08/22: Yankees @ Blue Jays; 8/21/08
Posted by: James
That was awful. Just awful. I, who haven't written off the Yankees season yet, have now officially done so. Going into a game with one of the best righties in baseball, they got bombed. Now, yes, you can kind of expect these games from Sir Sidney every now and again...but come on. Last night was just...brutal.
It began early and kept getting worse. The Jays scored at least one run every inning for the first five innings and led 14-0 at that point. The Yanks scored 3 on a Hideki Matsui HR off of Halladay (and that's probably the only decent part of this game). The only pitcher on the Yankees that came in and didn't give up a run was Edwar Ramirez. Everyone else (Ponson, Robertson, Traber & Britton) came in with lighter fluid. Actually, about that, Girardi seems to think that Robertson is Ohlendorf and is seemingly doing his best to get him off track. Also, why is Traber even on the roster? I mean, he's been fairly bad in both AAA and the majors? At this point, is it worth wasting a roster spot on him? I say nay.
At least the Rays and Red Sox didn't win Thursday night, right? RIGHT? Someone give me a silver lining to grasp! And don't look now but Toronto is climbing those standings and is right on the Yankees heels. I wonder when the last time that the Yankees were in 4th place this late in the season was...
At this point, you gotta think that the Yankees might just be playing out the stretch...and if that's the case, it's a sad, sad turn of events.
It began early and kept getting worse. The Jays scored at least one run every inning for the first five innings and led 14-0 at that point. The Yanks scored 3 on a Hideki Matsui HR off of Halladay (and that's probably the only decent part of this game). The only pitcher on the Yankees that came in and didn't give up a run was Edwar Ramirez. Everyone else (Ponson, Robertson, Traber & Britton) came in with lighter fluid. Actually, about that, Girardi seems to think that Robertson is Ohlendorf and is seemingly doing his best to get him off track. Also, why is Traber even on the roster? I mean, he's been fairly bad in both AAA and the majors? At this point, is it worth wasting a roster spot on him? I say nay.
At least the Rays and Red Sox didn't win Thursday night, right? RIGHT? Someone give me a silver lining to grasp! And don't look now but Toronto is climbing those standings and is right on the Yankees heels. I wonder when the last time that the Yankees were in 4th place this late in the season was...
At this point, you gotta think that the Yankees might just be playing out the stretch...and if that's the case, it's a sad, sad turn of events.
