Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Nightmare on 161st street… Yanks are basement dwellers…


It’s not April anymore kids – its June. Is your favorite team above five hundred yet? No? Seven under you say?

Your (stink) bombers have played their way into last place and a staggering 13 ½ games out of first. To steal a bud’s line, “I thought they were in first but my paper was upside down.”

You’re sharing the basement with Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay. Your payroll is more than 4 times higher. Now that’s embarrassing.

Joe Torre is getting booed off the field. Never thought the day would come when Torre would get booed at home. Wow. Poor bastard doesn’t even know when to leave em in or take em out… Looks like his 45 minute pre-game meeting didn’t do much to inspire the troops either.

The Boss is pointing the finger at Cashman – who is “on a big hook”. Anyone looking for a new GM? It’s only a matter of time before he gets axed with Torre close behind.

Remember when signing Clemens was a good idea?
That was back on May 6th, when the Yanks were one game under .500 and 5 1/2 back. Three weeks later - it’s morphed into a nightmarish 7 games under .500 and 13 ½ back. Don’t forget about that 9 game wildcard lead with EVERYONE other than KC and Texas in front of you…

Think your pitching is getting better? We get Beckett back tonight (yes we’ve been winning anyway). We have an upgrade in the number five spot just waiting in the minors in lefty Jon Lester. And our bullpen gets better & deeper with the return of Tavares. Not to mention Timlin – whenever he gets back. Oh and by the way, Schill pitched his best game all season last night…

In order for the Yanks to have a shot at a wildcard, they basically need to duplicate one of their best seasons ever – 1998 – the rest of the way. Snowballs in hell before that happens baby…

If the Yanks somehow manage a miracle sweep (huh) next weekend, they still sit under .500 with a double digit deficit. That sounds like a Disney Move – “D cubed” (Double-digit-deficit); “The loveable losers’ story”. Actually with that bloated payroll, it should be more like “Titanic” with A-Rod starring as Dicaprio's “King of the World”…

Look at it this way, golf scores will be much lower in NY than in Boston this summer. No need to watch baseball anymore. Maybe you’ll even see Clemens on the links while you're out there. Take a year off Yanks fans, your team has already…
On a serious note...
All jabbing aside, our thoughts and prayers go out to the family & friends of Patriots DL Marquise Hill who died in a jet-ski accident over the weekend. Only 24, he leaves a fiancée and little boy behind. Have a safe and fun summer folks – life can be too short.

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