Well, by now, I, and many other Yankee fans throughout the country are lamenting the 9th consecutive (8th this season) loss at the hands of the Red Sox. It definitely has not gone the Yankees way in many of these contests so far this season. A few examples.
-Nick Swisher being doubled off yesterday and today
-Jeter's chopper up the middle that Green got to in the 9th today
-Teixeira's liner to end the game...hit it hard but right at Youkilis.
Yes, some of the things that have happened have been mental mistakes and yes you can't expect to win games when your starters give you 2.2 innings each (cough...Burnett and Wang...cough) but 9 games in a row?! You would think the Yanks would have gotten lucky by now.
Don't get the sense that I'm distraught, because I'm not. We're only 2 games back. We're 8 games over .500. We have a much better team than last year. So it is only a matter of time before the team starts to beat Boston. I mean, how often can you say that you're 0-8 against a team in your division but only 2 games behind them? The Yanks will turn it around, it's the law of averages. And even if they don't turn it around against the Sox this regular season, maybe the post season is where the Yanks are waiting to pound it to the Sox. Either way, there are still about 100 games to go and nothing is decided yet.
Go Yanks!
Phillies totally take on the Red Sox next. Currently beating the Mets, who are trailing us in the NL East standings.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear the Yankees are having it rough this season. However, I've enjoyed my time as a Phillies fan much more. It seems less about the money and more about the people (even though that's being challenged trying to hold onto the title). I kind of lost respect for the Yankees after Torre left. But yay for baseball!
Very nice first post, Dan!