JUST A FEW THOUGHTS

***YANKS WIN***
Vod likes "good & bad," so...
I didn't think Gardner had that kind of arm, of course, the Blue Jay runner looked like he was slogging thru some mud. Gardner was also hit by a pitch. All you former Oswego High Schoolers will remember "Hotter" Schaefer's old trick: wear an oversized, blousey jersey and let it hang out over the plate. Hotter would get "hit by a pitch" that could have been called a strike.
JETER DRIVES IN TYING RUN. Nice headline, but he got fisted and hit it into no-mans land. Rolen and Scutero looked good on Teixeira's hump-backed liner. I like it when Sabathia pitches, but he's no fashion plate out there. "Hey CC. Barnum and Bailey called. They want their tent back." A-Rod missed two pitches in his last at-bat that he should have hit out of Rogers Centre. He's not ready yet. Two out of three from two division rivals. That's good. Matsui doesn't swing like a home run hitter, but he still hits them. I'll take it.

***THAT DIDN'T LOOK GOOD***
A few days ago, the Yanks caught a guy off first in a rundown. They did not handle it well. When my three kids were all pre-teenagers, they could run somebody down a lot better than that.

***LINE HEARD ON ESPN***
"Big Papi left 9 men on base. He's stranded more men than Paris Hilton."

Congrats to Vod's youngest, Christian, who becomes a doctor this weekend. Christian, do us all a favor: keep Vod medicated.