The Stadium

We have known for a long time that this would be the last year in baseballs cathedral, but watching the final Yankees / Sox series really drives that home. Partially because the media keeps talking about the historic series, but mostly (at least for me) because it is finally starting to become a reality. It is so sad to watch. Whats worse is the performance of the Yankees in the last year of the stadium. The other day I wrote about when is the point of no return for New York's season....well this series is it. Sure, other teams have given up huge leads in September, but I just don't see that happening this year. If the Yankees don't take this series against the Sox we can pretty much assume that there will be no final October in the House that Ruth Built. It is enough to break your heart. That's all I have to say about that.

Good Luck

Two friends of mine departed for Boston this weekend to start Grad school and law school. As a result I have been busy with goodbye parties and other things that have kept me away. I'll be back soon but in the mean time good luck to Matt and Jen.

When Is the Cutoff?

I've been absent lately due to a number of recent events (good stuff don't worry) but I want to pose this question. At what point do the Yankees:

1) Concede the division
2) Concede the wild card

I know it isn't quite time to chalk it all up to the Gods of "we'll get em next year" but I would be lying if I said I am not nervous.

Ouch

I knew it was going to be a tough couple of weeks facing off against Anaheim / Los Angeles Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim / Yankee Killers....whatever you want to call them. At least we split last weekends series, but this one, oh how painful it was to watch. What is worse is that it puts us 8.5 games out of first and 4.5 behind the Sox. It isn't time to panic yet, but it is certainly time to be concerned. Especially since there are some reports that Andy's arm is tired. Wouldn't that be great, if Andy goes down our rotation is officially spent.

The Sox did lose Wakefield for at least two starts but I don't think that is going to make a huge difference unless the Yankees can get it together and go on another tear. Depending on how long he is out it could help us a bit going into the next series against Boston at the end of August. It won't mean a thing though if they can't get back to within three games of the Rays by then who as I have said seem to be holding on to their momentum.

Ian Kennedy is consistent....consistently bad. I feel so bad for that poor kid. He is lights out in the minors but can't seem to catch a break in the big leagues. I have a feeling that he is going to be on the block around the winter meetings. Such a shame that the Joba rules didn't apply to him and Hughes. They both are no doubt suffering the effects of being rushed up too quickly. Speaking of Joba, we will just have to wait and see how bad his injury really is. I've got a really bad feeling that it is a lot worse than has been reported.

Joba Goes Down

Seriously....what the hell is going on? Why can we not keep a single player on the team healthy? While Joba's shoulder isn't suppose to land him on the DL, he will be undergoing tests in New York today to check out what he described as a grabing sensation. What I didn't know is that Joba actually has a history of hamstring problems. We will just have to wait and see at this point but I am putting it at 90% that he misses his next start. So who will replace him? Chances are it will be Ian Kennedy.