Moose for Pedro Straight Up

I do it in a second. Pedro on the DL or under a mango tree, for that matter, is better than Mike Mussina at this point.

In all seriousness, though, the Moose is cooked, in the AL. He'd be a very good NL pitcher, I think, but right now he can't put the AL batters away. That 0-2 meatball he served up to give up the third run, really got my blood boiling. But not as much as seeing columnists say, "well he didn't really pitch that bad" Yeah well he pitched just "good" enough to lose, again.

Here's hoping that in June/July a certain NL West team is in need of a veteran starter and wants to give up a few prospects, maybe an 8th inning guy. We'll call that NL West team the "Rogers," for argument's sake. Then the Yankees take that 8th inning guy and transition Joba to the rotation, or take a handful of prospects from the "Rogers"and a handful of our own prospects and turn them into a legitimate starter. Something. Anything. Just not Mussina.

Although all of this is moot in the end because AJ Burnett pitched really well for the third time in two years against the Bombers. He's legit. Probably better all around stuff than Pavano, he just can't stay healthy. But if he and Halladay can, boy the Jays will be tough to handle.

One other thing to note from this game, A-Rod picked up right where he left off. If Abreu has a good start, or should I say a normal start unlike last year, A-Rod may drive in 160. He brings a lot of baggage and when he opted out I was ready to say, "good bye, I rather in 85 games without you then 95 with." That really masked the devistation of not being able to see the best player of my generation play every day for 6 months. He's back and I think I, and the rest of Yankee fans are lucky to be able to see this guy, in his prime go after the record books (and Canseco's wife).

Oh and by the way, I am going to the game on Monday night. And guess who's scheduled to start? Yeah, that's right, stuck in the middle with Moose. I've never prayed so hard for a rain out. Anyone but MUSSINA!