MLB: Second-Place New York Yankees Fall To First-Place Rays
September 14, 2010 · Kate Conroy · Jump to comments
Article Source: Bleacher Report - New York Yankees
Fourth devastating outcome in a row for the New York Yankees, third walk-off loss, and no longer do they hold the best record in baseball.
That honor now belongs to the Tampa Bay Rays, who take a half-game lead in the AL East standings.
The Yankees just can’t seem to catch a break, as things just keep getting worse.
Monday’s pitching match-up of CC Sabathia vs. David Price lived-up to all the hype. Both leading Cy Young Award candidates, who equally proved why on the mound.
Both starters were excellent at keeping the game scoreless through eight innings. Price and Sabathia put their respective teams in positions to win, and the bullpens continued where the aces left off.
That is until the Yankees’ fate was again placed on the wrong arm of Sergio Mitre, who gave up the walk-off home-run. This leads me to wonder what skipper Joe Girardi was thinking using Mitre in the bottom of the 11th inning?
Girardi can’t seem to comprehend that Mitre is not good. He never really has been his whole career, except in 2007 when Mitre was a Florida Marlin, and Girardi was the Marlins manager.
Even back than, Mitre only pitched 150 innings total and struck out 80. That was over three years ago, and since arriving in New York, Mitre hasn’t been helpful, and has been the opposite of productive. That is a fact.
The minute I saw it was Mitre coming in the 0-0 game, my first thought was, “where is Joba Chamberlain or Dave Robertson?”
“Not available,” according to Girardi, and many will wonder why not?
Neither Robertson, nor Chamberlain pitched on Sunday afternoon so why couldn’t they throw in for a couple outs?
At such a critical time of the season, with first place in the AL East on the line, I thought Girardi would do whatever was needed to get the win. Especially following the blunder at third base by Brett Gardner, who tried to steal third with two outs. What was Gardner thinking?
He wasn’t because that was just dumb.
The Yankees could have used a positive night after being swept in Texas over the weekend.
Instead, the Yankees are getting more frustrated. It is all over the players’ faces, and it is heartbreaking to watch as a fan.
Walk-off wins are inevitably tough for the losing side, so the Yankees can’t be happy at all right now.
As a Yankees fan, it sucks to watch four losses in a row.
So many questions start mounting up as to whether the Yankees can turn it around or has age finally come before beauty?
Let’s hope this is just a slump, but clearly something is not working and the Yankees need to fix it ASAP.
Trying to stay positive but it is getting more difficult with each walk-off loss.
Hopefully, Yankees rookie Ivan Nova can continue throwing well on the mound, and that the bats back him up for a needed win on Tuesday night at the Trop.
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