Yanks figure to do nothing

The trade deadline looms; the Yankees' season wanes. Questions linger:

• Buyers or Sellers? "I don't think there's going to be any (major changes)--for most of the teams in baseball, 90 percent of the teams in baseball--there's not going to be anything major that's going to happen."--Hank Steinbrenner (NJ.com) Welcome to the silent majority. "It's up to myself, my staff and my players to figure it out and certainly not count on something from the outside."--Cashman. Brian is setting his trade expectation bar as low as possible, we all know Shaun Chacon is out there, you can't fool us.
• Noteworthy trends? "What the Yankees have is a lineup that shrinks in the clutch. (for more on shrinkage check the Seinfeld reruns.) The Yankees hit .293 with runners in scoring position last season but this year are at .256." "Cashman and Long said the statistic was a fluke."--NY Times. Here's some more flukeage from Was Watching: "Here’s a fun stat. As of this morning, the Yankees have scored 2 runs or less in a game 28 times this season.
  Last year, over the entire season, the Yankees scored 2 runs or less in a game 33 times."
• Does it all start with pitching? 40 percent of the starting rotation is comprised of Rasner and Ponson. You know the drill, assume the position-- a familiar face is putting up pretty stats in the minors (Karstens, Igawa etc.) Pavano, Sanchez, Hughes, Kennedy, Brackman etc. are either: A) rehabbing their special skills B) throwing from a mound. ) C) earning their way back.

" I try not to react to anything..."--Cashman. Please, no redundant Igawa jokes, it's not funny anymore. Actions speak louder than words. Inaction speaks for itself.

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