Re your first bullet, it will only get worse next year, much worse. The new Stadium will be full of people who won’t be able to get through the whole role call. It will be a whole season of World Series type crowds, corporate types who could care less about the outcome of the game.

Re the second bullet, Joe trusted Wang more than he trusted Edwar and Ohlendorf, and so do I. Can’t really fault him for that one. Joba and Farnsworth were unavailable. But you have to like what we’ve seen from Edwar so far. He is moving up on the depth chart.

Vidro did go 7 for 13 with 5 RBI over the weekend in a series in which his team scored a total of 13 runs. That’s pretty darn good production from a guy that wasn’t expected to be a thorn in the Yanks’ side the whole weekend.

I also think Edwar is most effective when he’s used twice a week instead of 3 or 4. Even though he only has two pitches (one plus pitch), his enigma will always be that he gives up way too many free passes. I hope he doesn’t move up too far on the depth because he’s most effective where he is right now.

The best thing about this current stretch is the Red Sox have suddenly lost 3 straight games after winning 7 straight games coming into Friday night.

Yanks are now just 3.0 GB of Boston in the loss column. I worry less about the Rays because they aren’t going to sustain this run all season. It’s still going to come down to the Yanks/Red Sox for the AL East title.

Needless to say, things are looking a whole lot sunnier than it did a week ago. And they should get Posada back by the end of the first week of June.

When I was at the Stadium last weekend, they tried to get the wave going and people were screaming at them “We do NOT do the wave in the Bronx!!” and they stopped it. Then they tried it again and a group broke out with “the wave’s retarded!” chant and it stopped.

it’s really up to the non-wavers to stop it. Be New Yorkers dammit.

In Chin’s defense, i actually watched this game from home because i had to work, but he looked strong going into the 7th. I thought he was actually getting better as the game went along, but, they teed off on him with some really hard hits. Glad we’re coming around with our pitching a little though….. LETS GO YANKEES!!