Wallace Matthews has covered New York sports since 1983 as a reporter, columnist, radio host and TV commentator. He covers the Yankees for ESPNNewYork.com after working for Newsday, the New York Post, the New York Sun and ESPN New York 98.7 FM. Follow Wallace on Twitter »Chat archive »Follow on Twitter
NEW YORK -- There's really no point in rehashing what happened at Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon except to remind you that when a big-league team gives up 10 runs in an inning, as the New York Yankees did in the third inning of their game against the Texas Rangers, you kind of wish baseball was like boxing, where a merciful referee could step in, wrap the loser in a protective cocoon and send him home to play another day.
