TWO BAD THINGS

***BAD THING #1***

Phil Hughes has nothing. I always want to give guys with proven ability, a chance to regain their form, but for me, Hughes is going to be the exception. If he just couldn't find the strike zone, or couldn't get his curve working, I'd be inclined to leave him in there, but that's not the case. He has no life on his fastball, in fact, he has no fastball. I think the Yanks should replace him until his velocity improves. In the meantime, put Colon into the rotation.

Carl Crawford does not look comfortable, either in the field or at the plate. He's too good an athlete for this to last much longer. Gonzales, on the other hand, looks right at home.

***BAD THING #2***

Manny has retired. Facing a 100 game suspension for failing a drug test in the spring, Manny opted out of baseball rather than go through the process. Why do I think this is bad? Manny was always good for at least one sarcastic comment a week. When you lose a great source of material like him, it makes it difficult to write a blog. Even his retirement is a terrific straight line. Janice Hough, Left Coast Sports Babe, devoted better than a third of her column to various punch lines over this. While they were funny, they basically eliminated any chance of me coming up with one that didn't steal one of her thoughts. Leave some scraps for us peons, will you please, Janice?

Yanks-Bosox on Fox Network today, which means McCarver. I must have done something horrible in a previous life. At least I won't have to listen to Joe Morgan on ESPN any more.

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