I can't believe we're already getting into these long-term discussions right off the bat.

If we're going to do that, I suppose the Orioles should have won the World Series last year?

Another nice win for the Yanks. Congrats Giambi, let's just hope you've got a nice masking drug to cover up all of those 'roids you are most certainly taking.

As long as they can score 9 runs a game, they'll go down in history as one of the greatest teams ever with their 144-18 W-L record.

I think we need more cowbell, though.

You can win all the games you want in the regular season but they have to pick up some pitching if they want to contend in the playoffs

Listen...I wouldn't be telling Yankee fans about getting pitching after that shoddy performance by David Wells out in Beantown.

YES, another Yankees win and their first sweep of the season. I think they'll get Zito in the off season maybe

a bad pitcher in the Red Sox doesn't make the Yankee's pitching staff better. I tend to fear no one will be able to stop their offense, but baseball history says they need pitchers. Wang, Small and Chacon are #5 starters at their best, IF one of them escape total failure. KICK THE YANKS!!!!!

Please. The season isn't even two weeks old, and the speculation is rampant that the Yankees rotation isn't going to last. There is plenty of time to acquire another solid pitcher down the line, and Clemens also is still shopping his wares on the market (despite what he says).

I personally think you are wrong about Chacon. He's got great stuff, his only issue is control. Wang is also another great sinkerball pitcher. Small went 10-0 last year totally unexpectedly.

I don't think anybody is claiming that our rotation wasn't patchwork, but each of those guys you mentioned has materialized in their own right to be starting pitchers, and to claim they aren't even #5 starters isn't doing them justice.

Besides, if I were you (being a Red Sox fan), I'd be more worried about beating the Blue Jays for the Wild Card than what is going on with the Yankees pitching staff.

first, I am NOT a Red Sox fan. (at least not until they play the Yankees). maybe you got that from my signature, but no. it's just a quote that I find to be very funny and tells a lot about baseball. right now, for instance, I could throw a lot of stats proving these guys suck, and you would promptly come up with other ones proving I was wrong. the fact is, watching those guys play, I don't think they are 'always champion-Yankees-rotation-like' kind of pitchers. I don't care if Small went unbeaten last season or Chacon made whatever the hell the stats tell us he did. pitchers go up and down every year, and I got used to see the Yankees with at least 3 or 4 absolutely reliable pitchers, in their best years, with a couple of good season under their belts. now they have an aging ace (although I still believe the Big Unit is a top 5 pitfcher in the MLB), an aging AND under-developing #2 starter (Mussina) and a lot of guys that can either shut down the opponent or give up a game in 1 inning. this is not a question of "how long into the season we are". I was saying that before it even started. and so far, (of course, TOO EARLY) you don't have no reason to be that confident. :p

Who said I'm being "that confident," I even said we would benefit from picking up another starter down the stretch.

But again, while no one is going to say that Chacon or Wang (since Small is a non-factor at this point) are winning the Cy Young award anytime soon, they are decent starting pitchers. And it IS a long season. All of this spectulation is just that - speculation. I find it pretty silly when people are saying the Yankees should already be worried, or that the Blue Jays are winning the AL East, or other predictions based upon the first two weeks of a 162 game season. Again, I never said they were "always champion-Yankees-rotation-like' kind of pitchers" but with the batting order for this season, I think that being decent (with Johnson back to relatively old form and Mussina being stable) will suffice to do well in the postseason.

Damn...a blown save by Mariano Rivera (and a loss). He looked strong when he struck out those two batters, but he had already put two men on. Grr. Proctor and Farnsworth looked decent, but as per the norm Jaret Wright looked confused on the hill. At least Johan Santana didn't exactly light the world on fire either.

No offense to the many Yankee fans on the bb, but I cannot understand how a team with Jorge Posada, Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, Gary Sheffield, Bernie Williams and Randy Johnson, Mike Mussina and Mariano Rivera on its A.R. can start off the season 5 - 6. On paper, The Yankees should be 11 - 0 and sit alone atop the A.L. East.

Well, Oakland and Anaheim have been two of the better teams in the AL. We swept the Royals, just as we should have. We would've won tonight, if Mo hadn't blown the save.

The Yankees also didn't have all of their starters in tonight, they played Cairo at first and Phillips at DH (not that its a real excuse, but Giambi and especially Bernie can be clutch). Also, they were facing two pitchers in Minnesota, the first whom they had relatively little experience against, and the other arguably the best active pitcher in MLB.

Again, you're right, we should have won some of those games. But I do think that it is still incredibly early in the season, the night is still young, and in the end, I think the team chemistry will blend enough for us to have a decent stretch of wins.

I don't disagree at all on The Yanks being able to pull together a decent enough stretch of wins. Hell, The Bombers will probably win their gabillionth A.L. East title in a row. And, Jason "I used steroids but I kinda apologized for it so every thing should be a ok " Giambi is one of the most overrated players in all of Baseball in my opinion. If he didn't play in N.Y., in the words of Ace Rothstein he'd still be shovelling muleshit. Bernie Williams though, despite all the recognition he gets in N.Y./N.J./Conn. is prolly one of the most underrated and one of the classiest players in all of Baseball. I hope he makes it to The Hall one day but I'm not completely sure he'll have the stats.

"that confident" for me, was saying that the Yankees would win the AL East, what you absolutely did "Besides, if I were you (being a Red Sox fan), I'd be more worried about beating the Blue Jays for the Wild Card..." - now, before we continue this never ending discussion, let me repeat:



there's somethings money just can't buy. that is one of'em. it just makes the day for me seeing the Uber Closer come up such an embarassing outing (in fact, it is absolutely normal, but since it is Rivera...)

I also agree with Don Jasani. imagine if the Atlanta Braves or the Oakland A's had half the starts the Yankees have, and the Bombers still manage to embarass themselves

New York's real dream team this season

The New York METS

Careful what you say, fathersson...it's a bit early in the season.

The 'Daily Apple' has spoken.

You better check with your sport department then.

Oh I get it, we can brag how the Yankees sweep the shitty KC team and still are in the basement, but we can't give the Mets their due. :p

Once again: According to my Yankee handbook, Fans have to say: it is early yet, there is a whole season to go! Just look at last year.

Let Go METS!

We can certainly give the Mets their due and complain about the Yanks as well. But when the season is exactly two weeks old I'd still be careful about gloating even if my own team were the one at the top.

Apple

gloating
You better adjust you antennas, you are getting the wrong picture. maybe it is time to get cable.

Congrats to the Mets. I'm happy they're so hot right now and I hope they win their division instead of those sh*tty Braves!

The Toronto Blue Jays are 6 - 6.
The New York Yankees are 6 - 6.
The defending World Series Champion Chicago White Sox are 7 - 5.
The New York Mets are 9 - 2.
The Atlanta Braves are 6 - 7.
The defending N.L. Champion Houston Astros are 7 - 4.

All this means precisely...DICKALL! We're not even 20 games into the season yet people! These types of predictions should be made approaching The All Star break and then after the midway point of the season.

However, having said all this, I think that The Mets will finish with a better record than The Yankees. How both teams will do in the playoffs in their respective leagues (assuming they both make it) is anybody's guess though.

JJ, that was a low blow man! I mean the freakin game was called after 5 innings cuz of rain! I mean rain! Hey, do you or I or anyone else who has ever had to work outside ever in their lives ever stopped working for the whole day cuz of rain? No, you wait till the rain stops, then you start workin again. But just cuz Ozzie Guillen (no offense to him personally I actually like the guy) is a delicate genius, they have to call the freakin game. A Baseball game is finished after 9 innings. Nueve, no cinco o seis, o siete, o ocho, NUEVE! Nada mas. Nueve es bastante para una juega. Nine innings. They gotta change the weather rules, sorry to rant but it just pisses me right off!

You can't play baseball in a continuous, driving rain. It affects the field, the running, and the pitching. The forecast must've stated that there would be no break in the rain.

A game is considered official after 5 completed innings, even if it is ended early due to weather. If they couldn't foresee the game even lasting that long, then no point playing at all. It's called a rainout.

If the game was called, then the game was called. Live with it.

Apple

No for sure, I can live with it. But say it was game 7 of The World Series. Would they call the game after 5 innings cuz of rain, give out the trophy and be done with it?! That's my problem with the rule.

I wonder if this has ever happened before...I suppose Plaw would know if any rule changes like this go into effect...perhaps they would wait it out for a set time, and then delay the game until the next day?

How bout the Yankees?! They got doubled by MY Blue Jays tonight now didn't they. Didn't get a chance to watch the game but I'm going to The Sky Dome tmmw. to watch it. You can find me if you look for the handsome brown guy decked out in Blue Jay colours rooting for the good guys and cheering with every run we score. When we beat your asses down tmmw., I'll be on my third or fourth beer and I'll raise my bottle and say BLUE JAYS WIN! BLUE JAYS WIN! CHEERS!!!!!!! Drink up every body cuz I'm buyin!


:p

So how bout them Blue Jays!? How'd you like the live Yankee win Don Jasani?? Money well spent if you ask me :p