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06/11/2007 9:45 AM ET
A-Right and A-Wrong
On pseudo-fans, Yankees hopes, bullpens, and more
By Steven Goldman / Special to YESNetwork.com
WHAT'S THE USE OF WONDERIN'?
As I took in Sunday's game, I wondered, not for the first time, where all
those nice people who had sent me nasty notes when I defended Alex Rodriguez
had gone to. Not that any of them were serious in the first place -- when I
said, "You can have it your way, but since we live in a world with
consequences, all of you who think the Yankees will do better without him,
please describe how they will do better. Describe the Yankees in a post-Rod
world. Who plays third? How do you replace the missing offense?" I never got
one note, not one, in reply.
In truth, I never expected a reply, because (1) those people weren't serious
baseball fans, they just wanted to gang up on someone, and (2) there was no
good answer. Very few third basemen can have the worst year of their careers
and still pop 35 home runs and walk 90 times. Since the Yankees had (and
have) no third base prospect who might do half as well, to trade A-Rod and
still compete they would have to get A-Rod, or an A-Rod equivalent at some
other position. That wasn't likely to happen.
Thanks to this six-game winning streak, the Yankees have a heartbeat again.
Their 9 1/2-game deficit in the East still seems like a bridge too far, but a
5 1/2-game gap (five in the loss column) in the Wild Card race isn't
insurmountable given that there are still 101 games to play. I don't know if
the Yankees can do it. I do know that they won't get there without Rodriguez
continuing to do what he's been doing. If they do get there, if they lose in
the first round because Rodriguez goes 0-for-30, anyone that boos will mark
themselves as ignorant, because the Yankees wouldn't have gotten there
without him.
That's a bit premature, because the Yankees very well might not get there and
Rodriguez could go 0-for his next 300. I'm still a bit burned over the
reaction last year, both to A-Rod and to my trying to be the voice of reason,
and I want to stake out my position on the matter here and now. If you
weren't here in the first place, get off my bloody bandwagon.
FEAR OF FLIES
Last Friday I told you to watch for the Pirates fielding and bullpen as keys
to the series. Watching the first inning of Friday's game, I was afraid I had
made a terrible mistake -- shortstop Jack Wilson made a couple of good plays
on the first balls hit to him and I started to sweat a bit. Shortly
thereafter, though, I started to recognize the Pirates I knew. I think it was
the outfielders screaming, "Aaaah! Ball!" and running the other way on every
fly that calmed me down. The bullpen was as advertised.
THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER TEST
As you've no doubt surmised, beating the White Sox and the Pirates does not
exactly constitute proof that all of the Yankees' problems are over and their
inner 1927 has asserted itself. The next six games offer a better test, with
two division leaders coming to the Stadium in the Diamondbacks and the Mets.
Diamondbacks starting pitching may be especially troublesome. We'll start
with that in tomorrow's chapter of the Pinstriped Bible.
THINKING ALONG WITH JOE TORRE
On Sunday, Sean Henn loaded the bases in the fifth. Henn is not a great
pitcher and he has no pedigree, no history that would make one think that he
should be trusted to escape the situation. Obviously, it's time to go to the
'pen. Who do you call on?
Not Luis Vizcaino, because he's an arsonist.
Not Brian Bruney, who is good, but you don't want him with the bases loaded
because he walks too many.
Not Mike Myers, because he's really a specialist, even if he has proved to be
more versatile of late.
Not Kyle Farnsworth, because he'll give up a grand slam.
Not Mariano Rivera, because it's the fifth inning, and managers haven't
brought in their best relievers this early for several decades now.
So who you gonna call?
Exactly. You don't call anyone. Fortunately for Torre and the Yankees, Henn
pitched his way out of the jam. It might not be so pretty next time.
SOPRANOS, YES, BUT I DON'T GET THE CAT
The ending was brilliant ... and nasty. I don't want to spoil it for anyone
who hasn't seen it, though no doubt it was water cooler conversation all over
the country this morning and every newspaper has a review. Creator David
Chase's 86-episode narrative seemed to have only two possible resolutions,
each one of which would be unsatisfying to some portion of the audience.
Suffice it to say that Chase found a third way. His method of getting there
was wonderfully manipulative, playing on all the clichés of gangster movies
to put the viewer into a certain frame of mind, and then throw a wonderful
changeup.
The symbolism with the Christopher-obsessed ginger cat, though, that escapes
me.
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