Not as bad as we thought it would be . . . and yet worse than we feared.
This is a loss Yankee fans put on the board three days ago. At 3-0, we thought, Maybe. At 5-4, we thought, Maybe. When Phelps came to bat, at 6-7, tying run at third, and Phelps hit the ball on a rope, we thought, This is it.
Snagged by the second baseman. Then Papelbon in the ninth.
So the Yankees, at their weakest, get outscored 21-17 and lose three games to a Red Sox team at its strongest. Sixty percent of the Yankee rotation is down, the bullpen (read: Proctor) is incredibly overworked or (read: Kardiac Kyle) devoid of reliability. A-Rod is visibly worn out from the strain of playing one-aganst-nine. Giambi and Jeter are just now coming around.
This weekend was awful. But not as awful as it might seem.
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A loss is a loss, especially when a team suffers three in a row to their fiercest rival.
I wonder what kind of impact this slow start will ahve in the final standings. Hmmmmm....
-Blue
Monday TB vs Yanks- 4 innings from Igawa, not good.
I hope the Bombers have an entire bullpen in AA & AAA primed for an early call up.
This could be a good year to be a pitcher in the Yanks minor league system.
Being Roger Clemens wouldn't be so bad either.
-Blue
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