A COUPLE OF SOUR NOTES

***...OR MAYBE THEY CAN'T HIT"
Only four hits and if it wasn't for Swisher, the Yanks would have been skunked. Speaking of being skunked, A-Rod was foiled again. He's pushing 40 at-bats since homer #599 and it appears the pressure is getting to him. A-Rod seldom shows any real irritation towards the umpires, but last night he was visibly annoyed with two strike calls by the home plate umpire. His swing isn't the best, either. He's gone from hitting grounders to the shortstop to popping everything up, and obvious attempt to "lift" a ball out of the park. If he doesn't get it soon, they may have to prepare more "Special A-Rod 600" baseballs. The Yanks need a win, too, in case we've forgotten.

***RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU KNOW WHAT CASHMAN IS DOING***
Yeah, that's what I thought. The announcement that the Yanks acquired Lance Berkman will occur about 1:00 pm today. The Yanks also just announced they've acquired Austin Kearns from Cleveland for a "player-to-be-named-later" (boy, that guy gets around). Why these two guys? I would think anyone the Yanks would pick up now should be some kind of "impact player," not two fill-in guys. I can hear it now: Playing first base for the Yankees,
Mark Teixeira
Juan Miranda
Lance Berkman
Austin Kearns
Nick Swisher
What, Joe Pepitone wasn't available? Well, that takes care of one position. Okay Cashman, now we could use a couple more left fielders.

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