Game 2

Joe Girardi: You want answers?

Baseball Prospectus reporter: I think I'm entitled to them.

Joe Girardi: You want answers?

Baseball Prospectus Reporter: I want the truth!

Joe Girardi: You can't handle the truth! Son, we play a game that requires baserunners. And those baserunners have to be advanced. Who's gonna do it? You, Joe Sheehan? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for lost outs and you curse smallball. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that losing an out, while tragic, usually leads to runs. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, leads to runs...You don't want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don't talk about at the SABR convention, you want me giving up those outs. You need me giving up those outs

We use words like bunt, hit-and-run, productive outs...we use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use 'em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very runs I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide them! I'd rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a bat and get in the box. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to!

Baseball Prospectus reporter: Did you order Derek Jeter to bunt?

Joe Girardi: I did the job I've been asked to do.

Baseball Prospectus Reporter: Did you order Derek Jeter to bunt?


Joe Girardi: You're goddamn right I did!

Game 1

The Phillies are a formidable opponent, and Cliff Lee's a great pitcher...

.....but COME ON!

Game 6

I guess the Angels didn't care enough about Nick Adenhart to win for him.






Also: WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Game 5

My emotions following Game 5, explained in animal facial expressions.

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(apologies to Emma at Eephus Pitch)

The Dumbest Thing I Have Ever Read

Are you fucking kidding me?

Don't Mess with Teix-as

I predict that headline first appears in the Post by April 30.

With the Mark Teixeira signing, the Yankees' off-season immediately upgraded from a C+ to an A-. Adding such a huge offensive and defensive weapon makes up for a lot of mistakes. And there have been mistakes. Signing A.J. Burnett to a long-term deal, not offering arbitration to Bobby Abreu, butchering the Damaso Marte situation -- all are forgiven with one large $180 million check.

Now, the Yankees have addressed crucial needs in the rotation and the lineup. Miguel Cairo and Jorge Posada won't be playing first base anymore. Yes, the team is once again throwing money at problems, but this time around, they seem to be doing it with more focus and cunning. They haven't traded away the jewels of the farm system, and they're not signing the likes of Jaret Wright (for the most part). CC Sabathia and Teixeira seem as safe as any big-ticket free agents at their respective positions have been in some time.

I'm hopeful that Brian Cashman still has one more illusion up his sleeve (tricks are things whores do for money), and can turn Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon or Xavier Nady into an innings-gobbling, back-of-the-rotation starter. If not, I'm comfortable with what the Yankees will be starting out with down in Ybor City.

Brief Ballpark Review: Busch Stadium

In honor of the amount of effort put into the new Busch Stadium, a haiku:

The best baseball fans?
No, though clearly the dumbest
The ballpark is "blah"