The 3 Scares That Reminded Me, The Yankees Are Human

Being on the receiving end of Friday night's game in Seattle was not fun at all. The Mariners stole a play right out of the Yanks' book. Or at least that's how it felt.

Bottom of the ninth, Yanks leading the Mariners 2-1, The Great One hurling his cut fastball and only one out to get, seemed to be game over. The Yankees Winnnnn... but not tonight.

Veteran Mike Sweeney hit a double against Rivera, to be followed by a first-pitch homer that Ichiro Suzuki sent into the right-field seats to win the game 3-2.

The party on the field sure did not feel as good when my Yanks were on the receiving end. Nothing wrong with all of us, the players and the fans got a little reminder to come back down to earth. Keeps us humble.

I jumped up and screamed as our ace CC Sabathia took a line drive hit by Seattle's Franklin Gutierrez right in the jugular.

CC grabbed his neck and all I saw were teammates and coaches sprinting to the mound. This was a borderline heart attack. The replay proved how hard a hit it was and it looked in the end worse than it was.

CC continued to pitch and throw for strikes.

CC is leading the majors in innings pitched with 218 and CY Young talk should be about to go crazy.

This big man is a warrior and he proved it tonight.

Here it is, honestly, when the proof to make the rumor true that Ian Kennedy got pulled back up to the Majors, I did not have that loving feeling.

Commending a player who is just four months from coming off aneurysm surgery on his right arm but wait till next year to test him out. Kennedy was never as good as Hughes or Joba and it was evident.

Most pitchers, with the exception of El Duque who throw with their legs in a high pull in and extend are not seen a lot in the majors for a reason. And even if Kennedy had the talent of an El Duque, is the time for testing him in the majors now?

Kennedy never showed the mental game of Hughes. Hughes also benefited from the Joba Rules more than Joba did. Kennedy's last performances as a Yankee stunk. So in this arena, being almost October baseball the best time for him or the team to try?

It is the one criticism that stands out for Girardi that this is not rehab (Bruney). The excuses for poor performances of "getting him back to where he was" or "some improvement even though the team lost" are not going to fly now.

Look, I think hard work is great and Kennedy wants to play baseball. In reality the kid has absolutely no major league positive outings in his favor. Girardi might be pushing his luck here big time and everyone knows how critical the middle relievers in the bullpen are to a team's success.

For Kennedy's sake I hope that he is not the reminder of how important.....