Winning with Wanger

OK, the Mets are garbage, but he has to beat somebody.

But the big deal, again, was Mo Rivera batting. And you know what, Mangler Joe Girardi really thought Rivera had a shot. He did. He really thought Rivera had a shot. A good shot. If it was a strike. (Reason No. 2,386,732,896,496 post-game news conferences are garbage).

Still and all, a sweep is a sweep, and a little history is nice, too.

Yanks/Mets was the Sunday game, and we once again got to enjoy the work of Jon Miller, Joe Morgan and Steve Phillips. Miller was probably drunk, but mostly he worked on the pronunciation of the Latin players' names. Morgan was more concerned with team spirit, than the game, and Phillips was speculating where Derek Jeter might finish his career. As if there's any chance he'll be anywhere but shortstop for the Yankees until he decideds he doesn't want to play shortstop for the Yankees.

You morons.

I'd love sports so much more if the games were broadcast in silence. Just the roar of the crowd, the crack of the bat, the pop of the glove ... beautiful.

Or, if Michael Bay directed. That would be pretty sweet, too. Everytime anyone made contact with the ball, it would explode. Twice. Awesome.

Happy B-Day DJ

The white Wanger

Even up 7, with everyone hitting, it still didn't feel good.

Four-plus shakey innings from Pettitte? Ugh.

And Aceves goes 2, again. Why! What is the compulsion to use every guy every night? It makes no sense. But Phil Coke got two innings in, so all is right.

Still, 11 runs, 16 hits ... and no of them came from Tex. 0-5 and 7 left on. Ouch.

Now on to Citifield and Mets.

Is 499 saves impressive? I'm torn. I love Mo, but the closer is probably the most over-rated position with the most over-rated stat. Whatever. 500 anything is pretty good I guess.

And another thing(s)

Is Jose Veras in witness protection? No, he's in Cleveland, which I guess the same thing. He was traded ... for no one. Ouch.

And that whole Mariano Rivera is going to hit! sequence last night was a little, overdone. Until he ripped a line drive into center. Sure, it was caught, but at 56, or however old he is ... you know, it just occurred to me no one has ever questioned how old Rivera is. To finish the thought, Rivera look comfortable out of the box, easily loping to first base. At least he wouldn't end his season, gasp, running.

Which ALSO reminds me. Andy Pettitte doubled against the Marlins and said, if he had to run again, it would cost him innings. Really? Running does that? I hope he was joking, but I didn't hear otherwise. A guy on the verge of making the Hall of Fame should be able to run the bases without fear of halving his start. Come on Andy, you're better than that.

We won?

We won!

And Mariano got into a game! And got people out!!

Still, Bruney looked awfully shaky, but he may have been squeezed here and there. Fact is, he's gotta be the bridge. There's no one else.

Joe Girardi needs to get ejected more. He sucks.

The Yankees rolled out some online service yesterday for cable customers and Optimum online users ... blah blah blah. Oh, and you have to have YES. So, if you have those things, and pay a fee, you can watch Yankees games online.

Apparently they aren't aware of MLB.com, MLB.TV, ESPN Gamecast, Fox, CBSsportsline or any one of a billion other places you can follow the Yankees online ... for free. None of it is perfect, but it's functional, and free.

Nice job Yankees marketing team. Way to do your research.

It's blurry, but I like to think that's from the rage

"You rotten bums! You overpaid weenies! ... you make my butt sting! I *detest* you! You're all garbage! All of ya! Back up the truck! Back it up!"

Protest this

What Girardi should be protesting is losing his ace after an inning. He should be protesting A-Rod's lack of everything, his spotty bullpen, Derek Jeter's preternatural ability to smash ground balls at infielders, c'mon Capt. Clutch! Johnny Damon going Benny Hill in left.. And Joe's concerning about bookkeeping. Figures.