Let's go Yankees

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Gander

So if you are Ryan Howard and you know you struggle with lefties, and you know the Yankees have pretty much all lefties, and very good ones at that, you would rather stay in the game and cost your team a chance at the title?
Rather than be a man and let somebody else come in and replace you, somebody that could do better than go 3 for 19, and a total of 1 RBI in the first 5 games?

Ya, this makes sense. Because you are a "franchise player", just stay in on and things will evntually go your way...

And Chuck, I probably watched about half the amount of innings you did so maybe I am not the best person to say that the Yankees were a lot better than the Phillies. But I was actually referring to the talent level and the potential each team had. I saw a lot of the Yankees this year and I dont think they played near to their potential this postseason, yet they still moonwalked through the post season. Yawn, good for the Yankees, glad its over with. I am baseballed out.

Who would they play if Howard sat?

And who on the Yankees outside of Tex didnt hit well in the playoffs? Swisher?

I mean where are the Yankees that much more talented than Philly?
I will give you 3rd. Posada is a better hitter than Ruiz, no doubt. The 2nd and 3rd starters. The closer. OK that is 5 out of 25 guys. Yet utley is clearly a better 2nd baseman and Werth is better than Swisher. So......the fact is that the Yankees won 4 out of 6 more or less because their pitchers better dealt with the Philly line up than vice versa. And when you spend as much in the off season on your top 2 guys, you should.

Baseball is a game meant to be played everyday over a period of time. The way the playoffs are set up clearly favors an old team like NY with a #1 pitcher who can go on short rest. I understand that these are the conditions that are and will be played under and teams can moild their teams as such. But the while yankees were the better team, it was hardly because Ryan howard didnt hit or bred lidge blew one game but because outside of Cliff lee their starters simply couldnt keep them close enough.

What always amazes me is how Oakland, San Diego and MN can come up with these light out bullpens every year made up of retreads and wash out guys yet Philly and the yankees can have such shaky pens? Outside of mariano who is a freak of nature the rest of the Yankees bullpen was costly and weak. The Phils use Chan Ho, enough said.