The Yankees have pulled to within 6 of the red sox and half a game of the wild card thanks to yesterdays win over the Blue Jays. It was a pretty active day for the roster which gave the boot to Mike Myers (designated for assignment), picked up Jim Brower, and optioned off Jeff Karstens to Triple A Scranton to make room for Joba Chamberlin.
It's a good sign to see things so active. The Yankees can't afford to sit on their hands and wait for players to come around at this point in the season. The next three weeks will determine whether the Yankees make the playoffs. With the exception of Baltimore, the Bombers face off against all plus .500 teams....Cleveland, Detroit, Anaheim (fine, the Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim) and of course Boston at the end of the month. If the Yankees play .550 baseball in these next few series our chances at the wild card are on the up and up, especially considering Seattle and Detroit don't have it so easy in the month of September.
Assuming we play well in through the rest of August, the red sox should be afraid.....very afraid. Both teams get to coast it in through September, but that last meeting between the Yanks and the Sox could be very interesting.
~~Giambi should be back this week and sharing DH duty with Johnny Damon who will see limited time in the outfield~~
It's a good sign to see things so active. The Yankees can't afford to sit on their hands and wait for players to come around at this point in the season. The next three weeks will determine whether the Yankees make the playoffs. With the exception of Baltimore, the Bombers face off against all plus .500 teams....Cleveland, Detroit, Anaheim (fine, the Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim) and of course Boston at the end of the month. If the Yankees play .550 baseball in these next few series our chances at the wild card are on the up and up, especially considering Seattle and Detroit don't have it so easy in the month of September.
Assuming we play well in through the rest of August, the red sox should be afraid.....very afraid. Both teams get to coast it in through September, but that last meeting between the Yanks and the Sox could be very interesting.
~~Giambi should be back this week and sharing DH duty with Johnny Damon who will see limited time in the outfield~~
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Since July 5th:
Sox: 15-13
Yanks: 22-9
Can't you just feel the free fall in Fenway coming?
Since July 5th:
Number of games Sox have played against teams with record above .500: 15
Number of games Yanks have played against teams with record above .500: 9 (5 of those 9 being against the Jays, who are 1 game above .500)
Can't you just feel the statistical reversion to this season's status quo coming?
Nope. I see a Sox team inventing ways to lose (Ummm, cover first, Curt) and a Yankees team with the highest run differential in baseball.
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