I don't normally throw in the towel with almost two month to go but the Yankees just don't have enough to make the playoffs or to do anything on the off-chance they get there. last night listening to the late broadcast of the Angels rout (17 hits!) I thought I was hearing a tape of the Angels batting practice.
The Yankee offense is somewhat ordinary this season, with inuries and a couple of guys having down years (Jeter, Cano and Cabrera come to mind) - after leading the league in RBI's last year they are now sixth, trailing such legendary boppers as the Minnesota Twins. And the pitching has collapsed, lacking Chin-Ming Wanf and Joba Chamberlain.
Oh, well - there is always Brett Favre to entertain me this October. Grr.
MORE: I knew I had another point! C. C. Sabathia may as well be See, See Ya in Pinstripes. I foresee a bit of a hostage drama when Sabathia goes free agent this fall - the Yankees will kidnap his family and demand to know how much they have to pay him to secure their release.
Yankee GM Brian Cashman also has his contract coming due. If the Yanks miss the playoff (for the first time in my eleven year old's life) I think it will be see, See Ya Later.
My World Series pick is the Angels. Forget the Cubbies, currently Number One in the ESPN Power Rankings.
Cry.
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River.
Posted by: BumperStickerist | August 09, 2008 at 01:25 PM
At least the Yanks didn't trade their best player to LA.
Posted by: MarkO | August 09, 2008 at 02:07 PM
It's all for the best Mark, trust me.
Posted by: Jane | August 09, 2008 at 02:10 PM
My guess is that Joba won't pitch again this year. Whether he turns into another Mark Prior or Kerry Wood remains to be seen. Steve Phillips says he expected him to become the equivalent of Roger Clemens in his prime, but with this shoulder thing all bets are off.
When you have the kind of payroll they have, it's inexcusable not to have won a title since 2000. I think you can chalk that up to mismanagement by the Steinbrenners and Cashman.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | August 09, 2008 at 02:12 PM
And he who expects anything from Favre this year is going to be very sorely disappointed.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | August 09, 2008 at 02:12 PM
Suffer, Tom.
Posted by: Pigilito | August 09, 2008 at 03:58 PM
"Forget the Cubbies..." No can do, Tom. I've waited 68 of those 100 years. Cubs are for real this year!
Posted by: Larry | August 09, 2008 at 04:15 PM
Cashman has virtually unlimited resources and can't field consistent World Series contenders--pathetic.
Posted by: mockmook | August 09, 2008 at 05:30 PM
Wait...wait...hold on...wait for it..
...wait for it....
Nope - can't work up an iota of sympathy.
Tough nuggies.
Oriole Fan
Posted by: Barbula | August 09, 2008 at 05:53 PM
I will entertain any wager than Farve doesn't last out the year. Who's up?
Posted by: MarkO | August 09, 2008 at 06:12 PM
Perhaps a more interesting wager would be whether he even begins it.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | August 09, 2008 at 06:20 PM
Angels have now posted eight in the bottom of the eighth to take an 11-3 lead, and there is still only one out. Someone above the Yankee dugout just threw a towel onto the field.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | August 09, 2008 at 06:32 PM
Hope you emjoyed the game today also!
Sorry dude, but Yankee fans aren't real fans anyway
Posted by: Trump | August 09, 2008 at 07:05 PM
Hope you emjoyed the game today also!
I flipped it on in the sixth with the Yankees up 3-1 and listened to the Angels take batting practice again (2 in the seventh and 8 in the eighth, for those not keeping score at home).
Well, Tampa Bay has tormented the Yankees for years and they sure did look legit sweeping Boston a while back. As long as the Sox don't win it sans Manny I can cope.
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Posted by: شات | August 10, 2008 at 03:33 AM
I'm a HUGE Yankee fan. With that said, they will have to put on an impressive run just to make the playoffs. They have too many of their best starting pitchers on the DL.
The Angels look unstoppable right now. They are mowing through the AL's best teams like they're little league teams.
Angels v. Cubs in the World Series.
Angels win it all in 5 games.
Jeff F.
Posted by: Jeff F. | August 10, 2008 at 03:59 AM
By the way...
Steinbrenner Jr. and Cashman not giving up Hughes and Kennedy for Johan Santana at the beginning of the season was a HUGE mistake.
Jeff F.
Posted by: Jeff F. | August 10, 2008 at 04:01 AM
You know what it is, don't you? It's the Curse of A-Rod. Ever since he - in a desperate attempt to get his playoff BA into 3-digit territory - knocked the ball out of Bronson Arroyo's glove in the 2004 ALCS, the Yankees have not won a single playoff series.
At the same time that the BoSox were exorcisimg the Bambino's curse, the Yankees' was just beginning.
They won't win a playoff series while A-rod is still a Yankee....
Posted by: tomaig | August 10, 2008 at 08:36 AM