Almost Comical.

"Trouble In Tampa," starring Mike Meyers (and featuring Joe Torre)

Good news: Wang back! Matsui homers! A Yankee starter glimpses the 7th inning!
Bad news: Games still last 9 innings.

Wang pitched well, got a bit tired in the seventh and left with a one-run lead and runners on second and third and one out.

Enter Vizcaino. This would be his fifth appearance in six games, and he hasn't been effective at all lately. Perfect choice, no?

But wait. Just in case Vizcaino isn't under enough pressure, let's issue an intentional walk to load the bases. Margin for error? That's for sissies!

Vizcano falls behind 2-0. He battles back to 2-2, doesn't' get a call on a close pitch to make it 3-2. I am wondering whether the 3-2 pitch is going to be hit out or simply clear the bases.

The 3-2 pitch is nice and fat but it gets lined to short. Ugly pitch, good result, somehow. Two outs. We could get out of this, maybe. Yeah!

I watch Mike Meyers taking the mound and then I know we're not getting out of this. In fact it wouldn't surprise me if Crawford hits a --

I never get to complete the thought, the ball goes into the seats so fast.

And for the first time since the early 90s, when the Yankees were horribly, pathetically bad, I actually laughed. There was just nothing else to do. And after the laughing I'm just numb, and all I can think about is the stupid bookkeeping aspect of it. Wang gets charged for two of those runs, and gets the loss. Vizcaino gets charged for a run, for intentionally walking a guy. And Meyers gets one charged with one crummy run for blowing up the game. [Meyers also gets a blown save . . . oh boy.] [I have a much better bookkeeping system for situations like this, but now isn't the time.]

It's almost comical. Almost. Using Vizcaino five games out of six when he's pitching poorly. The love affair with Meyers when he's done little to warrant such devotion. The idiots who will very soon start blaming A-Rod for the Yankees' poor showing. I really do want to laugh, to be able to fid it truly funny.

If only I could.