Uggggh, it's the Yankees

Yankees 5 Royals 2
W-Vazquez (3-2), L-Anderson (1-2), S-Rivera (8)
Royals Season Record: 7 Wins, 14 Loses

The Yankees sicken me. Everything about them. Their ridiculous payroll. That stupid NY insignia. Their rude fans. Their arrogance. Their short porch in right field. Their pride (C’mon Jeter, you can’t possibly think you ought to be playing short instead of A-Rod). The announcer who says “Yankees Win! Yankees Win! Yaaaaaaaaaaaankeees Win!” Mike Mussina’s irritating dip-see-do motion from the stretch. Don Zimmer (yes, I know he’s gone, but not forgotten). Roger Clemens (ditto).

For those reasons, and many more, they will always be known as the evil Yankees on this blog. I always look forward to playing these guys. But given the way we have been playing lately, this probably isn’t the best time.

Brian Anderson didn’t have his best outing of the year. He walked seven guys in seven innings, giving up five earned runs. “I walked more guys tonight,” he said, “than I walked during my junior year in college. That tells you enough.”

Fair enough. He had a bad night. But listen to this, “When you're facing an All-Star lineup like that, you just can't throw one in there for the sake of throwing a strike. Because it can get whacked a long way and a lot of bad things happen.”

Can’t a lot of bad things happen if you walk seven guys? Give me a good old fashioned butt kickin’ any day over walking guys.

The offense was equally as bad against Vazquez. We only managed to get three hits off of him in eight innings. We can’t expect to beat anybody doing that.

Juan Gonzalez missed yet another game—presumably from the same flu that kept him out of the previous three games. DeJesus played in this place going 0 for 3, dropping his season average to .063. Hardly impressive for the heir-apparent to Beltran.

A bad day all the way around.