Hooray for Joba.

The Yankees are leading Cleveland 6-3 in the 8th inning in a game in May.

"This is not an important game. This is not an important out. This is nothing to get excited about."

Every Yankee fan I know loves Joba. I find it inconceivable and disgusting that any pro athlete or commentator would act like a game in May doesn't matter. Which is, essentially, what Dellucci said:

" 'It is what it is. If he wants to yell and scream after a strikeout, I guess that's what gets him going,' Dellucci said. 'It's May baseball. The home run was in a much bigger situation. I didn't dance and scream.' "

A much bigger situation, I suppose, but still an unimportant game in May. Yawn.


You know, Chamberlain did the same thing last year, while Torre was managing the Yankees. Klapisch conveniently forgets the on-field antics of Joba Chamberlain, Alfonso Soriano, and Jeff Weaver, among others:

"Sooner or later, though, Girardi will have to leave a more forceful imprint on his clubhouse, especially if he wants to last in New York. It's one thing to make the players run sprints in spring training; a truer test of a manager's authority is how his players behave on the field.

Torre's Yankees certainly got it. Joe Cool might've appeared passive, but the Yankees knew better than to cross him. All it took was one look, and he could cut even a veteran in two."

Let me go to youtube and search for "Paul O'Neill" and "water cooler." Classy is the word that comes to mind.