O'fer

The title above reference me, not the Yanks. I'm O'fer in seeing a game this year on a real TV from home. I hope to break that spell today for the 1:05 tilt against the 'Rays.

Anyway, I did see the later innings on Thursday night. Just the kind of game you need to win to have a shot at the playoffs. In fact, through the first 4 games this team looks an awful lot like the Team that played .650 ball in the second half of last year. Before they went on the tear last year, the Yanks, lost a lot of 3-2 games and a lot of 3-2 games they had turned into 7-2 but the incendiary bullpen or the injured starting staff.

Friday night's blowout also reminded me a lot of last years team. It's gonna happen with the young kids. Remember second half of last year the Yanks would win 3 in a row, then lose 12-3, and then win 4 in a row? That's the importance of having a veteran team. They move on. I just hope Ian Kennedy didn't get his confidence shaken. For what it's worth he looked like Andy Pettitte circa game 6 of the 2001 World Series, not my prediction of Andy Pettitte circa 1997.

And speaking of Pettitte he makes his season debut today. Remember, he only did it twice and it was to help his teammates. Well what his teammates need are a minimum of 6 innings and a maximum of 3 runs. It's doable. And I'll finally be watching...