Understand in the sports world, correlation equals causation

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That’s not the sports world, it’s the media in general and most people swallow the media like Kool Aid.

Had absolutely nothing to do with Girardi’s childish behavior.
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True, but it makes for better press.

Understand in the sports world, correlation equals causation, so it should come as no surprise that people credit Girardi with the Yankees comeback.

Childish? Right. If so, it’s the MLB norm.

Cano would be no professional, let alone an all-star, if he would have “let the negative vibe” effect him.

Alternative glimpse of reality:
Abreu, one of the most selective (some would say passive) hitters in the game, squeezed out a walk. Then Cano got a pitch up on the outer half and laced it into LF for the game winning RBI.

Had absolutely nothing to do with Girardi’s childish behavior.

Sadly this was the first game since the beginning of the season that I was able to watch from start to finish. I’m glad I saw this team pull out a win and saw some frikin fire from the Yankees bench. Maybe this won’t be the best Yankee team in recent memory but it will be an interesting one that should be fun. The tools are their the Yankees have a strong offense that needs to be more consistent and our pitching will be giving us a wild ride. Maybe its time for the Yankees to be taken down a bit and be in the cellar for a few games to get that fire up.

I don’t believe you can say it’s early anymore but I do believe in this Yankee team until the very last day.

You got that right, baileywalk.

Um, seriously? I doubt Joe’s tirade had anything to do with Cano getting a hit. Managers always look silly screaming their heads off at umps, and so did Joe, but I loved every minute of it. I also loved the crowd’s reaction.

He gets rewarded by a clutch hit from his second baseman and everyone goes to sleep happy. Cool night.

The important thing is that the two pitchers under intense scrutiny — Kennedy and Farnsworth — both pitched well under pressure.

FWIW, Torre’s ejections as Yankees manager:

1996 (1), 1997 (2), 1998 (1), 1999 (2), 2000 (2), 2001 (2), 2002 (2), 2003 (1), 2004 (2), 2005 (2), 2006 (2), 2007 (2).

Absolutely right, Steve. Johnson had just struck out A-Rod and was getting back in a groove. I also think Joe’s arguing bought Abreu some close calls in his at bat.