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June 13, 2005
Life Outside Of The Two Streaks
Today, I was wondering to myself: "Just how many times have the Yankees won back-to-back (BTB) games this year?" The answer is depressing.
Outside of the big winning streak of May 7th through May 17th, and the mini-streak from May 22nd through May 27th, there have been just three other times this season where the Yankees have won BTB games: The first two games of this season at home against Boston, two games at Toronto on 4/20 and 4/21, and a game versus Texas on 4/24 followed by a game against the Angels on 4/26.
Think about this for a minute. This means that outside of the streak where the Yankees won 10 in a row, and the 5-game winning streak that followed 5 days later, New York has gone 15-32 in all their other games this year. That's a "winning" percentage of .319.
Basically, it's losing every series outside of those 15 days of magic. Putting it all together, the Yankees string so far this season has been like this:
4.5 weeks of bad baseball, followed by
1.5 weeks of great baseball, followed by
2 weeks of good baseball, followed by
2 weeks of terrible baseball.
The 1.5 weeks of great baseball offset the 4.5 weeks of bad baseball. But, the 2 weeks of good baseball does not entirely cover the 2 weeks of terrible baseball. Therefore, the Yankees need another good streak now, or they will fall out of this thing in a hurry.
Posted by Steve Lombardi at June 13, 2005 03:51 PM