A guy who's rooting for the cable company.

Rule of thumb for life: If you're on the cable company's side, you're on the wrong side:

"Then there’s the on-field product. It’s terribly inconsistent, at times unwatchable. It’s hard on even the most loyal pinstriped eyeballs to sit through three innings, let alone nine. And it’s even harder to imagine Joe Girardi’s crew finding a path to the postseason. When the main focus is on the buying and selling angle, or if even making it to the one-game wild-card playoff is worth it, you’ve got problems."

They're a .500 team in the playoff hunt.

Comcast subscribers missed a couple of exciting games the past couple of days.


"Compounding all this is a team lacking sizzle or a must-see player. The closest the Yankees have in that respect is a faded Alex Rodriguez, whose DH role has been reduced. And it’s not like the Yankees are banging the drums to market his pursuit of Babe Ruth’s 714 home runs."

I don't know what a must-see player is. I guess I agree the Yankees don't have one. I also don't care about the pursuit of 714 HRs.

The Yankees' bullpen is exciting to watch. Didi is starting to put up some productive numbers for a shortstop. I'm intrigued by the young players. So even if they're not mush-see, I still try my best to see. I'm a Yankee fan, so that's probably why.

In any case, they're a .500 team in the playoff hunt.

Comcast subscribers missed a couple of exciting games the past couple of days.


"That’s why the second half of the season will be so important for the Yankees. Short of turning things around on the field, the organization must convince its fan base a change is going to come. That there is hope for the future.

For if they can’t even convince their own fans, they won’t be able to convince a cable operator whose only interest is cutting a favorable deal."

Oh.

That's why the Yankees should try to win more baseball games.


By the way, the YES Network is on Sling TV.

If the Yankees surge in the second half, Yankee fans should simply cut the chord.

Or just listen to Suzyn and John. Yes in-Didi.