Thanks to a 2 run, 3 base error by the Angels centerfielder (who also had one hit off his glove earlier in the game that was generously called a double) the Yankees squeeked one out today, ending their 4 game losing streak.
I'll say one thing about the Angels. They scored at least 5 runs in this series in innings where they never got a ball out of the infield. A lead off walk, bunt single or Baltimore chop infield single, followed by a stolen base, sacrifice bunt, and RBI groundout just about every time the Angels got a leadoff runner on.
Meanwhile, the Yankees get a lead off double from Jeter yesterday and couldn't get him to third. How is it possible that Granderson and Teixiera, both batting left handed, could not pull a ball and move Jeter to Third? Why is it the Yankees never take the RBI groundout when the other team has the infield back and a runner on third with less than two outs? When the Yanks have first and third with one out, the next batter inevitably seems to ground into a double play, when all that is needed to score a run is sacrifice fly. The Yanks have to be the worst team at situational hitting I have ever seen. Its very fortunate that Girardi is so good at handling the pitching staff, especially the bullpen, because his managing of the offense flat out stinks.
I would kill to have Scocia as the Yankees manager. He understands how to win, how to manufacture runs, when to run, when to pitch out. He has a team which, other than the 3 top starting pitchers a couple of guys at the end of the bullpen, has absolutely no all star caliber players, and yet he wins the AL West almost every year, and is in the pennant race this year.