RANDOM THOUGHTS

***MANNY BEING...WELL, YOU KNOW***
He made a nice catch up against the wall last night, and then threw the ball into the bleachers...and missed. He tried to score from second on a single and was thrown out mostly because he ran a great circle route from third to home. Get used to it Dodger fans, there's more to come. Manny's hair is now down to the middle of his back. As usual, Torre is doing a fine job enforcing the team rules.

***SPEAKING OF TORRE***
He's finally figured out how to save his over-worked bullpen: he's using his starters in relief.

***PITTSBURGH PIRATE TRYOUTS IN GENEVA***
The ads they're using to attract players is great: "Here's your chance to play in the majors. Make the Pirates team and get traded to a major league team." Works for me.

***THAT'S WHY HE'S A GENIUS***
Tampa manager, Joe Maddon, thinks the Rays and the Yanks are very evenly matched. "I just wish our offense was more productive," he says. Oh, I get it, Joe. You mean you wish that you'd score more runs then the Yanks. I'll bet that would work.

***HALLADAY UPDATE***
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***YANKS NEED A PITCHER***
Even if Mitre continues to do okay, they need another starter if they're really going to limit Joba to 150 innings. If the plan is to move him to the pen, then he's only got about 3 more starts left. Then what? Maybe they should go hard after Washburn.