This is the end

Same problems, same shit from A-Rod. Thank God football and hockey start soon.

Fuck this team, man.

This is it

This is where the Yankees can make their statement. 3 games against the Wild Card leaders, and quite probably the last time the Red Sox will step foot in Yankee Stadium. It should make for one hell of a series.

It all starts tomorrow night, Andy Pettitte against Tim Wakefield. Wakefield is coming off the DL and making his first start since August 6th against Kansas City. Pettitte will try to build on his last 3 starts, going 7 strong innings in each outing.

The Yankees can put themselves right back into the playoff conversation heading into the last month, let's see if they can do it.

The Big Day

Carl Pavano is starting tonight. Let that sink in.

I for one, am looking forward to this start. Rumor has it that at one point he was a major league pitcher, and even won a World Series. It'd be nice to see him do something to earn the $40 million dollars he's been paid.

I'm not expecting anything big out of him, but it really is a great unknown as to what he's going to do. So it'll be interesting to see what he has. Baltimore has a shitty lineup, he might be able to take advantage of that.

For the record, I would have started Hughes today, but Girardi and company seemed to know that he wasn't ready yet. He was bombed last night in Triple A again, and seems to be suffering from a combination of the flu and a tired arm. I think he'll be back in the rotation around when Joba returns in 2 weeks.

Sign of the apocalypse?

Carl Pavano is confirmed as Saturday's starting pitcher against the Orioles.

Going to the game Kevin?

Taking care of business

Pretty straight forward win tonight. Pettitte was rock solid, Jeter continued his hot hitting, and the Yankees won a game they were supposed to.

I haven't gotten into too much detail about the last two games, because I've only seen bits and pieces of them.

The Sox and Rays bailed the Yankees out by losing, and the Yankees will have a chance to close the Wild Card gap to 5 games, as Boston has an off day Thursday night.

Ponson vs. Halladay

It's simple

If the Red Sox only go .500 down the stretch, which is a possibility considering injuries, the Yankees would have to go 25-12 to make the playoffs.

Have they shown you any reason to think they can do that?

With the loss last night, they now are required to beat Purcey and Halladay. They're going to need to step it up at some point.




If they are going to make it, it is going to be dramatic as shit.

What to do from here- the August 19th Gameplan

Step 1-

They're going to need to take care of business against the teams they should beat- Seattle, Oakland, Baltimore, Toronto- and take care of business in matchups they shouldn't win, like tonight Burnett against Rasner. If they do all that, it will give them a chance to move to step 2.

Step 2-

They Yankees are going to need to play very well against Boston and Tampa, something like 9-3, 10-2 to really make this close. Anything much less than that, short of an epic collapse by one of the two, and it's going to start being football season much earlier than usual.


Take care of business tonight and build some confidence going forward.