After dropping 2 out of the 3 to the execrable Tampa Bay Rays -- and that's a comment on their character, though they've also fallen from their exalted early-season perch -- the Yankees are now 62-68. This means they will have to go 20-12 the rest of the way, just to finish the season above .500.
That's a 101-win pace.
For this Yankee team.
I don't think so.
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Someone wrote on a Yankee-themed Facebook page: "I was just watching the replay of yesterday’s game and Boone’s post game presser was depressing. He looks and sounds like a defeated man. I think he’s been told he’s gone. I almost felt sorry for him but then I realized that he is partially responsible for the state of this team so screw him."
If this guy is right, and Aaron Boone knows he's going to be fired after the season, why doesn't he just go now? Seriously: More people would respect him for getting out of a bad relationship than would call him a quitter.
And who is Brian Cashman going to get to replace Boone? Who is willing to take Cashman's orders and Hal Steinbrenner's money, while subverting his own ideas about managing?
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Across town, the Mets aren't doing any better, despite setting a new record for highest MLB payroll ever. Proving that it's not how much you spend, it's how wisely.
The Mets also announced that, next season, they'll retire the Number 16 of Dwight Gooden and the Number 18 of Darryl Strawberry.
Met fans: The Yankees retire too many numbers. It devalues the honor.
Also Met fans: Finally, Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry are getting their numbers retired.
Yankee Fans: We've got 20 honorees for 27 titles. You've now got 8 honorees for 2 titles. (Note: These numbers do not include managers.) You've got Bud Harrelson in your team Hall of Fame. We don't have Bucky Dent in Monument Park. Also, why didn't you retire Gary Carter's number while he was, you know, still alive? Oh, by the way: Doc and Darryl did more for us than they did for you.
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My Alma Mater, East Brunswick High School, had its earliest football game ever last Friday night, losing to Franklin, a school only 2 towns away, but in a different County.
At least we have a home field to play on this year: Last year, we had to play all our games on the road, because a hurricane had damaged our artificial turf, which was all of 15 years old. I thought part of the point of the plastic stuff was that it was cheaper to take care of than real grass.
And Arsenal dropped 2 points they shouldn't have on Saturday, allowing Fulham -- the West London team is not exactly a powerhouse -- to draw with them at the Emirates.
And the Red Bulls stink, having just lost to Inter Miami, which was the worst team in MLS until they signed Lionel Messi.
Rutgers won't be any good. Again.
Things aren't looking good for my teams.
How soon until the Devils start up?