Do people still remember Billy Martin? He did not give a damn about the egos. He just won even with possibly lesser talent than what Joe is given.

Like the song goes:
“Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you got ’till it’s gone”.

You are sooooooooooo right, Pete!

a 12:05 post.

Oh yeah, we’ll just conveniently forget the fact that RJ hasn’t thrown one inning for Arizona so far.

Now cashman looks like a fool defending Joe and getting him keep his job. If Joe blows another couple of games like this, he should be fired right away before it is too late for the Yankees to make the post season.

And your basis for that conclusion is what? Pure speculation? Had Mariano gotten out of it, I’d have said Mariano saved Joe from looking like a bonehead!

That was a bad move from the get-go for many reasons, but the three main ones are Vizcaino, Farnsworth, and Bruney. Those guys need to be given a chance to hold a 4 run lead in the 8th. I realize it’s Fenway, but it’s April and as you yourself pointed out, it was the bottom of the lineup.

Save Mo for the top of the lineup and the 9th inning. No question, the loss was Mo’s fault and he pitched terribly, but Joe made a mistake and it can’t be ignored. Sure, 99 times out of 100, Mariano’s going to get it done, but when he fails and he shouldn’t have been in to begin with, Joe’s got to take some heat.

He’s still cost the team two games this season. His in-game managing is worse than usual and wholly without imagination. He is a slave to the routines he creates out of hunches and stale habit.

Last night? The mistakes are as follows.

Pinch-running for Giambi. A move that rarely works. Guarantees a bad bat in his spot if needed. And worse? Offers the opposing pitcher a way to work the previous batter. That would be A-Rod.

Letting Kevin Thompson make the last out while Josh Phelps sits in the batter’s box. Phelps hit a ninth inning home run against the opposing team’s closer the NIGHT BEFORE.

Pitching Viz on consecutive nights after he threw 33 pitches and threw several of them badly. This is where Joe’s penchant for rigid routine hurts him and the team. Bruney has pitched far better as of late. He did not work as hard in his last start.

If Proctor has been as hot as you say, surely Joe has noticed. The fact that he pulled him after only six pitches is again evidence of Joe sticking to the routine. Proctor’s my seventh inning guy, Vicaino is my eighth. Stick to the routine even if it hurts the team.

This last one is easy. If you’re willing to pitch Mariano for two innings, despite your previous statements, then bloody well pitch him for two innings. Starting with the first batter in the eighth frame.

And yes, I’ll miss him too.