ROTFLMAO brockdc!

I have an extra bleacher seat available for tomorrow.

Email me: jen AT nosenseworrying DOT com

Man, when Jorge goes to the media about the lackluster nature of the team, you know they’re in trouble.

I sort of disagree with your initial statement, though, Steve, about this game being a microcosm of the season. True, they pretty much sucked all around – and played boring baseball to boot. But as far as microcosms go, this game lacked the following 2007 hallmarks:

-Ill-advised bunts by key hitters that end in either pop outs or double plays
-Bobby A pussy-footing around the right field wall
-Cano waving at strike three (which would have been ball four) with the bases loaded
-”Past a diving Jeter!”
-Posada going 3-4 with two doubles, a walk, and three stolen bases against
-A-Rod with a late-inning go-ahead bomb
-Johnny Damon: 0-4 with 3 pop ups and a strikeout from the DH slot
-Godzilla: 1-4 with a single and three GDPs
-Michael Kay calling Yankee fans something to the extent of “A bunch of spoiled brats.”
-John Sterling calling a Melky popup to shallow right “An upper deck bomb.”
-Joe yanking Igawa in the fourth because “We wanted him to leave the game with a feeling good about himself.”
-Joe mixing and matching pitchers (including Pettite and Clemens) and hitters for the remainder of the game until the only two relievers left in the pen are Villone and Mo.
-Villone giving up a go-ahead home run to the #9 hitter with Mo on the bench (it not being a save situation and all)
-Yanks load the bases, with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, down by 1. Torre pinch-hits Cairo for Andy Phillips. Cairo puts up a valiant AB before dribbling one to shortstop for the final out. Cue Kate Smith.

Thanks – I just saw that on ESPN news. I’ll do something on it now.

An interesting exchange on the YES postgame from the clubhouse :

Kim Jones..” Jorge, do the Yankees feel unlucky? ”

Posada..” No, luck happens when you go after it and it seems like at times we just go through the motions and today was one of those occasions. ”

Kim Jones…” It does raise a red flag when yu say ‘ just going through the motions’ .

Posada…”That’s what it is and I think everybody knows what I am talking about.”