THIRTY TWO AND COUNTING

I know it's Roy Halladay and all, but he has lost 6 times this year, and the degree of Yankee futility on offense is just staggering--just two hits. What is more they wasted another good start (3 runs over 6.2 innings). The starting pitching over the last couple of weeks has been nothing short of stellar and somehow the Yankees have wasted a good deal of it. It won't last of course. Even though the Yanks' pitching is not as bad as advertised, it isn't this good either. By the time the bats wake up, if they wake up, the team will be finding another way to lose half their games.

The Rays are in collapse; the Red Sox aren't that great; the division is really there for the taking. but at this point, I'd say the Orioles are as likely an upstart candidate as the Yankees. Cashman's cure: Richie Sexton. Just what we need: another guy who can't make contact to save his life and sgtays in the league on the strength of the odd home run.

What we do need is a new GM.