When the month of September comes around, there are three things that you’re promised. Labor Day weekend, back to school for the kids, and Football season. Wait, this is a baseball article, the Playoffs are coming. Yes, and who is the team that looks like they are going to take it all. Do I even have to introduce them? The New York Yankees looks like the team that will take home their 27th world championship.
The Yankees had a horrible start to the season, leaving Yankee fans with a sour taste in their mouth thinking that this will be a year of disappointment. But don’t worry; upon opening the new Stadium, it looks like they will be bringing number 27 back to the Bronx and number one to the new Stadium.
This isn’t your fathers Yankees of the late 90’s. This is a whole new look with a couple of the same dimensions that made those teams work. Do you remember the Chad Curtis’, the Shane Spencer’s and the Ricky Ledee’s of the 90’s, well Nick Swisher is all of those players in one. Their pitching is spectacular; okay maybe not, but it’s good enough to make a run in the Playoffs. Derek Jeter is looking like he will be the American league MVP and not to be outdone, CC Sabathia just might walk away with the CY Young award. All is well in Yankee land.
So I mentioned Jeter, as we all know he is three hits away from tying Lou Gehrig’s all time hits as a Yankee. But he has been hard pressed to say the least. 2,721 is the mark he is trying to surpass and it would be lovely to do it within the confines of Yankee Stadium, but I think at this point, if he could do it in his backyard and it would count, he would take it. In their day-night double header on Monday against the Tampa Bay Rays, Jeter went 0-10 and last night’s game, he went 0-4 with three strikeouts. But we know the captain; he will look you in your eyes and say, “I’m not worried about the record, as long as we are winning”. But that’s what we would have to speculate.
He has a lot more chances to break the record at home in front of the Yankee faithful. Will you be a witness to his history? But this poses a question, will Jeter reach 3,000 hits? Maybe, but that’s a whole nother article.
You just scratched your sports itch…
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