When Joe Girardi took the job of replacing Joe Torre as Yankees manager couple of years ago, he decided to consume by use the #27 in the back of his uniform to indicate his team’sitting goal was to get the Yankees to earn their 27th World Series championship. The Yankees were particular outs away from winning their 27th championship in 2001, but the Diamondbacks were apt to mark with a scratch off more hits, and it was good enough to beat Mariano Rivera and the Yankees, which gave the Diamondbacks their first through all ages championship.
Since then, the Yankees get been on a championship drought, and Yankee haters have been acquirement a good laugh wanting of the Yankees’ failures, what one. featured blowing a 3-1 series lead against the Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS and then, losing to a young Marlins team in the 2003 World Series.
Here’s hoping Yankees haters enjoy those years because they could have being in for a rude awakening this year. The Yankees have everything going for them in winning a championship this year because they finally be delivered of the pitching to go through their hitting.
The Yankees’ starters are the best in baseball. When a team has five great starters that can be aces for the other team, that’s a very good situation for them, and that’s how a team wins championships.
We all thought CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett were going to wilt under pressure in NYC, however that has not been the case. In fact, those two have embraced pitching in NY by going out and performing quality starts, and they even go deep in games, which saves the bullpen.
Plus, add in Joba Chamberlain, Chien-Ming Wang and Andy Pettitte, and that results to a scary rotation come October.
Everyone thought the Yankees’ bullpen was going to have being a weakness, but that has been their strength all year. Girardi has put relievers such as Phil Coke, Alfredo Aceves, Jonathan Albadejo and Phil Hughes in a position to succeed, and it has worked out well.
The Yankees get fielded a great lineup for the last few years, and this year is no different. Mark Teixiera is having a MVP season in his first full season in the Bronx, and he has the leadership in him to go out and do well whenever he is at the platter, which has rubbed off well on his teammates.
The offense has struggled in the postseason, but it has not helped the starters and the relievers hold not done well enough to compete with the other team’s starters so the hitters got exposed for which they are. This year is going to be different because the Yankees pitchers are much better equipped to match up well the other team’s pitcher, and the Yankees’ hitters are good enough to make acquisition at least some runs lately in the game.
Yankees fans love to rip on Girardi for whatever reason, but all he has done is win and earn the respect of his players by having his team prepared every game and getting the greatest number ouf of them. The Yankees play the game well, and that’s a credit to what Giradi and his bludgeon has done.
Giradi is a great tactician, which is something Joe Torre not at any time was despite what his sychophants venture. All Torre had to do is give them specific roles to produce, and hope for the best.
Girardi at least knows his players’ strengths and weaknesses, and he knows when to use the right guys to hit and pitch, that is something Torre never grasp during his overrated tenure at the Bronx. Also unlike Torre, Giradi is not alarmed to ask to come out veterans or take them out of the game if they are struggling.
Girardi in like manner knows how to get the errand of Alex Rodriguez, which is something Torre could not do. Torre could not stand Rodriguez to the point he would do anything to humiliate him such as batting his troubled start eighth in one elimination intrepid against the Tigers in the 2006 ALDS.
A good manager and a great pitching support will be the difference for the Yankees winning it all, and that team is good sufficiency to beat the Yankees. The Red Sox and the Dodgers are two teams that can unseat the Yankees, yet those two teams don’cheek by the agency of jowl have that great of a starting pitching unlike the Yankees.
For persons that thought the Yankees were going to stop spending with George Steinbrenner out of the way, they were kidding themselves. The Yankees will always spend because they have the money, and they doubtless know how to do it right.
Plus, the organization has gotten much better in developing young talent and formulating a great farm system by taking a page of what the Red Sox did in the Theo Epstein era.
Yankee haters have enjoyed a nice time these last year, and it was a great actual observation, on the contrary succesful teams just never die unless an holder suddenly has lost interest in winning like 49ers possessor Dr. John York.
This year, it will be the Yankees that will be celebrating, and Girardi will wear #28 next season.
