Wow...shocked. Mo is a class act. I hope this is not the last we have seen him throw.

IDK if it is or isn't. Just seems to be head-scratching decisions. BL...Players have to perform. They are not doing that.

I agree IH, I am really not sure how to look at things yet. It is early in the season and a little to early to head to the bridge with the quickcrete and buckets, but the Sox are making it painful to even look at them.

My my..not sure if it can get any worse. Interestingly, following this on gamecast and watching Moneyball...this happened pretty close to the scene where the A's blow their lead against KC during the 2oth game of their win streak.

Nicest feeling the other day. My neighbor and I flipped each other off smiling. He is a Yanks fan after all. Great to be able to speak baseball again!!

A little over a week into spring training and they are declaring him DOA. Young pitcher who should be coming into his peak years. I wouldn't sweat this at all right now. He is still shedding the winter coat like a lot of other pitchers right now.

One of the groups that needs to answer questions is the training/conditioning folks. Seems odd that we had our 2d year in a row that players began to breakdown at the end of the season at a cyclic rate. Some of these injuries may not be related, but someone there needs to answer some questions. I don't know if Young should go or not, he has had just one season and he had some success and definitely some failures with the pitching staff. But 1 year of blaming him for some of the pitchers in the staff that he may or may not have had any possible input for is a tense issue. Bogar could be a sacrificial lamb, though we do tend to be a but more testy over our 3d base coaches for reasons unknown..:). Keep Theo and Tito....been a pretty good combination so far. The last month has been ugly, there were a number of bad decisions and bad circumstances that led to the collapse. The decisions look bad to us at times based upon how we see things vice being the in the dugout and having insider info. I know people want to have a goat, really the goat(s) in this are the players, the ones that underperformed or did not show up need to be held accountable. How that is accomplished, I don't really know, but the usual victim in these situations is coaches and the players not held responsible. The question to ask, is who replaces Tito if fired? You need a manager with experience at dealing with this sized media and players with these types of contracts. Torre?.......

Granderson walks to lead off.

Beckett seemed to throw more fastballs last inning. maybe needs to throw some more offspeed stuff again.

1-0 Sox still. Jeter with a couple of good plays that inning to cut down lead runners.

Garcia walks lead off hitter for the 2d straight inning.

Garcia did a great job wiggling off a bases loaded, no outs jam.

Wheeler?....really?

Ells making the contract negotiations with Boras out to be a future nightmare.

Scutaro....meh.

Yanks bullpen not helping them right now. 1 inning, 4 walks and a hit. Hopefully a little something to pad the lead.

Bard having a rough go already.

Ellsbury has now hit more HR than Gonzalez

Now to address the bullpen. Was floored when I woke up and saw this first thing today. Rubbed my eyes a few times and smiled. A little heavy on the left, I definately believe in my heart now that the Yanks will go get Lee.

Werth has signed with the Nationals for 7 years. We really need this to go through.

What a photo. If that were to happen (I just don't see Jeter doing that), that may become the largest dagger thrown/stabbed/shanked in the rivalry. Kleenex would go out of stock in one night.

Will be an interesting weekend with the home field issue to be resolved. As a Sox fan I would rather the Sox tank a few to give the home field to the Yanks. I would rather they have the division and home field than the Rays. Damn Rays have not learned thier role in the division.

Excellent article on some of the things Steinbrenner did that did not make the news. http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/18/greene.steinbrenner.clowson/index.html?hpt=C1

Lester protects the lead.

Win that home field advantage!