Freddy Garcia was pitching like a mouse from a youth guild...
Last April, Freddy Garcia amazed us with his guile and tenacity. Around now, we were starting to believe in him.
Now, he's the pitcher who can't get a third out, who can't hold a lead - and worst of all - he's the quintessential Yankee 1980s nightmare:
A veteran who could be done, but who can't be dropped - (as we would David Phelps) - because we're paying too much money. This was how we built the eight-year barf in the 1980s and early 1990s.
So we'll trot Freddy out two, maybe three, more times, regardless of the outcome. If he sucks, we'll lose the games and get nothing for him in a trade - we never do. If he improves, we'll still get nothing in a trade - we never do. Then it will become a grudge thing. He'll pitch well for somebody and be determined to show us up, and he probably will.
This isn't bad juju. It's bad planning. (But Carl Pavano beating us yesterday - yeesh, that's really bad juju.)
We lose because we have no offense.
ReplyDeleteAnd our pitching is a .500 staff.
This year will be an enormous test of JU-Ju.
THE BUTTOCKS...THRONE OF STABILITY...
ReplyDeleteThere's a kid down on the farm by the name of Pettitte.... think he might be the answer?
ReplyDeleteBartolo Colon has pitched two great games [and one stinker] so far this year. No current Yankee has done that.
ReplyDeleteLet the record show that on the actual Juju Day, the Yanks did what they're supposed to do to the Twinkies. I assume you had a hand in the win, El Duque, for which we all thank you.
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