Agreed, but, that will still be around 2008.

By the way, Tyler Clippard pitched a no-hitter tonight. I’m sure Steve will post a little something about it later.

The Yankee universe is going to get a lot less stressful when Tyler Clippard and Phil Hughes are pitching in the big leagues.

the bigger issue is that we still have to play the Angels…
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Fear not, 1/2 their team’s suspended

I usually enjoy day games on work days, because they make the day go so much faster. Usually. Today, it just made things grind to a halt, and since I was at work with nothing better to do (like work), I had no choice but to continue to click over to gameday. At least I was able to amuse myself by seeing the various substitutions and a new guy making his Yankee debut, which always entertains me for some reason. Other than that, what a miserable excuse for a game, and what a miserable stretch of baseball. Which maybe fine, I was a little concerned about them peaking too soon anyway, so they’re right where I want them:)

Anyway, it almost feels to me like this is a team that desperately needs it greenies. Let’s get some gallon jugs of Red Bull to Fenway, stat.

Hopefully, tomorrow’s game will make tomorrow’s work day go faaaaaast. And sorry to hear about Phillips potential “injury.” Between that and Lidle’s bereavement (which was justified but awfully convenient) I’d be surprised if Boston doesn’t cry foul at say, 10 AM eastern tomorrow.

Thanks for getting back on the August 22nd situation, I was going crazy with all of the series possibilities

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Right now, it’s Yankees 70-48 and the Red Sox 69-50.

It could be Yanks 71-52 and Red Sox 73-51.

I missed a game. It would be 1.5 back.

Mea Culpa.

~~~Is this one of those “do as I say, don’t do as I do” things?~~~

Fair enough. Maybe 1-9 is a reach. Still, 4-6, which is reality, is just .400 baseball. And, that’s not going to get the job done – ever.

I guess we’re all a little prickly now after a decidedly mediocre two week stretch of play.

Living here in the heart of Red Sox territory, I still feel that the Yankees have a better team, even though both teams haven’t looked real good lately. The Yankees’ pitching, in particular, notwithstanding one or two stinkers, seems more solid.

However, I’m trying to figure out what happened to the offense. Going by superficial impressions, it seems that both Jeter and Posada have hit a major wall. But this is a good enough team that I just can’t figure out how they get shut down by the Loewens and Lopezes of the world.

I think it’s quite likely we’ll lose 3 out of 5 this weekend if the offense continues to squander opportunities. While that doesn’t seem awful…we’ll maintain a one game lead in the loss column…the bigger issue is that we still have to play the Angels, Tigers and Twins in the next two weeks, in an increasingly exhausted state. The Red Sox also go on a road trip, but it’s hard not to see us losing a little more ground by Labor Day.

I really could care less what the Red Sox do after this weekend series. I want the Yanks to start playing better. If they do that, they control their fate, and scoreboard watching becomes less important.

“At this point, I expect to see the Yankees be one game out of first place on the morning of August 22nd – but, tied in the loss column with the Red Sox.”

I’m still trying to figure out how your scenario can work. You wrote the post after today’s game was over and now the Yanks’ record is 70-48 and Boston’s is 69-50.

What type of series result would end up with the teams tied in the loss column? After the 5 games New York will still have played 1 less game than Boston.

Am I making some doofus mistake trying to get to 1 game behind yet an even number of losses after 5 more games?

“In total, the Yankees have gone 4-6 in their last ten games – and their record could have easily been 1-9 in these ten games.”

“If ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ were candy and nuts, wouldn’t it be a Merry Christmas?”
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Is this one of those “do as I say, don’t do as I do” things?