Time to Face Facts, Yankee Fans

[andyfox]

It looks like this could be a bad year. I saw something similar to this once before: 1965. After five straight pennants, the team suddenly got old. Mantle, Howard and Maris faded and aside from Ford and Stottlemyre, the pitching collapsed and they finished sixth. When Ford was finished the next year, the team finished in tenth (last) place.

This year looks eerily similar. Posada, Martinez and Giambi look dreadful. Womack is a waste of time. Bernie is sub-par for a center-fielder now. Jeter, A-Rod, Sheffied, and Matsui are fine. But it looks like the team will be hard-pressed to score as many runs as last year.

The pitching looks disastrous. Old: Johnson, Brown, Moose, Rivera and Gordon are veterans who will have more bad stretches than they did in their younger days. It's conceivable that Moose and Brown are finished as quality starters. Pavano looks like he'll be steady, but Wright isnt right. I had my doubts last year too, but Gordon and Rivera saved their lunch; it sure doesn't look like they'll be able to do it this year.

All in all, a mediocre team. I know, they're going through a particularly rough stretch just now, losing thirteen of twenty, but does anybody honestly see this team winning a hundred games again? Ninety?

[Dead]

I still think that they will win the AL East.

[Uglyowl]

Eveything you say is true except I don't think the Big Unit is disastarous at least yet. Anyhow, 100 games, NO WAY... maybe 90.

[Non_Comformist]

Please take your reality and kindly leave! There is no place for your kind in fantasy land.

[jdl22]

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I still think that they will win the AL East.

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How many wins do you think that will take?

[Dead]

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I still think that they will win the AL East.

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How many wins do you think that will take?

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97

[Dead]

Brown pitched well tonight, as I said he would.

But he got no help from the Yankee offense, which sputtered for the second consecutive night.

WHERE IS THE HITTING WITH RISP? 8 hits tonight off Angels pitching, and only ONE [censored] RUN. UNACCEPTABLE.

[daryn]

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I still think that they will win the AL East.

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[nothumb]

If I was handicapping this I would put their over-under around 82. But I don't do that kind of thing. Just something I was discussing with a friend the other day.

They'll make a move for a good starter, but by the time they get one it may be too late. Honestly what scares me more than them getting a good starter in July is the prospect of Steinbrenner coming back to Planet Earth and investing in some young talent and trading off some veterans for good young players later in this year. If someone actually started managing this team properly, with its resources it could take over the universe.

NT

[Dead]

Our problem has not been pitching. How many high scoring games have the Yankees lost?

Our problem is OFFENSE. 8 hits tonight, and only 1 run.