Tuesday, August 09, 2011

AS LEAST THEY DIDN'T LOSE TODAY

***YANKEES UPDATE***
Was the fact that the Yanks used Hughes out of the bullpen Sunday, a harbinger of things to come? I think so. Was that fact that he was ineffective somewhat worrisome? Absolutely. For the last month, the sports writers have been asking who will be the number 2 starter for the Yanks. So far, it looks like Ivan Nova to me. Actually, the bigger question should be: do we have to assign a number to AJ Burnett? {I remind you all of a discussion from last year, when Annie-O said they should make AJ a position player and I replied that his best position was sitting down.}
Word out of NY is that Posada has been benched and DH duties will be split by Andruw Jones and Eric Chavez. Why would you not want Chavez at third base, at least until A-Rod returns? The Yanks are hoping that A-Rod will rejoin the team early next week or maybe even by the weekend. Buster Olney speculates that the Yanks may bring up Jesus Montero right away as a part-time DH and part-time catcher, but that means sending someone down and I can't see that happening.
Obviously, he'll be there in September along with Benuelos, the left hander. I'd like to see that first baseman, Jorge Vasquez . I really like his swing. He currently has 27 homers and 82 RBIs while hitting .251. Montero has 11 homers and 50 RBIs in approximately the same number of games.

The Rochester paper says that Phil Hughes is the starter for tonight's game against the Angels. ESPN says the starter is going to be AJ Burnett and Buster Olney says it's going to be Ivan Nova. Maybe it'll be Posada. He's not doing anything.

I thought my Mother carried her ethnic heritage too far, but apparently my dentist has the same zeal. I learned today that he almost fired his dental assistant because she cuts her spaghetti with a fork instead of rolling it up. Better be careful, Karen. That's as bad as putting sugar in your marinara sauce.

***THEY SAID IT***
"The NFL will beging random testing for HGH in the new collective-bargaining agreement: "Know what that means? The players have found something better." -- Janice Hough
"Jennifer Pharr Davis broke the mark for hiking the entire Appalachian Trail: The previous record was held by Gov. Sanford's wife, looking for Gov. Sanford." -- Bill Littlejohn
"According to a recent study, less intelligent women tend to want more sex. This is good news to Alex Rodriguez, who is dating Cameron Diaz." -- RJ Currie
"A woman working at a Dunkin' Donuts was apparently a prostitute. It takes a lot of guts to be a hooker in a place full of cops." -- David Letterman
"It's President Obama's birthday. I can't believe it's been 50 years since his mother forged his birth certificate." -- Jimmy Kimmel

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