^Yeah, NY isn't very happy with their Yankees right now. I watched the Indians-Yankees game yesterday and that ruling of a homerun for Posada was a joke! Even with video review the umps still got it wrong. It was total fan interference. The fan reached over the fence and put his glove over the outfielder's glove impeding him from making the catch. In fact, the fan's glove even touched the outfielder's glove. It wouldn't be such a big deal except it was the pivotal play of the game! The problem is the way the rule is written, needing "clear and decisive" evidence to overturn a call. That means that the rule is written so it's almost impossible to overturn a call, right or wrong. I mean, if the ump had originally ruled it was fan interference chances are it wouldn't have been overturned with video review either. What a joke.
I also think it's a joke that the media thinks ARod is a god or something. They kept talking yesterday during the game about how ARod would turn the club around when he returns, and that he'd probably hit only 50 homeruns since he's missing a couple months of the season. Hello! Has he been that pivotal the past five seasons for the Yankees? No. And the team's having no problem scoring runs without him (they're averaging over 5 runs a game right now). The Yankees problem is their pitching, and last time I checked ARod doesn't pitch. All this ARod worship by the media makes me sick. He's a very good player, but he is not a clubhouse leader or a team changer. He hasn't been able to turn the Yankees around since he's been there. This year won't be any different. They talk about him as if he's Derek Jeter, who is a class act, a great player, and a clubhouse leader. The Yankees would be worse off if it was Jeter out with an injury right now.
Anyway, we've got two big series coming up, hosting the Mets and Cubs. We really need to win both series to boost our confidence. I keep waiting to see if Freese will be sent down to make room for another bullpen arm. I'm sure it'll happen some time this week.
