Embarrassing

Jim Leyland walked out to the mound in the 1st inning and said to Jeremy Bonderman, “What the f*ck are you doing?”

After that talk Bonderman allowed only two runs to score with the bases loaded and no one out and sat the Yankees down for the rest of the night on his way to 6-2 win for the Tigers?

Where is the Yankee offense? Where are the 900-1,000 runs we are suppose to expect from the most feared lineup in baseball?

Everyone always says the offense will come around, but the Yankees have played 29 games, are one game under .500, and can’t hit with runners in scoring position or with two outs or with a 3-1 count or if there is shift with all the infielders on the right side of the field (Jason Giambi, cough, cough).

It’s pretty embarrassing and it’s frustrating to watch these games get wasted because the Yankees want to work the pitch count for three innings just to the point of a pitcher about to get on pace for 100 through five and then they go and make six outs in 11 pitches and just like that the pitcher is on pace for seven innings and has gained his confidence back.

Robinson Cano is a great player and a great hitter as well, but honestly this is just disgusting to watch. I am tired of watching Cano swing at the first or second pitch and then shake his head in disgust of himself as the ball is chopped to second or popped up to shallow left. Just another case of signing a new contract I guess, but why is he pressing, if he is? It’s not like he is signed for 10 years and $300 million. We have one of those guys and he has 10 RBI and is on the DL.

The problem with this team is the same as last year’s team: no urgency. It’s only April so let’s take it easy and then when we are 12 games back and eight under .500 at Memorial Day we can turn it up and go on a tear. That crap isn’t going to work anymore. Tampa Bay isn’t a joke anymore and the Yankees already dropped two of three to the Orioles, so where are the wins this summer going to come from as they throw away games right now?

Every NY newspaper keeps reporting on Joe Girardi and his lack of giving them information on injuries or other team matters. First of all, Joe doesn’t have to say anything and I would rather not have him announce what relievers are available on a given night. I don’t get his secretive ways of keeping, but if that’s what he wants to do, well he is the manager. Maybe he can manage in the game situations better than he manages the nonsense crap in the clubhouse. And how about the reporters stop asking nine times in a row if Phil Hughes is in the rotation and go ask Giambi or Cano why they can’t get a hit? Or ask Andy Pettitte why he has thrown away leads in back to back starts?