George my friend, its only July 1st, don't get worked up. I don't allow myself to get too high or too low about the baseball season until September 1st. Despite a rash of injuries and a poor start, your team is only 6-1/2 games back in the division, and 1-1/2 games back of Baltimore for the second wildcard, paying well above .500 ball. Even if this were September 1st, this would not be cause for panic. Enjoy your terrific new third-baseman, what is going to be a tough, exciting and close pennant race, and relax - with the loss of Mariano and the injury to Pettitte, there is almost no chance that the Yankees are going to get past Texas, so your biggest worry should be out of the way.:wink2: On July 28th, my wife, kids and I will be a Yankee Stadium watching our teams face off. Lets see how things look at that point. I suspect we will both be sweating a great AL East race.