Buffalo Boy's Blog

The Yankees last night lost 15-5 to the Tampa Bay Rays. Yes thats right 15-5. What makes things even sweeter just 8 games into the season is that the Jays at 6-2 are currently sitting atop the AL East. Granted there is a lot of baseball left and this is no time to get over confident but if things continue this way Jays fans will be flocking to the Roger's Centre to see some very entertaining baseball.

The real news though is not that the Yankees lost, it was the way they lost. They went out in the offseason and spent $423 million dollars, more than 4 times the Blue Jays payroll on big names like Mark Texeria, CC Sabatical or what ever his name is and the ever so fragile AJ Burnett.

Last night the Yankees found out that they for got to spend some of that $423 gagillion bazillion dollars on relief pitchers. Of course they were probably hoping that AJ and CC would get them to Mo. Not the case there Yankee fans, obviously management didn't do their homework on the two guys they picked up and on the guys they have. Ching Ching Meng Wang (I added to his first name because it sounds like a cash register... get it? Ching Ching...okay) are either injury prone like AJ or due for an injury like the over worked CC Sabatical who seems to have taken one in this early season.

Last night, Nick Swisher, firstbaseman/outfielder had to come in and pitch the 8th inning. How could a team that spends more than every other team in baseball, hell, they spend more than any team in all of professional sports, need to count on a position player to come in and pitch in relief? Poor management, thats why. poor management by Joe Girardi in the dug out and Brian Cashman in the front office. They Yankees suck. plain and simple.

I may not be sitting here talking about the Blue Jays in first place in the AL East in a month or two but the other team that I won't have to worry about talking about being in first place is the New York Yankees. Im sticking to my guns, its going to be a lonnnng season in NY.