Bittersweet

Staying up late was worth it to my fellow Yankee fans to see Red Sox nation come falling down in Tampa.You might say its sour grapes but it made my day.

And how about those Young Rays going from worst to first. Give them all the credit in the world and if they play their cards right they should be around for the next few years

But getting back to our #1 enemy...they are kind of in the same boat as us. They will have to shop for pitching in the off season and should be even stronger next year as their young team with top notch pitching should be back in form. Both teams are gone the off season has begun.As far as watching the series Let go Phillies.

Yankees Must Spend On Pitching

After watching the Red Sox win game one of the ALCS 2-0 on the back of Dice K, the writing is on the wall: the Yanks need big time pitching.

As we start to take a look at the off season, starting pitching should be the key. Boston looks soild with three aces at the top of the rotation in Dice Bekett and Lester. It's something the Yanks had in the late 90s. After thinking about this for a few weeks I feel the Yanks should go
to the bank and shell out the bucks for the two big free agent pitchers.

CC Sabatahia (pictured) wants to stay on the west coast and in the National League. The Yankees, who missed out on Santana last year, should use the new stadium and a lot of their dollars to lure this guy in. Then the team should put all there focus on AJ Burnett.He is a big time AL pitcher who went 18-10 and killed the Yanks. By doing this you weaken the Jays. Try to bring back 20-game winner Mike Mussina and sign Andy Pettitt but only for one year. Get a big name guy then go from there.

What Went Wrong?

After watching both teams from our division win their first two postseason games does it make you feel worse or better? With me it's worse.

The Bombers did win 89 games and did finish strong but they are on the outside looking in for the first time in 13 years. So what went wrong? Here are just a few things. They are not excess but just my opinion.

1. No giving Joba Chamberlin a set role in spring training.

2. Starting the season with two unseasoned pitchers inPhil Hughes and Ian Kennedy.

3. Thinking Robinson Cano and Milky Cabera were ready for prime time. Cano should bounce back but Cabera is very overrated and that is why the team is looking for a new centerfield.

4. A bad bench.Shelly Duncan, Wilson Betemit and Morgan Ensberg were supposed to be the best Yankee bench since the late 90s. You seewhat happened.

5 Injuries to Posada, Chien-Ming Wang, Hideki Matsui and Joba did not help. Especially Wang who won 19 games last year. And Matsui on a good year gives you 100 RBIs. You can say the team was down over 100 RBI's from 2007 and did not hit in big spots.

Or putting together a shaky rotation when it seemed the team was always playing catch up.You can say a lot but at 89 wins it was not enough. Brain Cashman signed a new contract this week let the hot stove league begin.