A very busy Monday with just 14 games left for most MLB teams. The Yankees are now playing well since there's no pressure. Manager Joe Girardi benched Robinson Cano for lack of hustle and he's tinkering with the lineup as if it were spring training. Now on to the playoff races:
The Mets are only 1/2 game up on the Phillies, and the wild card race in the National league is tight. If the Mets lose first place to Philadelphia it will be a four way dog fight for the wild card with the Phillies, Brewers, Mets and the Astros.
The Milwaukee Brewers are very serious and fired their manager today. This is astounding that the Brewers fired manager Yost with just 2 weeks left! The American league central has the WhiteSox and the Twins battling for First place and the loser will most likely not get the wild card.
The American League wild card will come out of the East with either the RedSox or the Rays getting it. Tonight Boston destroyed the Rays and if Rays just win half their remaining games they are a lock for the wild card. Upcoming I'll be naming my picks for all 6 spots as the regular season draws down.
I did not forget about the first place Dodgers — and you'll be hearing a lot about them and the imminent Mets collapse. Stay tuned!
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Posted on 9/16/2008
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With 19 games left, the Yankees are 9 games out. It's over in the tough American League East. Yes, they just beat the Angels on the west coast 7-1 and looked like a class act against baseball's best team the Angels. After the Game Derek Jeter says the Yankees are playing hard to make the playoffs. What else is he going to say ... we sucked?! We have no late bullpen relief. We have just a few clutch players. We are getting old and are injury prone. OK, you get the picture. The Yankees should go out in class this year and really make it tough for the Boston Red Sox. Play every game hard so Boston has to work it and limp in to the first round... let's see.
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Posted on 9/10/2008
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The Yankees post-season 12 year run is over. Not official, but when manager Joe Girardi talks about next year you know it's over. Let's look at this year - All teams have injuries and usually lose a star player or 2 for the entire season so losing Jorge Posada and Chein-Ming Wang for the season is no excuse. Seeing Alex Rodriguez homer in the bottom of the 9th inning last night with no one on base is an excuse. A Rod has become the poster child money player of MLB. He will hit over 30 homers and get over 100 RBI which is a great year for any player but not one making $25,000,000 a year more like $10,000,000 which still high and that's a topic for another day. We can say Robinson Cano is having a bad year and seems distracted but he's young and he's not even close to A Rod. Alex Rodriguez is doing all that's expected and nothing else and it's pathetic. He is not interested in the post season for this year. The Yankees finish the season at home closing out the old Yankee Stadium for the New One and A Rod wants to party in October and not play. He's divorced with a new Upper East Side luxury apartment and he's guaranteed $25 Million a year for the next 9 years so why not!
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Posted on 9/5/2008
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