Do you know which day this weekend that Dellin will be pitching? I’d like to see him pitch before the semester is over and I’m no longer here in Charleston.

While I agree, SJ, that the Red Sox seem to be efficient with their roster, I don’t think I’d call Wakefield, Tavarez, and Timlin that much better than having Mussina, Giambi, Farnsworth and Bruney.

Mussina is better than Wakefield, at least in my eyes and Timlin is just plain terrible this season. Tavarez is questionable but I suppose versatile.

Next season things are going to look a lot different. I think you’ll be saying the opposite about these two teams.

It didn’t surprise me at all that there were chants of “Jeter go home,” etc. after the Yankees blew the game open. All that could be heard were the drunks.

But what was Paul talking about the black cat. I didn’t see that. Did it actually happen?

I’d have no problems with this, but would find it really unfortunate.

There is no reason to use Ohlendorf to pitch low leverage long man innings. You can just as well have Rasner do it.

But at the same time, sending Ohelndorf to bring up Rasner just perpetuates the problem of Farnsworth and Bruney and the hold they somehow have over the organization.

Why not send Bruney down instead of Ohlendorf? Who would you rather see pitching short man innings right now? I’d much rather Ohlendorf do it to see what he is capable of. Also, it’s reasonable to expect Ohlendorf to keep improving as he gains major league experience.

It’s as if they have to do gymnastics with the roster to juggle everything around the needs of Farnsworth and Bruney. You do that for superstars – not for Farnsworth and Bruney.

In regards to the Ohlendorf/long man situation, I would rather see him sent down to the minors, be used a little less and only in an eighth inning setup role. In the meantime, bring up Rasner as the long man.

Once Joba becomes a starter, Ohlendorf can come back up and be our eighth innning setup for Mo.

How viable is that idea?

Griffey deserves all he’s getting. He hung Seattle out to dry by going public and saying he would only play for cincy. I forgot who cincies shortstop was but they pulled him out of the deal after those comments. You just dont do that to an orginization. Go behind the scenes and request that. Its Karma IMO.

Its like role reversal. The Red Sox roster is like the how the Yankees used to form a roster and the Yankees roster are like the Red Sox rosters of the past.

Drives me nuts.