YES Network Interviews a Former Yankee...

...and that Yankee is Cody Ransom. I mean, how can you hide your excitement when you see something like this on Twitter? "Former Yankee Cody Ransom reunites with YES. Check YESNetwork.com later today for full interview."

A "full" interview? What are you going to interview the guy about? And could they find a better picture than one where he has two hands down the front of his shorts? Jeez. Classy job there, Cody. Are they going to be doing a Yankeeography on Ransom now? I know that he surprised a lot of people in 2008 with his bat, but in 2009, Ransom was pretty darn awful, posting a .190/.256/.329 line and actually getting benched at times for Angel Berroa. The most famous thing he did all season was make a YouTube video in which he jumped about 62 inches which got the attention of Johnny Damon and the New York Times. But for such a great athlete, Ransom wasn't actually a good fielder, posting -4.3 runs below average based on UZR last year according to FanGraphs giving him a wonderful WAR of -0.6.

Forget the Mark McGwire sitdown with Bob Costas or A-Rod's with Peter Gammons; this will blow them both out of the water. I will be certain to check out YESNetwork.com today for what should be a riveting interview.

That Was More Painful Than It Needed To Be

The first four in the Yankees lineup saw 98 pitches. The position player who saw the least pitches? Nick Swisher who leads the Yankees and is second in the American League. A-Rod has 3 hits, 4 RBIs and a home run. Derek Jeter got on base 6 times. Even Cody Ransom had 2 runs, 2 hits and 2 RBIs. The Yankees were up 8-1.

So of course they needed to empty out the bullpen before bringing in Mariano Rivera to save it.

The offense was good. The pitching...not so much. Andy Pettitte was awful and now has only three quality starts in his last 11 starts. And while Alfredo Aceves and Phil Coke were very good, David Robertson needed to be bailed out by Mo in the end (of course, after I praised Robertson today).

A win is a win. But it was painful at times. A lot more than it needed to be.

And some bad news after the game from Mark Feinsand from the New York Daily News via Twitter: @BloggingBombers Nady pulled himself from Triple-A game after five innings. Doesn't sound good. Cashman said it could be the "worst-case scenario"