Stick a fork in David Ortiz.
Stick a fork in the Yankees.
Stick a fork in the inflated ego of Red Sox fans... You can realistically have this discussion when there are 44 games left in the regular season, not 144...
Much like Megan Fox\'s boobs, this conversation is real and it is fantastic.
Sure,the Yankees won\'t be mathematically eliminated until later in the season. Same goes for the Pirates, Reds, Royals, and every other bad team in any sport. But this doesn\'t mean any of these teams have any chance of doing anything. I understand you need to comfort yourself with the "it\'s only April" angle, but face it: when you suck, you suck...it doesn\'t matter whether the calendar says April, August, or January.
This is the worst Yankees team in 25 years.
Without blind Yankee faith, there is no practical reason to for anyone to believe that the steady downward spiral of the past 8 years is going anywhere but further down. The tattered shreds of what is left of the good years (Rivera, Posada, Jeter) have little left to give. The young players who are replacing them are nowhere near as good. Furthermore they\'re nowhere near as good as the up and coming players on the Red Sox.
George lost his marbles and Hank is incompetent. No help there.
Cashman is STILL using the same "overspend" system that has sunk the franchise. If he were even 25% as smart as Theo maybe he could salvage 2nd place in the AL East.
Their best player is hurt and that\'s a
good thing. Captain Pariah will only make them worse when he comes back.
They will scrape and claw to hang onto third place while playing in their beautiful new empty ballpark. Plenty of good seats will be available in September. Too bad nobody can afford them. The hollowness of the empty ballpark is the perfect metaphorical backdrop for the hollowness of the team and the entire organization.
