No Victor = No Victory

Apparently Eric Wedge decided to concede victory before the game even begins. Sitting out Victor today after being DH last night is absolutely crazy, it's not like he was catching last night and today, maybe Kelly needed a break then. Having Peralta as a cleanup hitter does not make sense. At least have Hafner and his .209 average in there if Victor's not playing just to give the idea that there might be some kind of power threat out there. Having Dellucci at left is basically having 4 light hitting outfielders in the game. Casey did come through with a clutch double where he went to third on the throw home and later scored on Kelly's single. Francisco showed some nice hitting with a double in the ninth but also showed his laziness by not stretching it into a triple after Abreu poorly played it in right. Byrd just didn't have it today, left too many balls up in the zone and Giambi and Damon took advantage by finding that short right field porch. And Robinson Cano, who the YankeesChick called slumpy mcslumperson apparently likes Byrd pitching by getting two extra base hits off Byrd to raise his stellar average to .172. I wasn't expecting much today, but am still disappointed that Victor was not playing.