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Bullpen Mistakes By Girardi? Not Last Night

By Ed Valentine
<strong>Jonathan Albaladejo </strong>of the New York Yankees walks back to the dug out during a game against the Tampa Bay Rays on September 22 2010 at Yankee Stadium.
Jonathan Albaladejo of the New York Yankees walks back to the dug out during a game against the Tampa Bay Rays on September 22 2010 at Yankee Stadium.

Our man 'kuri' seems a little annoyed by Joe Girardi's choice of pitchers following Wednesday night's rain delay.

Sure, Royce Ring, Dustin Moseley, Chad Gaudin and Jonathan Albaladejo is not Girardi's 'A' bullpen. What, however, was he supposed to do?

Javier Vazquez had pitched the night before and David Robertson was unavailable. You certainly are not bringing in Kerry Wood, Joba Chamberlain or even Boone Logan in the fourth inning.

So, what was he left with? You have to find out about Ring (who looked good) and Moseley has done a good job this season, you can't really complain about him coming into a game at that point. Guadin? Eh, what's the choice? Sergio Mitre? No thanks to that, either.

It's really about October at this point, not about one game in September. Girardi took the long view last night, and he made the right call.

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