Quick review of NYY 2012 playoff stats.

Alex Rodriguez: 2-for-19 with 10 ks.
Robinson Cano: 2-for-28 with 4 ks (and 1 walk).
Nick Swisher: 3-for-23 with 6 ks.
Curtis Granderson: 3-for-23 with 11 ks.
Eric Chavez: 0-for-11 with 6 ks.

Fab Five: 10-for-104 with 37 ks.


I still say play Girardi may as well play ARod and challenge ARod to show some pride and guts.


By the way, teams are winning playoff games every day by hitting singles with RISP. 

Kevin Long tried to save this team in early September by imploring more attention to small ball.  Girardi dismissed the idea and the team didn't listen to Long.


Fast forward six weeks: What would this team do to go back and get a few well-timed RBI ground outs? 

If I am allowed to pick the critical at-bats ... and all I'm asking for is a sac fly or an RBI ground out ... a chopper to second base ... then, the Yankees have not lost a playoff game in 2012.

Yeah, yeah, I know it's a ridiculous exercise ... fallacy of pre-determined outcome ... one-sided perspective.

But it's a professional embarrassment to witness a team completely unwilling to play the game properly, even in the playoffs, even with the game on the line.

I have trouble believing that Alex Rodriguez lacks the ability to chop a grounder to 2b off of Doug Fister.  He's trying to hit a 3-run HR and, when he fails to hit a HR, he's got nothing.  That's the story of the 2012 Yankees.