardi has a three-year contract. He's not going anywhere in '08.

Cool Bryan but I want Girardi fired

bpark, could you please give a specific about Girardi. If your saying the players don't respect him, give an example of disrespect displayed towards Girardi. This team is nothing different than last year. They are vets and respect the game. Some of them are struggling, but they respect the game and each other. So, please give an example of disrespect or something Girardi has done wrong. He doesn't pitch, he doesn't hit, he doesn't field. You state that Torre is the best manager in your opinion. The Yankees were 19-31 at the 50 game mark last year. He had a healthy ARod, a healthy Posada. Explain that.

Please read my posts in the previous thread, thanks.

Girardi does not need to go anywhere. Face it fans this team is not that good, especially with A-Rod and Jorge out, Hughes on the shelf etc. This team will be lucky to finish at 500 this year. Lots of changes should happen after this year and perhaps with some better signings, trades and development of players the Yankees maybe better in the new ballpark.

You have nothing on your lists. The only questionable thing you mention was pitching to Manny with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Other than that its the players. Late inning adjustments, like what? We don't have a defensive specialist to come in a play first. So what would suggest. You have nothing on your list.

Bryan, it wouldn't be the first time someone with a multi year deal got fired in the first year. Look at Larry Brown with the Knicks. Granted he finished out the year but he wasn't under Hank. FIRE GIRARDI

The season is only a *quarter* over and everyone is looking towards next year? Any of you fans who think this year is a waste have extra tickets you don't want? I'm set for a while but I could use some August tickets.

I WOULD SUGGEST FIRING GIRARDI.

bpark, just like I thought, you don't have any answers.

Girardi should be in the military, he is not preparing this team right. He is a catcher, he can't do much for Cano or Giambi, etc. He was excellent with young kids, not veterans who are still loyal to Torre. Girardi is the wrong man, Pena was the right choice. Giambi shedding 80 lbs with the Girardi conditioning program doesn't not help him consistently hit singles, to Giambi's credit he has been walking alot, fielding well and hitting the ball hard.

What position did Torre play?

20 yeard of experience

*years

Giambi was on the DL at this point last year. You contradict yourself, Girardi is great for young players, but he can't do much for Cano. How old is Cano? You don't know what your talking about, and I'm embarrassed because I'm even responding to idiotic comments.

Girardi cannot do much for Cano, Mattingley was the answer for Cano. Torre had a guy like Mattingley who could work with the hitters any hitters, I brought Giambi and Cano because of their average.

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New York Yankees. Their greater need is pitching, and a trade of Hideki Matsui or Johnny Damon would be necessary to clear left for Holliday. The Yankees, though, have payroll flexibility; more than $80M in salaries is coming off their books at the end of the season.

The Yankees are facing young, maturing pitching staffs...from the Indians to the Rays...no doubt, that their bats are cold now but you can not blame that On Joe Girardi, the batting coach, or any one else...We are simply seeing postion players "aging" in front of our eyes...same as old, star studded team like San Antonio trying to fend off the young, energetic, and talented New Orleans Hornets...How can anyone have thought that Hughes and Kennedy with less than 2 years in the minors, would be able to dominate in the "Show" ! Betamit is not the problem...hes only 26....the problem is your aging stars...The good news is that our bull pen has been stellar and has proven that they can keep us in the game from the 6th to 9th inning. Girardi's only mistake was not letting the absurdly overrated/cocky Kennedy stay in the minors. Kennedy is not ready to compete at this level...neither is a healthy Phil Hughes. Girardi should have stayed with the original plan of starting Igawa...this is how you ruin a pitchers confidence. The Yankees best bet is to give Steve White, and Dan McCutcheon a chance, while its still early, to see if they can fill that 5th starter roll. Also need to return Shelly Duncan to AAA...Shelly tries to pull every pitch...and is over matched by any pitcher with a good fast ball...Release Ensberg...another below average bat. Betemit and Gonzalez can fill in adequately.

I agree with alot of what you said Key in terms of what to do. Yes, get cocky overconfident Kennadia and Duncan back to the minors, cut Ensberg and get a real first baseman to split time with G. Steven White is up, good luck.

Cash said he would try first from within, is White the last realistic shot? We don't want to rush guys here, Kennedia was clearly rushed TWICE.

FIRE GIRARDI

Check this out...Former NFL WR Chris Henry is on house arrest, his home is being foreclosed and up for auction, wonder where his new house arrest location will be?

The reality is as good as Kazmir, Sabithia and others are, we should be able to get atleast 3 runs a night while having our starters give up a maximum of 3 runs. The past 2 years, we felt like we would need 6 runs a night to win games. We are barely managing to lately while other than Mussina and Wang, we are not getting it done. The bullpen has been surprisinglt good after wacking Traber. When both hitting and pitching is struggling, the manger needs to be held accountable.

How the heck do we explain losing to Kenny Rogers not 1 flukey time but twice?

Once again bpark's alter-ego shows up, nice try bpark!!

Tony Pena will only lead this team down the toilet, glad to hear Girardi sin't going anywhere. Torre was successful for other reasons other than getting the respect of his players. Having the resources of the Yankees helps. No talent players like Betafart are the problem, all they do is take up roster space unneccesarily while real talent is being wasted unnecessarily. The problem isn't that we can't beat the weaker teams, this team has proven without doubt that it can while at the same time be competitive with the better teams, it's that this team isn't consistent at all.

Replacing two young pitchers with almost no ML experience with two more young pitchers who have no experience at all isn't the answer either. It's obvious to anyone with half a brain that Hughes and Kennedy are ready to pitch at this level. Pena is crap, yanks don't need him period!!

The real solution is that change needs to be made at the top. I'm getting sick of seeing this team get bogged down by mediocre talent who have no business playing on this team like Betafart. A new direction definitely needs to be taken.

OBSports girl, other teams in this division are like Lamborghinis and we ( the Yankees ) are a Dodge Ram.

Off to New York now to see if we can rebound against... Johan Santana. Good luck getting a hit, lineup. I say the Yanks do a full awing lineup trade with the Yanks on July, that way we'll have te money to BUY thebest pitchers in the game, never trading for them.

I was never sold on Girardi in the off-season, and I was right. As a manager, he sucks. He's a guy who should be analyzing the game, in fact, when he gets interviewed and gives answers, he sounds like he's still back up in the booth. He's talking about what we needed to do, and not concentrating on putting it in play ( the managers job...? ).

Insulting Torre like that proves the Yanks right, and I'm sure he's thanking God he's not here anymore; Having to deal with a whole team ( THIS team ) and Hankbrenner, while he flicks the channels on the tube.

In fact, I became a Dodger fan just because Torre accepeted their managerial job. I'm proud to be a Yankees fan ( and aspire to play there one day ) but... it's a little ambarassing to be a Yankee fan right now.

Matt Holliday would be a great boost to this club, but I wish Cashman good luck on trying to move one of Matsui or Damon. Damon is and aged, washed up dream of what he used to be, while Matsui is needs to prove to his knees he can still stand nin left field. While his bat may be appealing, I think GMs ( smart ones ) would give their young stud prospects a chance to deem themselves useful major leaguers than clog the outfield spot with a two-tool veteran ( big bat, big contract. ). Good luck Cash. Thank George, for clogging our lineups with veterans in their primes in 05, 06 and 07, while they rot now in 08. We 've struggled to score past three.

I think I'll laugh when we do that.

I'm also laughing at the people who actually think that this club will " magicly" turn it around, you know, since there's five months left. Time flies geezers! The situation with Yanks right now is kind of like one Yankee great once put it-

" It's gettin' late early out thea."

bpark, honestly, are you a moron? I read this BLOG everyday and have since last year and I swear, I try to keep quiet, unfortunately you're ridiculous comments have pulled me into this conversation... I really don't know how stupid someone can be who keeps up with this BLOG, yet you have no knowledge of baseball... Searching "stats" into Google doesn't make you a baseball connoisseur, and it shows. There is still no reason to hire Clemens or Wells (I'm not sure if you realized how stupid those comments were yet), and firing Girardi is equally as dumb of an idea. A team who is getting paid 200+ million dollars a year filled with veterans don't need a new skipper to take over mid-season. If Girardi was making bad calls leading the team all season I'd think differently; the fact of the matter is the players aren't doing anything. Theres no reason this lineup should seem so lifeless, I watch the game and feel like I'm watching golf...

" It's gettin' late, early out thea."

Yogi Berra.

I agree wuth everyine who says that this club needs a different direction. It's time to rebuild, the Yankee way. What do I mean? It'll take the Yankees less than a year to rebuild, with all of their money. Keep Hughes, drop Kennedy. huGHES WANTS THE PRESSURE, ACKNOWLEDGES THE PRESSURE AND SHOWS HE CAN PLAY IN PRESSURE, where as Kennedy even said he can't deal with the pressure. Plus Hughes has the better stuff.

NEXT MOVE:

Move Joba to the rotation, as soon as possible. Stretch his workload out there in the minro leagues and bring him bac up in two weeks. In the meantime, bring a stop-gap up from the minors, like White, McCutcheon or Igawa.

Next Move:

Rid the club of dead wood like Giambi and Damon. Leave Matsui in permanent DH duties and try and acquire a good Leftfielder ( Holliday for example ).

Next Move:
Cut Ensberg, make Gonzalez primary utility man.

Next move:
OH MY GOD CUT BETEMIT! Sign a better backup.

Next Move:
Well now I'm just getting lost. You guys get the message. This club's roster is full of has beens and useless players.

We obviously have to disregard this season completely in order to rebuild, but better soon than never.

YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD May 15,2008

Scranton/WB POSTPONED
Louisville (Reds)
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Portland (Red Sox) 2
Trenton 7 (Yours truly in attendance!!!)
W: J. Jones (6-0, 2.20); L: J. Masterson (1-3, 4.23)
HR: None.
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Tampa 5
Fort Myers (Twins) 6 (10)
W: F. Mata (1-0, 0.00); L: J. Valdez (5-2, 2.14)
HR: TAM: T. Battle (5).
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Greenville (Red Sox) 1
Charleston 2
W: Z. McAllister (5-2, 2.20); L: C. Province (3-1, 2.27); SV: J. Ortiz (11)
HR: None.
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Guys (and dolls), I've found with the BPark filter ON the blogs read much nicer.

Now on to the topic at hand. Yep. As I suspected yesterday. Kennedy was NOT ready to come back as we saw MOTS from him. We have to face the reality that he needs to spend more time in the minors. I mean come ON! Why can't this team ACCEPT it. He's had essentially NO time to mature as a pitcher as his MiL experience consisted of what? 3 starts? Not EVERYONE is Joba. Not EVERYONE can handle it nor does everyone handle it in the same way. Give the kid time. Let him season (pardon) for a year. We have options on the farm. PLENTY of them (and no IGAWA isn't one of them.)
But the fact still remains, it makes absoultely NO difference who pitches. It makes not one WIT of difference if our rotation and pen gives up 1 run or 10 when we can't even score 1 or 3 ourselves. Wins will continue to be the exception, not the rule and no amount of adding ARod or Jorge back to the lineup will change that.