Yankees Suck

Flat out suck. I am disgraced to be a Yankee fan every single time Joe Girardi decides to use his stupid 1st base platoon. I am befuddled time and again when Girardi keeps his relievers in the game for too long, well after any rational manager (including Torre!) would have pulled them out. His inability to pull relievers from a game after they dig themselves into suicidal holes cost us at least 2-3 games over the past few weeks.

Question: How much does an 8 game winning streak help a team if right after that 8-0 clip they drop 12 of 18? NONE. The problem facing this team is (something hardly anyone predicted in the offseason:) THEIR INCONSISTENT OFFENSE. Yes, anyone could make excuses that injuries plaugued our team this season and blah blah blah... But the truth of the matter? The Yankees cut the AL East leading Rays' stranglehold on the division to a mere 3 games at one point; and while Rasner, Ponson, and Giese are not exactly Wang, Joba, and Hughes the aforementioned 3some of replacements have not been the root of the Yankees' woes nor the source of their loosing streak.

Molina= sucks, Cano= sucks, Melky= sucks, Jeter= sucks (compared to what he should be doing), Giambi & Abreue= inconsistantly suck, A-rod= sucks when it counts, Damon= sick but sucks at staying healthy....

I can vent forever on the sad state of the yankees, but my doctor says it isn't healthy. I will close with one last note.
Dear Mr. Hank a.k.a. "Mini Boss", You were quoted making the following quotes yesterday:
"I think it's very simple, we've been devastated by injuries. No team I've ever seen in baseball has been decimated like this. It would kill any team"
"Imagine the Red Sox without [Josh] Beckett and [Jon] Lester. Pitching is 70 percent of the game. Wang won 19 games two straight years. Chamberlain became the most dominating pitcher in baseball. You can't lose two guys like that."
"It's not making excuses. It's reality. That's part of the game. That's clearly our problem,"
"We're going to win it next year" "If we need to add a top veteran pitcher, we'll do that. We'll do whatever we need to do. Next year we'll be extremely dangerous."
"They're trying hard to win. There's only so much you can do. They're not supermen."

Yes, your team was beset by more injuries than you can count on my 11 fingers (just kidding I have 10). Yes, pitching is the most important aspect of the game. Yes, injuries are a part of the game that no one can control. Yes, we will win it next year; and no, they are not supermen.

HOWEVER despite all the very valid points you made, you have a few flaws in your thinking that are a byproduct of trying to rationalize the disappointment that is 2008.
1) The lineup has been COMPLETLY ANEMIC for most of the season.
2) The replacements for the pitchers who went down would have a shitload of wins if they could simply get some run support.
3) The injuries to position players (Posada and Matsui) that you might want use as excuses for the lack of offensive production from the lineup have been offset by the MAJOR AQUISITIONS that your GM made at the deadline, and one can even argue that he replaced the fallen soldiers with better hitters that were penciled into the lineup at the start of the season. So do me a favor and stop crying about injuries cause freakin Nady is a direct child of god with his play for the yankees.
4)Winning next year is not good enough, I want 27/08!!!
5)No team is made of freakin supermen BUT WHEN YOU'RE PAYING YOUR LINEUP ALONE $137 MILLION DOLLARS YOU BETTER EXPECT MORE OUT OF THEM THEN 11TH IN THE LEAGUE IN RUNS SCORED/GAME!!!!
How about picking up a veteran BAT in the off-season before worrying about a rotation that will have Wang, Joba, Hughes and possibly pettite and moose back next year.

Due to concerns for my health I must conclude here, but let me say that this 6-12 slump they are in SUCKS, their 14-12 record after the break SUCKS, the fact they lost a series to the Oriels SUCKS, the pitching SUCKS, but the hitting SUCKS EVEN MORE.

-The pissed off, stressed out, balding, fed up "Ghost" of SAMIAM