Superstitious and lazy

Thoughts about the last few days:

Wanger’s hurt. Argh. The Yankees lost the most consistent pitcher in baseball ... check the numbers. That said, getting him back in September will be like trading for a front-line starter without giving anything up - which the Yankees will do anyway, at least for a second-tier starter. I’m not sure they even need to do that. With Mussina and Pettitte straight and Chamberlain settling in, they have Rasner as a comfortable four. Maybe it’s time to try another kid - at least to showcase one or more as trade bait.

Hank Steinbrenner: Shut up idiot. I can’t say enough bad things about the Steinbrenners. Yes, they have money and yes, they are responsible, in a round-about way for breathing life into the Yankees ... but, and I’ve probably said this before, they’ve done as much or more harm to the Yankees, Major League Baseball and my ears.

Jason Giambi: Wow, his mustache is on fire. Has there ever been a more critical piece of facial hair on a professional sports roster, with respect the hockey playoff beard? He’s got 17 home runs this season and has been a main cog in the Yankees offense. He’s even been respectable on defense.

Luck: It’s often better than skill. The Yankees got healthy just when their schedule got weak. The A’s, the Astros, now the Padres and the Reds next. All awful teams the Yankees can feast on to prop up their record.

Found Phil Hughes’ blog. Here’s the link . http://philhughes.wordpress.com/. He doesn’t update often, but, there it is anyway.