Topic: Yankees Baseball

Pavano took the mound which I’m sure looked to him like a spot on Mars or the Moon and it took him a couple of innings to get familiar with the place: the crowd, his teammates and the hitters and after looking a bit tentative he got on a groove (sort of) and pitched well which was the general idea.

In the beginning he was trying to avoid getting hit whereas in the next few innings he went after the hitters with good results. So he did well and the team score enough runs for him to get the win. Lucky him.

So does that mean going forward we’ll have Mussina, Pettitte, Ponson, Joba and Pavano? If we can close the gap with the Wild Card leader in time who cares? We’ll do with what we have and let the “We’re better than that” mantra take over.

Pudge should be making better contact at the plate if he finishes his follow through that is    . . . . . .   It's evident he's not doing that.

“I feel horrible with how I threw today,” Rasner said. “There’s no excuse for it. The guys put up that kind of run support for me, and I wasn’t able to do my job. I take stuff like that personally.”

Who trains these guys? The same BS day in and day out and it doesn’t matter if they are journeymen or starters or recent callups or last minute replacements. The politically correct answer for someone who’s not doing his job is the same company line: They are not playing good enough to win.  Very much in the same breath with “I hate to lose Oh God how I hate to lose”   . . . . .   the jury is still out on that one too.

They are so stuck in their own BS that they don’t realize that Foston has serious problems of their own and they are becoming the PANICKY NATION all you need to do is check the Foston tabloids. The opportunity is there serious enough for Cashman to consider a new arm for the rotation instead of continue to rely on “help from within the organization.” 

“They’re all big, man,” Derek Jeter said. “I’d tell you the exact same thing if we were going to Kansas City to play the Royals. We need to win games. That’s the position that we’re in.”

Jeter didn’t get the memo from Maddon: There are no games more important than others they are all the same. You just treat them with the same respect and you’ll win those games more often than not.

It makes sense: instead of adding undue pressure you just have to play every game with the same intense focus and dedication and then let the chips fall where they may (if you know you’re giving a good enough effort).

The sux are coming to town let’s give them a run for their money; we can handle these pitchers if we try.

Let’s go after them with discipline and intensity they are vulnerable and their pen is in disarray. The time to make a dent is now, score early score often, show your mettle, one inning, one game at a time.

"We have a veteran team and we've been counted out so many times this year," Damon said. "We've got nothing to lose. We just have to go out there and play the game. A lot of people aren't expecting us to do anything except for the guys in this clubhouse."

Yes and no. We were pulling for you guys all year until the offense including Damon stunk so much and the gap grew to almost an impossible task that we said (knowing how some veterans who are almost done with the Yankees but would like to come back wanted the Yankees to blow a few young arms or to give all the prospects away so they can have a good year all for selfish reasons and none for the team) don’t panic or hurt yourselves just give us an honest effort and let’s get set for the next season.

So despite the odds you have insisted it could be done when you still don’t reward your pitchers monumental efforts (at times) or you seem not to care at the plate or during a slump.  But you also sound like if you don’t know the Sux are having problems of their own and it will be all heart from now on until the last game of the season.

It will take A-rod to stop messing at the plate (we know the regular stats are there but more of him is needed like hitting the ball most of the time and stop thinking too much at the plate and behave like other well paid players in the game who are clutch (batting with men in scoring position that is; he has more respect for every pitcher he faces than the pitchers have for him and he’s the highest paid player in the sport, is downright ridiculous)) and step up and fight during those at bats, the ability is there it’s the mind that keeps getting lost in the struggle for no apparent reason.

It’s is a fact that for the team to win games A-rod needs not necessarily be in the mist of things as some tabloids keep suggesting but a good enough effort by HIM AND HIS FRIGGING COACH goes a long way towards winning those games that need to be won which in essence means almost every future game.

We have lost so many games due to this little thing   . . . .  Or that one that a correction in our favor is not out of the question   . . . . . . .    especially when the sux have some serious problems.

So Damon and Co. just do what needs to be done and stop acting like if you had played brilliantly throughout the whole season and we haven’t given you enough credit when the truth of  the matter is our starters have been cheated by the offense so often that they should have at least 2 or 3 more wins to their credit (at the very least) by now and we know how worried Giambi and Damon are about looking good this year. We fans can wait until next season THEY CAN’T.  So they are taking the Yankee flag and trying to cover themselves with it like if they have fought 24/7 all season long but that’s not the case.

Worrying doesn’t do anything for us. Now comes the time to think about what A-rod says all the time: we should care only about the present, not worry, just focus on the moment while at the plate; let muscle memory, focus and intensity win the game and the day for us. We have a tough schedule so do the twins and we still get to play the CHISOX for a few games.

But in order to accomplish that you will need to execute and focus on every pitch, every at bat and play errless baseball while keeping your eyes on the ball at all times and that includes every starter, every reliever, every batter from one to nine. All it takes is determination and love for the uniform and love for the fans. They will love you back and that’s a fact.

THE SEASON STARTS TONIGHT.   Is your heart in the right place? Well it needs to be!