Get used to these Yankee sh*t-shows. I know I picked them to win the AL East, but that’s looking about as probable as Jason Giambi reaching 50 RBIs at this point. I don’t think any of us realized just how badly Hughes and Kennedy were going to struggle, and that’s likely for two reasons: 1) the Yankee hype machine made them both out to be aces-in-waiting, and not necessarily with their words, but with their actions– if you don’t trade two prospects for one of the greatest pitchers of this generation (Santana), well then you tend to expect big things; 2) Joba Chamberlain– he’s so ridiculously awesome (great kick save tonight, by the way), we just assumed those other guys would be also. Too bad they aren’t. Along those same lines, is anyone else down for moving Ross Ohlendorf into the rotation? He’s got pretty good control– way better than Kennedy was supposed to have, at least– and he throws 96– the number of years Kennedy will have to pitch to get his ERA under 5. Or freakin’ bring Kei Igawa back if you don’t want to do that. I mean I’m willing to try anything at this point ’cause I’m getting pretty fed up with the automatic losses 2 out of every 5 games. I’m not necessarily saying the outcome won’t be the same, but at least we’d be trying something new.
Oh, one other thing… since I’m in such a Boston-y mood right now, I figure I should let you all in on a little secret– I’m going to be rooting for a Boston team the next couple of days. Nooooo, not the Red Sox… what, are you crazy? It’s the Bruins. If they really do pull this thing off, then the Rangers will get the winner of the Caps/Flyers series in round 2, which would be a much better draw than the Penguins. Hell, I’d like to avoid them altogether if we could, but something tells me we’ll have to go through Sidney Crosby and Co. at some point if we want to play for the Cup. Seriously though, the Canadiens are a joke. They don’t play the body, they don’t charge the net, they don’t have any goons– which is a prerequisite for winning in the postseason– and, well, they just… they just… play like non-heterosexuals. Actually, on second thought, they better win this thing and then hopefully the Caps can come back on the Flyers, ’cause then we’ll get a shot at those va-jay-jays. And if you thought Sean Avery was great in the first-round, imagine the field day he would have in that series?
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