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Yanks Win & Ohio St. A.D. is a Joke

Bartolo Colon pitched like it was 1999 but wasn't the winning pitcher in last night's 4-1 Yankee win as it took the Pinstripers 15 innings to extend their winning streak to 2.  Colon was simply awesome last night as it may have been the best starting pitching performance by a Yankee this year, striking out 7 and only throwing 87 pitches through 8 innings.  Which raises the question: why not let him start the ninth??

Joe Girardi was asked that question and his obvious answer was that he has the greatest closer in the game.  Last night, however, Mariano Rivera coughed up a run in the ninth which sent the game to extra innings.  Hindsight is 20-20 but one has to wonder if Colon would not have been able to go the distance. 

ARod certainly continued hitting the ball well in spite  the announcement that they are going to have him undergo an exam of his hip.  I'm not expecting there to be any problems and its certainly great to see him hitting the ball the way he has the last 2 games.

Unfortunately, the rest of the team seems to still be in a hitting funk particularly with men in scoring position.  Of course, credit should be given to Zack Britton.  The young Baltimore left-hander has all the makings of being a pitching nemisis for the Yankees.  Again makes you wonder about the "great" pitching prospects the Yankees have and when will we see them contributing to the big team.

Thankfully, Robinson Cano came through to drive in the winning runs in the 15th inning.  A bright spot was pitcher Hector Noesi.  He pitched himself out of a jam in the 12th and went on to get the win.  Let's hope we see more of this kid.

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Read an article this morning about the Big Ten meetings that are taking place and could not believe the utter gall of Ohio State A.D. Gene Smith.  Mr. Smith has no intention of taking any disciplinary action against Head Football Coach Jim Tressel.  What also was interesting was the defense of Tressel by his fellow coaches and other A.D.'s, particularly Tom Osborne of Nebraska.

This whole situation totally disgusts me.  Particularly since Tressel and Ohio State carries themselves as being a super clean, mom and apple pie program.  Tressel is a fraud and so is Ohio State.  Here's hoping the NCAA takes the appropriate action and makes Tressel and the Buckeye football program pay a heavy price.  They should lose scholarships and be banned from national championship consideration if they refuse to fire Tressel.  Since Smith has no intention of  taking action, we will have to wait until August when the NCAA will announce what action they will take.