Yankees Drubbed 11-2

When you can’t tune into the game until the 7^th inning break you can only hope that your team has the lead and the bullpen will close it out. For Mets fans, that was the case.

What I saw was a 6 run top of the 8^th that featured a bullpen shelling, two miserable, back to back throws from right field and, worst of all – no really it was worse than Abreu’s throws – a very long half inning of ESPN’s Johnny Miller and Joe Morgan. 

Miller has the unique ability to babble endlessly about everything but the game being played, an interesting talent for a play-by-play guy and Morgan is unsurpassed for saying really stupid things, actually a pretty common characteristic for many ESPN analysts. 

While discussing the new Yankee Stadium, Morgan commented, “…if your going to keep the same (field) dimensions, why build a new stadium?” Let’s see, the first things that popped up were Renewal, Tradition, Beauty, Amenities, Safety, Personality…

Then again, Joe played in a league that really didn’t understand any of those concepts when they spent 20 years building a rash of turf-lined band boxes.

During the 6 run explosion Morgan explained David Wright’s tag up and score on a short fly to right this way. 

“His upper body left early but his foot stayed on the bag.“

Visualize that one.

Oh, yeah, the game analysis of an 11 – 2 drubbing…

Gonzales hits a 399’ out to end the 7^th. Wright hits a 125’ bloop double to open the 8^th.

Say no more.