AS I SAID

On Sunday, August 12^th of this year, I wrote a blog: I MAY BE WRONG BUT…in which I stated my case that maybe the Yankees better start looking over their shoulder. Now they have to look next to themselves, because the Orioles are there!

To make it worst, the Tampa Bay Rays are on their heels, and I want to tell you I told you so. How many people saw that?

I ended that blog with: “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.”

But it is interesting if you compare what happened to the Red Sox last year. Come September they fell apart and never got re-started, and it has held over to this season as well.

Is there a shelf life on talent, and can it shut down so immediately? What happens to a team, especially one so talented as the Yankees are supposed to be? It is a long season, and you could blame the pitching, especially the relief side of things, but the hitting hasn’t been there at times, and the fielding or base running is not up to snuff either. Is achieving excellence that exhausting that the team can collapse from it?

If you assess the Tampa Bay Rays, the team averages are not all that imposing, they don’t necessarily scare you, and I think the Yankees will hit a winning streak that will save this season. Why, because they are the Yankees.

That’s all I wrote, folks!