Another one slips away
Two observations from last nights game.
1. A-rod is a great talent but lacks baseball skill. Down 2-1 in the 9th and you have a leadoff hit that you try and stretch into a double? I know it was a great play by Overbay but you have to get to second standing up. He also seemed to make up his mind to go to second as he was rounding first. Not a great time to be making a decision down 2-1. A-rod lacks baseball instinct. I have seen him get confused about what base to throw to with men on base. I have seen him not dive at balls he could get to. He is a very very good baseball player with great numbers but is not a great baseball player.
2. Pitch selection. It seems to me this team is having a tough time with pitch selection overall. I know it is easy for me to say this sitting on a coach with a beer but it seems like this year the team is swinging at a lot of bad pitches. When the team was winning championships they had guys with good OBP and would work the count. Maybe the team has just been pressing all year because they have been in a season long slump? I know one thing, put a good pitcher on the mound and you can shut down the Yankees offense.
6.5 back in the wild card and 11 in the Al East with 37 games to go.
The Yankees can still get on a run and go 5-0 the rest of this series and be 4.5 back when they play the Sawx next week.
Believe.
