Unprecedented

Unusual Circumstances.

I know I never write two posts in one day. Two posts in one week is productive, for Me. But I'm forced to undertake this unprecedented action by the latest terrible, putrid, unnecessary loss.

Ian Kennedy gave up three runs in five innings . . . 105 pitches. One horrible inning, the second. After that he settled nicely but unfortunately the pitch count was already way out of hand and it was obvious that Kennedy wasn't going deep in the ballgame.

Meanwhile, we're doing nothing against Future Hall of Famer Jeremy Sauers. I think we were something like 0-37 with RISP vs Sauers.

Hawkins stumbles through the sixth . . . the inning ending on a rocket line drive that's gloved by Gonzalez who manages to dive and double the runner off of third.

Top 6 we somehow load the bases. Cano pinch hits and is punched out on a pitch that's way low. He's followed by Posada pinch-hitting who, miraculously, hits a bases-clearing triple (aided by poor judgement by Dave Dellucci -- should've been a two-run single).

But it's a tie game all of a sudden . . . I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth. Hawkins (he hasn't pitched enough lately?) gets out of the seventh.

Meanwhile, Chris Britton has been up and down at least twice.

Farnsworth gets through the eighth, bad elbow and all.

Top 9. With one out, Damon singles, and Melky, despite being dumped on by the Fox team the whole game through, somehow singles.

First and third. Jeter up.

He hits it hard, but it hits the mound and comes up for the second baseman. Double play.

Tied at 3, bottom nine.

Fox comes back from commercial and . . . Ross Ohlendorf is pitching.

Ohlendorf? Ross "Hit Me Hard" Ohlendorf? The Ross Ohlendorf who's been pitching way too much and way too ineffectively of late?

Mercifully, it doesn't take too long. With one out . . . single, single, wild pitch, intentional walk, single. Game over.

I can only assume that MJ2 is doing with Ohlendorf what Willie Randolph is doing with Heilman -- the worse he pitches, the more work he gets.

We bring guys up to shore up the bullpen and then . . . use the same freaking guys who are allegedly are so over-taxed? Huh? MJ2 again shows a chilling similarity to MJ1 in this regard. Carry twelve pitchers and then only use eight or nine.

And, as iris pointed out . . . why on earth do you field that goofy lineup when your starer has an ERA of 9.64? The lefties he sat can all hit lefties.

But it's the offense, stupid. Even with the C team playing today, there were abundant chances. A lousy fly ball by Jeter in the top of the ninth and it's Mariano pitching bottom 9 instead of Ohlendorf and things most likely end differently. And a lot of blown chances before that . . . a couple were bad luck, most were just horrible.

I won't even begin to rag on Tim and Joe, whose anti-Yankee undertones are increasingly moving up to the surface, especially in Tim's case. I don't have the energy to dissect the telecast to the degree it warrants.

12-13. Can someone ask Hank if Girardi is in (more) trouble?