On Faith

The Yankees are again tied for first. Mariano threw *three* scoreless innings this evening, lowering his ERA to 2.30. Yesterday, Randy Johnson carried a no hitter into the sixth. Melky Cabrera is proving he's a major league hitter. Over on the dark side, Jeff Becket got rocked--again.

Yet, if we lose our next two games and the Red Sox happen to win, I'm sure we can expect to see blimps and ships and maybe even aerial shots of a submerged New Orelans here at Steiner's Warriors, if anyone bothers to post at all.

BREAKING NEWS: Jaret Wright Is A Warrior

I don't even think its premature to put this out there. Jaret Wright went into the belly of the beast and delivered 5 shutout innings. Meanwhile, somewhere in a Dutch dayspa, Carl Pavano was getting a facial and watching Lifetime television while getting hormone injections. Now, I ask you to all pray for Jaret Wright's groin- quit wasting your energy on Barbaro's leg-- I promise you all his name will be forgotten by October.

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A dumb article from ESPN.

You know who sucked? Mariano Duncan.

Sinking Ship

The Yankee ship is sinking as we speak. Matsui is likely out for the season. Sheffield is eligible to come off the DL on Sunday but according to Torre is more than a week away. Posada leaves the game with back stiffness. Bernie is out today due to a "tight muscle in his rump." Farnsworth left the game last night with tightness in the lower back. Sturtze is out for the season. Pavano is done (again) for the season. Bubba is on the DL with a hamstring. Not to mention, Mo has been far less than spectacular and Randy Johnson looks 53 as opposed to a young 43. The Yanks my friends are in serious trouble.

This mess may be beyond repair -- Terrence Long and Richard Hidalgo are not going to fix this. This is an organizational problem by signing the likes of Pavano and Unit. I won't dwell but what happened to the days of Mickey Mantle playing with half broken legs. These Yankees are soft -- plain and simple. Come out of the game if you are injured but if you are simply hurting then be a man and play the game. Where are the Iversons of baseball???

-- Frustrated Yankee Fan

Power in the Mullett?

Let Randy bring back the mullett! I don't know about anybody else but just by looking at these two pictures I can tell which one I am personally intimidated by. Look at the guy on the left. He looks like somebody you would see in Birmingham Alabama at a Toby Keith concert. Mix in six foot ten (and maybe a 12 pack) and I guaruntee nobody would mess with this guy. Now contrast this with the smiley Yankee Randy. This guys looks like somebody you would buy a buy a church raffle ticket from because you felt bad for him. (notice the unassuming grin on his face). So I say let it grow Unit and maybe the power was in the mullett. Maybe if it comes in slowly the Boss won't notice until it is too late and he is shoving 99 mph fastballs down the throat of Big Fatti. As with Sampson -- the power was in the hair. Randy can still be business in the front, let's just see that party in the back! Let's all have a drink today to the return of the Kentucky Waterfall!

Overmanage

Did anyone else feel that Torre overmanaged tonight by bringing in Mo in the 9th. Wang had a shutout through 8. He had only pitched 85 pitches, and no one had gotten past 1st base! Just because it's the 9th and your up by 3 or less does not mean you need to bring in your closer. Mo got through it, but he struggled, giving up more than Wang had all night.

Matsui's wrist is broken

He will have surgery tomorrow.

Bean the Burger

I have been saying for two years now that somebody on the Yankee staff needs to just put a high hard one into the belly of this cheeseburger eating freak. He stands over the plate like an 800 pound gorilla (of which he resembles in this picture) and has absolutely no fear that Yankee pitchers will brush him back. Ideally, his first time up to the plate Unit should just unleash a fastball (of what will be clocked around 91) and send cheeseburger charlie to the ground. Check out the linked article which most likely expresses this better than I.

BREAKING NEWS: FAMILY BATTLES OVER PUCK'S CONSIDERABLE REMAINS

An important story from SI on the aftermath of Kirby's passing.

And while we won last night, Randy had another mediocre outing. He is supposedly starting hormone treatments with Dr. Andrews next Tuesday in an effort to stay those ever-expanding mammaries of his. May Andrews work the same delicious magic he worked on Ruben Sierra.

HEROISM

Jaret Wright beat the odds tonight, folks. He reached deep inside and found something he didn't think was still there. (without anger) Man, did he sit down those Rays.

Fenway Rain

After the initial dissapointment of a rain-out wore off tonight, I actually think this rain out is good for the Yanks. First of all Sheff is hurting and most likely when this game is made up in August Sheff will be manning the three hole. Second, in August I assume we will have Mr. Dotel patrolling the later innings along with Farnsworth and Mo so we won't have to go to Sturtze in a pressure situation.

I had the thought today that the wild card will not come from the East this year. The Sox, Yanks, Jays and maybe even the Orioles will beat on each other all year making the winner of the AL East the sole playoff spot. Thoughts?

Interesting Article

Cool debate about the "greatest living pitchers" at ESPN. It was nice to see how close Mo was to making the list. I think I'd have to put Ryan on there over Marichal.

And I love how the ubiquitous Dr. Andrews pops up at the end!

Once more unto the breach!

I know it's only May 1st, but tonight we're renewing the annual rivalry with a two-game series against Boston. We're also tied for first with Boston. We also have their former CF and all-around "idiot" Damon playing for us. Perhaps these things don't matter to you, and perhaps you'd all rather watch a Cuba Gooding, Jr. movie instead, but don't say I didn't try to get a little chatter going on here!

FIRST PLACE

Well, we're tied for first with Boston. We've got one pitcher growing breasts, another with a torn asshole, and at least three or four who are just plain ragged. But yet we're right there.

What a team. What a game. What a world we live in.