There's No Place Like Home

The folks sitting behind the dugout should start bringing tomatoes.

You can't say the fans at yesterday's New York Yankees game didn't get to see a record breaker. Unfortunately, it wasn't the good kind. In their history, the Yankees have never allowed 14 runs against them in an inning, until yesterday that is.

Chien-Ming Wang, former wunderkind of the pitching staff, now has an E.R.A. of 34.50. If they send him down to the minors he could be claimed by another team; that is, assuming any other team thinks he has the potential to bounce back from his horrendous 0-3 start.

Can we just blame Wang for the Yankees hideous start this year? No, the bullpen is erratic, but then again, there isn't a pitcher in the pen who is geared to pitch as many innings as they've been required to this season.

All this is happening to a team that just opened its $1.5 - $2 billion stadium with a payroll of approximately $209 million.

If I was paying over $2000 a seat to watch crap like a Wang start, at the very least I would want my money back.