Are we seriously back to talking about Joba?

You know, some people just never get tired of being stupid. They wear it as a badge of honor.

Take, for instance, every single person who somehow still believes that Joba Chamberlain should be placed back in the bullpen. This was an arguement that was LOST by such idiots once Joba was phased into the rotation and PROVED that he could be, not only a very good starting pitcher, but a potentially DOMINANT starting pitcher. He did nothing but PROVE that his ultimate worth is in the rotation.

Then, the youngster came down with shoulder tendinitis. Suddenly, the Mike Francesa morons of the world were back at it, imploring the Yanks to make the stupiest decision in baseball history.

Look, I'm not going to rehash all these arguements. It feels like I am continually argueing that the sky is blue. After a while, you have to accept some people just don't believe the truth, even when it is staring you in the face. Let me just ask this?

Could someone PLEASE name me the team that is having this same arguement about their top pitching prospects? The Seattle Mariners are NOT a good team, right? Is there anyone there SCREAMING for Felix Hernandez to be made a set-up man and future closer of the team? I haven't heard a lot of discussion on the part of the Red Sox of putting top prospect Clay Bucholtz in the bullpen permanently, even though their GREAT flaw is the bridge to Papelbon.

If moving a talented pitcher, with the potential to be a great starter, into the pen is the right thing to do, how come NO ONE else has done it? I mean, hell, the yanks just got 1 hit by a youngster (Morrow) who has terrific stuff and was in the bullpen, but he was MOVED to the rotation because, you know, THAT'S WHERE YOU PUT GREAT PITCHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am not a big fan of Hank Steinbrenner, but he is absolutely, positively right when he says Joba would be WASTED as a reliever. Look at it this way.............the Yanks have had the BEST closer in history and, from 2001-2009, with that same closer, the Yanks have won EXACTLY 0 championships. Why? Because of Rivera? Nope. Because of that bridge to Mo? Nope. Because of the thin starting pitching? Absolutely.

If the Yanks signed a guy like CC, got Wang back healthy, and plugged Joba in as a starter PERMANENTL, you have, as the Yanks, your top three starters for the next 8 years. Why would you not want that? Doesn't that give you the BEST chance to win now and in the future?

Just mindless, it really is.

*Question: Is Hard Knocks, the HBO documentary on the Cowboys training camp, suppose to make me like Terrel Owens more than I do? The show has routinely shown Owens "mentoring" younger players and "playing" around with his teammates. But it also shows him routinely mouthing off, talking smack, making an ass out of himself to the delight of sicophant idiots on the team, singing badly, making terrible, unfunny jokes, and occassionally dropping a pass in practice (did you know he did that every once in a while?).

Watching the show, I like the guy even less. Putting on his "best face" for the show, he still comes across as an arrogant prick who continues to do a wonderful job of hiding all of his championship rings.

And what is the fascination with showing Owens shirtless CONSTANTLY? Who is editing this show for HBO, Lance Bass? I mean, why do I need constant slow-mo shots of Ownes half naked, with intense, serious instrumental music playing in the background? What have I learned from the Hard Knocks show? Owens needs someone to go to Target and buy him a few shirts.

* Can the media at least be honest and not try and push some notion down our throat that the yanks are playing for anything more than pride? I understand Joe Girardi has to put on the "never say die" face, but why does Michael Kay and Bob Lorenz need to do the same? Love or hate Yankee fans, we're pretty damn smart. If I want to watch the Yanks finish out the season, I will. It isn't as if Bob Lorenz is gonna keep me coming back to YES every night because he refuses to admit the Yanks are dead. "I wasn't gonna watch tonight but, by God, Bob Lorenz believes they still have a chance so I'll be DAMNED if I am giving up on them." PLEASE!!!!!!!! I would be far more interested to hear what studio analysts and some of the guys in the booth think about who SHOULD be back next year, whether the Yanks should be playing more of their young kids, etc...... rather than getting some kind of stupid playoff run breakdown after every win or loss. Those days are over. We can all see that, why can't you?