Good night to the Andruw Jones era.

MOTO Joel Sherman calls the Yankee loss "unacceptable":

"Romero loaded the bases again in the third. The Yankees get a big hit here, and the Blue Jays probably roll over and play dead.

'We didn’t do a good job with runners in scoring position,' Andy Pettitte said. 'We didn’t add on.'


Curtis Granderson popped out. Romero hurt his knee pitching to Andruw Jones, stayed in and struck Jones out on the next pitch. Jones came to the plate twice with the bases loaded. Twice struck out. Why is Andruw Jones — he of the woeful second half — still playing?"

Andruw Jones's first strikeout was not with the bases loaded, it was with runners on first and second.


In 105 at-bats in the second half of the season, Andruw Jones is batting .143 with 3 homeruns.

I am flabbergasted that Girardi puts him out there in a game like this. I guess Girardi is hoping Jones gets hot and earns a spot on the playoff roster. Which assumes the Yankees make the playoffs. With four games left and a four-game lead on Tampa, am I the only person who thinks Tampa has the Yankees right where they want 'em?