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Ugh, this is awful. They're really going to need to hit tonight. EDIT: Have to admit, I was kind of hoping he would have to come out. He is really awful.

Chad Gaudin has been in the middle of the plate all night. With the off day tomorrow, and Joba not slated to pitch till Sunday, I would expect to see the full extent of the bullpen tonight.

Right, which is why, in the end, I wanted him back (and still wish he was here). 2003 is just frustrating because, in my opinion, they were definitely the best team in baseball. 2004 is frustrating for obvious reasons.

Haha yup. Falls into my "bad bullpen management" comment.

Apparently Posada and Carlson were only given three games on the condition that they don't appeal. Source: yankees.lhblogs.com Pretty light.

I was being completely sarcastic. I thought the fact that I was clearly upset by Posada's actions would have helped to illustrate that point. Guess not. Anyway, Gaudin vs. Tallet tonight. Yankees without Damon and Posada.

All the articles, especially the two on Jeter, were very enjoyable.

Posada suspended for four games. Thankfully last night's brawl built up all that team chemistry, or this would be considered a negative.

FJM reunion today on http://www.deadspin.com Great stuff.

That's true. I don't know for certain that they weren't throwing at the batters' head. I shouldn't have said that, especially because I just got on someone for basing their entire argument on conjecture. So let me rephrase it. I believe it to be a logical assumption that Yankee pitchers were not throwing at anyone's head. The first reason is that it wasn't really close to the batters' heads. The second reason is that Mark Melancon does not have a history of being a head hunter. The third reason is that we have absolutely no reason to believe he was throwing at anyone's head. However, why did you even say he threw at someone's head? If you're going to get on me for saying that wasn't his intention, then why did you say that's what he did do? On top of that, you implied Jesse Carlson wasn't throwing at Posada's head. By your logic he might have been.

Anyway, getting past the brawl, I'm really hoping the Yankees will be able to pick up a half a game over the Red Sox over the next two days. Following this week's series, the Red Sox have a considerably easier schedule over the next week. The Yankees have three games at Seattle and three games at Los Angeles, while the Red Sox have three games at Baltimore and four games at Kansas City. Considering both team's upcoming schedules, it is entirely possible that next weekend's three game series between the Yankees and the Red Sox will be much more meaningful than Yankee fans were expecting at the start of last weekend.

Bench clearing brawls are a bad thing and should be avoided. For being the direct cause of one Posada deserves to take some heat.

So just because Michael Kay says it, it's true? Was Carlson standing where he was standing to antagonize the Yankees? It's possible. However, it's also possible that Carlson gave a half hearted attempt to back up home plate because he was upset about giving up the hit and realized that the odds of their being a play at home were extremely unlikely. It's unfair to talk about what Carlson did as a fact, when it's nothing more than conjecture. Here's what we do know. After two Blue Jays got hit by pitches, they were perfectly in the right to throw at a Yankee. There was nothing wrong with how Carlson did it. At the time Posada's emotions got the best of him, and that's fine. I would have preferred if he had just brushed it off as part of the game, but so be it. However, over the next ten minutes (between the time he was thrown at and the time he scored) he needs to be able to get his emotions in check. He was completely out of line to elbow Carlson, and he directly caused the entire brawl. Posada is completely in the wrong in this situation no matter how you slice it, and it's debatable whether or not Carlson was in the wrong.

No one got hit in the head. The Yankee pitchers were not throwing at people's heads. That's just false. On top of that, I don't think the Jays were throwing at Posada's legs, but one of the unwritten rules of baseball is that you don't throw at a player's legs. If you want to hit someone, you hit him in the back. There was a brawl that was started up in Toronto between the Yankees and the Jays because Josh Towers threw at A-Rod's legs. As for Youkilis, no one is really comparing their actions. I was just using his suspension as precedent for what Posada should get. If Youkilis got five games for his actions, there is no way Posada should get more than that.

Saying Clemens threw at Manny's head is a bit of an exaggeration.

Ubaldo Jimenez got torched tonight. I thought the Rockies were going to be able to pull away from the Giants, but if tonight's score holds up, there lead will only be 2.5. Some nervous times might be ahead of you, YOTN.

They're pretty similar, don't you think?

Yankees: 6 Red Sox: 14

lol, of course not. Need to be wearing the rose colored glasses to be considered one of those.

I assume by continuing you're talking about Pedroia... Do you really think that was intentional?