Long Winter

After a 6-1 loss in Texas it set in the season is really over.

It kinds of reminds me of 2001 when Seattle won 116 games and were not suppose to win the series but did.

Texas had big hits and great pitching. The Yanks looked flat and looked like they did not want it.Phil Hughes, who I thought had a big game in him, came up with nothing. Except for Cano and Mariano no one had a big series even Jeter and A Rod. Jeter hit .231 and that kind of said it all.

The Yanks were 13-17 in September and after beating the Twins it came back into the Texas series when the team did not hit in big spots.

Who will be back what will the 2011 Yanks look like well that for another day.

It's going to a long hard winter.

Still Alive

After two rough games and three bad loses in a row the Yanks are still alive--just barely--with a 7-2 win at the Stadium.

What a game! CC just had enough to get by the hard hitting Rangers to force a game 6in Texas. I thought they had a shot today and the Bombers came though big. The bats came alive a little even though Texas had more hits. The Yanks came away with a and are alive for one more game.

Phil Hughes, who pitched bad his last time out, will be on full rest and pitched good against Texas this year.One game at a time.

One more then Cliff Lee. It does not look good but at least there is a shot.

Big Win For Yankees

One of the big Yankee wins of all time

I told a buddy of mine when a pitcher has an over-5.00 ERZ against your team this is a guy to watch because he could have a big game.

CJ Wilson did for almost 8 innings. Then the Yanks woke up.

CC did not have it and Texas was up 5-0.

Robinson Cano came through with a big homer then after Brett Gardner got on with his speed the Yankees bats came to life.

After a bunch of big hits 6-5 Yankee win.

If the Yanks lost game one it would have shifted the balance to Texas. Who knows... baseball changes every day but one thing is certain: with the Yankee comeback it exposed the Texas bullpen which besides their closer is not that great.

It was a big win as the Yanks took game one.

Playoffs & Pitching

(Above: fans wait out Friday's eventual rain-out at Fenway Park)

As most Yankee fans hope, you want to win the division. This week it was up and down and as of Saturday it still is.

Do the Yanks go full force to try to win the flag and get home field or play it safe and rest people to get them ready to go on the road? It should be decided by this weekend.

I would set up the rotation for the first round CC game one, Pettitte game two, Hughes game three, CC back for game four on short rest. And then Andy on full rest if there is a game five.

Also take one more position player and leave on the the pitchers like Vazquez or Burnett off the first round roster. We will know by Sunday.

Playing It Safe

The Yanks with a big win on Friday night in Baltimore as they get ready for the big showdown in the Bronx with Tampa on Monday night.

Nick Swisher out of the lineup last night and it looked like Manager Joe Girardi was playing it safe in Tampa last week sitting out some regulars and not pitching Mariano on back to back days. The Yanks are back in first and looks like they will be in the post season.

But if the Yanks are the wild card they won't have the home field advantage and that extra game. Who knows if that is the way to go.

But maybe with a veteran team and players need to be rested it might be.

Trading Deadline

It's the trade deadline day and for the Yanks it could be a very busy day.

They've already acquired outfielder Austin Kearns (above) from Cleveland and will likely pick up Lance Berkman from Houston today.

The Yanks can not stand still. Tampa, who I feel is the best team in the AL along with the Yanks, is right on their backs and it looks like they'll be teams one and two in the league jockeying for postion for first. It look like they will both make
the postseason but whoever finishes first will have the home field advantage.

Who knows...Maybe the Yanks should have tried to get Cliff Lee or maybe another pitcher. Who knows...today can make or break some teams chances and as Yankee fans we hope Brian Cashman made all the right moves but the next two months will tell.

Yankees-Tampa Bay Rivalry

The Yankees over the Years have had many Rivalries. The Yankees and Red Sox still the best.

In the 70s the Orioles and Kansas City. Even in post season the Dodgers and with interleauge play The Mets. This year you can put Tampa in that mode.

Yes the Yanks and Rays got intense a few years ago with a fight in pre season and with The Steinbrenner Family from Tampa that has speared it up a bit. And most of all this year The Yanks and Rays have the best records in baseball and it is going to be a close race all summer long. Tampa has a great young team and I hope as
a baseball fan they can keep there free agents at the end of the year. They could be good for a long time.

And by October who knows they could be playing for the Pennant.