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One Game…Does It Really Matter Now?
Okay, so Jason Giambi comes off the bench, and delivers not once, but twice. Good for him. I have always liked Gumbi, but his time in the Bronx is short. He is just as much of the problem with this year’s Yankees as anybody. His numbers look nice, but like A-Rod, he is a compiler. Before today, when was the last time Gumbi had a meaningful, game changing at bat for the Yankees. The whole team simply stinks…so don’t be getting all excited that this could be a turning point. Not enough games remaining, not enough heart or balls.
Yes, the Yankees won the final meeting between themselves and the Red Sox, 3-2 Thursday afternoon in the Bronx. Whoopee, I think I’ll pee my pants now. 29 games remain, they are 5 back of the Sox (Red that is) in the wild card, and in comes Toronto led by A.J. Burnett. The Yankees still have not solved their starting rotation problems, there are no signs of Wang or Chamberlain coming back anytime soon, if at at. Friday night’s matchup will pair former teammates against each other, when Burnett faces convicted armed Yankee robber Carl Pavano. At least in Burnett’s case, he has pitched great this season. Not the others, but this season. Pavano hasn’t had a full season since coming to the Bronx. Perhaps he has motivation (free agency), but it is far too little, far too late. Even if Wang and Chamberlain come back and pitch at 80%, that would necessitate the Yankee lineup scoring runs consistently, which they have not done throughout the 2008 season.
Moose Mussina pitched a great game, but yet fell short of yet another step towards his 20th win of the season. Instead, the bullpen, which I feel is a strong point for the Yankees heading into the 2009 season, held the Sox at bay until the Sandman could close the door for another win. Good for my fantasy stats, but not good for Moose in his search for a career milestone. Defense was solid, Jeter is inching closer to his career .300 average, and the pressure is visibly getting to A-Rod, who after popping out in the 6th inning, returned to the dugout only to crush his bat against he bat rack close to a dozen times. I’m surprised he made solid contact.
It will indeed take a miracle for the Yankees to salvage the 2008 season. I just don’t think this group has it in them. Girardi doesn’t have a magic potion to wake this flatline group from the dead and the abyss, and the best we can all hope for is 82-85 wins to finish the season. I heard a great idea on Jason Smith’s Allnight Show on ESPN Radio last night. He suggested that had Steinbrenner used his head, he would’ve put a winterball clause into each and every one of the Yankees’ player’s contracts. You don’t make the playoffs, you play winterball and figure it out there…at the remedial level.
Unfortunately, A-Rod will be dealing with a divorce and custody battle, Jeter will retreat to Tampa for fun in the Florida winter sun, and who cares what the rest of them do. The work will come during the month of December in my hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada. Why? That is where the coming Winter Meetings are going to be held. Whomever the GM is, he best be carrying an open checkbook. With the added revenue that a new stadium will provide, along with the cash flow that the YES Network consistently provides, it is not beyond normal reason to see the Yankees sign 2-4 top flight free agents. Who? Manny to DH, Sabathia and Sheets to pitch, Tex to play 1st. Perhaps this wishlist is unrealistic as a nice e-mailer pointed out earlier today, but this is not a normal offseason for the Bombers. Holes need to be filled, an arm in the bullpen (Joe Beimel perhaps), a trade here and there (Damon, Cano, Melky), could reface this organization with guys that want to win, rather than players that simply want to show up and collect a check.
Regardless of what the Yankees do, they must do something. Standing pat and throwing the young guys to wolves failed this season, and if the Yankee brass believes it will get better next season, remember a couple of things…Joba and Hughes got hurt, thus eliminating crucial experience that could’ve been gained. Ian Kennedy is not ready. He would be pitching in the AZ Fall League and winter ball-whether he wanted to or not. He must learn to throw a first pitch strike AND work on his breaking stuff. He simply stunk this year. If the Yankees make the same mistakes this offseason that they did last offseason, they can look forward to a dead last place finish in 2009. Why? Look up and down the rosters of the other teams within the division. They are all getting better, younger, and more competitive as each day passes.
As always, take care of yourself, be good, and take care of your buddy next to ya!
Obituary: New York Yankees’ Playoff Run (1995-2007)
“Smell that, Bill? Smells like somebody died”
~Johnny Ringo from Tombstone
And at 10:53 EST on Wednesday night, at 161st and River Avenue in the Bronx, New York, the New York Yankees were officially pronounced dead from internal injuries. Their run of playoff appreances that started with Don Mattingly’s swan song in 1995, the run that saw 10 AL Eastern Division titles, 2 Wild Card berths, 6 AL Pennants, and 4 World Series titles came crashing down in front of a home capacity crowd, 11-3. Whom better to secure the final kiss of death on these Bombers in their own house than the rival and now class of baseball, the Boston Red Sox. How much more poetic can this be for Red Sox nation? The organization that not only handed the Babe to the Yankees on a silver platter, but helped secure the first Yankees’ dynasty by handing over player after player, until the Yankees of the 1920s and 1930s looked almost like the Boston Red Sox of the 19-teens. Wait a minute…they were. How sweet for Red Sox nation to slam the casket down on their hated rival, having given them a dynasty, in The House that Ruth Built, in its swan song? As they say in the Mastercard commericals…Priceless.
The Yankees now fall 7 full games behind in the AL wild card, and 10 1/2 games back of Tampa in the AL East. As much as I disliked Joe Torre, one had to see this coming. Especially the way they thanked Joe for 12 solid years, 12 years of playoff appearances, 12 years of World Series expectations, by offering him an insult for a contract, and then forced him to take his legend to the west coast and Dodger Stadium. Perhaps if the Steinbrenners had taken that same approach not only to Joe Girardi, but Brian (I too will be out of work soon) Cashman, and this bloated roster of has beens and underachivers, I may not be sitting here writing my version of a eulogy tonight.
As much as I trash this team on a daily basis, it’s only because I care. I have been a Yankees’ fan since 1981. I grew up in an era of Yankees baseball that was doomed with free agent busts, and not quite enough pitching to see the postseason. I always wondered what it would be like to see my Yankees make it to the playoffs. My loyalty was finally rewarded as I personally witnessed former Yankee great and my childhood idol Don Mattingly almost single handedley take the 1995 Yankees to the ALCS. However, they fell short and Donnie Baseball rode off into the sunset. Little did I know that dynasty was on the cusp of dominating baseball for the next half dozen years or so. I sit here tonight with not a sad, but more of an empty feeling. It hasn’t quite dawned on me just yet that the Yankees will not be participating in October for the first time in a very long time.
The difference between my childhood Yankees, the dynasty Yankees, and the current incarnation of what seems to be Yankees is large. My childhood Yankees, however uncompetitive as they were, always played hard, regardless of whether or not they were playing in October. Players like Mattingly, Willie Randolph, Dave Winfield, Rickey Henderson, and the like were always fighting for every run, every hit, every game throughout the season. Then again, for most of the decade, either Billy Martin or Sweet Lou Piniella was manning the dugout. They made their players play hard, or those players wouldn’t be on the field. One knew that with a Martin or Piniella team, they were going to get the most out of their roster, win, lose, or draw.
Then all of a sudden came the dynasty Yankees. Unknown players for the most part, role guys that played the perfect role when the chips were down. Tino, Pauley, Brosius, a young Jeter, Bernie, Jorge and Mo. The cornerstones of a championship squad that refused to accept defeat, no matter the odds. The only thing that mattered was winning rings. Joe Torre knew he had the leaders within the clubhouse to keep house. We were all spoiled as Yankee fans, rewarded for the long decade and a half that had passed since the glory days of the late 1970s and early 1980s. We were back where we belonged…on top of the baseball world…consistently. I remember thinking during this last dynasty run, that it was unthinkable that George Steinbrenner would ever allow the Yankees to revert back to non-competitive status. Unfotunately for me, and the rest of you in Yankeeland, we didn’t realize that success was going to be the undoing of a once proud franchise. The Subway Series victory of 2000 seems a lifetime ago…little did we know.
Little did we know that between 2000 and now, that Brian Cashman would destroy a dynasty by being careless with George’s dollars…be careless about the careful chemistry that helps build winning teams. Guys like O’Neill retired, and they were replaced with the likes of Raul Mondesi and Gary Sheffield. Tino leaves and is replaced by a steroid using shell of his former MVP self in Giambi. Bernie with Damon, and on and on it went, until today. Cashman allowed Rocket and Pettitte to leave, and we had nothing in Game 7 at home against the Red Sox. Nothing! Instead of reloading the rotation, Soriano gets dealt for A-Rod. Matsui is imported, and the bullpen becomes Mariano Rivera and Rivera only. Hard for the Sandman to close games out when the Yankees are always playing from behind.
During this recent string of playoff appearances, I hold many, many great memories from days gone by. Leyritz’s bomb off Mark Wohlers…the perfection that was the ’98 Yankees…Tino’s grand salami when it was supposed to be Trevor Time…Donnie Baseball’s Stadium shot in ’95…the consecutive World Series game winning streak…Bernie catching Mike Piazza’s fly ball to clinch the ’00 series, which at the time I didn’t know would be our last…Boone’s moonshot off of Wakefield to make one more series appearance. All are stored in my mind…enjoyed like an old friend. It has been a great run…more than anyone (myself included) could’ve ever asked or wished for. We as Yankee fans became spoiled…as if the title rightfully belonged to us in Gotham and beyond. That if anyone else were to be holding the World Series trophy, that they simply would be borrowing it until we righted our ship within 12 months. 12 months has come and gone every year since 2000, and nothing has been corrected. It has been a great run…and the Yankees who hold World Series rings in their possession should be proud, and I just want to say thank you for the wonderful memories.
As for the current regime…You ******** have some things to answer for. If I were the GM, the following would be my plan of attack heading into the 2009 season…
1. Joe Girardi and Brian Cashman would be let go. They were hired to win, and they both have done anything but…
2. Trade Damon, Cano, Melky Cabrera, and as much as I love him, Hideki Matsui.
3. Let the expiring contracts of the following current Yankees expire, and bid them adeu: Giambi, Mussina, Abreu, Pavano, Pudge, Pettitte, Ponson, etc. etc. etc.
4. Make big bids on the following free agents…and when I mean big, overpay for quality this time: C.C. Sabathia, Ben Sheets, Mark Texeira.
5. Hire Buck Showalter as the field manager, and Gene Michael as the GM.
So on Opening Day 2009, the lineup should look like the following, followed by the starting rotation and bullpen:
(CF) Gardner, (SS) Jeter, (1B) Texeira, (3B) A-Rod, (RF) Nady (2B) Betemit, (C) Posada, (DH) Duncan (LF) Christian
(SP) Sabathia, (SP) Sheets, (SP) Wang, (SP) Chamberlain, (SP) Hughes
(RP) Veras, (RP) Robertson, (RP) Ramirez, (RP) Marte, (RP) Bruney, (CL) Rivera
The Yankees must do exactly as the Red Sox have done: build with youth and proven veterans. Mix in speed, with right-handed power, along with the established left-side swingers. Many of your probably don’t realize that over his last 120 games, Wilson Betemit has hit around .290, with 32 HRs, and close to 100 RBI. Not bad when you consider he is a switch hitter, and appears to be much more of a hustler on the field than the disinterested Robinson Cano. I know, my rotation doesn’t have a single lefty. The Cano trade can handle that, then the Yankees can move Chamberlain back to the 8th inning set up role where he truly belongs, and you can insert the lefty into the rotation.
How does one handle their rival? They become them. Check out Jason Smith on ESPN Radio, he did a wonderful eulogy to the Yankees earlier tonight. I will attempt to link it into this entry later on today.
I will as promised, continue to review everything Yankees-all the way until the last day of September, as the wound goes deeper, and the numbness and shock set in.
As always, take care of yourself, be good, and take care of your buddy next to ya!
New Blood Shines Through, Yanks Finally Win…One
It’s only one game. As Fox’s Kevin Kennedy said after viewing the highlights of the Yankees’ thrilling 13th inning win yesterday against Kansas City: “It’s a start, but for the Yankees to make it to October, they will have to play around .750 ball with roughly 40 games to go.” And with that, finally someone on the national stage not named Peter Gammons is calling it “Mission: Impossible.” Don’t get excited Yankee fans, this was one win against a team they should own, but for some reason don’t.
Congrats to speedster Brett Gardner went 3-5 with the game winning single, driving in Robbie Cano to lead the Yankees to a hard fought 3-2 victory. Yesterday’s win can be viewed in one of two ways. The first is, is that it is just another win, and it shouldn’t have taken 13 innings to handle a team from Kansas City. Or, this win is just what the doctor ordered, hopefully getting this group of Bombers in the mindset that every game from here until the end of September should be viewed as an elimination game. Fortunately for the Yankees, Tampa and Boston also went down to defeat, thus gaining little, but precious ground on what will be a long road back to the promised land.
I also want to send kudos out to the Yankees young, and ever improving bullpen, who shutout the Royals for 6 2/3 innings Saturday afternoon. This performance coming off of the heels of arguably the worst road trip mentally and emotionally for this franchise in a decade. It will take these types of gritty, hard nosed performances for the Yankees to find light at the end of the tunnel. Myself, I believe yesterday was a mere aberration and they could just as easily lay down to Brian Bannister later today. The Moose is taking the mound for New York, looking for season win #16, and to get one step closer to that magical 20-win season he has longed for his entire career. I have been fooled too many times by this Yankees’ team before…they string together a nice winning streak of 7 or 8 games, get you thinking that they have turned the corner, and then they lay an egg on the road, all but eliminating themselves without trying very hard.
The road to greatness doesn’t get any easier for the Bombers in the coming week either. After a much needed day off on Monday, the Yanks head north of the border for three against what is always a tough Blue Jays squad, and then next weekend, after possibly having their collective ***** handed to them in Canada, they get to go to the birthplace of the Bambino, to face the Orioles, whom like the Angels, seem to have their number this season.
This weekend marked the 60th anniversary of the death of the Bambino, and I want to take this time and say to all of you out there, take a half an hour, go to baseballreference.com, and simply look at Ruth’s numbers, season by season. It never ceases to amaze me what an awesome player the Babe truly was, and how we as Yankees’ fans should never forget that he was the Yankees’ long before anybody else was. He is the one that gave us today in 2008, the ability to strut around, proud that we wear the interlocking NY and know that when people see Yankees, hear Yankees, or think Yankees, they think of winning, tradition, and excellence. It may not be so in 2008, but as the memory of the Babe lives on, so to will the greatness he provided regardless of whether or not it is in his original house, or the new one next door.
I will return tomorrow with a summary of the Kansas City series, as well as the key matchups the Yankees will face before heading into Toronto on Tuesday against the Blue Jays.
As always, take care of yourself, be good, and take care of your buddy next to ya!
It’s Official: Yanks Should Start Looking Towards 2009
I could’ve sworn that I have seen this before. I could’ve sworn I saw this identical ending to a game, less than a week ago. Wait a minute, I did. In fact, this game looked eerily similar to the game my family and I travelled to Anaheim for this past Sunday. Shoddy defense, inattention to detail on the basepaths (A-Rod last weekend, Justin Christian last night), and the Yankees fail to drive in runners when the game is on the line. Last weekend: Angels 4, Yankees 3. Last night: Royals 4, Yankees 3.
I hate to be the one to break the bad news (I know all of you out there in Yankeeland are some of the smartest fans alive), we can officially stick the proverbial fork in the New York Yankees for the 2008 season. A miniature pre-game roster shakeup did nothing to motivate the players that needed to find something within themselves. Cashman can’t simply blame Melky Cabrera and Richie Sexson for this mess. Given, Melky has regressed since making his debut three seasons ago, but so has Robinson Cano. Perhaps sending both of them back to Triple-A would’ve turned some heads, stating that nobody is safe. Hell, at least Wilson Betemit hustles out his hit balls and plays hard on defense. Can anybody, and that includes Robbie’s dad, the former major leaguer, say that Robbie Cano has done that in 2008? And poor Richie Sexson…steals a king’s ransom from the Mariners, underperforms, gets cut, signs for the league minimum, and cries that he can’t change to being a platoon player. Here’s some advice for you Mr. Sexson: don’t strike out 190 times every season, and hit better than .215, and perhaps somebody else will take you seriously. If not, perhaps you should spend your offseason in Henderson, Nevada at the Jason Giambi Hitting Academy. Sure couldn’t hurt.
As for the present…the Bombers now fall 10 1/2 behind the Rays in the AL East, basically ending any chance of winning the division with 39 games left to play, and I believe the count is now at 7 or 8 games behind Boston in the wild card chase. The historic consecutive postseason run of this proud franchise will indeed end in 2008. What should the Yankees do now? Here are some ideas…1. Bring back up Hughes and Kennedy. Why? Let them take their lumps at the major league level against big league hitters. Make this an extended spring training so that by the time next year starts, these two promising arms have some experience to fall back on. 2. Do not, and I cannot overstate this enough, give Carl Pavano a snowball’s chance in hell of taking the mound in 2008. Why? He has already fleeced this team for $40 mil, and is only trying to rush back before he hits the free agent market in 2009. Don’t help him do this to another team for God’s sake. 3. Bring up some of the younger players along with Hughes and Kennedy and get them some big league at bats and innings pitched. The future has to start somewhere, and it might as well be now. Christian and Gardner are already here, give a young catcher like Chris Stewart the opportunity, afterall, Molina and Posada won’t be around forever. Give guys like Alan Horne and Mark Melancon the chance to show their stuff at the Stadium.
The national media always says that the Yankees don’t rebuild, they reload. Okay, given, the Yankees perhaps go a little overboard on their free agent spending. And what has it gotten us as fans since 2000? Two World Series losses, an LCS collapse, and a handful of 1st round ousters. These should be the finals weeks of Yankee careers for the likes of Andy Pettitte, Mike Mussina, Jason Giambi, Bobby Abreu, and Carl Pavano. The free agent market shows some promise with Brewer aces C.C. Sabathia, and Ben Sheets, along with a guy out in Anaheim that plays first base…Mark Teixiera. I would also propose attempting to deal Cano for some arms, and a power hitting outfielder (one that is in his prime for once…Matt Holliday anyone?), and insert Betemit as the future second baseman. He plays better defense, hustles, and has much better power numbers over the long haul than does Cano…and he is a switch hitter. I like the makeup of the young bullpen…they are taking their lumps, but they will be a strong point for New York in ’09 led by the aforementioned Mark Melancon assuming the 8th inning role left vacant by Joba Chamberlain. Melancon will be and is the heir apparent to Mariano Rivera in the closer’s role. Throw in a healthy Humberto Sanchez, Jason Jones, and Daniel McCutchen, along with Chamberlain, Hughes, Kennedy and whoever the Yankees sign between Sabathia and Sheets, no to mention a fully recovered Chien Ming Wang, and the Yankees not only have a stable of young horses, but young horses with firepower.
Now, who should the Steinbrenner’s use to harness and nurture all of this youth and inexperience? The same two men that did it the last time the Yankees were in the toilet and needed mouth to mouth an electric shock to the heart to get them back where they belong…Buck Showalter in the dugout, and Gene “Stick” Michael in the GM’s chair. While Big Boss was gone suspended, Michael drafted and kept the likes of Bernie Williams, Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera. I don’t think those guys turned out too bad did they? Hard to argue with 4 World Series titles, 6 American League pennants, and 10 division titles with those cornerstone players. Buck was rushed out the door, and Stick had simply had enough. Perhaps the younger Steinbrenner will look to the past to brighten the Yankees’ future.
Sidney Ponson will be taking the hill for the Bombers in Game 2 of the home set, and I have absolutely no idea who is pitching for the Royals. At this rate, it really doesn’t matter, because the Yankees will play shoddy defense, pitch well enough to win, and find a way to let an inferior team beat them yet again. It truly amazes me how long this Yankees’ squad was able to stay in contention before the wheels came off. I do have one question, and perhaps one of my fellow Yankee fans can answer it for me. This is the third year in a row that injuries have decimated this team. Why isn’t the training team being questioned or held accountable for this annual M*A*S*H unit that is held together from one DL stint to the next? I know the team loves assistant trainer Steve Donahue, but they also loved Mickey Mantle. Mantle knew when it was time to go…perhaps Donahue needs a push from upstairs to find his way out as well.
I will be back on later today or early tomorrow morning to summarize what I am sure will be another agonizing loss for Yankee fans to stomach, and perhaps shed some light on what went wrong yet again.
As always, take care of yourself, be good, and take care of your buddy next to ya!
Reality Check…They Just Don’t Care
“One hit? That’s all we got, one goddamn hit?”
Tribe Announcer Harry Doyle-From Major League
Normally I would be angry, seething at the opportunity to shred this Yankees team apart for their customary lackluster play…but after the final leg of this roadtrip has begun, I will quote the mighty Led Zep…”The Song Remain the Same”. So much for urgency, these games are playoffs from here on out. They are indeed, but don’t tell that to the Yankees, who were shutout and four-hit by a pitcher who was running on next to no rest as he became a father less than 24 hours prior to the start of this game. Didn’t matter. Minnesota starter Perkins showed heart…Perkins showed guts…Perkins pitched with a sense of urgency…a sense that his team had to win the game against the Yankees if the Twins’ season was to continue past the final week of September. This is a reoccurring theme for the Bombers, as they needed another win to keep the pace, and instead they packed it in like a second rate, second division team. Perhaps that is indeed what they are.
We as Yankees’ fans cannot blame the players alone. I will give you an example. During this 2008 campaign, Perkins batting average against when facing left-handed hitters is .468. Instead of facing a barage of lefties, Girardi benches Johnny Damon and Jason Giambi and inserts Justin Christian and Richie Sexson. Given that Christian seems to be the only one on the roster even showing a spark of hustle, as his crashing attempt to rob Adam Everett of a 2-run homer showed. Christian is trying to win himself an opportunity to play at the big league level not only this season, but beyond, as his wheels and ability to run once he gets on base should earn him a spot on the 2009 roster.
The same hustle cannot be seen by Robinson Cano, who is starting to show signs of prima donna behavior, much like his better paid teammates. Instead of hustling down the line during a second inning base hit, Cano stood their and admired his work, while the centerfielder bobbled the ball, and then overthrew the second baseman. Cano trotted down to first content on staying at first. Only after a botched pickoff throw by Perkins did Cano advance to third. Then, to top things off, Melky “I still can’t hit Major League pitching” Cabrera grounds into an inning-ending double play. That was the sum of the game. I won’t go any further into the details of Monday night’s sleeper. I should’ve watched Aaron Rodgers debut as Packers quarterback instead. This team flat out sucks. Michael Kay of the YES network was not happy about Cano’s lack of hustle either, over and over repeating his displeasure with how after getting humiliated in California, this team still is showing the life of a corpse.
Mike Mussina takes the mound later tonight for the Yankees. Talk about a guy with the personality of a corpse. At the game out in Anaheim during batting practice, he along with one other player were the only ones in the bullpen. Fans are yelling for Moose, attempting to get something signed by the future couldbe Hall of Famer, and instead of playing to the fans, he sits with his back turned as if none of us are there. Shame on you Moose. The reason the Yankees have all that dough laying around to pay over the hill bums like you is because of the fans like us…the fans who come from all over the country to see your sorry ***** make little to no effort in a game you had to win. Moose owns the Twins, but so did Ponson. One other note about Moose in Anaheim…I spoke to a nice couple, all decked out in Yankees’ gear just like I was, with an infant boy dressed up in the pinstripes…I witnessed them attempt to get an autograph of any kind from anybody in the bullpen numerous times…and walked away with nothing. You pieces of crap almost aren’t even worth the trouble.
The Red Sox won, and the Rays were off, so the Yankees now fall 4 1/2 back in the wild card, 9 back in the east. It would take a Ruthian miracle during the final months of the House that Ruth Built to see this team turn it around. Never during this latest postseason streak (’95-’07), have I been so disappointed and hurt by the performance of the Yankees. Yes, the ’04 collapse hurt, the ’01 World Series hurt, but this team reminds me a bunch of the ’03 Yankee squad that barely got past Boston, only to lay down to a far inferior squad in Florida. At the end of that World Series, I literally packed all of my Yankee gear away for the winter, and had to have friends and family talk me out of burning it all in a barrel. I’m to the point where I am sick all over from the lack of anything this team shows. I don’t want to hear about injuries, lack of experience, and so on. I don’t want to hear it anymore. This team is the highest paid in baseball history, and they don’t care.
I was sitting with my wife (remember, she is the Red Sox fan), she could be gloating over my Yankees; failures and apparent postseason-free life that is coming in less than 8 weeks. Instead, she seems almost sorry for me, knowing what this team is capable of doing, and yet they don’t care. I asked her what she thought was wrong, and she replied “They’ve got no heart.” She is absolutely right. Her Red Sox know what heart is all about. Twice in the last four years, her Red Sox have been on the ropes in the ALCS, and not only do they come back to win the series, but then go on in both years to SWEEP the World Series. Perhaps Brian Cashman, Joe Girardi, and the rest of the Yankees should take lessons in competition and intestinal fortitude from their hated rivals up north.
Tune in later as I breakdown what will probably be another nail in the coffin of this franchise as they embarrass themselves before moving into the new house across the street.
As always, take care of yourself, be good, and take care of your buddy next to ya!
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