"My Yankees Prediction"

Tonight, the postseason begins for our New York Yankees as we host the Oakland A's in a one game showdown.  It's very simple...we win? We ADVANCE.  We lose?  We go HOME.  And even though we are ROOTING for our guys, and I love them, I have some serious concerns about this team, based on watching them regularly throughout the year.

Yes, we set the single season record for most home runs by a team this year, and yes, we won 100 games, but WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY "SMALL BALL."  We don't know how to manufacture runs, steal bases, advance runners with outs, bunt, etc!!

In the postseason (maybe not TONIGHT), you usually face the best pitchers around and those pitchers USUALLY don't give up many homers.  And as the majority of the Yankees' offense COMES from the long ball, we may have a problem if the pitchers keep us in the park.

..............SO WHY ISN'T RONALDO TORREYES ON THE ROSTER FOR TONIGHT??!!

Additionally, three of our guys, who by the way have averaged about 20 homers each this year, seem to be asleep at times when playing DEFENSE.  They are...


Sanchez (catcher)

Torres (2b) and

Andujar (3b)


All of the above are young, gifted HITTERS but they have had frequent fielding problems and seem to be DAYDREAMING in the field sometimes.  This could cost us in a close game (and very often, because you face the best pitchers in the postseason, those games ARE close games.)  I hope these guys realize they are paid to provide DEFENSE, as well as OFFENSE, Lol!!

Again, right after Prayer Meeting we'll be home and rooting for our team tonight, but I am always honest here and I'm telling you now, unless the Yanks up their game in those two areas or hit a TON of home runs or get TERRIFIC pitching....they may not go as "deep" in October as they went "deep" hitting all of those home runs the PREVIOUS six months!!  I hope I'm wrong of course, but that's how I see it, that's my "Chetitorial" of the day.