It was inevitable, a Yankee no Post Season year for Derek Jeter. It is amazing how many Yankee broadcasters and fans feel it is an inalienable right of Fall for the Yankees to play October baseball. The season is no officially over and the blaming has begun; but yet among the blaming their are still cries of the Yankkes are hanfinig in their for the Wild Card.
Teams are just that teams. The Yankees have no individual to blame for this failure, it is a team failure. Fault cannot be fixed on the manager, the coaches or any one player. The Yankees on paper in March looked great, but paper was starting to be shredded before April ended.
The Yankees of 1996 were a young team with some veteran players. They had an astute manager with great help. Joe Torre, Mel Stollemyre, Don Zimmer, Jose Cardenal, Chris Chambliss, Tony Cloninger and Willie Randolph.
The team had a balance of youthful energy and veteran talent, pitching and batting.
Compare these stats and draw your own conclusions:
This clearly shows the Yankees don't have pitching and don;t have the hitting required for Post Season. Home runs don't put World Series Trophies in the case, unless you have men on base when the ball goes out.
My Red Soxs friends think I am pronouncing the Yankees dead too early. I don't think they have any magic tricks. However given the Yankees lackluster performance in the the last five preseason, maybe this is the kick in the butt they need. They will wake up tot the reality they don't go to the playoffs by divine right, they get through through consistently playing great baseball.
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