It's taken me this long to figure out what to write...well, here goes! I am a HUGE Yankees fan...a lot of people will agree with that statement. I really try to stay positive when it comes to watching the Yankees play (I said TRY) however it is hard sometimes because they just are so infuriating with the way they play against lesser teams. As we speak, the Yankees are in danger of losing 2 out of 3 against the Washington Nationals. In a word, that is UNACCEPTABLE! I'm getting sick of watching the Yankees struggle against the pitchers that they've never seen before. This is a team of veterans, I find it no excuse when they get shut out against a journeyman with terrible numbers or a rookie looking for his first win..ever!...This is what advanced scouting is for. Do the Yankees even HAVE it?!? Cause you could really fool me with the way they've looked against the likes of Shairon Martis, John Lannan and Craig Stammen??? WHO ARE THESE GUYS!?!! You have GOT to be able to hit against these guys...everyone else in the Majors can do it!!!
This team looks absolutely flat in every way. This is a perfect example of a team playing down to the competiton. The Yankees must of thought that this would be an easy 3 game series against a bad team. Well guess what? THE BAD TEAM CAME TO PLAY THIS WEEK!!! This isn't just about them playing bad against the Nationals. For me its about playing against every lesser team, facing all the bad pitching that they always seem to make look like Cy Young.
The Yankees are 3 games out of first place in the American League East. There is no doubt they are fortunate to be even that close, considering they can not seem to beat the Boston Red Sox either, its 8 in a row, dating back to last year I believe...but thats another story for another night. The question I seem to ask myself with this Yankees team is how good are they, really? Are they just a good team, a team that is going to finish over .500 and struggle to get in to the playoffs? Or are they the team everyone expected them to be coming in? The team that was dubbed the best in the spring, on paper, as always. The better teams, the playoff teams if you will...do not lose to the worst teams in the league...they roll through them and beat them like any other team. You know, kind of like the great Yankees teams did in the 90's and going back, even earlier than that. One thing I will say about this Yankees team is they do have fight...they lead the league with 20 come from behind wins, which can be misleading considering a comeback win consists of being down after the very first inning. Scary to think where they'd be if they didn't have that many come from behind wins.
I'm still looking for the Yankees team that we saw when they went on that 9 game winning streak. Right now? They are just a streaky team that doesn't hit the bad pitching...and can't beat the bad team, not even the worse one. In a word, it is UNACCEPTABLE!
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