Wilson Betemit-More Like Wilson Gets Hurt A Lot

So Wilson Betemit is back on the DL this time with a strained hammy. Betemit has managed to not walk once this entire season-26 at bats, 7 hits, 7 strikeouts, and 0 walks. Not sure that that is what the Yankees wanted when they traded for Wilson last season. Betemit isn't exactly a great fielder either, taking ARod's spot at 3rd base, Betemit has look lost recently. In Friday night's game against the Tigers Betemit misplayed 3 balls in a row that were hit his way. Now that Betemit is hurt Morgan Ensberg will be given the opportunity to start regularly. Ensberg has struggled this season offensively, his first as a backup, but he is a very good fielder. He clearly is not much of an improvement over Betemit, if at all. Even with Ensberg at 3rd, the Yankees are still a total wreck at the position. Calling up Alberto Gonzalez, who was brought up to the Bigs to take Betemit's spot wont help matters much either. If ARod's injury is as mild as the Yankees seem to believe it is than this will hopefully be behind them soon enough. However, if ARod is out for an extended period of time, as many press sources are stating, then there will be a serious issue for the Yankees to deal with. They already need to find a catcher who can hit, since Moeller and Molina are not the answers there, they need to find another quality starter because Kei Igawa is still a member of the Yankees' rotation and Kei Igawa should not be in anyone's rotation, so if you add starting 3rd baseman and heart of the lineup to that list it looks as though this could be a very long season for the Yankees and their fans.

-Mose

Candy Is Not Good For You

Apparently, candy is bad for you. Did anyone else know that? Joe Girardi does. The Yankee manager has officially banned candy from the clubhouse during the pregame, postgame and during-game player visits to the locker room. 

Not only will there not be no candy permitted in the Yankee Stadium clubhouse, but there will also be no candy to welcome the Yankees on the road. Girardi has contacted all future road teams in an effort to make sure that there is no junk food waiting for his team in the visiting locker room. Usually, the Yankees arrive to an array of candy and ice cream. When they showed up in Tampa two weeks ago, there was a smorgasbord of dried fruit and nuts waiting for them. In Baltimore, the ice cream freezer was removed from the clubhouse and wrapped up outside the door so that no player would be able to steal any frozen goodies. 

How fat exactly are Girardi's players that he would actually worry about them breaking out of the clubhouse and stealing a Froze Fruit after a game? Is wrapping up the freezer really necessary when Derek Jeter can probably afford his own pint of ice cream after the game, anyway? Either way, the non-sweets rule does not seem to be working as the Yanks have gone 11-11 since Girardi installed it.

 FireJoeMorgan.com has something to say about Girardi's ban on candy.

- D. Spell