Let me tell you how easy and predictable these games are.I sent El Duque an email before today's game began which said, in essence, that the Yankees have no chance in this game if AJ gives up a run.
The reason? I learned that we were going to face a pitcher we had never faced before.
It mattered not that he had never won a major league game.
It mattered not that his MLB record was 0-7 with 4 different teams.
It mattered not that he was 29 and, at best, a mediocre pitcher, who " fills space" for crap teams.
Against us, I knew he would be Sandy Koufax.
So the Yankees have to petition Bud Selig to allow the Yankees forfeits for cause.
We just are hopeless against anyone we have not seen before. If I still had any endurance, I could go seven innings and give up 2 hits and no runs against these bozos.
We could have sent the entire team back to NY to rest up for going 2-2 against the Tigers.
When this regular season ends, it will be this loss today that costs us the playoffs or, at minimum, allows Boston to win the division and puts us against Texas in the wild card. Write this down and revisit my prediction when the regular season ends.
With a forfeit, we could rest up and maybe go 3-1 vs. the Tigers.
I cannot believe how easy it is to predict these things for this team.
I bet the Royals today.Teams with the Yankees profile were 1-3.Now, they're 1-4
ReplyDeleteThese newbie pitchers have unbelievable beginner's luck
ReplyDeleteAny playoff-bound team in the AL should sign four scrub pitchers before Sept. 1. Hell, they don't even have to be pitchers. They could be utility infielders, or DHs, or janitors at the stadiums. Have them rot on the bench until October, and then pitch them in succession against the Yankees. A sweep would be all but guaranteed.
ReplyDeleteAs Superman had kryptonite, the Yankees have crappy pitchers they've never faced before. It's a humbling and very scary realization.
What's even more frustrating about today is that the Yankees wasted a rare appearance by Good AJ. That's like skipping a lunar eclipse to go to the movies.
Bye Bye....right on brother.
ReplyDeleteNobody can predict baseball.
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