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.