Nomo on the cheap for a couple of starts might not be awful. He did pitch well for the Sox a few years ago. At least he and Leiter have a pedigree. Chacon? Meche? I’d hate to give up a prospect for a mid-level never-was.

I know Jorge DePaula’s pitching pretty lousy right now in Columbus, but he does have MLB experience. He might be worth a try.

Don’t think anyone is overjoyed about the prospect of Nomo but beggars can’t be choosers (see Al Leiter).

As for Bernie, gotta believe there is a large market out there for a veteran DH/4th OF’er, particularly on a young team.

On the ‘cowboy up’ front, gotta love Schilling getting smacked around in relief again last night. If not for that Damon catch against the wall, he blows back-to-back saves. Couldn’t happen to a nicer blowhard. Watch though, they’ll re-insert him into the starting rotation and he’ll be lights out again.

But if the deal goes through, we are stuck with him, maybe there is a chance he can give us some quality starts. As you all know we need a couple the next couple of weeks from nowhere. It cant come from Brown, Wright or Pavano thats for sure. Are Matsui and Nomo friends at all? Matsui can be a “mentor” just like Sierra is to Cano. Ok I am pushing it.

How come I keep hearing from the papers that the Yanks and Seattle are scouting each other and the Yanks are looking at Meche, Villone and Winn. But the Yanks are not willing to part with Sean Henn whom they turned down when Colorado was offering Chacon.

I never favored the Henn for Chacon rumors, Because I feel Chacon is wild and erratic, but what does Henn have that we think he is so valuable?

All his starts this year did not impress me. Not because he is a rookie and they were all loses, but looking at his abbreviated throwing motion, his mound presence and location problems he seems like he is not ready for several years. I know all this can be remedied in the minors, but does Henn really have any stuff worth keeping and waiting other than a lefty in the rotation? He doesnt look like he has any major league stuff when he played against tampa and the mets. I remember when he pitched last against the DRays, Kaat was saying the reason for his awkward short armed motion is because he has had arm problems in the past and had to adjust his motion. Correct me if I am wrong here please. Arm trouble is always a scary thought especially with the arm problems we have currently with our rotation

Can someone enlighten me on why we are not pulling the trigger for Meche for Henn, or Villone and Winn for Henn and someone else?

Who is gonna argue that we could use Meche this season and for the next couple. He’s young and has alot of upside. I don’t see that with Henn compared to Halsey, Westbrook and Claussen of the past.

I’m hoping that Clement is okay, also… I want him to be perfectly healthy when we beat the crap out of the Red Sox. Nothing worse than excuses-making Red Sox fans.

I was in Tokyo for a couple of days and missed some good Yankee action. At home in the North of Japan I can settle in with my morning coffee and watch the Bombers in peace.

In Tokyo, I was hustling to meetings and had that high paced city life thing in the way of my Yanks.

A couple of things….

1. alasky’s responses to my posts a few days ago were very good, and while I think we’ll agree to disagree on a few things, it’s all good and I like the tone of this community much more than any other bulletin board I’ve been a part of….Thanks.

2. Loved the post on Matsui and Whiting’s book. There’s a good Japanese baseball site run by Michael Westbay at:

http://www.japanesebaseball.com

Check them out.

3. Great pitching by our aces. I love the fact that RJ went deep into the game and saved our arms. More is needed. Let’s hope that Al Leiter can hold Minny to 3 or 4 and we can get one big inning out of the troops against Santana.

4. Anyone see that Bernie plans to play again next year…according to Scott Boras? Thoughts? I love Bernie. He was my favorite player for years, and I have an old faded t-shirt with “51″ on the back, but I think he should hang up the spikes and concentrate on music next year. Tino is actually a more viable player right now because his glove is still gold.

I think the Yankees will likely sign Nomo, who has cleared waivers, by the end of the week.

I also echo the above thoughts with regard to Clement.