Short memories needed (Rays 15 Yanks 5)

If the Yanks are to perform well tomorrow, they're going to have to forget about what happened today.
So let's do our duty by acknowledging reality, pointing out the problem, and providing a solution. Then we can move on.

Acknowledging reality:
Wang's ERA over two starts is now 29, which is a disgrace for any pitcher, let alone a former Cy Young candidate. We keep hearing about how he doesn't have his stuff. Well, maybe Girardi and Eiland should stop complaining and start providing solutions. And at the same time, maybe they could let us in on what they're doing. As paying customers, we have a right to know how they plan to fix this problem, otherwise they'll appear secretive and dishonest, which usually only conceals inaction and incompetence (check out the Bush presidency for more details).

Pointing out the problem:
Yesterday's game was almost unwinnable, as I said in the previous post. But Wang could have pitched better. And with his pitching as a catalyst, the Yankees could have played a very competitive game. After all, they did eventually get to Kazmir.
Instead the Yankees were thrashed in every way possible. Let's be frank; The Rays did whatever they wanted. They were hyped up in front of their home crowd, raising banners, congratulating themselves. Young teams always respond better to crowd noise and tend to play on emotion more than veterans. That's nice, and they deserved to be honored for their achievements last year. Now let's put them back in their place.

Provide a solution:
Girardi whined, "Whatever could go wrong tonight went wrong." How about manning up, taking responsibility and providing solutions?
Reading quotes like this is very disturbing to me: Is Girardi saying that EVERYTHING went wrong? If EVERYTHING had gone wrong, then Kazmir would have pitched a perfect first inning and every one of the Rays would have reached base in the bottom of the first. Scoring run after run, never making an out, the game would have needed to be suspended in the bottom of the first, after the Rays had scored 30, perhaps 40 or even 50 runs, and with some old mercy rule having to be unearthed so that everyone could go home. In baseball, this is "whatever could go wrong tonight went wrong". What I'm trying to say is that Girardi is playing the victim and failing to take responsibility. People who say things like this are acting like losers because they're trying to justify their inability to succeed by blaming incredibly bad luck. I hope I'm wrong, and I hope Girardi isn't a loser. But he certainly sounded like one yesterday.

So I'll provide the same solution that I did at the start of the season : Fire Girardi and his staff, and bring some grown-ups in to coach this team.