Under .500…Again

Ballgame over. Indians win. Theeeeeeeeeeeeeee Indians win.

For what seems like the millionth time, the Yankees will try to salvage a series tomorrow afternoon with Mike Mussina on the mound and given his recent roll, the Moose is due for a nice shelling.

Cliff Lee is on living the dream right now shutting the AL, but let’s not forget who this man really is and how badly he sucked in 2007 before being demoted. He is a lefty who throws 88mph fastballs and somehow gets the job done. His counterpart Chien-Ming Wang however was not equally as good.

Wang might be the Yankees ace, but tonight he was anything but that. The definition of an ace is someone who will match the other team’s starter with zeros until the offense puts some runs on the board. Sure, the offense didn’t help Wang out while he was out there, but then again he put them in an uphill battle before they ever had an AB because he was scared to throw strikes to Grady Sizemore to lead off the game.

Right now the Yankees are a tease. Win three, lose three, win two, lose two, and the pattern goes on. 17-18 through 35 is just funny because right now they might be only four back in the loss column, but they are so much worse than that.

It is funny that Alex Rodriguez Jorge Posada and Robinson Cano all got new contracts before the season and two of them are currently not playing (A-Rod, Jorge) and the other one might as well not play (Cano). So Murderer’s Row is rounded off by an ineffective Cano, a AAA-worthy Morgan Ensberg, and a backup catcher Jose Molina. The majority of the NL has a better offense than the New York Yankees.

It is hard to say the Yankees suck right now, which they do, because of the injuries and the fact they have played with their real lineup in only two of the 35 games this season, but no one in the AL East or AL for that matter cares about their problems. And none of the other 13 teams in the league are prepared to slow up so the Yankees can get healthy and come out swinging at the end of the month.