If A-Rod continues to struggle this season, you will begin to hear that he still needs surgery, he’s not healthy, etc. If he struggles in 2010 and beyond, you will begin to hear that he is getting older, his best years are behind him, etc. What you never seem to hear is that maybe this is the real A-Rod, minus the ‘roids.

And we all know how much trouble bloggers can get into when bringing up ‘roids, but if Joba’s fastball and starpower continue to diminish, someone has to at least bring up the possibility that this guy is another Gagne plummeting back down to Earth right before our eyes.

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What we’re finally beginning to see is Girardi’s influence on this team. In this week alone, we’ve been treated to Bruney’s misguided, #27-influenced chirping and now we’re on the verge of a mutiny against Jorge Posada. Girardi has always had a tepid relationship with his former teammate and it’s obvious that the young pitchers (like Joba) have picked up on this. Couple this with the rise of Cervelli (sorry, but we’re not sold yet) and you’ve got the makings of a mutiny. Maybe Posada deserves better. But it’s obvious the pitchers don’t care much about his Yankeeography resume. So it’s up to Girardi to step up and quickly resolve this. In other words, it looks like we’re headed for a very bad ending.

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Brian Bruney’s comments are no surprise. When you play for a manager that insists that the other team is always throwing at you (while your guys never throw intentionally at anyone) then of course you are going to come to believe some odd things - such as the idea that K-Rod celebrates excessively while Joba or the pie throwers do not. Perhaps Girardi’s stint at YES has contributed to these bizarre intrepretations of reality. It seems he’s stuck in ‘Yankees Classic’ mode - where the Bombers can do no wrong and never ever lose.

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