Huh? And also, Aaawhaaaa?

Joe Girardi continues to confuse me.

After the Yankees literally stole two runs, and kudos to Joe Madden for not stopping until the umpire had no choice but to eject him, the traditionally twitchy Girardi has NO ONE up in the bullpen to relieve Phil Hughes in the 7th, should trouble arise.

Two outs, a walk, and a titanic bomb later — from Dan Johnson of all people — the Yankees are losing and eventually, they've lost.

I'm all for leaving the starter to his fate. Make no mistake. I'm just baffled the Girardi suddenly reverse-skates on his entire philosophy of never trusting a starter, he trusts a starter, lets him face a guy who already leaned into one two-run homer, and sees him hit a second.

Even in a loss though, the highlight of the game was Jeter selling that foul ball as if it hit him. The little glance back at the umpire, the grimace, the manager and the trainer wobbling out. The Granderson home run immediately after. In 1998, that moment turns into an avalanche in the Yankees' favor. In 2010, the Yanks can't even get a shutdown inning in the bottom of that frame.

Is this really the Devil collecting his due?