Lofton made an error.

It was the first error in baseball history. Steinbrenner will probably fire Joe Torre.

Very amusing quote by Steinbrenner: "And I think he might have caught that (two-run) home run (in the sixth by Gabe Gross). That home run barely got in. Sheffield goes right up after it."

Ummm, no. Sheffield doesn't catch that unless he is standing at the wall before the pitch is thrown.


Mike Lupica pretends to be baffled because the Yankees don't want to talk openly about Jason Giambi's nutsack. Nice to know that his insider access can provide the following exclusive insight:

I asked Cashman yesterday if he knows the location of Giambi's tumor.

"Yes," he said.

"But you aren't saying where it is?"

"No."

Somehow, Lupica stretches that into an entire article.


Lisa Olson has even less to say though she thinks Giambi's nutsack is "baseball's greatest mystery":


"It's interesting that Steinbrenner is more than willing to micro-manage the outfield but won't say a word about Giambi, whom he is paying $120 million. The Yankees said Giambi had a parasite, then a benign tumor, and we must take them at their word even though no doctor has stepped forward to verify either diagnosis. Giambi's inner circle has issued a fatwa on all information, which of course has led to all sorts of crazy speculation. In the summer of BALCO, his Greta Garbo act has turned into baseball's greatest mystery."

It probably is Baseball's Greatest Mystery come to think of it. Other than, "Why is Joe Randa always smiling?"


Then, she demonstrates why women should not be sportswriters:

"Anywhere else, and those marvelous eight-inning games from Kevin Brown, Javier Vazquez, Orlando Hernandez and Jon Lieber wouldn't feel so faded. The midsummer lull finds the Yankees far and above everyone else, but still in search of their owner's unconditional love."

I think the Yankee players are in search of their owner's unconditional money, but they sure don't care about his love.