Also, Granderson is 22/32 on the bases this year, not a very good %.

As for Mo’RagingTarTabull (11) hit it right on the head! ‘The Annual Mo Bad Week in August is a New York summer tradition’ Let’s not get our panty hose tied up in a knot. Even Mo can have a couple of bad days at the office. He’s fine, he’s great, and always will be.

Re Mariano, I hate to quibble, but I don’t think he’s getting favorable treatment from the umps. In general, I think gameday demonstrates that. For example, the overt complaining on Friday night by the Red Sox was unjustified. The 3rd strike to Saltalamachia (sp?) was easily a strike, and the one to Reddick was simply a perfectly executed pitch.

The last four Yankees games, the home plate umpiring has been atrocious, with Yankees pitchers getting squeezed.

Another note … Mo in a tie game, for his career, has an ERA of nearly a run and half higher than he does in save situations. That might have been a good time to use Soriano.

Mo…eh, he’s been great (duh) all year. The Annual Mo Bad Week in August is a New York summer tradition on par with racing at Saratoga and riding the Cyclone.

AJ. Well shit, what can you say at this point about AJ? He’s not “cover your eyes bad” but just enough on the wrong side of mediocrity to make you sick. Personally I say you just keep throwing him out there as long as you are in good playoff position and see if he works it out by October. Then once its time for the playoff rotation all bets are off.

Odds are he was getting out or a walk, in which case it would not matter where granderson was standing.

But assuming Teix got a hit, it’s been about 50/50 whether it’s a single or extra bases. curtis can score from first on a homer and a lot of doubles.

i’d much rather he stayed put and let teix swing for the game winning homerun.

Walden was just throwing it anywhere and getting the close ones. If the ump had just been tight for both or generous to both, that’s what we’d want.

if he called tight for both and the yanks still probably lose – the only difference would have been it was 2-1 on Teix instead of 1-2.

Right?

Speaking of incompetence, there were a couple of decisions Girardi made earlier in the game that got lost with the end result. First, bottom 3rd, 1-0 Yankees, Nunez on 2nd (walk, sb), no outs, 2-0 count on Gardner, Girardi ordes him to bunt. In ordering his hitter, with a .360 obp to make an out in that spot, Girardi displays an lack of understanding regarding outs, counts, baserunners, etc. In this regard, he is like most mlb managers, who when they “manage,” only impede their team’s ability to score.

There is a particular way in which Girardi even outdoes his colleagues – his obsession with the intentional walk. Mr Ok Jazz Tokyo (1) is right on about last night’s. Again, it’s an inability to understand the value of baserunners. Girardi took an ordinary situation – man on 2nd (via walk by the way), 2 outs, and turned it into a “jam.” Once the intentional BB (to Izturis!) was issued, it felt like a high pressure situation. It’s possible there’s not another mgr who would have issued that BB last night.

One last note: Mathis gave the Yankees a really hard time during 09 ALCS, hitting a number of doubles.

Hahaha!