Along comes ESPN and bumps the game to 8:05 without giving a second thought to the plans of fifty thousand fans, then we learn the Yanks care more about rest then winning the game.

I’m going to feel mighty important sitting in that comfy chair behind home plate.

I’m on the record here as being staunchly opposed to the return of Javy. Didn’t believe he’d be successful in the AL East, didn’t care about his ’09 velocity or his supposed appetite for innings. I wouldn’t have given anything for him. Too much money for his kind of mediocrity. After reading here, and at other smarty pants baseball sites how wrong I was to feel that way, I predicted 12-13 wins tops, about 1-2 wins more than I would have predicted for Mitre or Gaudin, who cost a percentage of Vazquez money. I’m not gloating. I would have much preferred being wrong about him.

It’s highly improbably, but just the fact that’s it’s possible, causes me pause.

While it would have been nice to see waht little Viz might have turned into, the Yankees always play for today. At the time, it looked like a good move… which means it WAS a good move. It’s a bummer that Javy blew chunks this year…. but that’s baseball.

Our issue is that we have an offense full of guess/mistake hitter. They are quality players who, if they guess right, of they see a mistake, they pound the shit out of the ball. But against better pitchers, and guess who mix it up, or guys we haven’t seen, our O can be downright ugly. It is feast or famine with this team.

The Yankees are not a good team right now..I have zero faith they can beat either the Rangers, Twins or Rays in any playoff series..and I HATE agreeing with William but maybe it IS time for Joe G to go…

I thought it was a good trade. *I* would have made the trade.

But it has been a disaster.

Not in the sense of say, Bagwell for Anderson (that is to say, long-term value), but in the sense that it didn’t come close to achieving what it was intended to do.

Javy was brought on to provide stability and innings at something equal to or better than league average level.

He didn’t.

Not even close, and his complete collapse (and losing 6-8 mph off your fastball and being banished *beyond* the bullpen *is* a complete collapse) has done the exact opposite, straining the Yankees team on every level.

I don’t need to know what happens in the long run, the Yankees could have traded a bag of balls for Vazquez and it would still have been a) a trade I would have made at the time AND a trade I would make again, (not with magical 20/20 hindsight, but rather with the knowledge that there wasn’t information available the would change my decision that the Yankees appear to overlooked) and b) a complete disaster in terms of what the Yankees expected and anticipated and *needed* as an outcome of the trade.

If that makes any sense.

But I do think its funny that out of the three old home week moves, Thames is the only one that turned out even halfway decent (and quite a bit better than that in his case) Vazquez and Johnson were epic fails.

What a disaster of a trade …

If we have to head into Fenway still looking for the playoffs, I’m terrified. Which is why I’m furious over this Moseley bullshit tomorrow night.

If we blow this we need a housecleaning. Keep Kevin Long and maybe, MAYBE Tony Pena.

Tomorrow is the biggest game of the year.