0-fense (Postgame notes 24 Sept 07)

Well, that was an ugly affair.

I only saw the sixth inning on, but only managing one run? It's as if the Yankees just pretended that AJ Burnett was starting anyway, and played accordingly.

What hurts about this game isn't that the Yankees lost, because it wasn't a loss in fourteen innings or in the bottom of the ninth...what hurts is that instead of being one game back of Boston, they are now two back.

One game back, anything can happen; two games back and the Yanks need some help.

Obviously, they are in no mortal danger of missing the playoffs unless they have a spectacular collapse in them, but being completely honest, while it's the World Series ring that matters in the end, the division would feel just so. damned. good.

Anyway.

I missed Pettitte's performance, but I liked what I saw out of Farnsworth, Veras and Ohlendorf. Especially Ohlendorf. Toronto kept fouling his pitches off, but he didn't give in, and made it a one-two-three inning.

I feel like the Yankees' offense needs to take a look at how Toronto's offense played this game...

Well, it's not the end of the world. We'll play again tomorrow, against a different team, and, well, after Toronto, anyone else's pitching is gonna look pretty easy to hit.

If Toronto stays healthy next year and learns how to hit properly, they will be a force to contend with--they already pitch like hell and that's the first step.

Anyway, there are no other games yet underway. I've got a bunch of reading to do for class...because that Victorian literature is just so much fun!

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