The Yankees
couldn’t continue battering their opponents into submission forever. Even the
best teams lose games on occasion. So the Oakland A’s swept the mighty Yankees out
in California, with two of their four wins coming in walk-off fashion. The
games were all very close, with the Yankees starting pitching pretty good, but
the young A’s hurlers just a little bit better. The culprit this weekend was
the Yankees offense, which was throttled for the most part by some impressive
young arms.
But the
Yankees still have a six-game lead and plenty of games against their division
rivals when they return from what will thankfully be the last West Coast trip
of the year. As long as they take care of business, starting against the Boston
Red Sox next weekend, they should still win the American League East by a nice
margin. But I’d like to see the offense awaken again before they return to New
York.
So let’s not
panic about one sweep. But if the Yankees can’t bounce back against the lowly
Seattle Mariners, it may be time to start to worrying.
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