I do not mean to lecture here, or tell you how to respond to the awful series against Boston. I just want to present a few numbers that might change how you feel this fine afternoon.
Blazing Stewardesses on dvd Gorillaz: Live in Manchester divx 2008: The Angels defeat the Red Sox 8-1 in their season series. The Red Sox sweep the Angels in the first round of the playoffs.
2007: The Yankees sweep the season series from Cleveland 6-0. They meet in the ALDS, and a few midges later, the Yankees are headed home.
2005: The Yankees take the season series from the Tigers 5-1, losing that one game due to the unavailability of Mariano Rivera. You know what happened next.
1988: The Mets went 10-1 against the Dodgers in the regular season, only to fall to them in the NLCS.
These are the first few that came to mind, and I am sure that there are many other examples of the same thing. Does the regular season series mean nothing? Of course not. Am I concerned about the inability to defeat Boston? Certainly. The Yankees goal is to win the division, and being unable to defeat the Red Sox could interfere with that. However, these are clearly the two best teams in the AL, and both are likely to get into the playoffs. Once there, the regular season series has a lot less of a bearing on what occurs than you might expect.
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Now you’re talking.
No biggie losing in June.
The way I like to think about it is….the worst possible thing that can happen to the Yankees, in terms of Boston and wins and losses, happened in 2004. There is no way they can ever top that. This, by comparison, is absolutely nothing compared to that. All this means is that we have to win the division outright.
its funny… the yankees were playing so well until the end of the errorless streak. From there it’s been sort of downhill… the Yanks have won a few games with luck and mediocre defense, pitching, hitting… but they should’ve lost more. I’m happy with how things have been turning out for our team this season. Once the Yanks hit their stride again – a healthy Bruney, a bench with XNady, a healthy Cabrera (he was on fire before the injury and really looked like a completely different player), ARod hitting again, etc… the Yanks will be winning games soon.
I’d really like to see a bonafide closer type for our bullpen though. Bruney’s been inconsistent so I don’t want to count on him. Saito’s been awesome for the Red Sox. What would it take for Huston Street? IPK for Street?
Good piece Mo, I was going to write something similar on this topic. Just to expand on your thoughts, the October version of this exact Yankee team will look and play very differently than the regular season version.
Why? We will have our pitching lined up for a short series, no pitcher with a 21 ERA will get a start, 1 or 2 of our current starters will be working out of the bullpen, and hopefully we can assume Bruney and/or Marte will be healthy by then. That’s a completely different team, especially in the bullpen. All of this is before we make any trades, which I believe we will.
That’s also why regular season series don’t mean much come playoff time. Even if you buy into the notion that the Red Sox are a better team (I still don’t) we all know the best teams don’t always win in October. Actually, they usually don’t if recent history is any guide.
I have heard that argument several times but isn’t it also true for Boston?
Sure, I’m just saying we match up much better. Also, I think Beckett will wear down over the course of the season as he did last year. I don’t like their starting pitching as much as ours, so I think we have a small edge there.