Well...the Yankees began this young Major League Baseball season with Bronx Hero, Andy Pettite, and staff ace, Chien-Ming Wang, on the DL...since their returns both Mussina and Pavano have gone onto the DL as well...Pavano's case is particularly frustrating because the guy has been injured more than an underweight sumo wrestler since the Yanks acquired him a couple of seasons ago.
Tonight, the Yankees are back in the Bronx to face the division-leading Boston Red Sox and attempt to halt a 7-game losing streak...their longest in 7 years. This kid Jeff Karstens goes to the mound, fresh off the DL himself, and fresh off getting his brains bashed in by the BoSox last weekend in Boston. Karstens gets hit by a line drive on the 6th pitch of the night...broken fibula...perfect. He'll probably be gone for 2 months. Great.
Needless to say things have not been going well in the Bronx...Now, facing a 7 game skid, and another pitcher on the disabled list, in last place, sitting one our fifth straight loss to the hated Red Sox and our 8th loss overall. (Who knows when the hell that last happened)
What happens?
Another rookie, Kei Igawa, comes in, pitches 6 scoreless, and gets the win...Rivera saves it, Posade hits a bomb. Yankees win, thaaaaaaa Yankees win.
Now call me crazy, but I'm a Yankee fan and ya know, honestly I like our chances this year. The baseball season is long...lots of things can happen. That's one of the reasons why it is such a wonderful, fantastic, stupendous game.
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Yeah, the Yankees still have a lot going for them: A-Rod's big swing, good defense, being the most evil of all the evil sports corporations, etc.
The Milwaukee Brewers<--now that's a team I can get behind. They're 15-9, first place in their division, and they spend $150 Million per year less than the Yankees.
Sorry, no "woe is me" kindness and sympathy for you ghastly Yankee fans...The Bombers will very likely fulfill the promise of their payroll, their lineup and their (generally speaking) lopsided competition...
But for now, the events of these last 10 days or so need to filed in the "Couldn't Happen To A Nicer Bunch Of Guys" folder.
Not entirely of a steeled-heart, I will likely be making the pilgrimage to Yankee Stadium this season just to say goodbye to the first place I ever saw a Major League baseball game...
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