Opening Day

Headed to the top of the 8th right now, Yanks trail 6-5. A few observations so far...

• Obviously a subpar outing by CC... I'm not even slightly worried.
• Impressive work by Albaladejo and Coke.  The more quality innings this bullpen throws up, the less of the ridiculous "Joba should be in the bullpen" arguments we should hear.
•  Cody Ransom's error in the 5th was almost as unimpressive as his 0-3.
• Nady hurt us twice...on the bases and his inning ending DP in the 7th.
• Swish Nicker...clutch pinch hit double...and shows some fire...gotta love it.  Too bad Girardi would rather play the lesser rightfielder.

Updated...

Yankees lose 10-5 after bullpen implodes.  Scratch my hoping that the Joba to the pen rhetoric will end.  Brian Bruney did his best to summon the ghost of Kyle Farnsworth with his .1 IP 1 H 2 BB and 2 R line.  He actually threw a Farnsworthian 9 balls and only 8 strikes.  I get the feeling that by game 162 Mark Melancon and Coke will replace Bruney and Damaso Marte as the top lefty and righty in the pen (not counting Mo of course).

It makes no sense to get crazy over 1 game.  But I will say that we can't afford a repeat of the last few years when we wallow around the .500 mark for most of the first half.  That's a sure way to guarantee that we are out of the race by July.  It's imperative that this team gets out of the gates quicker.  Although Wednesday is far from a must win, it is important that Wang rights the ship and gets us in the 'W' column.

-Brian