No one feels worse than LaTroy Hawkins

LaTroy wasn’t too happy with this performance last night. Gee, I wonder why. “It was just bad,” he said after the game. “I didn’t do the job, plain and simple. I’m embarrassed. It would be one thing if I made good pitches, but I didn’t. I made terrible pitches.” Meanwhile, Mark Feinsand notes that there are recent historical comparisons should the Yanks opt to release Hawkins soon. Both Paul Quantrill and Mike Stanton — making a combined $7 million — were let go at the end of June 2005. I guess that gives J.B. Cox, Mark Melancon or someone else about a month to make an impression in the minors.