YANKS TAKE DIVISION!
MattyC
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Wow. Who would've thought it would take 162 games to wrestle the crown safely from the grasp of hungry Baltimore. What the O's did this year in one run games and extra inning games has been incredibly fun to follow.
This Yankee team has some gaping holes, but what team doesn't. A-rod has become a .270 singles hitter, Martin's bat is a joke, Granderson, Tex, and Swisher tend to vanish against premier pitching, and all K way, way too much. I am sure we will miss Mo soon very badly; can Soriano deliver in serious crunchtime? Will the starters hold us in the games when the lineup can't go long off the likes of a Verlander? Time will tell. If Cano stays hot, CC pitches like a major ace, Suziki keeps his old mojo, and Jeter gets on base, we could make a run.
Also, after having the Red Sox as such intense rivals especially since 2004, and having those games give me fits, and having to deal with my several Sox fan buddies killing me every time they'd win, I have to say I like "the rivalry" much better the way it's been-- or more accurately hasn't-- these last two years. To think when they landed Agon and Crawford, they seemed like a dynastic super-team. I can definitely wait in peace a few more years before those nail-bitingly intense Sox-Yanks games return.
Excited to see how this new format plays out!
This Yankee team has some gaping holes, but what team doesn't. A-rod has become a .270 singles hitter, Martin's bat is a joke, Granderson, Tex, and Swisher tend to vanish against premier pitching, and all K way, way too much. I am sure we will miss Mo soon very badly; can Soriano deliver in serious crunchtime? Will the starters hold us in the games when the lineup can't go long off the likes of a Verlander? Time will tell. If Cano stays hot, CC pitches like a major ace, Suziki keeps his old mojo, and Jeter gets on base, we could make a run.
Also, after having the Red Sox as such intense rivals especially since 2004, and having those games give me fits, and having to deal with my several Sox fan buddies killing me every time they'd win, I have to say I like "the rivalry" much better the way it's been-- or more accurately hasn't-- these last two years. To think when they landed Agon and Crawford, they seemed like a dynastic super-team. I can definitely wait in peace a few more years before those nail-bitingly intense Sox-Yanks games return.
Excited to see how this new format plays out!
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So I think money is huge but it still has to get done on the field, and as we've seen so many of these brad Pitt teams didn't even make it to the playoffs this year.