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- Mets 7, Braves 3: The bad-bullpen shoe is on the other foot, at least for one day. The Mets jumped out to an early lead -- what else is new? -- on a David Wright sacrifice fly and a Fernando Tatis ground-rule double in the first. The Braves got three back off Oliver Perez in the third, however, and the Mets' bats were shut down. Trailing 3-2 in the eighth, the Mets got a two-run double from Carlos Delgado, a two-run single from Damion Easley and an RBI single from Ramon Castro in a five-run outburst. Luis Ayala (in his Mets debut) joined with Aaron Heilman and Scott Schoeneweis to put forth the bullpen's 2 2/3 scoreless innings.
- Blue Jays 2, Yankees 1: The Johnny Damon-in-center experiment didn't go well Tuesday. He misplayed a ball by Marco Scutaro -- he's a Yankees-killer -- that turned into the go-ahead double as the Yankees wasted a rare strong start from Darrell Rasner in the opener in Canada. After Bobby Abreu's double scored Damon in the first, the Yankees didn't get anything going. Rasner went 6 2/3 innings against a mostly impotent Blue Jays offense, but he'll take it. The Yankees cannot take losses like this, though.
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The Yankees' reverse magic number is now at nine.
Girardi must go. The anemia starts at the top.
Can't wait to see Pavano's ERA after Saturday's start.
Good game at Shea last night. Perfect day to attend. Glad I went.
It's not really Girardi's fault that beyond A-Rod, Rivera and the resurgent Giambi and Mussina, the Yankees just don't have all that much talent. Look at how many of their players are getting old all at once - Giambi, Jeter, Damon, Abreu, Matsui, Posada, Mussina, Pettite, Rivera all over 34. Way too much hope placed on mediocre players like Cano and Cabrera and Rasner, prospects who weren't ready like Kennedy and Hughes. No manager in the world can prevent players from getting old.
Last season the pitching was the problem and this year the offense has not been clicking at all. Yankees are unable to get key hits, which is why they aren't making the playoffs.
The Yankee defense has been lacking lately as well. I am thrilled they will be moving into a new stadium with jacked up prices with a shitty team like this. Girardi is a solid manager who worked wonders on a minor league Marlins team. These Yankees are mostly past their prime. Hooray!