It's over,
Johnny.
Sidney Ponson struggled, Bobby Abreu's miscue in right opened the door to a seven-run eighth inning and Dustin Pedroia and Jason Bay combined to knock in eight runs as the
Red Sox pounded the Yanks 11-3 in the Bronx. The loss dropped the Bombers seven games back of the wild-card leading BoSox with 30 games remaining. The Yankees may still be mathematically "alive" for a playoff berth and I'm not one to give up easily, but that would require a serious run. And if you use your eyes, your common sense, you would realize that this team hasn't made a run the entire season. Why, or how, would they rip one off now?
My brother and I were at my cousin's for this one and we were all hard pressed to come up with a positive spin for the rest of the year. I wish I could persevere through this latest setback and do my little roundup, but I'm tired. Sick and tired. So, no roundup. I knew there would come a year when the Yanks wouldn't make the postseason during their recent playoff run (and had a feeling that this could be it at the start of the season), but it still didn't prepare me for it.
It's only fitting that I put up a final video/song for the Yanks and the 2008 season -- "Pull The Plug" by Death.
Mike Mussina (16-7, 3.45 ERA) will go against Jon Lester (12-5, 3.49 ERA) in Thursday's afternoon finale. Again, I usually do a little "scouting" in this spot, but I'm just not up to it.
And I don't think the Yanks are, either.
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I agree. Hard pressed to find any positives now. Song choice is perfect. You had me rocking at 6:30 a.m.