"We know by now that Joe Girardi treats each and every ballgame as a mountain to be climbed, a safe to be cracked, a war to be won. But there are days like this one when he should just take a deep breath and resist the urge to overmanage.

Here he was, trying to bring Javier Vazquez back to life as a starting pitcher, and with two outs in the fifth inning of a game the Yankees were winning 5-3, Girardi came striding purposefully out of the dugout to yank Vazquez and bring in Dustin Moseley.

Never mind that Moseley promptly gave up a game-tying double to Lyle Overbay. That's not the point.

Or that Moseley, the pitcher Girardi just bumped from the starting rotation in favor of Vazquez, is not exactly Mariano Rivera coming out of the bullpen.

Or that the Yankees, sailing along at 85-50 with a seven-game winning streak as the day began, are hardly in desperation mode. For that matter, was anyone surprised that they pulled out a 7-5 victory over the Blue Jays Saturday as Marcus Thames - the new A-Rod? - hit another timely home run?

No, this is about seeing the big picture, and it's odd because Girardi is very good at that in some respects. He is careful not to overwork his bullpen, careful to give his older everyday players days off to keep them fresh."