The Yankees should have made that trade for Johan Santana

Yankees 5, Blue Jays 1: With Sense of Urgency, Pettitte Cuts His Losses

NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees found this 8/21/2008 on www.nytimes.com

In a game the Yankees essentially had to win, Pettitte throttled the Toronto Blue Jays for seven innings, allowing five singles and no other base runners. >

Pavano still in the running to start for New York Yankees Saturday

NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees found this 8/21/2008 on www.nj.com

NOTEBOOK TORONTO -- Carl Pavano apparently is healthy enough to still be a candidate to start Saturday for the Yankees. Reports had the oft-injured Pavano suffering from a stiff neck this week, but Wednesday he threw a side session with...

Time with Yankees exceeds Ponson's expectations

NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees found this 8/21/2008 on www.newsday.com

TORONTO - There were plenty of skeptics when the Yankees picked up Sidney Ponson in June after Ponson had been dropped by the pitching-poor Rangers for off-field problems.

Almost famous

Big League Stew found this 8/21/2008 on yankees.lhblogs.com

Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy and Clay Buchholz are 2-17 with a 7.52 ERA. They’ve thrown only 137.2 innings. Buchholz was optioned down to Double-A last night and Hughes may be passed over for Carl Pavano. It would be interesting to get those ...

Feinsand: Sacking Cashman Makes No Sense

Greg C. posted 8/21/2008 from slidingintohome.blogspot.com

From Mark Feinsand : Yankees fans everywhere seem to think that Cashman’s departure this fall is a given. Think again. Why would the Steinbrenners get rid of him less than a year after committing to his plan to build this team from within? What would that accomplish? The minute that ownership agreed to pass on the Johan Santana deal last winter, they should have handed Cashman a new ...