Madden: Joe & Phil are Fenway flops

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Tough weekend, and still tough road ahead
Published 4/14/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... -- and the Red Sox took advantage of his injured shoulder and ran on him freely. Molina's loss is huge, as it puts a huge dent into the Yanks' depth. Being able to turn to him as the backup has prevented a collapse at the catcher position. Bill Madden thinks things are bad, like, really bad : And while, yes, this is only April and these two back-to-back losses to the Red Sox are only a snapshot of a series that includes 15 more games with their ancient rivals to the north - two this week - there has to be a bit of an unsettling feeling among the Yankee legions about both the ...

Schadenfreude 40 (A Continuing Series)
Published 4/14/2008 by redsock at The Joy of Sox
... news conference prior to last night's Yankees-Red Sox series finale lasted 16 minutes, 5 seconds. Of that, 10:38 was spent discussing the biggest (and worst) tactical decision made by the manager in his young, pinstripe reign. ... He attempted humor a couple of times, but mostly, he attempted to portray the Manny call as just another decision ... He appeared to grow increasingly uncomfortable and annoyed as the inquisition continued ...Bill Madden, Daily News: Unfortunately, the new day brought only more Beantown misery for the beleaguered Yankee ...