Wednesday, April 06, 2011

THE GHOST OF JOE TORRE

I had hoped we were through with this, but I guess the ghosts have followed the Yankees from the old stadium into the new. Last night, Joe Girardi, NOT Soriano, gave away a game to the Minnesota Twins. The Yanks have been beating up the Twins so badly and so often lately, that I think they could beat them by sending out 5 coaches, 3 ballboys and 1 reporter (drunk or sober).

With a somewhat comfortable 4-run lead, Girardi replaced an untouchable CC Sabathia with an obviously tired Rafael Soriano, who couldn't have found the plate with GPS. It finally took a relievers nightmare, a bases-loaded walk, for Torre...er, Girardi to come out and get him. Too late, Joe. So, five games into the season and Girardi has used Soriano 3 times and Mariano 4. Where's Scott Proctor when you need him?


Showalter has the Orioles riding high with a 4-0 record, leading the AL East. In the meantime, the Boston Red Sox are last with an 0-4 record. This won't last. The O's aren't that good and the Red Sox are the Red Sox. At least this gives the comedians on ESPN (I've given up calling them 'sportscasters') something to talk about.


Someone said that the NCAA Ladies played for the championship last night, but without Connecticut or Stanford, I couldn't get interested.


We get our first regular season look at Freddie Garcia tonight. I hope I don't see Soriano or Rivera. CP-

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