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Posada gets ahead 3-1, and swings at two straight pitches out of the strike zone. Nice job by the instigator.

Dammit, Damon just missed that one. Andy hasn't looked great tonight, but the most important part is that he seems healthy. The Yankees, with the exception of Saturday, look really bad offensively. Bound to happen eventually I guess. EDIT: Nice 1-2-3 inning through through the power of the order.

Yanks could catch a break if Saunders is forced to leave the game. EDIT: Well, it's still Saunders.

Saunders does not look good early, and now he's hurt, but once again the Yankees are not taking advantage.

Regardless of whether they lose this game or not, this is very concerning.

This doesn't look like the Pettitte that pitched well in the second half so far, which is evident by his inability to get even one swing and miss. Still early though. EDIT: Good change there.

Pettitte is getting absolutely nothing on the inside part of the plate.

Another wasted opportunity.

Gameday says "On Field Delay". Tarp?

Regardless of the outcome of this game, this is a very important game when it comes to assessing the Yankees' chances to go deep in the postseason.

If it was it's ridiculous to try and squeeze when you're down four runs against a struggling pitcher.

Either 2.5 or 3.5. I see the Red Sox winning no less than three games this week, and I also don't see the Yankees winning this series. However, that has nothing to do with the Yankees' past performance against the Angels. That's pretty irrelevant to me. It comes down to the fact that the Yankees are out on the West Coast, not playing well, and CC isn't pitching any of the three games. If the Red Sox win tomorrow, considering the pitching matchup, I'll lean much closer to 2.5.

Amazing that he would try to bunt, and just give away a strike.

You just love to see the Yankee fans squirm hahaha. You're a good poster a700, and you really make me laugh. As for the baseball, I said at the end of the weekend that I'll be happy if the lead is 3.5. I see that as a best case scenario.

If he has, he should have a long talk with Joba. I'm much more upset with the things Joba has said than Kennedy, even though they're very similar. Kennedy, for the most part, has never succeeded at the Major League level. However, Joba knows what it is like to succeed at this level, yet he still tries to say he pitches well in his poor starts. I typically don't care about any of these things, but it just irks me when Joba defends his poor starts by talking about all the things he did well.

Wow. The beat goes on.

Right. All I'm saying was that he had a legitimate case in 2006. But my real point is that no Yankee bias seeps into these awards, and 2006 was just an example. If there really was Yankee bias, Jeter would have certainly won the award.

Yes, or Papi. But my point is that Jeter had a legitimate case and so did Hafner. Jeter might have had the added advantage of putting up those numbers at SS.

I agree. I think a legitimate case could me made for him both years. However, I don't think he deserves it this year, because you have a guy that has separated himself from the rest of the field (Mauer). But if you look at 2006, a couple things jump out at you. Morneau had no business winning that award, for reasons I already mentioned. Also, Jeter, statistically, had a legitimate case. I probably would have given it to Travis Hafner, but I would not have had a problem giving it to Jeter.

The year he led the league VORP? And lost to a guy who was either the second or third most valuable member of his own team.

He doesn't deserve to be the MVP, but there are those voters who believe that team success should be factored in. Jeter, considering his position, is one of the most valuable players on the Yankees. He shouldn't win the award. He shouldn't finish top three. But he deserves some votes. On top of that, Jeter being in the discussion for the MVP award over a month before it's actually selected does not undermine my point in any way. Show me some tangible evidence of voters favoring the Yankees... If the the voters love Jeter so much, then why didn't he win the MVP award in 2006? He led the league in VORP that year, playing shortstop for a playoff team. Instead they made the awful decision of giving it to Justin Morneau, who finished 13th in VORP, and wasn't even the most valuable player on his own team. Or, if there is Yankee bias in the voting, how come Hideki Matsui didn't win the ROY award in 2003? Instead Angel Berroa won it. Matsui posted a 107 OPS+ while Berroa posted a 101 OPS+. Now, considering their positions, I would call this relatively even, but shouldn't this "Yankee bias" have pushed Matsui over the top. Where was the Yankee bias when Mariano Rivera finished second to Bartolo Colon in the 2005 CY Young voting (granted Santana should have won it, but you see my point and they weren't going to give it to a guy with 16 wins). Do you really think the fact that Derek Jeter is in the MVP discussion in a year which he has performed quite well (and been on the best team in baseball) undermines my point that Yankee bias does not seep into the voting process? Or does tangible evidence, such as close votes in the past, hold a little bit more water? *For the record, I'm not saying that there is anti-Yankee bias, and, to honest, these awards mean very little to me. However, over the last decade, there is no Yankee bias when it comes to these awards.