There really aren't any more decisions for the Yankees to make, the roster's set, the rotation is lined up and everybody knows their role. Nothing to do now but get everyone loosened up and wait for some other investigative branch of the government to schedule an interview with A-Rod.
So we might as well have a little fun. There is a good chance Girardi will let Pat Venditte throw a couple of innings today. As you may recall, this is the fellow who throws BOTH right and left-handed. He wears a six-finger glove with a thumb on both ends and, I suppose, the instructions on wearing it, written in the palm. It would have been interesting to see what happens when he faced a switch-hitter. Would the hitter switch from side to side while Venditte kept changing glove hands? Alas, that would be carrying fun a little too far. Apparently, they have established a rule that the hitter must first decide. I wonder if the pitcher can change arms (boy, does that sound weird) in the middle of an at-bat?
Scouts say he doesn't have the talent to pitch in the majors and will probably be assigned to Single-A Tampa for the 2nd year in a row. Bummer. We need to have more fun.
Vod and his very charming wife, Laura, should be returning from a scouting trip into the deep south this week. He has been missed: no one has sneered at me in two weeks (I don't count Annie-O).
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