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The Yankees finally took a step in the right direction this weekend, shutting out the Oakland A’s 6-0 and winning their first series at home since they took two of three from Boston to start the season. Much-maligned Kevin Brown pitched seven shutout innings a day after Mike Mussina pitched the first complete-game shutout for the Yankees in nearly two years. Alex Rodriguez, Tino Martinez and Jorge Posada all had home runs, and for two days at least, the Yankees looked like the Yankees.
Brown’s and Mussina’s gems could not have come at a better time. Mussina snapped a four-game losing streak that included three losses to Tampa Bay (Tampa Bay!) and a sloppy 6-3 loss to Oakland on Friday night. Still, Gothamist needs to see more. The A’s line-up is hardly potent, especially with Eric Chavez, its best hitter, hitting .190. Still, Tampa Bay’s line-up is not fearsome, yet it still managed to torch Brown in his previous start. These starts are baby steps for the Yankees. For a team that is now six games under .500, those are the only steps they can take.
Pitching will determine whether the Yankees can climb out of this hole. If healthy, Brown still can be dominant at times and effective at others. Mussina, despite his detractors and age, has pitched well since August of last year, a few starts excepted. Their hitting should improve, and when they look up sometime in June, Hideki Matsui will not be hitting .242 like he is today. With more starts like Brown and Mussina gave the Yankees this weekend, the Yankees could climb out of the hole quickly. Without them, who knows. The Yankees host Seattle for a three-game series starting
Monday.
Photo by AP/Kathy Willens via ESPN
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Looks like they have signs of life. The Yanks won me 110 bucks in that game. I'm starting to believe.
With Randy Johnson is starting today, they should be able to get another win and start breaking out of last place.
There's a reason why the Yanks - to date - are 6 under .500 and a team like the White Sox are 17 over .500. Simply put, playing baseball as a team has an effect on the win/loss record.
The Yankees lineup since 1998 has not been constructed at all to achieve any sort of chemistry. Instead, it's like, let's put together 9 sluggers and see what happens. Ironically, that's what the White Sox have done the last 5 years and it's gotten them 1 playoff series.
The Yankees won all those World Series a few years back because they sprinkled their lineup with high-effort, low-commentary guys like Brosius, O'Neill, Tino (1st time around) ... guys who advanced runners, who bunted, got timely hits, played good defense. Now you've got mostly bottom-line stat guys. It's never worked, and it never will. What an expensive lesson to learn.
Any Word on a Baltimorest?? I'd love to read about the O's.
You losers are starting to sound like Sox fans of old. I am so happy the curse is now on you and your pathetic overpaid team.