SECOND GUESSING MYSELF IN ANY PLAY. SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD. MICHAEL THOMPKINS STEPPED UP WITH SOME CLUTCH RELIEF APPEARANCES AFTER THE YANKEES PICKED HIM UP OFF WAIVERS IN APRIL, AND HE TOOK A 1.47 ERA INTO THE ALL-STAR BREAK. BUT THAT PACE SLOWED A LITTLE OVER THE LAST MONTH, AND TODAY, THEY DESIGNATED HIM FOR ASSIGNMENT IN FAVOR OF ANOTHER BULLPEN ARM, PHIL BICKFORD. IN OUR TOYOTA QUOTE OF THE DAY, AARON BOONE TALKED ABOUT MOVING ON FROM TONKIN. TOUGH ONE TODAY. I MEAN, TONK'S BEEN YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN GREAT. I MEAN, HE PITCHED WELL FOR US, IT'S BEEN A GREAT TEAMMATE. SO DIFFICULT DECISION THERE, JUST FELT LIKE, WE'RE PROBABLY IN A LITTLE BIT POTENTIALLY LEAVING OURSELVES SHORT. NOT NECESSARILY TODAY, BUT IN ANY KIND OF SCENARIO TODAY. PROBABLY HAVING A FEW GUYS DOWN, INCLUDING WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TONK, WHERE WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO USE A LOT OF DIFFERENT GUYS. THAT PROBABLY PUTS US IN A BAD SPOT TOMORROW. SO JUST FELT LIKE WE NEEDED A LITTLE MORE COVERAGE TODAY. IT REALLY IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO, RANDY AND MICHAEL. LOU TRIVINO HAS HAD PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS IN THE MINORS. I THINK HE GAVE UP A RUN IN HIS FIRST OUTING, AND THE LAST THREE HAVE BEEN PRETTY CLEAN, WHAT ARE REPORTS? BEEN ON HIM? AND DO YOU SEE HIM BEING CLOSE? I THINK HE'S HAD 4 OR 5 OUTINGS SO FAR. YEAH. THE REPORTS ARE THAT IT CONTINUES TO IMPROVE EACH TIME. YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE SLOW COMING BACK, BUT. BUT THAT THERE'S BEEN THAT STEADY IMPROVEMENT IN HIS STUFF AND THE CRISPNESS AND THE QUALITY. SO, YEAH, HE'S VERY MUCH IN THE MIX, MOVING FORWARD, AS ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER GUYS. SO WE'LL SEE. YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME, BUT DOES THAT CONVERSATION WITH TONKIN EVER PETER STROWMAN NOW HIS THIRD START SINCE MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. HE'S HAD ADJUSTMENTSES,. >> Aaron: I FELT LIKE LAST TIME WAS BETTER THAN EVEN THE TIME BEFORE. AGAIN, IT COMES DOWN TO COMMAND FOR HIM AND LOCATING HIS PITCHES, WHICH I GUESS YOU COULD SAY IS THE CASE FOR ALL PITCHERS, BUT CERTAINLY STRO, AND THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, HEAD AND SHOULDERS BETTER THE LAST COUPLE THAN THAT STRETCH HE WENT THROUGH. SO FEEL LIKE HE'S