Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Trouble across the border?

The Yankees early season struggles continued tonight in an embarassing 10-5 loss. After an impressive top of the first inning that produced two homeruns and a 4-0 lead, the game went downhill. Filed under "most ridiculous stat of the night", Randy Johnson previously never lost in 145 decisions when leading by 4 runs or more at any point of a game. He gave three back in the first, followed by another three in the second, and seven total before departing in the fourth inning. Gary Sheffield had an embarassing fielding gaffe that cost the team a couple of runs, and Shawn Chacon again struggled out of the bullpen. At 6-7, the Yankees are falling far behind the red hot Red Sox. They did stumble out of the gate to an 11-19 start last season, but should not be playing sub .500 ball with the team the Boss has assembled. With five guys making more this season than the entire Marlins roster, this team should not look as inconsistent as it has. There's plenty of reason to believe they will rebound, but it better be soon.

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