I realize that through the rigors of a baseball season there are peaks and valleys, but when we have our foot on someone's (Rays) throat and then they pull a Bruce Lee and grab our ankle and flip us into submission, there's cause for concern. I don't know that they have better hitters than the Red Sox, but I'll tell you this: These "sonsabitches" are fast. Upton, Crawford and Bartlett aside, Varitek is getting a slap in the face when Evan Longoria whom upon last night had 2 steals on the season stole second base. Then Probably the slowest person on their team aside from Michel Hernandez (who names their son Michelle) Carlos Pena thought he could get in on the theft party. Luckily The Captain threw out his first baserunner in 3 weeks.
Now we enter the Bronx. We are playing a team that we have beaten 8 times out of 8. But is this the same team? Their bullpen is improved with the emergence of Phil "I'm trying to be Mariano of 1996" Hughes, Teixiera is probably going to win the AL MVP this year, and AJ Burnett is throwing the shit out of the ball. Let's not mention that since Alex Rodriguez returned from his injury that the Yankees have the best record in baseball. This is a team that is much more complete and is hitting their stride. But, is there any way they can keep up this pace for the rest of the season?
So what do we do to combat the surging Rays and the seemingly insurmountable New York Yankees? PAUL BYRD. I'm not entirely sure this makes a lot of sense but it couldn't be worse than Smoltz has been or as inconsistent as Brad Penny.
I'll have more for you guys after the first round of this 4 game slugfest.
Stay Tuned
Ryan
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