Isn't everyone else too? Here are a couple things that don't make sense to me about the Joba rules, other than that they're completely arbitrary numbers.

Joba's a big dude, he can take a lot of innings. I think this may be the most overlooked part of this whole situation. The thin fireballers are typically the ones who wear down due to overuse - Prior and Wood come to mind, and there are others, like Verlander in his second year. Guys like Sabathia and David Wells came up to the bigs and immediately started pitching major innings, and both of them were/are fine now years later. They're bodies are more equipped to handle the stress of pitching, they have bigger legs, I guess.

Also, hasn't he pitched enough to not warrant an innings limit? Most pitchers are kept on limits their first year out of the minors. Yes, I understand he was a bullpen guy, but he's pretty seasoned by now, has had a couple of years under his stretched-out belt.

I say turn him loose, take him out when he's tired, but don't just assume you're going to wear him out when you're doing more harm than good with rules and limits. He said his relaxing time was what has helped him pitch better recently. I can't help but think that all this nonsense about how long he'll pitch this year, or in the playoffs, is just adding to his stress and thus, maybe, affecting his pitching.

So far we've heard a ton about how the quarterbacks are doing, and recently how the D-line is doing. Other than Cotchery and Keller seemingly destroying any DB that comes their way so far (how many long passes have they caught so far?) how are the other guys doing? Have spectators needed to put up "Stop, Forrest, Stop" signs for Clowney yet? Has Stuckey been exposed as a flash-in-the-pan recipient of a few errant Favre throw? Or have the quarterbacks only been throwing to Cotchery and Keller, as a precursor for next year.

As a loyal reader of this site and all the Fanposts, I've got to say it's a little unnerving just how bad the spelling has gotten. I'm not asking people to proofread their posts carefully, but when you read typo after typo, it gets annoying. Maybe it's just me, but if you see yourself type a mistake, just press backspace and try again. It's completely bush league. A little pride in your work, that's all I'm asking.

I mean sure, he's pretty much a proven loser. Or is he? He's never made it out of the first round of the playoffs, but you can tell the guy wanted it pretty badly. I'm not sure on the sabermetric or player-efficiency stats or whatever, but T-Mac always seemed to up his game in those rounds, we just didn't have the other pieces. This team this year was better with T-Mac than last year. True, they were still very good without him, but when we needed one bucket, we couldn't get it. That's what T-Mac provides.

Does anyone else remember the 13 points in 35 seconds against the Spurs? I don't know how healthy he can be, or how his knee or shoulder would hold up in the incredibly physical games the Rockets always seem to be in in the playoffs. But dammit, we need offense. We need it badly. And when he was healthy, there may not have been a better offensive player in the game than T-Mac. It was so much fun watching him toy with his defender for 7-8 seconds on the shot clock, then just shoot a simple mid-range jumper and make it as if he were alone. Don't you guys miss that?

I don't know how much we can get in a trade for him, and if Eddy Curry and the carcass of Cuttino Mobley is the best we can do, I say just pay him this year and see what happens. Worst case scenario, it's last year. Best case, we have T-Mac, who's no Mutumbo, he'll be 30 all year, and is just one year removed from 21, 6, and 5.

Clearly, both of these guys have the capacity of being absolutely awesome. We've seen flashes of utter dominance, but also utter incompetence. Joba this year has disappointed all of us, and despite being built like a mini-CC, has yet to get into the 8th inning in his CAREER. He was just so thoroughly dominant in the bullpen, and although it's rare that anyone makes solid contact on him, those walks are starting to become a nasty habit.

Meanwhile, Hughes wasn't pretty either in the rotation, and lo and behold, when he moves to the bullpen, he's like Joba 2.0. It's preposterously frustrating. Also, CMW was effective from the bullpen before his return to the rotation. I don't know what it is about the Yankees' bullpen, but it seems that we should just move all of our starters there and watch them have hall-of-fame careers.

In light of Hughes' success and Joba's continued control issues, should we do a switcheroo? Give Hughes a try in the rotation? Right before Wang came back he was pitching well. And his stuff translates a little better to the rotation, with more pitches, while Joba's seems to be made for an end-of-the-night role. I know the question of where to put Joba is nothing new, but we've seen what he does in the rotation now. Was it the right move?

When someone thinks about all-time Jets greats, Joe Namath comes to mind. That's pretty much it. Die-hards will think of the New York Sack exchange with the likes of Joe Klecko and Dave Herman, and think fondly of guys like Freeman McNeil, Al Toon, and Ken O'Brien. But none of them are really all-time greats. More all-time goods, or so/so's. But recent years have brought about stalwarts of Jet teams, and although no one's correctly predicted the greatest upset of 20th century pro football since Joe Willie, can we call them legends?

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"Meeting in a few w/ Gortat.Send a note to him NOW at rocketsfanslovegortat@gmail.com .He will receive.Show him how much we want him in Red!"

So I guess this means Yao's out for a while, officially? I'd guess he'll be the big get of the offseason if we get him, adding frontcourt depth. I wish he'd played more over the regular season before giving him a boatload of money, but we'd be paying him for what he did in the playoffs, which was keep the Magic playing championship-worthy basketball.

I know everyone, including me, is clamoring for a chance to see Mark Sanchez in action. And we do only have him for 5 years, although if he pans out I can't imagine we don't give him a Brady/Manning-esque extension. I also know that recent history might suggest that starting a rookie QB can work out, especially with a Rex Ryan defense. I will not be furious or up in arms if Sanchez does get the nod, but I think we should hold off, and here's why:

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Okay, as the world's biggest Bernie Williams fan, I can admit I've waited as long as I can to post this - but if the Yankees aren't planning on re-signing Bernie, and his repeated claims that he doesn't want to play anywhere else, at what point should we stop delaying the inevitable and just retire the number 51 that graced the real Yankee Stadium with...grace.

After the Jump, the facts...

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I have a question for the editors of this blog. Don't get me wrong, I'm an avid reader and first-time poster (I just figured out that I could post. Stop mocking me!), and I love your work. But what's with this relaxed and accepting attitude towards the Jets situation at wideout? Is it just me, or do we appear to be nailed to the wall?

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Yeah, Yeah, I know what you're thinking, he's our franchise player, arguably the most offensively gifted player over 7'2" since Wilt, and he has so much salary that we can't think of even competing until the Olympics are held in Fallujah. Here's why that's wrong.

This team has heart. Not just normal, every athlete with a chip-on-his-shoulder heart. I'm talking the combined heart of Shane Battier, superhero, Aaron Brooks, Chuck Hayes, and Carl Landry (who got shot and came back to pwn the Lakers a couple of months later, which everyone seems to have forgotten). This team is not the Spurs without Duncan. We have Tracy McGrady, or whoever we can trade him for, and when he's healthy, he's pretty damn good. We can still sign Ron Artest, who, when he's sane, is pretty damn good. We still have Rick Adelman, who most of the time is pretty damn good. And we have the Billy Beane-Theo Epstein - Ned Collett - Scott Pioli Voltron of a GM in Daryl Morey, who is pretty damn good.

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