Mariano Rivera

I'm not going to go into detail with stats and whatnot about how great he is.  I'm not going to write the opus that he deserves.  I doubt anyone really will, because he doesn't sell papers like some others do.  I do want to say that I hope somebody is planning on doing it very soon if not already.  I'd be happy to see a serious ESPN, NY Post, NY Times, etc., front page, long article about his career.  I don't personally need it though.  For a Yankee fan such as myself, Mariano Rivera is a joy that is so untouchable by all outside influences.  I don't really care what kind of attention or recognition he gets from other people.  I just know how I feel, and that is all I can tell you about.

Joe Girardi's Napoleon Complex, Missing Joe Torre and the Most Depressing Night in My Yankee Life

I'm very upset.  Last night's Yankees game was probably my worst Yankee Stadium experience ever.  I don't mean the new Yankee Stadium, I mean any Yankee Stadium.  It was awful.

I've been going to games since birth basically.  My Dad's had season tickets since I was two I think and I know I missed one opening day along the way for a school trip or something, but that's it.  This season I went to something like 1/3 of the home games.  Until I went to college, I didn't miss a playoff game in my lifetime, and then I usually went home for games, learning my lesson when I had to watch from my dorm room as Posada and Aaron Boone beat Pedro and the Sox in 2003.  Sadly, there wasn't much to watch since then.

Now we're back.  We have the best lineup we've had in years.  The staff is nowhere near what it's been in the past, even pre-major free agent spending, but we have things lined up well with not having to use a 4th starter.  Sidenote: anyone saying our staff is so good is an idiot.  Sorry.  Burnett is inconsistent in ways that should relegate him to a number 4 starter on a Yankees squad like this.  CC's been much better than I even expected him to be, and obviously Pettitte is pitching far beyond expectations at this point in his career, but that's because he's Andy Pettitte and he steps up.  Core four.  This bullpen is crap though, as last night proved once again.  I don't understand the disappearance of Hughes and Joba, but of course the rest of the bullpen sucks.