THE YANKEES COULDN'T STOP THE LEAK IN WARREN DEBUT

Tonight reminded me of the old story about The Little Dutch Boy.  The boy who was on his way to school, saw a leak in the dike and tried to plug the hole with his finger.  The problem was, he couldn't do it alone and others needed to help repair the leak. If I needed to cast it, Adam Warren would be my dutch boy and the offense would be the others trying to stop the leak.  In my story...the leak is the Chicago White Sox, always creeping back into the game; No matter how hard the Yankee offense tried, the White Sox , or water, kept coming.  Unfortunately, in my story, the dike broke and the Yankees drowned...Damn.

Last night's game blew the air out of the Yankees sails tonight.  I'm convinced of it.  You combine that with the Yankees scoring but their pitching not able to hold a red hot White Sox lineup and, you're bound to lose a ball game, or... 2 in a row.

Adam Warren started. Sure, go ahead... ride this kid if you choose, but know this, tonight's outing was his first in the Majors. They all can't be gems. Warren went 2.1 innings, allowed 8 hits and 6 runs. Not too great but for all we know this kid could grow up to be one of the most effective pitchers in baseball. Don't believe me? Well, while Yankeeland was blasting this kid on Twitter, Mikey sent out this tweet:

Very telling. All we're saying is anything can happen.  Hand in there Adam.  David Phelps was called up tonight. He went 3.1 innings, allowed 4 hits and 2 runs. One thing I noticed was after Phelps came in to relieve Warren and get out of the inning, Warren was sure to come over and high five his best friend Phelps. You gotta love that stuff.  That's baseball.

Cory Wade made an appearance tonight. What can I say, the guy is lost.  His pitches are flat, he's hittable and there is probably  nothing more humiliating than getting called out of the game for an outfielder to come in pitch in your place.  That's right, DeWayne Wise pitched after Wade (2.1IP, 7 H, 6 R) and went 0.2 of an inning and got out of it before more damage could be done.  I like that.  Believe it or not, with a tired pen, if you can do this sort of thing once in a while, do it.  I liked this move by Girardi and Wise did well.

Curtis Granderson, Jayson Nix and Andruw Jones each had 2 RBIs each.  Curtis cranked out his 22nd home run.  Derek Jeter, Jones and Nix each had doubles. Bottom line, it wasn't enough. The White Sox kept on coming.

Final Score: White Sox 14 - Yankees 7.

Tough loss tonight.  The Yankees need a clean slate and come out playing hard tomorrow.  Let's go Yankees!

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