Girardi is really going out of his way to rest Jeter and ARod. While it seems unnecessary at this time, my guess is Joe wants to make sure they both have plenty left later in the season.

While a Win/Loss in April/May is the same as one in Aug/Sept...
it doesn't feel that way.

If this were true, Basketball players would play are hard in the 1st Quarter as the Last Quarter.... which they don't.

So maybe Joe has the right idea?

1) Jeez, Elton Brand looks like he's playing pretty hard in the first quarter against the Bulls right now.

[0] Don't forget the Rangers either. I don't usually follow hockey, but this past Rangers series was really exciting. Let's go New York!!!!

How many errors for Nunez today @ SS? I'm predicting at least 2...

Man, Bryce Harper was called up and is making his debut tonight. How can a 19 year old kid make it the the bigs at that age and NOT be cocky? I hope he does well but that doesn't mean I need to like him.

[5] Jeter wasn't cocky. (Assuming 'cocky' is a way someone acts rather than the way he feels.) What about Mel Ott? I mean, I have no idea, I'm asking.

[4] I don't think you're allowed to pick 2. That's the over-under.

[3] The Ranger games have been most entertaining. They've been so suspenseful, I keep forgetting to breathe.

Hope Garcia doesn't suck today. He needs a crafty win under his belt. Throw junk, dude.

[6] Mel Ott was 17 in 1926. I am pretty sure he wasn't blowing kisses at Walter Johnson after any homeruns. And if he did his career would have ended right quick.
Jeter was 21 for his debut. He's in a class all by himself as we all know. ; )

Man, 17, amazing. I'm pretty sure he wasn't blowing kisses either, but press coverage was so different then. Johnson and Ott played in different leagues, of course...

And Jeter was 20, not 21. By a few weeks.

Hm, I should have said "too" where I said "either". I confused myself with "wasn't".

[10] What? No inner league during the Roaring Twenties. Damn you Kennesaw Mountain Landis!

[11] yes, you should have. please get a grip on the english language before constructing your next post. thanks.

[12] i hiked Kennesaw Mountain with my girlfriend a coupla weekends ago. not far outside Atlanta. ; )

ah, gotta hate it when the emoticons get split between lines.

[15] I second that emoticon.

[16] : )

No 'Abreu talk'?

I may be wrong, but it looks like Fox is NOT blacking out 4:00PM games on MLBTV. Last year, everything was black until 7:00PM.

[19] Hey, you're right! Excellent.

Awesome. Delmon Young is going to have a medical evaluation -- alcohol abuse and anger management. Can't play until a doctor clears him.

Paging Doctor Goldstein...

[21] i *just* read that article.

let's hope we don't get URP'ed tonite.

GO CHIEF! GO YANKS!!!

Will Freddy make it out of the third today?

It's getting late early for Fred.

2-0 to the second hitter, Freddy lucky he didn't give up a dinger.

I figure Miggy and Prince are licking their chops.

Wow, there's one of Edward Scissorhand's talents.

Good throw by Russell.

Not catching, obviously. I meant falling down on top of runners.

Mini Dave LaRoche for strike three.

Oh, baby!
Partly good, partly lucky. Good because it really broke, but lucky because it was right in the middle waiting to be crushed.

Whew.

12 pitches, one out. So, [24] no.

Same pitch!

Freddy is a wonder.

Just threw a pork chop past the wolf. Damn!

Well, not the same, not down Main St. But that floppy lazy curve.

Oh, Fred. So close to getting out of that crap.

Have I ever mentioned how much I love intentional walks, by the way?

Crap.

Hurry up Andy.

Junkyard Dog.

That was a Three True Outcomes inning for Fred, huh?

i miss the 'Tolo...

Oh, sure. They get a 3-run homer, we get a solo.

Why does it feel like whenever I check in, we're losing?
Does this team ever take an early lead?

I'm happy there is no Ibañez in our outfield today.

Freddie might have a chance if everything was thrown 12" lower...
Man, he is UP in the Zone. Bad, bad stuff.

Man, Swish saved a run there, I'd say.

God, Fred just sucks.

Normally I don't question Cashman, but I can't figure out why Colon was not resigned. We know Freddie caught lightning last year, while Bartolo has REAL stuff. I figured he might be even better this year then last.

This game is not even fun now.

6-1. In the second inning.

Oy.

I don't want Freddy even in the bullpen.

Hm. Just got back from dinner...tuned into the game...already a blowout-in-making. Has there been a single game yet this season when the Yankees starter didn't give up three or more runs in the first couple of innings?

oops, and as I type Freddie gets the quick hook.

Fucking awesome.

I've been tracking Betances. He's too wild, still.
Anybody have Roy Oswalt's phone number?

i never wanna see the chief in pinstripes again.

no more of this fucking crap.

Has there been a single game yet this season when the Yankees starter didn't give up three or more runs in the first couple of innings?

Hm, besides Kuroda, I guess, since he did have that shutout and the 2-0 loss to Darvish.
Maybe Dave Robertson should pitch the first every couple days.

Good grief. Six runs, in two innings????

[42] I second THAT emotion.
His $2M salary was chump change. The Banter could have raised it, and donated it to the Yanks.

[56] Yeah, I forgot about Kuroda's win. In the loss to Darvish, he still managed to give up a first inning run---albeit not three runs, but nevertheless it sure seems like the team is losing by the second inning of every game.

DEEP to left field (caught a few steps short of the 318 ft sign)...

Gunna be a long day. And Lebron is going off vs. the Knicks. Ugh.

48) Good point, good point.

[61} And the NY Rangers give up the tying goal with 3 seconds left in the 2nd period.

And Derek Rose could be seriously hurt for the Bulls. That's bum luck.

Yay, alpaca!

Nunez! Giving a clinic out there!

A 1, 2, 3 inning? Our pitchers are allowed to do that?

[67] yes, as long as they're not starters.

Prince "Fielder" is ironically named. Are there any players named "Hitter" who are utility infielders, LIDR, or something like that?

Oh, come on. Damn!
He's good.

(Dirks, that is. At fielding.)

Damn, Dirks made that catch on Swisher's drive look easy. I thought it would go to the wall.

[72] Yeah, but I think you have a ways to go in your Misjudging Fly Balls education before you're ready for YES. Or WCBS radio.

Thought and said are different things.

From Jack Curry: "On Thurs, Cashman said he wouldn't pull plug on Hughes or Garcia after 4 starts. After 4 starts, Garcia has 12.51 ERA. Plug could get pulled."

Amen.

[74] Not for Michael Kay.

I came home, turned on the tv and predicted a shitty outcome. Lo and behold, it is 6-1. No offense to Freddy, but his locker should be cleared out immediately if not sooner.

[76] Yeah, sometimes I think his mouth is directly attached to his brain stem

[77] the Yankees also have no offense today.

Please let Phelps be Aaron Small 2012. With a better long term career of course.
[79] Wonderful. Oi!

1 hit? safe to say we're being URP'ed... : /

captain now has 1,000 walks.

and of course the scumsucking shit sox have been scoring double digit runs every fucking night.

[81] Freddy getting blown up really doesn't matter at this point.

Ay, ay, the pain!

#39 Andy cannot come soon enough.

this is smyly emoticon day : (

Smyly Smyles! He's got Good Vibrations, but the Yankees are hitting like Vegetables, and Garcia is not among the Heroes (and Villains).

[87] now i wanna drink a Sunkist!

holy crap, a hit! what a concept...

the single drives smyly to a frown and cokey is in!

let's at least cut this deficit in half right now...

Finally, we got that Smyly kid out of there. And only his second year of pro ball.

dammit tex

Woo hoo! A home run with a man on base.

[93] Ah I missed the DP, had to let the dogs out.

wish we had men on base for that grandish homer...

[92] when you play tex, you would hope he would sometimes lift and separate.

And we promptly give back that home run.

A day to forget.

[90] Have a cokey and a smyly!

[99] i'm actually having a root beer and an organic burrito. then, i plan on having a good gig!