Before, the bottom part of the lineup was so weak, if the top of the line up failed, there was no hope. Now the line up is balanced and the only weak link if the catcher position, still IRod is not that bad.

If Pavano holds up, the pitching will be alright and with lineup doing well we will have a better chance of making the playoffs.

I may be in the minority but I don’t care what the Yankees have paid Pavano. I’m disappointed that he hasn’t been able to contribute and compete for the team but the money doesn’t bother me at all.

The point is that if you are going to end up trashing a player who is just coming back, at least wait until the player has proven trash-worthy! (One inning usually doesn’t cut it…)

I happen to think that the majority of the posters here are extremely baseball savvy, if not basically all. And I mean that sincerely. Not everyone is going to have the same perspective and some people want instant perfection, but I think that people understand baseball. They may just have different ways they want to get there.

That said, how in hell can’t people figure out that players who are just coming back

2. aren’t going to neceswsarily have their best performances first game out?

I couldn’t believe my eyes (okay I could but it still found it distressing) when some posters jumped on Matsui when he didn’t get hits his first AB; jumped all over Brian Bruney when he came back and didn’t have his best stuff; and jumped all over Pavano when he gave up some hits and runs in the first few innings?

Especially in the case of Pavano, how could you not figure out that the guy was probably dealing with nothing but a case of nerves for every reason possible and likely was going to overthrow and not locate his pitches too well for a few innings?

That lack of logic that is prevalent here when guys are just coming back absolutely defies reason, because this is not a stupid blog. Far from it.

Dats all for now.