Faith in Cashman restored. Well, almost

Let's recap the last week-plus in Yankee-dom:

• Eight game winning streak coming out of the All-Star break
• Two of three vs. Boston, in Boston
• DFA'd LaTroy Hawkins, eventually traded to HOU for a fringe minor leaguer
• Traded Jose Tabata, Russ Ohlendorf, Dan McCutchen and Jeff Karstens for Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte
• Lost two of three to Baltimore, at home
• Lost Posada for the year to shoulder surgery
• Same day as Posada goes under the knife, acquired Pudge Rodriguez for Kyle Farnsworth
• Farnsworth conducts tearful interview
• RedSox seem about to deal Yankee-killer Manny Ramirez. Jason Bay is good, but he's no Manny.
• RedSox get swept by the Angels, at home
• Yanks are 1 game behind Boston, 4 behind TB

Ya know, if not for the mere presence of Ponson on the roster, my faith in Cashman would be totally restored. You DO realize, we have more influence than we ever thought. We got Farnsy traded, we can get rid of Ponson, too!!!

If you want some fun Detroit reactions/complaining/griping, check here. Especially the comments. They are not happy about the Pudge/Farnsworth trade. Not even a little.

What more can I say, I am pretty pleased with the events post-All Star break. It's going to be a fun stretch run.