Dammit is not even a word.

It should be "damn it," Professor Graziano:

"What the Yankees did last night with Ian Kennedy was insane and foolish, a clear case of overthinking the situation and outsmarting themselves. They may not have lost the game because of the move, but they deserved to."

It was neither insane nor foolish.

Since "words have meaning" and "the entire language is at risk of unraveling" if they don't maintain their meanings, I'd like to point out that "insane" means no grip on reality.

"Insane" is not telling Ian Kennedy to start pitching at the beginning of the sixth inning.

"Insane" is telling Ian Kennedy you'd like to order the veal scallops and complaining that your seat is too close to the air conditioning.


"There are two major problems with this quote, and they are as follows:

1. 'I didn't get fooled'

Yeah, Joe. You did. You thought the weather would do something, made your plan accordingly, and then it didn't do the thing you thought it was going to do. You got fooled, and your plan backfired."

The plan didn't backfire because it was just the Play It Safe plan.

Besides, the weather is just the weather. One can not be "fooled" by it.


"You ended up using your starting pitcher for the last three innings of a game, which makes no sense at all and can't possibly have done Kennedy or the team any good in the short or long run."

It didn't hurt.