8 Games Left For Yankees To Complete Their Oreo Cookie This Season
Posted by Steve L. on August 7th, 2012 · Comments (10)
I still can’t get over this split.
- In their first 42 games of 2012, the Yankees went 21-21.
- In their next 32 games, the Yankees went 25-7.
- And, in their last 34 games, the Yankees have gone 17-17.
So, if the Yankees split their next 8 games, then they will have played .500 for the season over their first 116 games sans that one 32-game run where they beat up on the National League and some (then) weak A.L. teams.
As a Yankees fan, how would that make you feel?
Feels like they have the best record in the AL
Corey wrote:
Not so much over the last 34 games ‘tho.
Again:
21-21
36-13
6-11
@ Evan3457:
If the 6-11 grows into 18-23, would you be concerned then?
You’re an odd dude, Steve. I look at recent play and I base my judgements on what I’ve been seeing lately. And where we agree is, it hasn’t been that good but it ends there.
Do you really slice and dice ALL the games during the season this way? It just seems like an effect thing, if you ask me. It just seems so counterproductive. What the eff do the first 52 games have anything to do with right now? By right now I mean their last 14 games.
If they sucked the whole year, then they just suck. Pretty straightforward if you ask me — ask a Cubs fan if they think the Yanks are a .500 team? Oh yeah…sans some cherry picked number of games so you can get a hard-on about being right.
The bottom line is this: they haven’t sucked the whole year, if all of a sudden they start winning and win 8 in a row, do you think I care that they sucked the last 14 games? I will care even less since they are in first place. I don’t know man, I find this all to be noise by you. The Yanks aren’t playing well, and haven’t been ever since that road trip to Oakland. A winning streak starts by winning the first game of that streak, and that’s what I’m banking on with today’s game.
You on the other hand, I don’t know what you’re banking on. If they win a bunch of games, then you’ll shift your attention to CC’s waistline and his high propensity for developing COPD or some bs like that. Or how Granderson chews gum.
Steve L. wrote:
Depends. That means they go 12-11 and if the rest of the division doesn’t gain significant ground, then not so much.
But if someone in the division goes 20-3, and the Yanks are in 2nd, then, yeah, I’d be concerned.
They’d still have about 30 games left to get hot again, either way.
Garcia wrote:
Theoretically, as they won 3 of their last 5, losing only to dominant performances from Felix and Verlander, the winning streak might already be underway.
Dubious, but possible.
Steve L. wrote:
Oh, also, the schedule is slightly rougher the next two weeks or so.
7-7 doesn’t seem that bad to me right now. Ask me again in two weeks.
I remained concerned about the playoffs where they’ll oppose good pitching. They win when they can muscle through. Plus, they’re starters are of concern, esp since Andy won’t be back until sometime in Sept.
A MLB season is a series of ups and downs. You ride the good times for as long as you can and you battle your way through the bad times and hope you come out on top. Are they good baseball right now? NO. But they’re battling through a tough stretch just like they did early in the year and I bet they go off and put together a punch of wins. you can go look at every other team with a winning record and find a way to split the record up to look similar to the Yankees. Thats why they’re in 1st in the East and have the 2nd best record in the AL (1 GB) and the 4th best record in MLB (3.5 GB?). There’s no great teams this year, just a bunch of really good ones and whoever is hottest going into the playoffs will most likely win they’re last game of playoffs. Hopefully thats the Yankees