Look at who the Yankees put in the field last night

[El Supremo]

Nothing but their AAA substitutes. No wonder the Rays came back with 8 unanswered runs.

AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg
D. Jeter ss 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .297
R. Pena 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .100
C. Granderson cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 .262
G. Golson ph-cf-lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
M. Teixeira 1b 4 2 2 5 2 0 0 0 1 .248
E. Chavez 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .262
R. Cano dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .302
J. Posada ph-dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .235
N. Swisher rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .260
C. Dickerson rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 .260
A. Jones lf 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 .247
B. Gardner cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .259
J. Montero c 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .328
A. Romine c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .158
E. Nunez 2b-ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 .265
B. Laird 3b-1b 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .190
Totals 46 7 9 6 3 5 11 3 16

[bigwillq]

1. I would've done the same thing.

Yankees had already clinched a playoff berth and home field. No need to risk someone getting hurt.

[trumad]

2. Doesn't matter

Scoring 6 runs in an inning is tough no matter who is playing.

The Yanks have no obligation to play their starters once they've clinched.

[El Supremo]

3. Sick. Very sick. >>

[joeybee12]

4. Doesn't matter...it was a game that meant nothing to them...nt

[El Supremo]

5. Eliminating the Red Sox meant nothing to them?

If you believe that, then I have some land on the far side of the moon I'd like to sell you.

[joeybee12]

6. Why shoud they care? The Red Sox were imploding, no reason to think

they would have made it past the first round had they gotten in.

[MaineDem]

7. I totally agree with you.

If the Yanks had brought Mariano in to close it I would have believed they wanted to win. But since they didn't and since they had a farm team on the field I firmly believe they wanted the Rays to win and they wanted to get some rest.

But it doesn't explain the 7-0 score for most of the game, though.

[HuckleB]

9. The Yankees goal is to win the World Series.

They're not going to do anything to damage their preparation for that because of any other team.

[El Supremo]

8. Another curious fact:

The Yankees for the first time in nearly six decades lost a game they’d led by seven runs in the seventh inning or later.

:tinfoilhat:

[trumad]

10. OK Tin Foil

Then why the hell did they score 7 in the Rays in the first 6 innings?

What---so it wouldn't look obvious----errrr ---OK.

[El Supremo]

11. Hey! It was the Rays.

They're so bad, you can't even give them the game until you pull all your starters.

[Auggie]

13. They were saving the bullpen

Yankees only cared about one thing -- being ready and rested for the playoffs.

[KamaAina]

12. Look at who they DIDN'T put in

On behalf of Mom and Republican Stepdad, I have long remained aloof from the Yankee-hatred that permeates this forum -- but this is almost too much to bear. While the all-time saves leader sat in the bullpen playing with his iPhone or whatever, the expansionistas were no doubt reserving a luxury playoff box seat for pRick Scott. :grr:

[Iggo]

14. Red Sox fans aren't trying to blame the Yanks for not helping them back into the playoffs.

Are they?