Posted by TMS:

Jason Bay is the guy we shoulda went after... he's a better hitter historically than Nady & is signed to a contract for next season at relatively reasonable dollars... u coulda easily let Abreu walk w/confidence if u had him on the roster.

Eh, I'm not that high on Bay. To me, he's the typical player that'll come to NY and suck it hardcore.

Posted by nyk4ever:

lol Krazy Kyle.. I'm with you Des.. I don't trust him at atll, even with the good season he's had.

HA! I just posted the same thing on another forum. Before the inning started, I posted there that I wanted Joba to pitch the 8th. You don't have to baby him in what might be the most important game of the season.

Posted by VDesai:

Mariano pitches out of the jam!

The real issue is that it has to be a 2 inning save, though.

Mariano as dominant as ever.

Is Mariano gonna be available tomorrow? I think he threw almost 30 pitches today.

Posted by Bonn1997:

What roles do Marte, Ramirez, Farnsworth, and Veras have now? Who pitches which innings? It's almost too many good relievers. I think of those four, Farnsworth is the last I'd want to be the set-up man, though.

doesn't matter. that's the good thing. now, if a starter can only go 5 innings, we don't have to sweat it out.

Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by Bonn1997:

What roles do Marte, Ramirez, Farnsworth, and Veras have now? Who pitches which innings? It's almost too many good relievers. I think of those four, Farnsworth is the last I'd want to be the set-up man, though.

doesn't matter. that's the good thing. now, if a starter can only go 5 innings, we don't have to sweat it out.

I had the same thought! Please don't tell me that Joe G is dumb enough to have our fifth best relief pitcher be the set-up man.

Posted by djsunyc:

benchmark game for joba.

mariano is the greatest yankee pitcher since whitey ford.

I cant believe I'm saying this but DJ, if you look at Whitey, his stats looked at today are beyond mindboggling, but if you put them in the context of the era he pitched in, they aren't as good as they would be today. I honestly can't believe I just said that about Whitey Ford, but I did.

That brings me to Joba. Joba looks sensational as a starter, he pitched tonight, as you said, "a benchmark game", and this is only the beginning with him, which excites me greatly. I do have a problem with Joba-mania though. Tonight, Michael Kay (the worst announcer in baseball) must have said about 5 times, "should a young pitcher like Joba be angry that he's pitched so well and has only gotten 1 win so far as a starter". Now I love Joba, but my response to that is that Joba is only averaging 5 innings a start! He tries to strike everyone out and throws too many damn pitches, which is why he is only averaging 5 innings per start. It's his own fault that he hasn't gotten any wins, because he's not pitching deep enough into these games, even though he's pitching great until he comes out. That's the only that bothers me about Joba. do I think he'll learn and begin to strike less guys out? Of course. But I have such a problem with this fake Joba-mania that the Yankees try and create around him. It's disgusting.

Posted by TMS:

Posted by Bippity10:

Or:

"Just listen to these fans, 30 years in the making, pack up the tailgates we are going to Detroit"

You guys think you have it bad as Knick fans, try being a Knick, Mariner and Seahawk fan. In my lifetime, approximately 78 years of rooting for these three teams and I got squat.

damn, i didn't know u were that old bro... u don't look a day over 60.

HILARIOUS!