Well, all of the optimism and hope I had for the 2006 season went down the toilet. I will take a mulligan on my AL predictions and amend them to reflect the Red Sox winning the AL East and the Oakland A’s winning the Wildcard. At the end of the day, the Yanks have learned nothing from their mistakes (as I pointed out yesterday) and they are still playing the same lazy and unfocused brand of baseball that led to their dismal 11-17 start last April.
The defensive lapses made in yesterday’s 9-4 loss to Oakland reflect the kind of apathetic approach to baseball that only comes from multimillionaire players and their well-paid coaches who take a hands-off approach to the game. Joe Torre mismanaged the bullpen for the second consecutive night and the vaunted Yankee lineup refuses to work counts and exhibit patience.
Doom and gloom returns to New York and it only took three games...
In other news, I went to the Knicks/Cavs game last night hoping to see LeBron put on a show. It took him 36 minutes to get warmed up but he finally showed up in the fourth quarter and single-handedly cut an 18-point deficit in the final minutes of the game. Alas, the Knicks ended up winning (I lost $20 on a Cavs @ -6.5 bet) but it was nice to see the man they call King James up close and personal.
The defensive lapses made in yesterday’s 9-4 loss to Oakland reflect the kind of apathetic approach to baseball that only comes from multimillionaire players and their well-paid coaches who take a hands-off approach to the game. Joe Torre mismanaged the bullpen for the second consecutive night and the vaunted Yankee lineup refuses to work counts and exhibit patience.
Doom and gloom returns to New York and it only took three games...
In other news, I went to the Knicks/Cavs game last night hoping to see LeBron put on a show. It took him 36 minutes to get warmed up but he finally showed up in the fourth quarter and single-handedly cut an 18-point deficit in the final minutes of the game. Alas, the Knicks ended up winning (I lost $20 on a Cavs @ -6.5 bet) but it was nice to see the man they call King James up close and personal.
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