3rd place is bad enough don’t demote them further to 4th place.

Fourth place teams have no business with childish hazing. It’s cute when you’re winning; it’s lame when your an also-ran

What did the 4th place Toronto Blue Jays do for Hazing?

Wow, that’s the first I’ve heard of Moose considering other teams. But I guess if he decides he wants to try for 300 while the Yankees decide they don’t want him back, well, then he’d have to have a contingency plan. The question is, at 40, will a team give him a 3-year contract? And perhaps he feels the Yankees won’t give him 3 years guaranteed. I guess we’ll all have to wait and see how it plays out, but I’m getting ready for the Moose retirement announcement, myself.

How big a deal was the meeting that Jeter was asked to sit in on with Hal, Cash and Girardi on the homestand following the Minny trip? At the time I thought it BS that it is was being explained as management wanting Jeter to express their support of the team but didn’t have a grasp of what issues existed. In hindsight, that was the day after the Minny series where Damon and Girardi had an issue and a few days before the line-up became stabilized.

People point to the Cano benching as coming a few months too late. That may have been a meeting that was a few months too late also.

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I agree. It did take Girardi some time to get his “sea legs.” But he’s a smart and, I think, an earnest guy who will use this year’s experiences to help him going forward. (By the by, it’s nice to know I’m not the only one who isn’t an Ed Price fan.)

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I was also going to reference the Rasner stuff in my earlier post. I thought it was a poor example to use. He was given many, many opportunities, number one; and number two, I believe he’d thrown more pitches in that game than he ever had in a major league game to that point. I believe Girardi didn’t want him to end up losing the game, rather than preventing him from winning the game, given the weakness of the offense.

It seems like he’s leaning towards retirement. If he keeps playing, it’s to reach 300 wins.

From the Post:

And there is a real possibility the 39-year-old Mussina, a borderline Hall of Famer, retires. His family wants him home and he said yesterday that chasing 300 wins would be a motivator. Since he estimated that would take three years – he takes 269 victories to the mound today against the Red Sox looking for his first 20-win season – Mussina may figure to shut it off.

“Can I do it for three more years?” asked Mussina, who will pitch the first game today against Daisuke Matsuzaka. “If I am in it for one, I am in it for three.”

His family wanting him home in Montoursville, Pa., isn’t the only indication Mussina may retire. He has taken boxes of balls and other mementos from his victories this year to give to family, friends and former coaches.

“Most of them are leaning toward me going home,” Mussina said. “My wife would have liked me to retire five years ago.”

If he doesn’t retire, Mussina said the Yankees would be his top choice, but not the only one. He said Detroit and Toronto aren’t outside of the travel circle he has drawn around Montoursville.