"The Yankees have found another rival to match the Red Sox."
The Rays rivalry does not match the Red Sox rivalry. I'm sure the New York Post has about 250,000 articles that refer to the Curse of Babe Ruth. The Yankees and Red Sox were rivals long before the Rays even existed.
I'm glad I could clear that up.
"Time to wake up and realize they are not the Beasts of the East that they thought they were this season."
Wake up! Wake up! Everybody needs to wake up!
Maybe Kernan really has been asleep since 2008, when the Rays won the division and went to the World Series.
"If not for Jorge Posada’s home run that gave the Yankees an 8-7 win Tuesday night in 10 innings, the Yankees could have been swept away by the Rays and Rangers."
If not for the HRs by Reid Brignac and Dan Johnson, the Yankees sweep the Rays.
If not for a bad call by an umpire on Kinsler's slide, the Yankees win that game and that's three losses turned into wins.
The Yankees lost most of these games by one run, so please don't talk about "if not for." One or two plays always decide close games. That's how it works.
"The Rays are not hitting much, either, but they still had enough to win two of three. Their manager Joe Maddon showed energy and enthusiasm, giving his players a lift. He was thrown out in the seventh during the Jeter incident."
When you said "the Rays are not hitting much," you probably meant to say, "The Yankees pitched well."
"The Rays are a better team this year because they have improved their bullpen. Soriano came on for his 43rd save in the ninth.The Rays have the mojo. The Yankees have issues."
The last two paragraphs just seem like a bunch of disconnected observations, but the Yankees are only a half-game out and a near-certainty to make the playoffs.
If the Yankees have issues and the Rays have mojo, then it's a wonder that the two teams have identical win-loss records.
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