Farnsworth got the first two batters out in the 8th. He gave up an infield single to Vidro who was taken out of the game for pinch-runner Willie Bloomquist. Bloomquist stole second and was out BY A MILE. So out by a mile on the replay, his lead hand didn’t even get past Cano’s back foot, he was out by well over a foot. This cocksucker ump called him safe because someone in the Red Sox front office paid him to make a call like that -why not since a 2B umpire’s main call is outs at 2B? Well, no fix just more awful umpiring like it’s been since this decade began cuz I don’t remember it being this bad in the ’80s or ’90s. Farnsworth gave up a hit which should’ve never been given up…because the inning should’ve been over before then, the ump cost the Yankees the game. That horrendous call is Exhibit A why M.L.B. should have instant replay.

Farnsworth, Posada, and Cano did their jobs, too bad the dick umpiring at 2B didn’t.

is he a fly ball pitcher

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I never, but never say nasty things on this blog. But you have gone past what I think is common decency. It is offensive to me that you would call a person “retarded” because of his looks. It is offensive that you would say that a person’s worth is based on his looks. You really don’t have to be incredibly boorish to say that you think Igawa needs to work on his pitching.

I had to shut the t.v. They were really getting to me. they were obnoxious and abusive, AGAIN.

Anyway, since Mike Francesa (whatever) was saying that Clemens was “awful� his last year with the Yankees (2003), I decided to look up the stats.

Now, playoffs aside, the man was 17-9 with a 3.91 ERA in the American League East. How is that even close to “awful?� Yet no one called in to quarrel with that. In Houston, he had ERAs of 2.98, 1.87, and 2.30. Even if you ADD 2 runs to that ERA, it will be 4.30, which in the AL East these days is not so bad. Plus, the Yankees are certainly capable of scoring the necessary 5 runs to cover. My guess is he’ll be abaout the same as he was, around 4.

I think they just plainly do not like Clemens. Did he “dis” them or something in the past????

The guy looks terrible, lost, inconsistent, and mildly retarded.

In terms of the $50 million investment, I am not sure what logic went in to this. You get the feeling that Yankee management was groping for the poor man’s Matsuzaka at the time of bidding. Ironic part is, NY is anything but poor.

Send his butt to Tampa, try to salvage something and correct his ridiculously bucked teeth, then hope he can return to the bullpen in July and spell relief for the overworked counterparts.

I’m not overreacting — this makes whoever signed Igawa look bad. He’s off the team after a month of baseball — that’s hardly a good return on an investment.

I think this is the right move. Igawa has good stuff but he hasn’t been all that effective. Having him work out his issues away from the pressure of the big-league team is smart — but the fact that he has to do that obviously means he’s not the guy they thought they were getting.