1. Sixth best record in baseball.
2. Eight behind Tampa in the loss column.
3. Ten losses in last 15 games.
4. Yesterday, they staved off embarrassment at home by beating Tampa for the first time this year.
5. Aaron Judge's walk-off HR hopefully ends his worst slump in this decade. (He is still tied for second in HRs, with Munetaka Murakami, at 17. (Kyle Schwarber has 20.)
6. On a daily basis, the Yanks get nothing from the bottom third of the lineup.
7. Their bullpen is shaky; no lead is safe.
8. When Max Fried returns, they could have MLB's best starting rotation.
9. Their two main rivals - Mets and Boston - have had terrible springs. (The Mets are 9 below .500; Boston, 8 below.)
10. Ben Rice has saved us. But since hurting his wrist on May 3, he is 11 for 62 (.177). (He does have 5 HRs, though.)
11. They have three trade chips in Spencer Jones, Jasson Dominguez and Anthony Volpe.
12. Due to the labor dispute, there will probably be no baseball in 2027.
13. Brian Cashman will probably go wild at the Aug 1. trade deadline.
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ReplyDeleteHey E.D.
ReplyDeleteDidn’t Bob Costasdamus predict that Southern California would completely break off during a massive earthquake this summer and sink into the Pacific Ocean?
And didn’t he cryptically forecast it’s approximate date in the following:
“whilst the world cups and spoons along it’s win-some and lose-some dunes, a great crack in the sand, the fault of no man, will drown its thirsty land….”
In other words, there may be bigger things to worry about than baseball in Chivas Ravine….
At least America will win the Steroid Olympics.
ReplyDeleteHow will Uncle Sam do during the world cup this summer? Footie will start trampling all over the fruited plains, and baseball, in a couple weeks.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait. Any relief from this year's baseball season will be a relief.
DeleteActually, we're "only" 6 games behind TB in the loss column. But point taken...
ReplyDeleteAt this rate, we will finish about 18 games behind the Rays...
ReplyDeleteIs that "best rotation in baseball" we keep hearing about ever going to really materialize? Fried is still out with something the Yankees can't quite complain. Rodon, who's a bum, looks like one so far. Cole? So far, so good. But that's not the rotation we need...
ReplyDeleteAnd yesterday, BOTH New York teams played two games that were scoreless until walk-off home runs. Very dramatic at the end—and very boring until then. The game needs to change—but nobody at the top is interested in that.
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