Let's talk about Terry Francona some more.

Yankees are in playoffs. Yawn. Let's talk about the Red Sox instead.

Oh, we can briefly mention the Yankees:

"The Yankees seemed pretty happy to see the Rays make the playoffs this week, and we'll see how that works out if both teams make it to the American League Championship Series, right?"

Weak.

You'd say the same thing about the Red Sox Danger if the Yankees had beaten the Rays, thereby allowing the Red Sox into the playoffs.

You can say the same thing about Verlander and the Tigers, Hamilton and the Rangers, Weaver and the Angels.

The Yankees are better than the Rays.

The Yankees are the best team in the AL.

That doesn't mean the Yankees can cake walk into the World Series.


"It really will be interesting to see how it goes for Alex Rodriguez this October, since there seems to be this notion that because he had such a big October a couple of years ago, he is now in the clear forever."

Well, after two multi-page defenses of Terry Francona in which you chastised the "what have you done for me lately?" mentality, I'd be curious why the same standards are not applied to an injured all-star third baseman.

ARod's postseason OPS is .925 (not including this year's 0-for-5). He has nothing to prove.


Having said that, there are two Yankees I don't trust this postseason. One is ARod and the other is Soriano.

ARod is hurt and not ready to play.

ARod was the only Yankee starter without a hit in Game One. Which doesn't necessarily mean he won't hit two HRs tonight, but he has a mere 3 HRs and a mere 73 at-bats since the all star break.

I don't care about ARod's legacy at this point, I just think the team would be better with Chavez at 3b. ARod should be DHing at most.