Pettitte being out a month is serious for sure. He said he had had a groin injury years ago but doesn’t recall much about it (steroid forgetfulness?). If Burnett doesn’t pull out of his uncontrolled dive we will be extra sorry we are in the competitive AL East. {Insert Burnett rant here.}

Old Timers Day – how do they get find those 1950 WS Championship guys, a few of which (not Ford or Coleman of course) were the most marginal of short-term fill-in guys. (Was Coleman’s hot mike comment to Ford a snide remark? couldn’t figure what he meant). But the NYY management probably made those small profile guys happy for years – classy!

THE BEST – Mickey Rivers (who can still do the bat twirl) interviewed after the Old Timers game and answered a question as if the game was game 7 of the World Series. Something like, “Yeah, I wanted to drive the pitch to right and deep so we would at least score one run on a hit”. HE WAS SERIOUS. I want Mickey to get his own reality show, the hell with Snookie and “Inane Housewives from Anywhere.’