Yankees: Looking for the Future

Well, the Yankees needed to win 2 of 3. Even Joe Girardi said it. And it was, as I said, in their best interest to sweep. Unfortunately, neither of that happened. The Yankees lost 2 of 3, and now stand 6 games out of the wild card and 10.5 out of the division with 29 to go. The division, if it wasn’t already, is completely out of the question. Six games is not undoable, but it’s certainly be a big hole to climb. Remember three things to keep you inspired:

• Yankees led the Red Sox, 3-0 in 2004 ALCS; Red Sox won 4-3 in the first ever 3-0 comeback in baseball and second of all in sports
• 17-game winning streak by the 2007 Rockies to capture the Wild Card
• Mets had 7 game lead with 17 left to play, but Phillies won the division

The difference with all this is that we have to leapfrog two teams–the Red Sox and the loser of the AL Central–bur I think it can be done. The Bombers have great momentum from the dramatic walk-off win against Jonathan Papelbon in the last game of the rivalry at the old Yankee Stadium. Let’s go Yanks!