WHY LOSSES DON'T GET YOU TO THE PLAYOFFS

Why are we talking about the playoffs? For the past 2 days all I hear on sports radio, television sports updates and newspapers is how the Yankees are setting a rotation for the playoffs. I'm sorry, this may be ignorant on my part to ask such a question but... ARE WE IN THE PLAYOFFS? No. We're not. When you lose 4 in a row at home and are currently a game and a half out of first, you don't talk playoffs. Instead, a manager should probably bring the team in 2 hours earlier Sunday, before their regular scheduled arrival and have a closed door meeting and rip the team a new one for not playing like a contender.

I hate to break it to you but the Yankees are no longer the best team in baseball. The Phillies are. The Yankees haven't clinched a playoff berth yet, the Twins have. The Yankees by the way, aren't in first place anymore, the Rays are. The Yankees haven't even won a game since 5 days ago. Why in the world are we talking about the playoff rotation. If I needed to pick a rotation right now I choose 1. Sabathia, 2. Pettitte, 3. Burnett and 4. Hughes. End of story, now that we've established that, GO WIN!

Look, if you need to move Hughes because of his innings limit, do it, don't have it printed for the whole world to see. Yankee fans get impatient, Yankee fans want wins and Yankee fans go game by game. We've been going game by game for 4 straight losses. Enough's enough.

Props to Granderson who plays like a Yankee even though he's new and haven't experienced the playoff clinching. If anything, the Yanks should at least clinch for players like him. He's also hot as hell so let's ride that tide. A-Rod's getting the playoff fever but again... we have to win to get there.

Tomorrow we play the 3rd game against the Sox, the team I hate more than liver or stink bugs. Beat them. Hell... beat anybody.

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