And durability of the starters?
Damon, Matsui, Giambi have all missed time or sucked in recent years, and if you couldn’t imagine a chance that Posada at 36 might get hurt, you weren’t thinking ahead.
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Giambi’s always been hurt. The Yanks have several options if he goes down, as has been the case for so many years.

Matsui & Damon have been fairly durable, it’s not unreasonable to expect them to play 140-150 games. Especially considering that those two & Cabrera can and will be rotated in and out on occasion.

Posada may be hurt, hell, he already is. Yanks have Molina & Moeller to pick up the slack. With an offensive catcher like Posada, you’re going to have a considerable dropoff to your backups.

I talked about the Red Sox bench in anticipation of the standard Yankee response “we’re not so old – the Red Sox are just as old as us!”.

My original point stands:
Any team with that many old starters ought to try to put together a more impressive bench than the crap that is currently there.

And durability of the starters?
Damon, Matsui, Giambi have all missed time or sucked in recent years, and if you couldn’t imagine a chance that Posada at 36 might get hurt, you weren’t thinking ahead.

Durability of the starters, that is…

No, but Red Sox fans can’t help themselves. If they get asked a question, any question about baseball the response has something to do with the Red Sox. Read Gammons’ blog or hear him on the radio and you will get the picture.

The Yankees bench has stunk in a year that it looked pretty good on paper coming in. That’s just paper, now Cashman has to make moves if possible. I would like to see more promotions like past years. Gardner would be a start, the team could use some speed and some competition for Melky and Damon. I would bet he could hit .203 like Ensberg…

Really? With six regulars over 30?
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Given their durability, yes, the Yankees bench shouldn’t see much time in the field.

Were the Red Sox mentioned in this entry?

Granted, the Yankees bench should not have to be called upon all that much.
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Really? With six regulars over 30?

Yeah, the Sox have the same situation, but they actually have guys that don’t make you cringe when they are in the lineup:

Sean Casey, who may not slug much but is pretty much guaranteed to get his hits, and can still pick ‘em around first base.

Alex Cora, who excels defensively, has excellent situational hitting skills and can lash a double when you need it.

Crisp would be a starter elsewhere if Theo wasn’t so happy to have him in the mix and weren’t demanding so much for a trade.

Cash admittedly isn’t much with the bat but he’s done well so far and no one criticizes his performance as Wakefield’s caddy.

2000, game 5, Pettitte on the mound. The look on his face was great. Have they done a Yankeeography on Luis yet? His highlight reel would play like a Buster Keaton flick. The ground ball grand slam when he was with Seattle is worth a show all to itself.

What year was it that he tripped over his feet in the playoffs. I think it was against the A’s. A tense time, but after that, I was doubled over in laughter.

I think you can give Molina a pass. He’s better than many starters in every non-offensive category at a position that is hard to fill. There’s no excuse for the rest of them.

On the other hand, Luis Sojo is on your list and he has four rings.