The next time you talk to your near future collegue in Boston, please inform him that Girardi has been resting his players and this weekend not withstanding, the Yankees are well rested and will ready to go just like his beloved Boston Red Sox. This is Sunday and the playoffs won’t begin until next Wednesday at the earliest so more off days for the Yankees is on the way while their main starting pitchers are getting 5-6 days off between starts while our main bullpen guys have barely worked up a sweat the last couple of weeks.

http://www.boston.com/sports/b…..ds/?page=1

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Wow, what a bunch of idiots.

Agreed on Alex. As a courageous 12 Stepper friend of mine is fond of saying, “Let go and let God.” It seems to me that Alex has done that, maybe in his personal life, but certainly in his professional life, now putting a good swing on the ball and letting the rest take care of itself. Whatever the reason, the results have been great, especially considering the number of games he missed.

Alex was hitting bottom, laid low by the PEDs scandal and publicly shredding his personal life. He could have let it overwhelm him. But I think good things are waiting for him from hereon out, more than just numbers. A future A-Rod autobiography (“Call Me Al”?) might just be a good read after all.

A few of us had faith in this team but most did not.

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/200…..at-angels/

Hard to believe some of the nonsense that was spewed after that game, including all the mudslinging at Sabathia for being a “bust”.
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for the record, I am one of the loyal ones who understands the ups and downs of a long season:
1. MG July 12th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
baseball is a funny game, the Angels just lost a series to the Rangers and now could sweep the Yankees, who just swept the Twins on the road. The Yankees took 2 series from the Rangers, one at home, one on the road. The Yankees took the series against the Angels at the Stadium in April.
The meaning of all this? it’s a long season, filled with ups and downs, and just because CC hasn’t pitched well today doesn’t mean he can’t beat the Angels in the playoffs. Teams are never as good as they look when they are winning, and never as bad as they look when they are losing. I don’t remember what year it was but sometime during the 50’s one of the Yankees dynasty teams won 18 in a row and then lost 9 in a row. No one jumped off a building, they got it back together and won the World Series that year. Just some perspective from a Yankees fan since 1953…

“This is why you are asked not to be bothered that the Sox are 1-8 against the Yankees since Aug. 6.”

Reality – On August 2 the Red Sox were tied in the loss column with the Yankees with 42 losses.By August 24, after losing 5 of 6 to the Yankees,the Red Sox were 7 game out. It’s an outright lie to say those August games werent crucial.

“We know that finishing second is A-OK at this point. The Sox proved that in 2004.”

Reality – Only 3 teams have won the World Series as the Wild Card. Because it happened to your team 5 years ago means absolutely nothing in 2009. In 2004, the difference between the Yankees and Red Sox road records was 1 game. In 2009 the difference is 8 games and counting.The 2009 Red Sox are a sub .500 road team. On the road they have an advantage over no one. In reality, the ’09 Sox are a poor road team without home field advantage in the playoffs. It’s not “A-OK” to lose the division.

Good luck Pete swimming in that cesspool known as the Boston media.

I hope he does so the media and fans can stop harping on it but it’s been a team effort all season and I’d like to see that continue in the postseason.

From some reason after 2004, Torre lost his postseason magic…it might not be a coincidence that it left when Zim left, but is seemed they were always tight in the playoffs.

With Tex, Swish, and Damon having more influence in the locker room, for some strange reason I think that Alex is going to have a tremendous October.