Manager John McLaren talked with the media about his tirade last night. Here's my game story which leads with it. It's not something he particularly enjoyed or planned. But on his way up the tunnel to the clubhouse following yesterday's loss, something in his head, told him it was time.

Listen to it here.
I talked with Lee Elia about it, who's no stranger to rants. And he likened it to parenting. "If you don't get upset with your kid when he does something wrong, how's he going to know that you even care about him or what he does," Elia said. "Mac loves these guys and he told him that, but he had to air them out. Nobody likes doing it."

Including McLaren, who is generally a pretty gregarious guy.

Will it work? We'll see.

McLaren did change the lineup again.

First of all he gave Richie Sexson the day off. Just to keep him fresh. That means Jose Vidro will start at first base today, which could be interesting.

He also moved Yuni up in the order and Clement and Balentien down as both have expectedly struggled a little to adjust to major league pitching.

Here's the lineups..
Ichiro CF
Lopez 2B
Ibanez LF
Beltre 3B
Vidro 1B
Betancourt SS
Clement DH
Johjima C
Balentien RF
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Silva P

Yankees
Damon LF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Matsui DH
Giambi 1B
Cabrera CF
Cano 2B
Ensberg 3B
Moeller C
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Rasner P