Now, what are YOUR suggestions? I sure hope you don’t see everything as hunky dory in Yankees Land. We cannot hit with RISP despite the highest payed lineup in baseball. We are not getting consistent and deep starts, our bullpen is shaky at best. No point having MO if the pen gives up 2-3 in the 7th and 8th. There are two kinds of fans I cannot stand. The “everything is horrible I hate these guys!” after every loss and “we are only four back! Everything is fine! just wait and see” folks. Sorry, if the Yankees keep playing this poorly something needs to be done, if you disagree well then I hope you will be content not winning the east. Well, then again you never picked em to win the east anyway, you picked Boston.

Weak effort, and completely missing the point that we objective fans have been making.

You seem to think it’s a sign of weakness to criticize underperforming players, and put yourself up on a pedastal as the defender of the pinstripes.

Guess what, when someone fails to get a bunt down in a critical spot, they DESERVE criticism, no matter who it is.

Nobody is saying Jeter should sit, all I said was that he needs to get a F’ing bunt down. Tell me I’m wrong.

Nobody is saying A-Rod should be DFA’d, but wouldn’t it be nice if he was hitting above .220?

Nobody is saying Posada should be DFA’d, but his days as a catcher ARE numbered, unless you think he can play 130 games behind the plate until he’s 40. And nobody with a brain can argue that Yankee pitchers enjoy throwing to Cervelli more than Posada, just count the shakeoffs.

And as for Damon, how many times can you use the same “DFA him” joke. You’re the Carrot Top of the sarcastic blog world. I guess pointing out that he dropped a flyball makes me less of a fan.

I’m just going to go home and kill myself because I don’t measure up to your standards.

It is funny however that you jokingly suggest Andrew Brackman be in the rotation AND facetiously suggest Cashman should be fired, since Brackman’s selection is one of many reasons Cashman should ACTUALLY be fired.

Maybe he should keep drafting guys who go straight from the draft to the operating table. Name me one way Cashman has improved the team, and don’t give me the Teixeira/CC/Burnett thing, since any idiot could have signed those guys if he was given $450 million.

The bench has been weak for years, his trades for bullpen help have failed to produce any reliable options, and everybody they draft ends up needing Tommy John surgery.

Leave the sarcasm to people who know how to use it properly. You just stick to your role: making it seem like losing 8 of 12 is somehow a positive.

Am I the only one that thinks having Jeter write “I will not hit into double plays” 10,000 times is a good idea? It it’s just me, I’ll shut up.

If you feel everything is fine and things will work out you are a homer. The Sox are playing to and beyond their talent level. The Yankees are playing way below it. When your entire offensive is sputtering against some of the weakest pitching in th league you need to put foot to ass. Problem is when you only have the ability to show up Cano, Melky, Gardner and have to kid glove the rest of em, you have a problem of gravitas.

The dumbest mistake the yankees ever made was getting rid of Joe Torre. Everything Torree touches turns to gold. The dodgers were nothing untill he came there and led them to the NLCS. Sure, everyone said it was becauise of Manny. But Manny had been out for the past 40 games and they are 20 games over .500 and are the best team in baseball. They have players you never heard of that are all of a sudden all-star caliber players. It’s not just Torre, its the coaches he brought with him. Don Mattingly, Ron Guidry and Larry Bowa as the 3rd base coach. Larry Bowa could coach and team in the majors and he is the 3rd base coach? Who are the coaches under Giaradi anyway? It looks like he picked some random guys on the streeT OF new york and asked them if they wanted to coach. Its just terrible to watch. Yesterday Alfredo Aceves was lights out in 2 2/3 inninngs. And Giardi takes him out? This guy is a starting pitcher turned long reliver in the bullpen, he can go minimum 4 innninngs. On top of that, he brings in Tomoko, who if you look at his lifetime stats has never been successful in the major leagues. Atleast bring in Hughes (who should be in the starting rotation already). I cant stand watching the games anymore. Giardi has to go before the all-star break. The starting 5 should be C.C A.J. Pettitte Wang and hugehs. If wang keeps messing up than you take him out, but dont take out hugehs. Then you could ahve the best 7-8-9 tandrem in baseball with Bruney-Joba-Rivera. So many things giardi can try, but he goes out there everyday with teh same plan and everyday the yankees lose to sub-par teams. Why does he play damon everyday? He obviously cant field anymore and all he does is hit homeruns at YANKEE STADIUM. You have gardner who is batting .286 and can catch a ball hit right to him. All I know is the yankees have the team that can go to the world serires, but they dont have the coaching staff to take them there. I can go on and on about this but overall GIARADI HAS TO GO

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but for those of you trying to stay positive-Why?While I do see this team in the playoffs I can already see the headlines following.Yanks swept in 3 what in the world was Girardi doing.Promptly followed by what im about to say right now.I am trying to stay positive through the tough stretch also but it is hard to watch a wet manager cost the team so often.Why not try to fix this now before it costs them later.While I suggest replacing him there have to be other methods,managers can be pressured to perform also.Who you ask?he is right in the dugout=Pena,look at his face and body language during the bad play,I think it is exactly what they need but im guessing we will never know.Keep this post and look at it in october when your calling for Joes head.

Enough is enough. This team is built to win the World Series (and on paper, is highly capable), but at this point in time, in my opinion can’t compete with the rest of the high level performing teams. The Red Sox operate as a machine. They are a fully functioning ball club, built to win and they prove it. It’s mid-season and the Yankee are still searching for their identity and don’t look like they are close to finding it.

The problem starts at the top. Coaching and leadership are so imperitive when you play 162 games in a year. Giardi, Long, and Eiland are overmatched and unqualified. They are the problem. The team’s hitters and pitchers need preparation, focus, direction, and confidence. I don’t have faith in these 3 coaches to provide this. The Yankees will be a 500 ballclub by the Allstar break at which point a dramatic move must be made. If they decide to keep this staff, they’ll lose and no fall celebration for Yankee fans. If institute the right coaches, the fans will see a winning club again.

Good post Frags, but the PLAYERS are the ones who win or lose games, managers/coaches decisions aside, players have to perform & there is no question right now we are not. Yes the coaches have to help with preparation, focus, etc… but we are talking about Major League Baseball players here! Most make more than any of us will ever see & we dont even get coddled at our 9-5’s. Yes the coaches have some responsibilty but it falls on the players. Is it Long’s fault that Jeter just hit into yet another DP? Is it Eiland’s fault that AJ cant seem to put 2 good starts together? Yes, Joe G. can move A-Rod down to 9th if he wants but will that make him shed his choke label? When do the players get held responsible???

I see your point. The truth is probably somewhere in between. It sucks to say but it’s maybe its true that some of these GROWN MEN need may need to be stroked or coddled or they wont perform. I do however think that maybe the problem goes higher than the manger/coaches. The upper management(the Boss’ boys, Cashman) have not shown that they can sign/draft/trade for the guys who not only can have success but can do it in NY. I think some players are just not cut out to play here but the upper management only sees numbers(stats, dollar signs) instead of a person’s character, intangibles. Toughness should matter & any TRUE fan has seen recently (around October 2004), that rival organization up north has continued to show their mettle while we’ve been opening our checkbook looking for answers. A-Rod is the perfect example. Sure he put up HOF numbers before he got here, and even has won 2 MVP’s since then but he has long been considered a prima donna, and if you are a NY’r like me, you know that just doesnt cut it in NY. No one in their right mind would have re-signed him after he opted out, and definitely not for a record breaking(again) amount but we went out & made ourselves look like fools once again and for what? A .220 avg & nightly updates on who he’s dating? Im sure he’ll rebound & maybe finish with decent numbers but he & several other players just arent down & dirty enough to make it in NY. At this point im ready to say go with the kids, it cant be that much worse and see what happens. Maybe they’ll hustle, play some small ball & show some guts and who knows, maybe even get a game off the beanheads too!