This is pretty much just an add-on to my last post, so read the last post too.
Phew! It isn't the Yankees fault they're losing now! It is only because Yankee Stadium is dimensionally screwed up, and so it is very easy to hit a dinger.
Now, wouldn't that help them, or at least be balanced, almost being irrelevant? Am I making any sense here?
It certainly seemed to be a positive- if you're Nick Swisher and playing phenomenally.
It is a negative when the other team is getting those huge leads because the majority of your pitching staff has a void that offseason trades have helped (Burnett) or hurt (CC).
If the Yankees fixed their pitching woes, will this help? Is this new stadium a complete haha-this-is-blowing-up-in-your-face?
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Right now seems to be a good time to switch religions
I can remember an episode of YES Ultimate Road Trip, a show where the NY Yankees pick a few lucky fans to go to every game, home and away, on the 'ultimate road trip'. One of the guys said the Yankees were everything to him. Baseball was his religion, the Yankees his chruch, and (the old) Yankee Stadium his cathedral.
It was a good analogy. At the time.
Not only are Yankee fans remembering the optimistic last season, when "everything would get better" but it never did, but the 'baseball Gods' are handing the Bronx Bombers embarrsing margins.
Their last loss- Saturday, against the Indians- was 22-4. The last time I remember a baseball game with such a difference was in 2006, when the Rangers killed the Orioles, 22-2.
That was the O's, though.
This is the Yankees. C'mon. What is going on?
Pitching. It must be pitching. But I thought they filled the holes in the offseason, aquiring A.J. Burnett and CC Sabathia and bringing Andy Pettite back to the Bronx.
Burnett (2-0) is showing to be a strong, and smart, addition.
CC (1-1), however, um, yeah. I guess no one saw that Sabathia was extremely successful in the NL (sarcasm not intended, FYI). On the Indians, he wasn't a standout star, unlike in Milwakuee, where he was incredible! So what happened? What is wrong?
Yankee vets like Pettite and Chien-Mang Wong seemed to be the least of the Yanks worries. Pettite is dependable, however, something is stunning fans. Wong has always been a good pitcher, but so far, there is something bothering him, and no one gets it. He was even pulled from his start versus the Red Sox. Will they send him down?
The Yankees are currently tied with rival Boston for second place in the suddenly competitve AL East. Before, it was the BoSox/Yankees battle, but with Tampa's sudden World Series appearence, it seems to be "a whole new ballgame."
TOMMORROW: AS THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS SAY, IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR HOCKEY!
It was a good analogy. At the time.
Not only are Yankee fans remembering the optimistic last season, when "everything would get better" but it never did, but the 'baseball Gods' are handing the Bronx Bombers embarrsing margins.
Their last loss- Saturday, against the Indians- was 22-4. The last time I remember a baseball game with such a difference was in 2006, when the Rangers killed the Orioles, 22-2.
That was the O's, though.
This is the Yankees. C'mon. What is going on?
Pitching. It must be pitching. But I thought they filled the holes in the offseason, aquiring A.J. Burnett and CC Sabathia and bringing Andy Pettite back to the Bronx.
Burnett (2-0) is showing to be a strong, and smart, addition.
CC (1-1), however, um, yeah. I guess no one saw that Sabathia was extremely successful in the NL (sarcasm not intended, FYI). On the Indians, he wasn't a standout star, unlike in Milwakuee, where he was incredible! So what happened? What is wrong?
Yankee vets like Pettite and Chien-Mang Wong seemed to be the least of the Yanks worries. Pettite is dependable, however, something is stunning fans. Wong has always been a good pitcher, but so far, there is something bothering him, and no one gets it. He was even pulled from his start versus the Red Sox. Will they send him down?
The Yankees are currently tied with rival Boston for second place in the suddenly competitve AL East. Before, it was the BoSox/Yankees battle, but with Tampa's sudden World Series appearence, it seems to be "a whole new ballgame."
TOMMORROW: AS THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS SAY, IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR HOCKEY!
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