I MAY BE WRONG BUT…

Are the New York Yankees looking over their shoulders? Do they hear footsteps behind them? Will they hear those same steps fading away in front of them? As of this writing, 4 games ahead is not that big a lead, especially when you consider they had a 10 game lead.

Injuries have invaded their plan for the season’s campaign, but all teams have that. This is not a two-team race, but a three-team race between the Yankees, Baltimore and Tampa Bay. Baltimore is only 5 games off the pace. One bad series against either the Rays or Orioles and the Yankees are in serious trouble, and even if they beat one of the two contenders, the other is unlikely to allow that opportunity to slip away!

Nova is pitching like a fallen star instead of a comet, CC Sabathia comes and goes, his era is almost 4.0 for an ace starter and you wonder about the rest of the staff. (9 of the 11 players are on the 60-day disabled list,) and it is amazing how the Yankees stay on top!

Their bats with or without A-Rod will bludgeon you to death, and so that keeps them winning. I hear Yankee fans voice dissatisfaction with some of the decisions Girardi makes and so it goes.

If the Yankees fall from first and miss the playoffs, this will not be the collapse of any magnitude other than the injuries on the Yankees and talents of other teams catching up with the Yankees. Keep your eyes opened for the fall, it could happen.

That’s all I wrote, folks!