It only takes 1 bad week......

To kill a good month. From June 1st to June 17th the Yankees won 13 out of 16 games. It was during this time that I thought the season was turning for the better. Well my friends a little over a week later and this baseball team went from looking like the championship ballclub they should be to the lousy, can't do anything right, under .500 team that they currently are. The idea of catching Boston has come and gone in my eyes. Obviously I would love to eat my words about that in a few months but I don't see it happening. I know a lot of people want to throw dirt on the Yankees and if you do I can't blame you. They haven't given much of a reason not too. The only thing going for this team is the season still has a lot of games left. I'm not writing this blog on August 27th, it's still June...barely.... After the all star break the season will be determined in 2 parts in my eyes. The first part is July 12th to August 8th. During that time the Yankees will play Tampa 8 times, KC 7 times, Toronto 7 times, and Baltimore and Chicago each 3 times. I would think that the Yankees could turn it around against those teams. Then again after watching them get swept by the Rockies and dropping 2 of 3 from San Fran who the fuck knows. If the Yankees can manage to put together a good stretch of baseball during this time that will set them up for Part 2. From August 10th to August 30th the Yanks will play games against the best AL teams. 8 against the Tigers, 3 against Indians, 3 against the Angels, and 3 against Boston. Mixed in between is a 3 game set against Baltimore. Come the end of August the Yankees need to be within 5 games of the wildcard can't be anymore. Less would be great. That is how I see it folks. Then again, 15 days ago I saw a glimpse of a championship team. Bottom line is I will not turn my back on my beloved Yankees. Nor will I jump ship. I will ride through the storm with a hope that the sun will comeback out. Until next time this is Brother P saying good day everyone.