Mehcation

I thought by ignoring the Yankees, they'd go away. Turns out this approach didn't work, although not paying much attention to them for the last few days was refreshing. And they took 2 of 3 from the Royals. Although they should have swept that series.

I was on the road during the first game, which the Yankees lost, and John Sterling and Suzanne Waldman were belaboring the point about how the Royals had no power and this guy and the other guy were 0-forever. Funny what happens when you play the game. The Yankees left 22 runners on, Jason Giambi accounted for seven of them. In their 3-2 extra inning win, the Yanks left a whopping 31 runners on ... through the first 3 innings they went 0-7 with runners in scoring position. Damon, A-Rod, Giambi and Nady accounted for 19 of those runners, which means the right guys were, they just didn't do anything. Then the Yankees scored 15 and there was much rejoicing.

Can hit a 3-run homer (not just A-Rod) when it's 12-3 in 5th, but can't hit a sac fly when it's 3-2 in the 7th. meh.

In the AL, the Yankees are
5th in team batting average: .272.
3rd in on base percentage: .345.
7th in runs scored: 601.
7th in ERA: 4.24
8th in hits surrendered: 1122

The Yankees are superficially stellar and substancially piss poor.