As I am writing this blog entry, Joe Girardi and Damaso Marte ought to be taking Alex Rodriguez out for a steak dinner, and possibly performing whatever favors he requests. OK, maybe not all of that is happening, but he deserves it after his grand slam saved both of their rears. Joe Girardi's overmanaging, and Damaso Marte's ineffectiveness almost handed the Minnesota Twins their first win at Yankee Stadium since 2007. But Ron Gardenhire overmanaged as well, walking Mark Teixeira, and allowing A-Rod to break out in a big way as the Yankees finally returned home and got back on track.
I actually was pleased with A.J. Burnett tonight. Despite his early troubles, he escaped a bases loaded, no out jam, and pitched well enough to earn a victory. If Marte gets a lefty out, which is what he's paid to do, A.J. gets his 5th win of the season. Instead, the win went to Joba Chamberlain. What an admirable decision by the official scorer. Marte did nothing to deserve a win, while Joba struck out the side in the eighth inning of a three run game.
One point to complain about that had nothing to do with tonight's game: Sergio Mitre is pitching on Sunday. Not like he did a horrible job in Detroit last week, but I don't see why Javier Vazquez can pitch on short rest just to get the rotation in order. Maybe it will help Javy out. Instead, Joe Girardi thinks it's a good idea to let Vazquez pitch against the Red Sox in Yankee Stadium on Monday night. We all know what happened the last time that scenario played itself out.
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