Magic vs. Talent
(Note: Two-for-Tuesday here at Y2K. The first piece, by Sippy Momo, compares the Yankee juggernaut with the New Mets. The second, by Cheddar Ben, is about what we saw out on the field yesterday. Enjoy.)
Today’s piece is not as much a bash piece as it is a fear piece.
Simply put, the Yankees are really good.
Boston appears to be done. After the so-called "Boston Massacre" where the Bombers slapped their junk in the face of the city of Boston for 5 games the door was almost shut.
But with the recent injuries to Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, the door is basically shut. See, not all teams in baseball can recover from losing 1 key player, let alone 2.
The Yankees have managed to do so with ease after losing Gary Sheffield, Hideki Matsui and Carl Pavano for large chunks of time because they still have $170 million dollars worth of payroll to work with.
Once again, it’s not fair.
But there is no use in complaining. This is the culture of baseball. Fat owners get richer because of the Yankees and the money that they generate both as a franchise and as a draw in away cities.
With the game’s popularity at a recent high, baseball will not change, at least not anytime soon, so we have to take what is thrown at us.
And what the Yankees have is SCARY.
The lineup 1-5 may be the best of all time.
Damon, the perfect leadoff guy.
Jeter, the perfect 2 guy.
Abreu, who has found the ideal situation in the Bronx, is the perfect 3 guy for that team.
Giambi has been the perfect 4 guy.
Even A-Rod, under such scrutiny remains the perfect 5 guy.
With Sheffield and Matsui potentially returning for the playoffs, the lineup may get better still.
The Yankees win because of pure talent. On paper, they are about 96 times better than anyone else. They should win. They should have won for the last 5 years.
Still, they are missing something.
I got an e-mail from the Happy Man yesterday around 10:15 PT that read something like this:
“On a shitty day, in a somewhat meangingless game against a team that needs this game as much as anyone, the Mets came out and dominated.”
H Man is right.
What is happening at Shea is truly magical. This team should not win.
They have no Pedro.
They have no Glavine.
David Wright hasn’t gotten a hit since he met AFOMG about a month ago.
Their best bullpen guy got in a freak accident.
Their best hitter from a season ago has been banged up all year.
Yes, Beltran and Reyes continue to thrill and Delgado is looking like the basher of old.
But so much has gone wrong of late. And still, the Mets just keep on winning. The answer…Magic.
You never hear Yankee fans talk about the Yankee Magic anymore. That’s because there is nothing magical about having better players. That is why Yankees fans use “aura” or “mystique.”
Paris Hilton has a certain aura to her as well. Doesn’t mean she shouldn’t be killed.
But there is something magical about Elisha Cuthbert. That she could transition from the sweet but strong Kim Bauer to the sexy temptress Danielle in "The Girl Next Door," shows something about the young Canadian bombshell.
As you are all scratching your heads right now, asking, what the hell is he talking about, the answer is once again simple. I just went off on a complete tangent.
But my point about the Mets is this. For years, we have watched shitty teams do special things. They won games that they weren’t supposed to. They might end up with 74 wins, but 25 of them were really exciting.
It’s why AFOMG and I hit up Shea 30 times a year.
There was something special there.
This year is even more special. This team actually has talent.
Let's get Pedro and Glavine healthy and then see what we can do about Cliff. Lets give D-Wright a couple of days of R & R and then let's see what happens.
Because what’s going on at Shea is just weird.
For those who read this column since last October, you may notice a totally changed Sippy Momo. I went from being maybe the biggest pessimist in the game to probably the 4th biggest, but for me, that is a huge improvement.
Everytime John Maine or Orlando Hernandez or Steve Trachsel or Brian Bannister take the hill, I think the Mets are going to win.
There is just something going on here that we can’t explain but can only admire.
I pray for a Subway Series in 2006.
Their talent vs. our magic.
Eventual outcome…
Yanks in 5.
Whatever, this is the most I have had in my life and they are all Yankee fans. I’ll take it.
Vaya con dios,
Sip
Today’s piece is not as much a bash piece as it is a fear piece.
Simply put, the Yankees are really good.
Boston appears to be done. After the so-called "Boston Massacre" where the Bombers slapped their junk in the face of the city of Boston for 5 games the door was almost shut.
But with the recent injuries to Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, the door is basically shut. See, not all teams in baseball can recover from losing 1 key player, let alone 2.
The Yankees have managed to do so with ease after losing Gary Sheffield, Hideki Matsui and Carl Pavano for large chunks of time because they still have $170 million dollars worth of payroll to work with.
Once again, it’s not fair.But there is no use in complaining. This is the culture of baseball. Fat owners get richer because of the Yankees and the money that they generate both as a franchise and as a draw in away cities.
With the game’s popularity at a recent high, baseball will not change, at least not anytime soon, so we have to take what is thrown at us.
And what the Yankees have is SCARY.
The lineup 1-5 may be the best of all time.
Damon, the perfect leadoff guy.
Jeter, the perfect 2 guy.
Abreu, who has found the ideal situation in the Bronx, is the perfect 3 guy for that team.
Giambi has been the perfect 4 guy.
Even A-Rod, under such scrutiny remains the perfect 5 guy.With Sheffield and Matsui potentially returning for the playoffs, the lineup may get better still.
The Yankees win because of pure talent. On paper, they are about 96 times better than anyone else. They should win. They should have won for the last 5 years.
Still, they are missing something.
I got an e-mail from the Happy Man yesterday around 10:15 PT that read something like this:
“On a shitty day, in a somewhat meangingless game against a team that needs this game as much as anyone, the Mets came out and dominated.”
H Man is right.
What is happening at Shea is truly magical. This team should not win.
They have no Pedro.
They have no Glavine.David Wright hasn’t gotten a hit since he met AFOMG about a month ago.
Their best bullpen guy got in a freak accident.
Their best hitter from a season ago has been banged up all year.
Yes, Beltran and Reyes continue to thrill and Delgado is looking like the basher of old.
But so much has gone wrong of late. And still, the Mets just keep on winning. The answer…Magic.
You never hear Yankee fans talk about the Yankee Magic anymore. That’s because there is nothing magical about having better players. That is why Yankees fans use “aura” or “mystique.”
Paris Hilton has a certain aura to her as well. Doesn’t mean she shouldn’t be killed.
But there is something magical about Elisha Cuthbert. That she could transition from the sweet but strong Kim Bauer to the sexy temptress Danielle in "The Girl Next Door," shows something about the young Canadian bombshell.
As you are all scratching your heads right now, asking, what the hell is he talking about, the answer is once again simple. I just went off on a complete tangent.
But my point about the Mets is this. For years, we have watched shitty teams do special things. They won games that they weren’t supposed to. They might end up with 74 wins, but 25 of them were really exciting.It’s why AFOMG and I hit up Shea 30 times a year.
There was something special there.
This year is even more special. This team actually has talent.
Let's get Pedro and Glavine healthy and then see what we can do about Cliff. Lets give D-Wright a couple of days of R & R and then let's see what happens.
Because what’s going on at Shea is just weird.
For those who read this column since last October, you may notice a totally changed Sippy Momo. I went from being maybe the biggest pessimist in the game to probably the 4th biggest, but for me, that is a huge improvement.
Everytime John Maine or Orlando Hernandez or Steve Trachsel or Brian Bannister take the hill, I think the Mets are going to win.
There is just something going on here that we can’t explain but can only admire.
I pray for a Subway Series in 2006.
Their talent vs. our magic.
Eventual outcome…
Yanks in 5.
Whatever, this is the most I have had in my life and they are all Yankee fans. I’ll take it.
Vaya con dios,
Sip
posted by Sippy Momo at 12:12 PM
2 Comments:
Met Fan Since '75 - I also would fear the Yanks in the WS, but aren't short series' about pitching and defense? Just pointing out that it seems you focused on the offense (Damon with foot fracture and rag arm, E5, Giambi at first on the road, Proctor is warming up again, and The Big Unit is an excuse waiting to happen in less-than-perfect weather)
Long time Mets fan here, and the last thing I want to happen is a Subway Series. I could not take another loss to the Yankees in the WS. I think I'd puke. Lots of discussion about this here:
2006subwayseries.com
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