This weekend is the 4th of July and everything is aligning in the perfect storm of a sports weekend that I am salivating over. Not only does the 4th of July fall on a Friday, but the Red Sox are in New York for 4 games.
I am oh so looking forward to this and the drama is already swirling. Hank is spouting off about how the Yankees can't hit (he's right), A-Rod is splitting from his wife and had been allegedly connected to Madonna, Manny is beating up on the Red Sox equivilent of George Costanza, and both teams are playing terrible baseball right now.
Neither team is what they thought they'd be at this point in the season. No Schilling, Papi, Matsui, or Hughes. Both teams bullpens are a disaster and neither team can get a timely hit.
Call me biased, but I feel the Yankees are in a better position than the Sox right now. A-Rod, despite his personal woes, it hitting the cover off the ball. Giambi has been a stud and Damon has been a sparkplug all season. The Sox have been inconsistent at best. Their road record is among the worst in baseball. They rely on JD Drew to fill in for Papi, which he has, but that will not continue. If the Yankees can avoid getting blown out early (Pittsburgh, Mets) they should muster enough to get 3 out of this series. Maybe even a sweep.
Either way, this should be fun.
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Ramblings about life as a New Jersey guy living in New England.
1 comment:
Well, we won't be the sweepers... maybe the sweepees.
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