4/13/06 Yanks 9, KC 3

Bottom of 6th
	Runs: 0 Hits: 1 Errors: 0	- Yankees sixth. - Sisco pitching. - Giambi struck out. - H.Matsui walked on four pitches. - B.Williams singled to right, H.Matsui to second. - R.Cano grounded into fielder's choice, third baseman E.German to second baseman Grudzielanek, H.Matsui to third, R.Cano to first, B.Williams out. - Stinnett struck out.

Since the Yanks have three catchers, and one of them can actually hit, maybe Posada should have pinch hit for Stinnett there. Just maybe.

[i wrote the above while the game was happening, and now that i've had more time to think about it, Torre also could have pinch hit with andy phillips. If he gets a hit, the game is blown open and you can put the third catcher in for Giambi's spot. Now that Torre has refused to let Phillips hit, i actually forget that he's on the team].

In the 7th inning, Torre let Myers face a righty sandwiched in between two lefties. This is doubly funny b/c Myers sucks against righties AND this is the kind of thing we should be tricking dumb managers into doing by spacing out Giambi and Matsui.

In the 8th inning of a then 4-1 game, Torre didn't bring in Farnsworth. Instead, he went with Sturtze, who, for the 2nd time in three games, gave up a lead-off home run.

In the bottom of the 8th inning, with the score 6-2, Torre still had Mariano warming. He finally sat down when it was 9-2, but he started warming up again in the 9th when it was 9-3 (granted there were runners on base, but there was already 1 out). Seriously, if KC can score 6 runs before they make two outs, you tip your cap to them and just pack it in, b/c clearly the rest of the bulpen is terrible.