Yeah…let’s just throw Hughes under a bus even if he started as the youngest pitcher in the majors this year…even tho’ he was injured. I guess all those scouts who pegged him as #1 in the minors must be wrong …they should have consulted with you first since you seem to know what a “bust” he is with his short time in the majors.

I guess you would have thrown Santana, Glavine, Greg Maddux under a bus too just to name a few …go check out their stats when they first started out. For that matter ..check out Volquez too

Patience is a virtue …try to have a little when it comes to young players and give them at least a year or so to prove what they could do ..

Hope the Yankees start a new winning streak today ..Go Yankees 2008 !!!

Girardi is a micro-manager. His constant lineup changes, moves like this one, taking away ice cream and snacks. Yes, it was one game. He also was the cause of at least 3 other losses from making stupid calls. Where would the Yankees be sitting right now with 4 extra wins? Ahead of Tampa Bay and even with Boston in the loss column.

I think Moose was letting off some steam, but it indicates that the clubhouse under Girardi isn’t one that at least Mussina likes. I think there is underlying tension in the clubhouse. It comes from treating veteran players like they are children. That isn’t a good formula.

And I’m not even that upset about the loss last night. Volquez was great, it’s not like we lost to a lousy pitcher. You can’t win every game and losing 1 in last 7 to a dominant pitcher is not reason to start sweating just yet.

In fact, watching Volquez made me optimistic about our own team’s future. Volquez was disastrous his first year in the bigs when he was 21, same age as Phil Hughes is now. He had like a 14 or 15 ERA and didn’t win a single game that year, but now he is dominating and has reduced his ERA ten fold. So let last night not be a lesson about second guessing the intentional walk, hindsight’s 20/20, instead let’s focus on what our team could have in the long term which is a an arsenal of young cheap and potentially dominant players. If Cashman watched Volquez last night and decided not to trade Hughes, Cano, Horne and Jackson for Erik Bedard or Sabathia, then I think we have already won.

If it’s a change in the dynamics, I’m all for that. There’s enough real controversy available 24/7 that made-up controversies don’t seem to be all that necessary.