Soggy Baseball

You would think the Yankee offense thinks that its October all over again. Only the hapless Tigers have scored fewer runs than the Yanks and though the Yankee pitching staff is good, it is not good enough to constantly hold teams to less than three runs.

It seems like bad weather constantly throws the Yanks off their game. Now the game should have been called or at the very least delayed at some point yesterday. MLB would have none of it though as their horrible scheduling leaves no room for rain outs and postponements.

Now they'll hit, it's almost impossible for them not to end up as one of the best offensives in the game. But it seems their bats only heat up with the weather. It is a good explanation for their bad starts and awful finishes. A lot of players would have to suddenly realize they are not major league caliber players anymore. It is disconcerting that this is the fourth straight season that the Bombers will have gotten off to a substandard start even though each year they managed to bounce back. But if you look at the teams in front of them right now it wont be as easy as prior years allowed.

Let's take a quick look at their competition this year. Baltimore may sit on top of the division right now but they are the one team that shouldn't be worried about. Every team has hot streaks, it's just a shame that Baltimore is getting theirs out of the this early in the season. Toronto has been living on the potential to be a threat in the East for years but this year feels different. Dustin McGowan is a far better number three than Gustavo Chacin could have ever been and if Burnett stays healthy then that Blue Jay staff is pretty sick. Tampa Bay changes its name and now they really are playing like a different franchise. The Rays won't win the division or even stay in the playoff race but they can definitely keep some teams from getting there. The Sox are the Sox they'll be as good as expected.

Now I still have full confidence that the Yankees will rebound. Like each of the past three seasons they are simply to good to be this bad all year. But if you thought last season was a nail biter then start fitting yourself for a nice new prosthetic hand.