Everyone I’ve spoken to over the past 3 days has said the same thing. Yes, we know how it feels, certainly this isn’t the first time that we’ve felt the breath of the Evil Empire on our necks. That doesn’t make it any easier. The local media are all over it too – What’s the worst case?, When will Manny play again?, Can the Yankees keep this up? Who knows? Now more than ever we need to keep the faith and trust that a stong team will pull through in the end. We have great coaching and a solid team. We won’t settle for a wildcard slot, we NEED to win the division. Then go all the way….
Everyone is down on Gagne, yes. To say the least, he hasn’t lived up to the hype or his past performance. Someone, I won’t mention names, thinks he may be a plant to thow the games. I wouldn’t go that far, but Francona needs to re-evaluate when (really if) to put him into the game. It’s just so heartbreaking to be ahead then in a few quick moments, lose a game that shouldn’t be lost.
We have only 10 games to go with 6 at home. I predict we go 7 and 3 and win the AL East! The Yankees will have to settle for a wildcard.