It’s Baseball Season Again

This was a very difficult early part of the season for a Yankees fan. For a while in May the Yankees were just unwatchable. If they pitched they couldn’t hit and vice versa. They seemed to find the unique way to lose a game. I was turning off the television and just keeping the game up on my computer via mlb.com because that was less painful.

But it’s a really long season in baseball. Things change. The Yankees pitchers got healthy. Wang is back being an ace. Pettitte has been solid all year. Mussina is healthy. We now have this guy named Clemens who isn’t that bad. Suddenly the bullpen, which was lousy when they had to handle the last four innings, is looking good again. And there’s still this guy named Rivera who’s the best closer in history (I think Hoffman with the Padres is great, but until he has the post season record that Rivera has, he can’t compare).

Abreu is back to his normal self. Cano is regaining the form that almost won him a batting title. Jeter is Jeter. And A-Rod is simply ridiculous. Matsui is back healthy and hitting over .300. Posada is having an MVP type season (ok, as a catcher his stats will decline as the year goes on, but he’s third in the AL in batting average, that’s crazy for a catcher).

It’s funny, but just being over .500 was a big deal. So I’m back being a full time baseball fan. The Yankees are in Colorado now which kills me since the games don’t start until 9:00, but for the most part I’m in all Yankees all the time mode.

Ah, I love baseball…