WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN?

***YANKS LOOKING LIKE THE BOMBERS...FINALLY***
5 home runs yesterday, three of them by old #13. A-Rod hasn't looked like a power hitter all year, but Saturday, he was awesome. His last homer went almost 440 feet. It's a good thing, because the starting pitchers haven't been too dominant lately. The Yanks are still winning, but I can't seem to stop holding my breath. Aceves is due back some time next week, which means somebody has to go. Boone Logan still has an option left, so it will probably be him, but I think Gaudin should be dumped.
Posada has a sore shoulder which helps explain why his throws to second have been so far off. I should say 'in the vicinity' of second because he's not even close.
The KC outfielders have been making putouts on the warning track for two days. If it wasn't for the wind, the Yanks may have had 7 or 8 home runs yesterday. ...And two more today.

***THIS SURE SOUNDS FAMILIAR***
From Troy Renck, of the Denver Post: "The Dodgers' Jonathon Broxton officially lost his closer's job Friday after his meltdown against the Phillies. It's easy to blame Broxton, but this falls in Joe Torre's lap. The manager has run the tires bald. There have been too many outings with too many pitches — sometimes 50. There was going to be a price to pay. . . . "
No surprise here, since Torre will ride a horse into the ground every time. Joe says he's going to decide in September, if he's wants to manage next year. Gee, I hope the Dodgers don't "insult" him by offering him a job.

***SPEAKING OF THE DODGERS...***
This accounting procedure should be in the CPA Hall of Fame. Frank McCourt, owner of the Dodgers (at least until Jamie has her day in court), has devised an interesting scenario in La-la Land. The Dodgers, who OWN Dodger Stadium pays rent to The Blue Land Co., to the tune of $14 million a year. Is that a lot? Well, the Red Sox, who own Fenway, do not pay rent. The White Sox, the Brewers and Marlins play in publicly-owned stadiums and pay in the neighborhood of $1 million a year. Those Dodgers sure are tough landlords. McCourt's income from the Dodgers is limited by court order while the divorce case is pending. Any other income is not. Oh, by the way, The Blue Land Co. is owned by Frank McCourt. Of the approx $14 million, Frank gets 'only' $5 million. $4 1/2 million is set aside to pay off a $60 million debt (which hasn't been paid in two years), the rest goes to the John McCourt Construction Co. which hasn't done any construction work in 2 years and has only two employees, the Dodgers Chief Operating officer and his assistant. I can see why Jamie wants in.

***YOU'RE BEING TOO KIND***
Outside The Lines, a segment on ESPN, did a two week study on umpires decisions, reviewing EVERY call in EVERY game for EVERY team. They classified 230 decisions as "close calls." They studied each call from as many angles as possible and determined that the umps were correct on 66% of the calls. 20% were incorrect and 14% were "too close to tell." Right, 'too close to tell' is one of the options an umpire has. "Lets do that play over, boys, I can't really decide."
And only 20% were wrong? I think Joe West grades out at about 50% himself. And Tim McClelland couldn't even get a coin flip right.

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