>> But feel free to overreact again. >>

Oh, you mean like you did?

There must be something about the name Pete…

You need to live a little if you categorize saying someone is full of crap as “disgusting behavior.” I wasn’t trashing Girardi. I like him as a manager. All I said is that he was dishonest — or at least being dishonest in this situation.

But feel free to overreact again.

I understood you fine. It’s just disgusting behavior is all – we’re not even at Day One of 2008 and you’re already trashing the new manager.

Did he ever say he *wouldn’t* use major league experience as part of his decision? All he said was that he wasn’t a ‘big believer’ that major league experience had everything to do with success.

Give it a rest already. Let’s play a few friggin’ games first.

Are you serious? Pettitte’s coming off the DL like, 3 days into the season, no?
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What part of “especially since it had a built-in failsafe” didn’t you understand?

There’s no reason to turn Patterson into a longman. But if spring training “competition” is supposed to mean anything, then Patterson should have made the team. Basically you earn the job — but only if you’ve pitched above AA, apparently. I can’t remember which blog it was, but I said “Don’t expect Patterson to make the team — when asked about him Girardi’s first response was ‘He hasn’t pitched in AAA yet.’” People shouted this down, said it didn’t matter, Girardi wouldn’t be swayed by it, etc. Yeah, well, how’d that work out?

* … in the MLB where he will only pitch when (as Rich said)

My apologies on the mistake.

“They need to stretch out Patterson and make him the long reliever.”

Could the fact that Patterson has never pitched a AAA game factor in Joe’s decision as well? How about the Brett Gardner effect: keeping him in AAA to get consistent work instead of putting him in the MLB when (as Rich said) “a game is out of reach one way or another”?

I give Joe credit for changing his mind and not going with a long man in the pen. That’s the right decision, given that Albaladejo, Bruney, and Ohlendorf out-pitched Rasner, Karstans and Igawa by a wide margin. In fact, the potential long relievers were also outpitched by several guys who didn’t make the team.

Albaladejo will likely only pitch if a game is out of reach one way or another.

They need to stretch out Patterson and make him the long reliever.

>> It’s good to know Joe Girardi is just as full of crap as everyone else in baseball. >>

Are you serious? Pettitte’s coming off the DL like, 3 days into the season, no?

It’s good to know Joe Girardi is just as full of crap as everyone else in baseball. His “I’m not a big believer that you have to have big-league experience to succeed” quickly went by the wayside with Patterson. He clearly outperformed Albaladejo. What would have been the crime to give him the job, especially since it had a built-in failsafe?