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And yet that rag tag bunch is in first place. That team shouldnt be anywhere near first yet they are.

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The Yankees' success so far is based mostly on their offense (tied with Houston for second in the AL in runs scored but in fewer games, first in the division, second in the ML to the Astros in HRs per game). They have four real good offensive players in Tex, A-Rod, McAnn and Gardner, plus a fifth in Ellsbury when he can and will play, and three more pretty good offensive players in Headley, Beltran and Chris Young. (You may notice that all except Gardner were signed as ML free agents. So was Drew, the starting 2B. Sort of a "Grow a little if you can, trade most of that, and buy everything else" strategy.)

The starting pitching has not been good, but they have gotten a some well pitched games. That's the area in which there could be significant improvement in the second half, especially if they bite the bullet and take Sabathia out of the rotation. The relief pitching has been good (sixth in the league in ERA, second in the division, tied with the O's with 26 saves in 31 save opportunities) and will improve when Miller returns. The fielding stinks. Gardner and Ellsbury can run, and with Ellsbury out there's usually a fast bench player. Almost everyone else is slow, or slower.

The margin of the NYYs' current division lead is their 11-11 record in one-run games, a game ahead of the Os' 11-13 and better than the Rays and the Jays. Given the age of and mileage on their key players, the NYYs have done pretty well with injuries to key contributors. Even if that continues, the Orioles should finish 5-10 games ahead of these guys. Should, not necessarily will.

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I never get tired of saying that.

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Time to bump this O’s have won 3 straight while the yanks have lost 3 in a row

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(JULY 5th)

Although the Orioles won and the Yankees lost today, it was a disappointing weekend overall.

Aside from the fact that the Orioles' lack of offense cost them a chance to take at least 2 out of 3 games from the White Sox, the Rays blew Friday's game TWICE, and then lost again on Saturday after tying the game in the 9th inning.

Friday was particularly galling. Led by 6.67 innings of shutout ball pitched by Chris Archer, the Rays took a 3-0 lead into the 8th inning. They allowed the Yankees to tie it on a 3-run home run by Mark Teixeira. Then after the Rays scored 2 runs in the top of the 12th to take a 5-3 lead, Brian McCann hit a 3-run home run in the bottom half of the inning to give the Yankees a 7-5 win.

Yeah, but... the Rays are also in the division so, that series was a wash.

Not for me.

I ALWAYS root against the Yankees and/or the Red Sox all of the time for the first 5 and-a-half months of the season, and will only begrudgingly root for them in the final 2 weeks of the season if it so happens to help the Orioles' playoff chances. The reason being is that the season is so long, and too much can happen in the first 90-95 % of the season for me to give up my luxury of always rooting against our 2 most-hated rivals.

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