in the odd chance that the broadcasters said anything worthwhile

After watching the Yankee game last night, I don’t think this is going to happen at all =\

“Since Game 4 of the ‘03 World Series? “

Guh. As a Yankee fan when I saw Torre saunter to the mound to call in Weaver I had a Vietnam-like flashback

“And since when is Jeff Weaver the get-you-out-of-a-jam guy in the pen?”

*cough*since-he-moved-to-the-NL*cough*

@Kevin S-
  C’mon, you CAN criticize some Yankees some of the time- particularly dipsy-dumpster pitchers who have come and gone.
  And, BTW, I did see Jeff mid-Sept 03 at OYS on freebie tickets for the bottom of a make-up doubleheader, and for some reason, he did win.
  Which, if memory serves, is more than Farnsworth ever did.

On the Rockies leaving Jimenez in:

This is something Tracy’s been doing since he took over as manager, esp. with Jimenez, who had a strong, consistent season after ironing out April control issues.  I don’t know if this is how Tracy was in LA and Pittsburgh, if it was a response to the shape of the bullpen when he took over, or if he figures this is the way to get the most out of his starters.  But he’s let his starters throw a lot of innings.

Jimenez also has a reputation of being dominant save for one inning.  He’ll often have these innings early, then settle down.  So that was probably behind the thinking, too.  Tracy (and most Rockies fans) thought the *5th* was the meltdown inning, and that he’d recover for the 6th, 7th, and possibly the 8th.

YankeesfanLen - I was being sarcastically derisive of Torre’s decision six years ago.  I guess it sometimes doesn’t come across in written form, though.  Believe me, I was NOT praising those events.