Nice, sharp win. Unit effective again. Proctor looks as good as he has all season. Farnsworth comes back from a bloop and a bunt hit to strike out the side in the eighth. Then Mo's perfect ninth.
Also, notice A-Rod's RBI double scraping off the mitt of Jerry Hairston. This illustrates the craziness of the "He's 0-for-his-last fifteen!" shrieks. Suppose Hairston extends himself one inch further. He catches the ball, Jeter retreats to first, and instead of 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI trumpeting, "HE'S BACK!", A-Rod is left with one single in five at-bats and "WHO KNOWS?"
There is a reason that a baseball season lasts six months. You play all the games, then you look at the numbers. Slicing hitting statistics into groups of 15 or 20 is almost meaningless. Hitters get hot, they get cold, and if it's too much to take, go watch Roger Federer play tennis.
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I'm not sure what I think can happen. Catching the Red Sox, or the White Sox for the wild card.
Last week, catching the Red Sox looked pretty good, now they're hitting the crap out of the ball.
Which leave the White Sox, who seem to be making an attempt to get Soriano, meaning they might not think they have enough for the push (I think I agree), and their pitching seems suspect.
But the Yankees just need to start winning more consistantly for anything to happen. But you can't deny their toughness right now. Yesterdays win came without: Chef, Damon or Godzilla. Pretty impressive.
Every year you pick out three teams and say, Well, we only have to catch one of the three.
This year, with Detroit's pitching, it may be one of two.
But take it from me, Robbie-Boy, the ChiSox show all the signs of a team in meltdown, Soriano or no.
If I had to take the field (and you could even throw out the Yanks and Bosox) against Ozzie's Paranoics, I would give odds.
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