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If you don't laugh at this, I'm coming to Florida and fix the air conditioner on your car, and then break it again, just because.

 

I'm afraid I don't get it... but I'm sure it is really funny.

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I am beginning to get that "watching your favorite pet getting slowly strangled before your eyes" feeling about the Mets.

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i really don't think joba was throwing at him on purpose. if he had wanted to hit youk, he would have hit him...simple as that. i'm not really sure what he was doing but i don't think it was intentional. he's too green in the game to be acting like roger clemens just yet :hmm

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Based on the Cashman-dictated "Joba Rules" (pitch one inning = one day rest, pitch two innings = two days of rest), the whole thing seems suspicious to me. Why would Torre send Joba out there for another inning with a 5-0 lead when this would mean Joba wouldn't be able to pitch again until Sunday? My thinking: he didn't intend Joba to be out there for a full inning. The plan was for Joba to throw at someone right away and then get taken out (or tossed). The intended target was probably Ortiz, but he flew out on the first pitch of the inning. A-Rod got plunked yesterday, so Ortiz had one coming today. That's my theory anyway. The main flaw to this theory, I think, is that by ordering Joba to throw at someone, you run the risk of losing him to suspension. Nonetheless, I'm sticking to my theory.

 

Additonally, just look at the replays. I've been watching Joba pitch for a few weeks now and the kid has missed his target maybe twice this entire time. Now two pitches in a row, he's that far out of the strike zone? Those two pitches were Joba hitting his target, as he usually does. It's just this time his target was right above Youklis's head.

 

Just my opinion.

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when you consider who they're playing this weekend, resting joba for 2 days doesn't seem like that big of a deal. they can't only rely on this kid to get the job done anyway.

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For whatever reason, the Yankees always struggle with Tampa Bay. I don't think the Yankees are looking past them, or are thinking they won't need Joba to beat them. I agree though they need more than Joba in the bullpen to maintain this slim WC lead or to...maybe...yes...catch the Red Sox.

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