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What mystique? It is what it is. You're ranting now and not making any sense. I tried to give you a logical explanation why you shouldn't mess with the rotation, so let's just agree to disagree. As for being sad. I won't be at all. I'd rather win the game no matter who's on the mound. No sentiment just practical. I think CC is a better candidate to get us a "W" than AP.

It is not a rant.

Boy, I'd hate to see your definition of a rant. Jeff ---------> Russ ---------> And, like a typical attorney you twisted my words. I said, and I quote: "I think CC is a better candidate to get us a "W" than AP." I didn't say Andy would lose the game, I said I thought CC had a better chance of winning it. There is a big difference in what I said and how you interpreted it. That's like saying Andy has 2 bullets in his gun and CC has 6. Could Andy kill his target with two shots? Sure. However, with 6 shots would CC have a better chance at success? You know the answer. I could be wrong, but head-to-head at this point in time CC is the better pitcher. Hence, he has the better chance. Jeff, be honest. Andy had one of his worst years last year statistically. You act like swapping these guys around is no big deal. It throws 5 pitchers off their regimen. Could they do it? Of course. Should they do it? Hell, no. It makes no sense to upset the entire rotation for the first half of the season to let one guy pitch the first game in the new stadium. All things being equal I would have no problem, if common sense dictated it, to have Andy open the new stadium. You're thinking with your heart instead of your head like Mary Ann said in her last post. I don't fault you for it, but I think it's the wrong approach for this team, this early.

The prosecution rests. (BTW, you're the defense here. Trying to get your client clemency ).

Oh yeah you misstated it. You're assuming that I felt Andy would lose, which is clearly not true. I said that the probability of CC winning was greater, hence my scenario with the bullets in the gun. You appear to be forgetting that Girardi and his staff has spent many a night figuring out the projected rotation against which teams they are going to be facing. It IS NOT A SIMPLE CHANGE in the classic definition. Again, you're assuming what the fans want according to what you think or feel. Using A-Rod is an excellent example for my position. If he is not in the clean up spot the order has to be changed around to maximize the line up's effectiveness. If say, Teixeira was projected to bat 3rd he might bat 4th with A-Rod out of the line up. Posada batting 6th might bat 5th; Matusi from 7th to 6th, etc., etc. Making tweaks is not, as you say, good. It can be bad, and in this case it is no minor tweak. You've got to look beyond a singular game.