Open Thread: Game 33-Yanks vs Mariners

by John Amato on May 9, 2005 6:09 PM EDT in New York Yankees News

Will Randy make it three in a row? Have the Baseball Gods finally smiled upon us?

I think the tide has turned. When A-Rod caught that hump back liner in the second inning and helped Kevin Brown get out of a bases loaded and no outs situation, my crystal ball became alive with Psychic energy and the evil curse that has jinxed the Bombers is coming to an end.

Usually Brown would have given up 5 runs to a single A team on that day in a New York hot second but no...its over.
I know we have a pretty big hill to climb, but fear not! The Crystal Ball has spoken.

Starting Lineups

I. Suzuki rf
R. Winn lf
A. Beltre 3b
R. Sexson 1b
B. Boone 2b
R. Ibanez dh
W. Gonzalez c
W. Bloomquist cf
W. Valdez ss
D. Jeter ss
T. Womack lf
G. Sheffield rf
H. Matsui cf
A. Rodriguez 3b
T. Martinez 1b
J. Posada c
J. Giambi dh
R. Cano 2b

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I hope that the tide has turned...

and as long as we keep beating these sub par teams we can get some confidence--not to mention at least getting back to .500.

This was another good game--Randy was good and Mo finally got a chance to finish a game.

But at the risk of becoming a broken record, I have to say that the Giambi/Cano tandem has got to go.

by garp on May 9, 2005 10:27 PM EDT reply actions

Winning against bad teams

This is actually what I'm afraid of. I'd rather have them lose 100 games (at least then they'll know they have to fix things) rather than win 95 games against bad teams and poor pitchers, only to get smoked in the playoffs. The latter situation only results in the signing of an expensive, possibly over the hill, free-agent to put them "over the hump" instead of tackling their structural issues.

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by ChrisS on May 10, 2005 9:17 AM EDT reply actions