Yes, Yankee fans are spoiled

Yankee fans are spoiled and we own that. It’s been 10 years since our last World Series title and we’re itching for another. I get it - if you’re a Mets fan, you’re rolling your eyes and you have every right to. But, it doesn’t change how impatient Yankee fans are getting, this season more than ever.

The 2009 Yankees team looked much different than this 2019 team. The 2009 team was loaded with veterans, most notably the “Core Four”, now all retired. Our current team is a much younger team who want to experience that feeling of being World Champions . They hear the stories, see the pictures, watch the vidoes of the celebrations, the deafening cheers from Yankee fans, the parade down the Cannon Of Heroes. They know this season they have the chance to experience that. 

In some ways it feels like yesterday when the Yankees won that last championship. It did make me think of all the changes we’ve seen over these last 10 years. The guys we’ve lost - Yogi, Don Zimmer and Mel Stottlemyre. Jeter is now a married father of two, Mariano is in the HOF and the aforementioned “Core Four” are now Old Timers. Time has a way of zipping past faster than a Chapman fastball. 

I think for me, the only thing that will feel weird is seeing someone other than Mariano Rivera, on the mound, calmly and precisiously getting those last three outs at home, followed by the Yankees celebrating their Fall Classic win. But - I’m a tree, I can bend. 

All that said, I’m looking forward to the regular season wrapping up and the start of the playoffs, ending in the Yankees grabbing Number 28 (pause for a Mets fans 🙄)

As always (and forever) Go Yankees! 

YANKEES GETTING WINS....AND INJURED

Last night the Yankees got another win, Mo got another save and unfortunately another player got hurt. After only 5 pitches into the game, a foul ball hit Cervelli's hand and he was immediately taken out of the game. Turns out "Cisco" not only broke his hand, it requires surgery and will miss a minimum of six weeks. Romaine has been called up from the minors and will probably share the catching duties with Stewart. Cervelli has got to be wondering what exactly he did to piss off the baseball gods. In his short career he has had a broken wrist (spring training collision at the plate), a broken foot (fouled a ball off it) and got hit in the head by a pitch sustaining a pretty good concussion. The tough part for Cervelli is how hard he worked after spending last season in AAA, finally getting his chance to be the starting catcher, only to have this freak injury happen. He is a fighter, a grinder and although this must feel like a devastating setback to his career, he needs to find the fight again to come back once again. No doubt he will.

We also saw Nova get pulled in the 3rd after experiencing elbow pain. One must wonder how long he has really been feeling this pain and never said anything. He knows he had been fighting for a starter position and may have hoped the pain would just go away. Elbow pain for a pitcher can be scary and the first thing everyone thinks is Tommy John surgery. Nova is scheduled for an MRI and we'll just have to wait and see.

Youkilis was once again a scratch with back stiffness and may actually wind up on the DL, joining his teammates Jeter, Teix, A-Rod, Granderson, Cervelli and possibly Nova. Well if nothing else he is in all-star quality company. *sigh*

Yankee fans are starting to feel snake bit for sure when it comes to player injuries; but every team goes through it and though it may sound cliche, it's better this happen in April versus August. That said, the Yankees REALLY need to stay healthy because we are starting to run out of catchers and infielders.

Despite all this last night, Mariano got his 8th save, Robertson got his 3rd hold and the Yankees won the game, due to timely hitting and a little bit of luck. Sometimes in baseball it's better to be lucky than good. Last night the Yankees were both..well kind of lucky..

As usual, GO YANKEES!!