Derek Jeter: proving why he’s the Captain time and time again. Still can’t get over that play last night, another classic.

Just want to remind, it was ANDY Petttite who put the best start together this series and I am not the slightest bit surprised.

So help me, I don’t know what I would have done had they been beaten by Pavano. THANK GOD.

The Sox making an early exit was a gift and a curse as
The Yankees have some serious work cut out for them starting Friday. It would have been fun to watch Yanks/Sox now its going to be just plain nerve-racking! The bats are going to have to wake up and pitching has to be flawless. The Angels will not make the mistakes the Twins made. This series is a long-time coming and I definitely think it could go 6 or 7 games.

Sam, Chad, Josh – thanks again for the fantastic coverage.

If they go for a # 1 catcher they’ll have four guys (Lowell, Ortiz, Youk and V-Mart) sharing three jobs (1B, 3B, DH) for more than $ 40 Million. More likely they’ll grin and beat it and hope Mauer is interested in another year.

Boy is Damon looking old lately. He’s changing my mind — a bit — about bringing him back.

also trading for a catcher will not cost as much in prospects

if they get a catcher,ss & maybe a pitcher with vmart at 1b,youk at 3b they are ok

they can do several things

there is no way of knowing

it will depend on who is available & how things develope

they can get a 1b & catch vmart with youk at 3b or move youk to 3b,keep vmart at 1b,sign a catcher or two, ss

The discussion was never about whether Jorge is a very good catcher. It was the idea that he’s a “young 37″ for a catcher. Seeing how he caught far fewer games than he did two years ago and his BA, SLG, OPS were all down the facts show he is clearly slowing down.

You claimed his bat was not slowing down and you are incorrect, sir.

You want me to concede he is the best 37-year-old catcher in MLB you got it.

so why don’t the yankees pay the extra million and keep molina as the back up and have a cheap third string catcher at triple a not using up service time .

chances are posada or molina will be disabled at some point ant cervelli still plays some.

i think this is the strongest position for the yankees plus it has the added benefit of keeping molina away from the red sox as a back up.

To get an offensive catcher the Red Sox are going to have to trade the farm or Papelbum which I don’t see them doing.

Martinez is their offensive catcher. They need a defensive specialist and who is a better one than Jose Molina who is also a free agent and AL East battle tested?

The Red Sox would not sign Bengie Molina since while he can hit, he is not the defensive player Jose is.

The young Texas catchers are now a bit of a mess. Salty is a huge question mark. They are now talking about resigning Pudge in Texas.

Who else is going to give up a good hitting catcher for the prospects the Red Sox would offer?

No one in my mind.

They are going to try to sign Jose Molina and they will probably succeed and quite frankly, it’s fine with me.

Cervelli deserves his shot and if they play Jose too much he gets run down and exposed.

His best role is as Jorge’s caddy with Jorge playing the brunt of the games.

The Red Sox can’t afford to try to get another offensive minded catcher when they already have one who is not great defensively and can’t throw people out.

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Hopefully, Andy breaks the postseason wins record very soon.