First of all having an engineering degree has nothing at all to do with baseball. So with your thinking I guess DR. James Andrews could coach a football team? Absurd.

Never said anything about coaching baseball, though I’ve been mostly happy with Girardi’s performance this year and expect he will improve with experience. All I said was the dude’s not stupid.

Second of all, Staying with your line of thinking. Cashman must of went out and gotten Marte’ and Nady to protect Damon and Veras for next year. Right? Even more absurd. You think when the Yanks made these moves they were thinking about next year? Maybe you should familiarize yourself with Yankee tradition. They were absolutely moves to propel us into the post-season and everyone that knows anything thought they were fantastic moves and was ready to vote Cashman GM of the yera if they all worked out.

It’s fairly clear to me that they’re going to let Abreu walk and Nady will be the full-time RF next year. It’s somewhat harder to explain the long-term value of trading for Marte, but I guess you don’t pass up the opportunity to pick up a good reliever when you get it. (Never mind that Marte’s been a total bust in pinstripes so far, but oh well…) I would also point out that the Nady-Marte trade took place when the Yankees were only a game or two out of the playoffs and not yet playing like the Bad News Bears for more than two solid weeks. So at the time, it was a move that could help both in the short run and in the long run. I agree that it was a great trade.

Precisely what Yankee tradition are you referring to? The one of trading away the farm for overpriced, over-the-hill veterans? Because that’s one tradition I’ve been very happy to see going the way of the dinosaur over the last couple of years.

While it seems far fetched being that LA would have homefield. We absolutely could beat them in a five game series. I guess you didnt see the split we had with them in The Boogie Down. We could of easily had 3 out of 4 too because the 1-0 game could have easily gone in our favor. We also could have had 2 out of 3 in LA if Girardi had left Geis in and even if he didnt do that he could of at least not brought Edwar in the bottom of the 8th in a 3-3 game after getting shelled a week prior. Then the next day if Cano would have even made an attempt at the 10 hopper thru the infield that game still might be going. So we could beat them in a five game set.

Woulda, shoulda, coulda. Guess what? These are exactly the sort of games that playoff-caliber teams, like the Yankees of old, find a way to win. We’ve been blowing winnable games all year. It’s why we’re in the predicament we’re in now.

The Yankees are not packing it in. While the playoffs dont look promising the yankees would never pack it in. What makes you so sure Pudge is walking at the end of the year. I dont think he is. We wont have Posada back til at least August of next year. By the way we did not trade for Pudge’s bat. A .280 bat is nothing to trade for. Ever hear of 14 gold gloves?

I never said the Yankees were packing it in. Not even the Mariners and the Nationals are doing that. What I said was that they are clearly prioritizing 2009 and beyond over 2008 at this point, and that I agree with that line of thinking.

Pudge is older than Posada. As a catcher, he’s an injury waiting to happen. He doesn’t make sense as part of the Yankees’ long-term plans. He may have won 14 Gold Gloves, but he’s not what he used to be defensively. Molina is probably the best defensive catcher in baseball right now, and undoubtedly better behind the plate for the Yankees than Pudge. Molina is also an automatic out, so yes, a .280 bat represents a significant offensive upgrade.

Also, where are you getting that Posada won’t be back until August? Everything I’ve read has him back at the beginning of next season. That said, I don’t think Posada is our long-term answer at C — I expect him to play a lot of 1B and DH in the remaining years of his contract — but neither is Pudge.

Oh and a comment for Greekman. Why would you drop Abreu at the end of the year? One of the best bats on our squad and a high on base percentage and one of the best eyes in baseball. WHY???

Because he’s old, regressing offensively, and abysmal defensively. Nady is a big upgrade at that position.