I was lucky to witness any baseball this weekend. My car barely made my weekend trip (the bad) and I was visiting with relatives (the good).
What I did see was failure in the late innings, Saturday and Sunday, to deliver with runners on base. Granted, today, they did score one off of K-Rod, and you can't ask for a lot more than that. And Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter, two of the failing hitters, have done more than their share of good this year. Also, Bobby Abreu got screwed worse on that strike three call Saturday than the Braves did every time Livan Hernandez pitched in the 1997 NLCS.
But...it comes down to that there's no margin for "but's" anymore. It's not a fun time right now. And the Yankees did not prove they are a good team in this stretch (Mets, Red Sox, Angels), going 3-6, and 4-8 if you include the White Sox. When you add that to the mediocre 8-5 against the blah Rangers and Mariners, the supposed "get it together" stretch -- i.e. the post-A-Rod homers every day stretch -- has displayed a 12-13 record.
At least Jake Peavy has a 1.47 ERA and 7 wins for my fantasy team.
