God Wants The Yankees In The Playoffs
TORONTO – Alex Rodriguez believes. “Crazier things have happened,” the third baseman said. So, too, does Robinson Cano.”We will,” the second baseman said of the Yankees making the playoffs, mentioning the spiritual and the retiring Mariano Rivera. “I think God has a plan for Mo.” Always the optimist, the same goes for Joe Girardi. “I don’t stop believing,” he said.
Well that makes me feel a whole lot better. Yeah, we still have Phil Hughes in the rotation and our bullpen is a fucking massacre but god is on our side so who can stop us now?
In all seriousness, this shit is not over. We are 2.5 games back with 12 to play and 9 of those games are against last place teams. And the other 3 are against a team we are chasing that has been terrible for several weeks? The stats say we have a 6.5% percent chance at making the playoffs, but I feel like it is way higher. We looked like shit all weekend but nothing breaks up a slump like a couple of days in Toronto. Andy starts it off for us tonight and he is just the man for the job. Pettitte is 25-13 in his career against the Blue Jays and this season he is 3-0 with a 1.77 ERA.
Prediction: 9-3 to get us in the last Wild Card spot.