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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

It’s been a while …

Since I have blogged about the Yankees, for obvious reasons, and after thinking about it I cannot shake the words of one of the more underappreciated philosophers of our time that I think encapsulates what has been going on with the Yankees this season:

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.

Those words were, of course, spoken by none other than the immortal Mike Tyson, and they really ring true. The Bombers has spent the better part of a month now getting punched in the mouth, and I have to assume that they, like most Yankee fans, are little bruised in the ego for it.

Coming in, the plan looked solid: Cano may slip a bit, but would still be solid, Abreu would be something between New York Bobby and Philly Bobby, A-Rod would have a monster season, the bullpen, newly retooled with Luis Vizcaino and a now trusted Brian Bruney, would be better, the rotation though older would hold together; trades of old guys for young arms would get the team younger and more flexible even as they compete for another title.

The plan started to go awry when Wang got nicked in spring training, then got worse when Moose got dinged, Pavano did what Pavano does and Kei Igawa, well, sucked like a certain fat p*ssy toad, minus about 150 pounds.

But they were scoring in bunches because of a historic April by A-Rod and almost as soon as they stopped scoring because everyone stopped hitting, they started getting some pitching.

Then slowly but surely a lot of those arms started to get hurt, or like newly acquired L-Viz, started to suck, and so down the drain did the plan go.

I love baseball sometimes.

Can they turn it around? Eh, I have no idea and honestly neither does anyone else. This reminds me of the 2004 season when Jeter was like 0-for-April and May. He wound up hitting below .300, but had a decent season when it was all said and done, so maybe the Yankees will too.

Living in D.C., I also watch a lot of Nationals games and there is a different feeling watching them play bad baseball, because there is a difference between being bad and playing bad. The Nats are a baseball team with bad players. The Yankees are a baseball team with good players playing like crap.

I would like to see them turn it around, and maybe tonight’s 10-5 win might be the start of something. However, it might not, who the hell knows.

Regardless, I think this is going to be a good season for me personally, even if the Yankees are out of it.

I am going to be daring and go ahead and put lipstick on this pig: If the Yankees are out of it by August, then I will have more time to focus on other things. Like parenting.

You see, the Mrs. and I are expecting our first child, a son, in early August. So, even if the Yankees are playing for 2008 and pride by that point, I will be jumping around like a moron in celebration.

Just thought I would share, because cause some things are bigger than baseball, and its important to remember that. Now all I need is a plan.

Cross posted at RLYW

Sean McNally Posted: May 30, 2007 at 10:48 PM | 1 comment(s)
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   1. villageidiom Posted: May 31, 2007 at 08:17 AM (#2385820)
You see, the Mrs. and I are expecting our first child, a son, in early August. So, even if the Yankees are playing for 2008 and pride by that point, I will be jumping around like a moron in celebration.
Many congrats!

I would like to see them turn it around, and maybe tonight’s 10-5 win might be the start of something. However, it might not, who the hell knows.
I've been saying to mrsidiom that the past couple of weeks reminds me of every year in Sox-Yanks history, only in reverse. Boston usually goes up against NY, splits or wins the series, and RSN is feeling pretty good. Then the team moves on, gets beat up by, say, Baltimore or Texas, while the Yankees sweep their way past whoever they're playing and add a few games in the standings. RSN is left wondering why a team that could work themselves up to play well against the Yankees couldn't be bothered to show up against other teams. The reverse of that is how things seem this year. Yankees take 2 of 3 against Boston, then ugly their way to 1-5 vs. Anaheim and Toronto while Boston takes 5 of 6 from Texas and Cleveland.

I guess I'm saying that, while I don't feel your pain, I know your pain.

On the bright side (for y'all, not me), though only the 1914 Braves have come back from a hole this deep this early, no team in history in such a hole has had as stacked a roster as the 2007 Yankees.
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