We are the stodgy old team of overpriced sluggers, each one swinging for the fences, with not even one young player ready to emerge at the MLB level. This ugly aging process is particularly acute with Dave Robertson, Brett Gardner and Eduardo Nunez off in injury/brainwork therapy at our godforsaken Thruway Rest Stop team. They've been replaced by Dewaine Wise, Jayson Nix and Cody Somethingorother - the band-aids we purchased in late February to fill our Scranton roster, because our farm system couldn't raise prospects to even the Triple A level.
When the Redsocks or Orioles lose, their managers tweak the lineups and give somebody new a chance. When we flop, as we did last night - because our big hitters fail - all Joe Girardi can do is press "reset."
It was around this time in 2006 when Cashman brought up Chien-Ming Wang and Robbie Cano, energizing the Yankees. This is when Robertson emerged. This is when Brett Gardner made his bones. This is when newcomers step in and make a difference.
And if you want to see it - well - the Yankees have made a statement:
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We should get together for a Nationals game. Now there is an exciting young team.
He brought Wang and Cano up in 2005. Remember? Mike Francesa declared it the "Summer of Excitement." They moved Tony Womack to left field to make room for Cano. This was after Cashman so wisely let Migeul Cairo go via free agency to the Mets to sign Womack. Womack, incidentally, got the game tying RBI double in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series.
2006 was, after all the old pricks (Giambi, Sheffield, Matusi (who was a good guy)) returned from the DL, "Murders Row Plus Cano." Then we lost to Detroit in the first round.
Damn I know my Yankees.
P.S. In 2005 we lost a brutal five game series to the Angels. Jeter lead off the 9th in Game 5 with a single, and A-Rod grounded into a double play. Sterling couldn't talk for like 40 seconds so it was just dead air.
I thought Paul Konerko deserved the MVP in 2005 over A-Rod, though in all fairness Ortiz should have received the award. But he was a cheater so I guess it's a good thing he didn't get it.
I don't need baseball reference for all this juicy knowledge. It's all in the best computer of all: the human mind.
P.P.S. The Nationals suck. Watching national league baseball is torture. Jason Werth sucks. Ryan Zimmerman has osteoporosis. Stay loyal to The Cause, Mustang. You've been given a grave and important responsibility here on "It Is High." Use it for good, and reject evil.
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