Struck Out!

While Boston continues to win, the Yankees continue to lose. The secret to the Red Sox success is everyone is hitting well at the same time, and of course their ultimate weapon Jason Papelbon.

The reasons for the Yankees continue average effort are many:

• Dave Eiland is not a qualified major league pitching coach
• C.C. Sabathia has turned out to be more fame than game and another victim of Dave Eiland's coaching.
• Mark Texeira is suffering from an early season injury and still not hitting to his game potential.
• In 19 games, the Yankees have an on base percentage of: 0.246; a slugging percentage of 0.311 a team batting average of 0.194; and 50% of the team is batting poorly.
• Jason Verlander is not a pitching ace but last night against the Yankees he shut them down and struck 9 out holding the Yankees scoreless in 7 innings.

This New York Yankees habit of starting poorly is one I want the Yankees to break. I didn't like in 2007, it repeated itself in 2008 and in 2009 it like indigestion is unpleasant.

I am hoping Phil Hughes breaks the streak tonight. On the plus side he has been in Scranton for weeks, aways form the bad influence of Dave Eiland; and Edwin Jackson has never been much of a pitcher.

Lets Go Yankees!