Rain Delay

It's raining in Tulsa and, coincidentally, also in the Bronx. The Yankees are hosting the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium. It's the last year for the old stadium. When the rain stops, pitcher Chien-Ming Wang will take the mound, and Joe Girardi will take the helm as the Yankee's new skipper.

I've always liked Joe Girardi and am thrilled he took Joe Torre's place (that is, if someone had to take his place at all). Girardi is like an old-style player: he always looked like he stepped out of the 1940s (or maybe an Iowa cornfield) when he was behind the plate catching. To paraphrase Walt Whitman, "I see great things in Girardi. He will rally the team and repair their losses."

And with Torre in LA, I have a new reason to root for the Dodgers!