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I’m Furious

July 31, 2015

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…And so I’m going to vent. Stand back.

As of this writing, Cashman has made a trade for a utility infielder/outfielder from the Mariners who can’t hit and has no place to play. That’s it. Woohoo. The Jays got both Tulo and David Price. The Rangers got Hamels. And our pitching staff has fallen completely apart – Pineda to the DL with arm trouble, CC to the hospital with dehydration besides which he’s awful, Nova with arm fatigue that may or may not go away, Tanaka with a mysterious inability to locate his pitches or go deep into a game. Evo is now our ace. Scary thought. And yet Cashman’s latest venture is to go after Craig Kimbrel, the Padres’ closer. Like we don’t already have a closer? Or an 8th inning guy? So the idea is to “shorten” games for the Starter To Be Determined? What nonsense.

I do get that the Yankees don’t want to give up prospects the way they would have in the old days. I also get that Price will be a free agent after the season and would have been a rental. But the Yanks have gone from a real contender to win the division to a very iffy ball club. And all because of either Hal’s tight wallet or Cashman’s incompetence. Makes me nuts.

As everyone knows, I didn’t give this team much of a shot to win anything at the start of the season, but once they put distance between themselves and other teams and were winning series and scoring runs, I became a believer in the 2015 team. But after last night’s consecutive loss to the Rangers and no trade happening, I’m mad as well as mystified. If you’re a contender, why wouldn’t you do everything possible to push your team over the finish line by acquiring a front line starter? Why? Wasn’t it Cashman who said you can never have enough pitching?

Ok, I’m done. I wish I could say I feel better having gotten this off my chest, but I don’t.

Filed Under: Confessions of a She-Fan Tagged With: Brian Cashman, Cole Hamels, Craig Kimbrel, David Price, Rangers, trade deadline, Yankees

The Party’s Over

June 19, 2012

For now.

Tomorrow’s another day and the Yankees can always start a new streak. We knew it had to come to an end sometime, didn’t we? Didn’t we?

The problem, as I wrote yesterday, is that I got spoiled with all the winning and now I’m sulking. Also, tonight’s game against the Braves was totally winnable with so many “if only’s” dancing around in my head, most of them having to do with Teixeira.

Kuroda wasn’t as sharp as he’s been lately; he was serving up some juicy pitches. But the offense sputtered with men on base – again – and couldn’t pick him up. And then once that guy Kimbrel came in to close…Well, forget about it.

What a weird stance.

But he sure can throw hard, and he made our hitters look silly.

Very glad to see Swisher back!

 

Filed Under: Confessions of a She-Fan Tagged With: Braves, Craig Kimbrel, Hiroki Kuroda, Yankees

The Party's Over

June 19, 2012

For now.

Tomorrow’s another day and the Yankees can always start a new streak. We knew it had to come to an end sometime, didn’t we? Didn’t we?

The problem, as I wrote yesterday, is that I got spoiled with all the winning and now I’m sulking. Also, tonight’s game against the Braves was totally winnable with so many “if only’s” dancing around in my head, most of them having to do with Teixeira.

Kuroda wasn’t as sharp as he’s been lately; he was serving up some juicy pitches. But the offense sputtered with men on base – again – and couldn’t pick him up. And then once that guy Kimbrel came in to close…Well, forget about it.

What a weird stance.

But he sure can throw hard, and he made our hitters look silly.

Very glad to see Swisher back!

 

Filed Under: Confessions of a She-Fan Tagged With: Braves, Craig Kimbrel, Hiroki Kuroda, Yankees

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Jane Heller is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her fourteen breezy, witty novels of romantic comedy and suspense are now entertaining millions of readers around the world, along with her two books of nonfiction.

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