Yesterday, the manager of the Yankees watched his team suffer another mammoth loss at the hands of the Indians, going down 22-4. Yes, Cleveland hung 22 runs on them, 14 of them coming in a second inning that seemed like it would never end.
A few days back, the Yankees proved that their new digs weren't exactly lucky. They lost 10-2 in the first home game in the new Yankee Stadium's history. The next day, they managed to salvage some pride by winning 6-5. Then came the historic blowout: Yahoo Sports quotes the Elias Sports Bureau as saying that no team has ever scored 14 runs in the second inning, against the Yankees or anybody else.
Steinbrenner's sons are in charge of the team now. That's pretty obvious. If The Boss had been in charge during yesterday's 22-4 rout, Girardi would have been canned by the sixth inning.
And rightfully so. New stadium? $1.5 billion. New payroll? $201 million. Headline from the New York Post: TRIBE'S 14-RUN 2ND SPARKS RECORD ROUT. Talk about your Bronx bummers!
Embarrassment isn't the word. The Yankee empire built themselves a crown jewel and then managed to make it look like a home for wayward losers.
I never saw Girardi as a Yankee manager. He's too buff, too slick. Yogi Berra had the the proper paunch and Billy Martin the filthy mouth (trying to deck Reggie Jackson in the dugout made him the inta-classic Yankee manager). Joe Torre was a gentleman but looked like a hitman. Girardi's too Miami or too Hollywood. He needs to head back to Florida first chance he gets.
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