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May 17, 2007

Feels Like 1995?

The Yankees, coming into today's game, are 18-20 and 8 games back of the Boston Red Sox.

By my quick review, the last time the Yankees had a record this bad after their first 38 games was 1995.

At that time, in '95, the Yankees were 15-23 and 10.5 games back of the Boston Red Sox.

However, New York went on to play .604 baseball for the rest of the season and eventually secured the A.L. Wildcard spot for the post-season. (Getting David Cone in a July trade helped New York.) Still, for the record, the Yanks did end up 7 games back of Boston at year end. (Both Boston and New York would go on to lose in the LDS that post-season.)

It will be interesting to see if 2007 ends up like 1995 did - for both Boston and New York. That season, 1995, was the "Year Before Torre." If 2007 ends the same, maybe 2006 should have been "The Last Year For Torre" - and then his Yankees career would have had perfect bookends around it.

Posted by Steve Lombardi at May 17, 2007 12:58 PM

Comments

I sure don't want to see Torre gone. I hope this isn't his last year. He can manage the Yanks for as long as he wants, as far as I'm concerned.

Posted by: Garcia [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 17, 2007 01:45 PM

Steve--I heard somewhere that Farnsworth spoke out against Clemens' travel plan with the Yanks. Does anyone know more about this?

Posted by: Joel [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 17, 2007 02:00 PM

Getting David Cone in a July trade helped New York.
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Reuben Sierra too :p

Did they arrive at the same time, I remember Sierra was giving an interview (MSG?), and the interviwer abruptly cut it as Cone entered the room, or walkway, or whatever. Thought it was pretty funny.

Or since it was 12 years ago, my mind could be playing tricks on me... Anyone remember that?

Posted by: Raf [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 17, 2007 02:38 PM

Farnsworth told a Chicago radio show that he wasn't too fond of Clemens's "family plan." He basically said if you're going to be on a team, you should be with the team.

When asked about it, Torre got kind of snippy. he said he wasn't going to worry about it until there was something to worry about.

Posted by: snowball003 [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 17, 2007 03:00 PM