"We play today, we win today, dass-nah-it!"

I abandoned the game after three batters yesterday. Apparently I was not alone. The rest of the Yankees abandoned the game as well. 

Here's the thing, winning teams believe they are going to win and losing teams know that eventually even with, say... a twenty three point lead (Cough. Knicks. Last night sucked all around.), they are going to blow it. 

Currently, the Yankees take the field as a losing team. They know that, even if their pitchers get out the first nine men in order, a bad call or an error will cause their starter to lose it and lose the game.  

By the way, the same pitchers who go mental when they don't get a call never seem to mind when they benefit from a bad call for the batter. 

But I digress... 

The pressure to score when your down five in a downpour and it's only the first inning.. When they see a no doubter knocked down by the wind a rain and hit the literal top of the wall and stay on the field... when they can never get a guy in with second and third and less than two outs... their lights go out. Every opposing pitcher becomes a candidate for a Cy Young. 

You know a team is bad when a potential knee injury to its number three starter is considered a blessing. 

With the exception of when Fried pitches the Yankee batters are battered before they step up to the plate.  

To make it worse,  even if they get a lead, a nice lead, they know the pen will cough it up. That eventually they will blow it. 

Mariano Duncan Is Sad