Chad Gaudin could have done that!

God DAMN IT.

But i DO enjoy the idea of winning it @ home…….

Insurance runs always means so much. Never take a lead for granted. Coke, come on man. At least I got another day to live this season out… Don’t know what I’ll do when it’s alln over

It seemed Girardi was doing the smart thing. Losing 6-2 to Lee, he was trying out the pitchers he had questions about (Robertson, Aceves, Coke, Hughes) to see which ones he would feel confident using Wednesday and Thursday at Yankee (probably figuring Andy might go only five or six innings, and figuring he could use Mo for two if the Yanks were ahead in the seventh.

So how is he to know that the Yanks would score six? If he did, he probably would have used Marte instead of Coke.

[Still bummed that the Yanks still would have had a good chance if Jeter didn’t hit into that double play. Man, that was a crushing blow. And then Teixeira striking out for the last out. So many Yankees in an incredibly bad funk. Teixeira, Cano (hate to say this, but his entire career he’s been pretty awful in pressure situations). Thank god Matsui will be hitting at the Stadium and with no A.J. we will be allowed to have Posada’s bat in the lineup rather than Molina’s abysmal one.]

There will be, of course, lots of second guessing for Girardi’s decision. I have nothing to say about it, although I felt that with a 3-1 lead he should have started Gaudin, but I just have to assume that Girardi knows a lot more about his team than I do. But I will say that, as at least a knowledgeable fan (I think) who’s watched and gone to Yankee games since Mantle and Berra and Ford were playing and Casey was managing, that I’ve questioned a lot of Girardi’s decisions the last two years a helluva lot.

I just hope that other Yankees pitching on three days rest do better than A.J. Hopefully, if nothing else, A-Rod can bail them out again if they get in trouble.

Nothing better than having the ghosts watch the Yankees clinch it in their new home. I would love to see a fourth starter for the Yankees in the next post season. 3 days rest for 3 pitchers is tempting fate. Will it be Wang? Will it be Hughes? Maybe Joba? Does Andy retire when we win it all? But either way I cannot wait for Weds. Seems apropos for Andy to try and clinch it at home and extend his post season win record.

For all of you wondering why Pena did not come in to run for Matsui in the 9th, the answer is simple. Joe Giradi is our manager! He works very had to do the wrong things. Do you really expect him to do anything right? Think about this. Pena was called up yesterday to replace Melky on the roster. Well, he certainly isn’t going to replace any of our infielders, and he will only be used as a PH in a desperate situation, if at all, so what else can he do? How about being a pinch runner for one of the slower guys on our team? And if Girardi was thinking about losing Matsui’s bat if the game goes extra innings, he should get a new brain. The Yanks were down by 4 runs in the 9th inning! And why didn’t he bring in Marte instead of Coke? Marte has been pitching well and has been a Girardi favorite so he shifts gears and goes with Coke instead, who promptly gives up 2 HRs. Had Marte done the job, then perhaps we would still be playing. Then again, if someone asks Girardi why, you will always get his canned answer, “we liked the matchup”.

i think the only mistake he made tonight was not pinch running for matsui, thats a no brainer hes in there for the pitcher he couldnt have hit again anyway…..that being said im getting sick of all the second guessing of joe, its his first post season as a coach and he cant get everything right, i think what he has done so far this season is worthy of much appriciation, he will have us ready for game 6, as stated before andy may only have 5 maybe 6 innings in him and he needs to know who he can go to to get us to the 8th……yanks in 6!!!!! lets go

I’ve been a yankee fan since the late sixties. I saw absolutely no positives in deciding to use AJ (on 3 days rest) . IF the yankees blow this series. This will prove to be the turning point. If your facing a pitcher who’s as tough to hit right now as Lee is why send out a much weaker lineup. If Gaudan pitched last night, yanks may have still lost but then AJ would been set up to go Wednesday AT HOME we he’s been MUCH more effective. Petite who has been a big game pitcher through out his career, has been extremely inconsistent as well now he has to do what AJ couldn’t (i don’t think Andy’s been all that successful either) go on short rest since now all you’ve done is give the phillies the one thing they’ve been missing all series……..confidence.!!!!!!!!!!!