ny yankees

[2 Dollar Bill]

Better watch QVC tonight and get your CC jersey !!!

[Cannon Shell]

Teixiera hit .467 with a .550 OBP against Boston in the playoffs last year. Is that not good enough? When you go 7 for 15, maybe just maybe the pitchers are trying to be careful not to groove a fastball or hang a curve to you? Possibly he was taking what they were giving and doing what he can with them? Or maybe he is just gutless or soft....

Baseball is a grind played over a long period of time. What you do in one game or a stretch of games is fairly insignificant.

The Yankees are winning nothing again year just like last year. They are old, slow and the still have major issues. If Posada goes down which is likely, they have a black hole behind the plate. ARod is far from a cinch to regain his usual production following the surgery and intense steroid questions that will follow him regardless of how he is playing. Left field is not a strength, the CF cant hit, the right fielder is coming off a career year and simply is average. Cano has regressed, jeter is a aging, no range SS coming off a poor year. CC is a good pitcher but has pitched an awful lot of innings the last few years. Burnett will get hurt. Wang is a decent third starter, Chamberlain is completely unproven as a starter especially past 140 innings. The bullpen is improved but not nearly as good without joba. When the vast majority of your impact players are on th downside of their careers it is not a good idea to think that they wont regress and continue to do so.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Teixiera hit .467 with a .550 OBP against Boston in the playoffs last year. Is that not good enough? When you go 7 for 15, maybe just maybe the pitchers are trying to be careful not to groove a fastball or hang a curve to you? Possibly he was taking what they were giving and doing what he can with them? Or maybe he is just gutless or soft....

Baseball is a grind played over a long period of time. What you do in one game or a stretch of games is fairly insignificant.

The Yankees are winning nothing again year just like last year. They are old, slow and the still have major issues. If Posada goes down which is likely, they have a black hole behind the plate. ARod is far from a cinch to regain his usual production following the surgery and intense steroid questions that will follow him regardless of how he is playing. Left field is not a strength, the CF cant hit, the right fielder is coming off a career year and simply is average. Cano has regressed, jeter is a aging, no range SS coming off a poor year. CC is a good pitcher but has pitched an awful lot of innings the last few years. Burnett will get hurt. Wang is a decent third starter, Chamberlain is completely unproven as a starter especially past 140 innings. The bullpen is improved but not nearly as good without joba. When the vast majority of your impact players are on th downside of their careers it is not a good idea to think that they wont regress and continue to do so.