Wednesday, May 24, 2006

I think Alex “Jesus Loves Me” Rodriguez has found the motivational tool he needs. Every time his boss or some New York rag tears him a new one for failing in the clutch, he comes out in the next game and unleashes a bomb. It happened a couple weeks ago, and it happened last night.

Good for him.

Do I wish Tito had opted to take Wake out early instead of letting him give up a three-run jack to Mr. McBluelips?

Yes. But there’s certainly no guarantee that Julian Tavarez would’ve gotten the guy out either.

Sure, it would’ve been nice if Manny’s three-run shot had tied the game instead of slicing the lead in half.

And sure, it would’ve been nice if his RBI single in the eighth had given us the lead.

But it also would have been nice if Jaret Wright had remembered that he is Jaret Wright.

It would have been nice if we had not left 13 MEN ON BASE.

It would have been nice if Doug Mirabelli didn’t allow three passed balls for an unearned run.

If would have been nice if we didn’t have to see Doug Mirabelli, representing the tying run in the seventh, strike out swinging three times at three breaking balls.

It would have been nice if we didn’t have to see Willie Harris coming to the plate with runners on first and third and two outs.

It would have been nice if Francona could’ve pinch-hit Wily Mo Pena instead of forcing us to watch Dustan Mohr make the last out. (You were just being cautious last night, right Tito? He can play tonight but couldn’t pick up a bat in the bottom of the ninth? Very strange.)

Oh well.

Randy Johnson has a lot to prove tonight.

And Matt Clement (hopefully) has a shot of confidence after his last start.

Other bright spots are there: Coco is back soon. Wells will give it a whirl on Friday.

Meanwhile, the Yankees’ bullpen is terrible. In a game the Yankees were once leading 7-1, Mariano Rivera was compelled to come in and get a five-out save.

But if David Riske can keep pitching anything like he did last night, and if Jonathan Papelbon can continue being the best closer in baseball, ours is not.

And despite what Joe Torre says, Manny can keep admiring those majestic blasts for as long as he wants. 

“You’ve got to pretend like you’ve been there before," says the game’s guardian of moral rectitude. Well, he has been there before, 444 times, in fact. And he’ll be there again. And again.

5/24/2006 11:27:47 AM by Mike Miliard | Comments [0] |  
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