~~~The Yankees seem unable to hit guys with plus-velocity fastballs with a little movement on them.~~~

The stats back this up:

http://www.waswatching.com/archives/2007/07/toying_aroundth.html

Joe “ruins” a guy who was dropped twice by the same team and gives up a home run to one of the worst hitters in MLB. Give me a break.
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I don’t need to defend who Ramirez is. His numbers this year speak for themselves. Sometimes you move beyond your past, you know.

Joe “ruins” a guy who was dropped twice by the same team and gives up a home run to one of the worst hitters in MLB. Give me a break.

Edwar should have gotten more play in the last two weeks, and deserves better than this in the end, but if you can’t throw a single strike, you reap what you sow. Simple as that.

Tomorrow is going to be a train wreck. Feel free to join me in my drinking game: every time Igawa gives up a home run, take a shot. We’ll be drunk by the second inning.

Yeah, Moose sucked tonight, but what does it matter? The Yankees can’t hit Edwin Jackson, the punching bag of MLB. Even in that last game they didn’t hit him all that hard. A big error by J.B. Upton turned the game around. And before that, when he was pitching out of the ‘pen, he shut them down. The Yankees seem unable to hit guys with plus-velocity fastballs with a little movement on them.

The tragedy of the night is poor Eddie Ramirez, no doubt shattered and ruined thanks to Joe Fuckhead. Who didn’t see this coming a mile away? Hell, we’ve talked about it and discussed it a million times. And what exactly was Joe waiting for to get him out of the game? Was the grand slam not enough?

The worst part is that Eddie is more than likely going back to AAA to make room for DeSalvo. So Torre lets him rot for two weeks, he comes into a game, has NO control (which is understandable), gives up a grand slam, and then has to go back down. Would it be all that surprising if his head was totally twisted right now? I hope Torre hasn’t ruined him long term.

I saw Shelly a few times in Trenton — I don’t remember him swinging so hard he came out of his shoes. He looked a little jacked-up to me. We should probably reserve judgement on him for a few games.

This whole season has been a tease. When they have an extended winning streak, they start to get complacent and start to lose again.

After tomorrow’s doubleheader, I wouldn’t be shocked if they were back at .500.