Monday, May 28, 2007
From Denial to Acceptance
1. Denial - It’s only 20 games. It’s only 30 games. It’s only 40 games. Look at their pythagorean record…
2. Anger/Resentment - Joe Torre needs to be fired. Bobby Abreu sucks. Robinson Cano sucks. Johnny Damon sucks. Jason Giambi sucks. Kyle Farnsworth sucks…
3. Bargaining - If the Yankees can just get to .500, then when Hughes and Clemens are in the rotation with Moose, Wang, and Pettitte they’ll be unstoppable…
4. Depression - The Yankees fall to 21-28 with their loss to the Toronto Blue Jays tonight.
5. Acceptance - The 2007 Yankees are a bad baseball team. With their payroll and their performance they’ll go down in history as one of the biggest flops ever…
I finally accepted the truth tonight. The 2007 Yankees are not going to make the playoffs. I’ll still watch the games whenever I can, and I will still root for them to win every night, but I have no expectations any more. Some of my favorite baseball memories came while watching some relatively bad baseball in the late 80s and early 90s. I’ll just hope they win when I watch, and if they don’t win that day, I’ll hope they win the next one. The last thing any Yankee fan should do is whine and feel sorry for themselves. We’ve gotten to see some of the best players and best moments any fan could hope for, for the last 12 years.
I’m not sure what to blog about every day, but I’ll play it by ear. If the Yankees aren’t interesting enough, maybe I’ll start writing more about some of the other teams around baseball who are. Somehow, I think there will be more than enough storylines surrounding the Yankees as their descent continues. We’ll see who gets the axe, and if the Yankees become sellers at the trade deadline. As far as I’m concerned, everyone should be available. This team needs to get some young position players with offensive upside and the ability to not play embarrassingly horrendous defense. They should also look at trading some of their pitching prospect depth for position player prospects, because they need the help.
Fabian will keep us up to speed on the Yankee minor leaguers, especially the pitching which will hopefully help get things turned around. Plus we’ll probably get to see Phil Hughes back for the second half of the season.
I’d also advise everyone to try to ignore all the trolls that may feel the need to start popping in reveling in schadenfreude. That too shall pass. If that’s what some people feel the need to do, it just reveals what I feel is their weakness of character, and I pity them.
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