The Wild Card Game at Yankee Stadium vs. the Houston Astros felt
like so many losses in August and September.
***A gutsy performance by a Yankee Starter with health concerns,
in this case Masahiro Tanaka (torn UCL /Elbow) giving up only
2 runs, BUT only going 5 innings and handing it over
too early, to an extremely over-worked Bullpen.
***Getting shut down by a Lefty Starter, because the batting order was
too left handed.
*** An inability to score Runs when they don’t hit the long ball,
because the team was built to hit Homers and had no ability
(or desire) to manufacture runs by being situational.
***A continuation of a collapse by almost every veteran bat
since the end of July.
Amazingly at the trading deadline the Yankees had a 7 game
lead in the AL East Division.
ARod had a .192 B.A. in August & September, but he was not alone.
The Post All Star Break numbers for some of the highest paid veterans
was downright staggering …
POST ASG :
Ellsbury .220 BA
Gardner .206 BA
McCann .200 BA
The 3-0 loss to Dallas Keuchel and the Houston Astros felt
like a continuation of the end of the regular season when the
Yanks dropped 6 of their last 7 to Boston and Baltimore.
The team wore #8 on their sleeves in honor of Yankee Icon
Yogi Berra who famously reminded everyone,
“It Aint Over Till It’s Over “. Unfortunately the Yankees
Wild Card game loss felt exactly like so many late season losses,
that it felt like …
“Deja Vu All Over Again”
So now ” When You Get To The Fork In The Road …”
Stick It In The Yankees !!
Because when it comes to the 2015 Season .. WE’RE DONE.
You don’t have to “wait till next year”, just wait till …my next column
when I give my thoughts on Joe Girardi’s Post Season Press Conference
and my analysis of ’15 and look towards 2016.
As always,
GO NYY !!
