The Girl Who Loved Andy Pettitte

“We don’t think it’s anything serious,” Girardi said. “I’m not really concerned that he’s going to be shut down for a while, but there’s a chance that he’s going miss a start, and we might have to be a little bit creative.”
Oh my God he is going to be out forever.

This season is going to make like 90% of Yankees fans kill themselves, I swear.

Derek Jeter SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jorge Posada DH
Richie Sexson 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Melky Cabrera CF
Jose Molina C
Brett Gardner LF
Tonight’s outlook: Lots of beer.

Via ESPN:

The New York Yankees have reached a tentative agreement with Richie Sexson, who was released by the Seattle Mariners a week ago.
Sexson fits in New York because the Yankees needed a right-handed slugger to match up against left-handed pitching — and Sexson had a .344 average against lefties this year.
Assuming the deal is completed, [...]

From Chad Jennings’ SWB Yankees Blog:

Eric Milton was added to the Triple-A roster late Monday night and immediately placed on the disabled list. All of it was retroactive to Saturday.

There are now like a billion starting pitchers on the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre roster, including Russ Ohlendorf who they have got doing starting work until he gets into [...]

I don’t really have the words in me to explain my frustration and anger at this game, so make due with a picture.

I really want to love Robinson Cano, and I go through periods where he is at the top of my favorite players on the team. The problem is there is Good Cano and Bad Cano. And Bad Cano is very, very bad and has at bats like this:

It is so supremely frustrating to see a [...]

Every time Kyle Farnsworth pitches I die a little inside.
At least this is the last year of his fabulous contract.

You know what would be fantastic?
If the Yankees could score some runs. That would be amazing.

The harder it comes in, the harder it goes out. Belt high fastballs never end well.