Minky (Rico) should’ve been plated, at the very least, he shouldn’t have been thrown out at home.

PLEASE, put ANYONE in the 3-hole besides Abreu. Posada, Matsui, Giambi. PLEASE just get him out of there. Enough of the K’s, the ground outs and the rally-killing DP’s. This is enough. He’s not working his way out of it in the 3-hole. Move him down.

And I agree with bailey. The second that call was blown you knew the game was tied and you just didn’t have a good feeling about the rest of the game either.

rbj, seriously though….I swear I thought last night was the worse. They had that guy on during every commercial break and after the ump blew the call, then the Mo dinger, then Abreu goes down looking. I just lost it with that commercial and that dude…..that was the first commercial after the Yanks lost. I was seething, the last thing I wanted to see was that guy’s hole.

I hate games like this. The Yanks really needed 3 – 4 from this series, I wanted them to be at .500 so bad last night too.

Sometimes it’s just going to be a low scoring game. Leaving the RISPies on the basepath sucked, but the ump’s call is what blew the game. Mo just needs regular work, and working to protect a one run lead is a different mindset than working in a tie.

Garcia, I hate the ads too, but don’t hate the guy, hate the nanny-staters who want to shove anti-smoking down your throat (and no, I don’t smoke, despise it and am allergic to it). And hate the &*$%&^$&^@!#!@!! ump.

Ugh…I was so pissed after this game, what an abortion. I was pissed seeing Abreu take that last pitch for a strike, but what is really starting to annoy me more during Yankee games is seeing all those f’ing commercials of that dude that with the hole in his throat. Every damn commercial break, and here comes this f’er covering a hole in his throat.

This is getting to be ridiculous already. If they want to show those commercials then show them one time during a Yankee game, that’s it. Only one time, not twenty times during a game.

I’m watching a game and I’m being entertained, and I don’t f’ing smoke cigarettes, and I hate him and his cancer even more when the Yankees lose.

“Pessimists – and realists – will no doubt point to his poor peripherals…”
Well… they can’t be ignored. This was a dominant start, but I have no thoughts that this kid will be a dominant pitcher. But he looks like he could be a decent #5-#6, and that’s all we’re really looking for.

He might also serve us well as a long man out of the BP, but that will depend on Iggy.

Hughes will be back, hopefully by late June, Roger by mid June. If Rasner/DeSalvo/Iggy can be .500 pitchers through May/June, we’ll be in fine shape.

Wow! Steve cannot wait for DeSalvo’s next start. Not quite the downer you’ve been regarding Hughes.

I liked how he hopped/skipped over the foul line between innings.

Wow, just a horrendous call. I agree, great job by Donnie leaving the kid in to work through the seventh.

And, yeah, DeSalvo did an excellent job tonight. Pessimists – and realists – will no doubt point to his poor peripherals, and they could be right. It’s early, but I say he’s Rasner with the change instead of the curve.

There are blown calls and there are absolute abortions. This was of the latter category. He was out of position, but even where he was he could clearly see he wasn’t anywhere near the bag. You knew as soon as he blew that call that the run would score. It always happens.

I usually throw out a pitcher’s first start — good or bad — but DeSalvo did look pretty good. The only reason to hold enthusiasm is because the team he was pitching against doesn’t hit unless it’s against Kei Igawa. Rasner dominated them, too.

His fastball was 88-90 on the YES gun, but it didn’t seem to have a lot of life. Similar to Rasner’s fastball. But his change looked really good, and he has a kind of Wang/Kevin Brown motion that might throw the hitter off a bit.

This loss wouldn’t hurt as much if the Yankees weren’t so bad in April. Right now, they need every win they can get.

Mo elevated a fastball to a free-swinging guy with a lot of power. He made that same pitch to Vernon Wells last year and Wells hit a walk-off home run.

As as you guys pointed out, the offense really lost this game.