Man oh man, was Kenny Rogers on.
Joe, who sits next to me, wouldn’t believe the radar gun when his fastball checked in at 94 and Bobby Abreu was punched out. I don’t know if Bobby believed it either.
Either way, the Yankees are in trouble. In a time where players need to step up and carry the weight of others who are slacking, it seems nobody can carry their own weight. Forget the win…in the last two games, here’s how the Yankees look:
Damon: 2-9...OBP, gotta try to draw some walks, get things rolling early
Jeter: 2-7...He's the wizard behind the curtain, he's gotta motivate his teammates immediately
Abreu: 1-6...Every time he comes up, I expect him to hit a clutch double
Rodriguez: 0-7...It’s going to take two walk-offs to get Yankee fans back on his side, temporarily
Giambi: 0-7...Playing in pain is not fun
Sheffield/Williams: 0-7...Pick one, Joe
Matsui: 4-8...Solid as a rock
Posada: 3-6...Also having a great series
Cano: 1-7...Is his youth showing?
Total: 13-64
That’s a team batting average of .203 in the two losses.
There’s not much else to say besides the fact that someone needs to tell the Yankees that if they don’t start hitting, like now, they will lose.
Are they deflated? Yes. Are they out of it? No.
But they’re darn close.
Odds on the Yankees reaching the World Series: 8:1