Nice Road Trip
The 6 game road trip ended yesterday with the Yankees going 4-2. That 3-7 road trip a couple weeks back is going to haunt this team.
32 games to go, 5 games back in the Wild Card race and 9.5 in the Al East.
The Yankees better not forget about the Twinkies and White Sox. They are also in the hunt for a wild card position. Both teams are neck and neck with the Sawx.
It would be beautiful for get a sweep of the Sawx this week and be 2-3 games back (depending on how the Twinkies and White Sox play) in the wild card.
The Yankees really need to go 25-7 the rest of the way. Other teams in the race need to go about 20-12 for the Yankees to make the playoffs.
I think the Pavano win Saturday night and the win yesterday is starting to give the team an edge. Like hey, we may be able to win this thing.
Of course it was the O’s and the 3 games were not flawless but a sweep is a sweep and that is all that counts this late in the season.
The team really needs to finish strong at home in August. Ideally 6-0 but a 5-1 end will be nice.
The beginning of September is going to be real tough. 6 on the road against the Rays and Angels. By September 11th the Yankees need to be 2 games out of the wild card. They can still win the East because they have 6 games left against the Rays and if they go 5-1 against them, they could pull out the East.
Believe.
