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And the Oscar goes to...

By ClassicRocker06, Section MLB
Posted on Sat May 28 2005 at 11:43 PM EST
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The 2005 New York Yankees for best... coming out of the basement sports-esque miracle run?

It's not like these kids aren't already bursting at the seams from laughing at the Yankees failure at playing the game. It's like the Bombers have totally forgotten how to play baseball. The fielding errors, the missed opportunities, the horrendous base running are all playing gigantic roles in the Plight of the Pinstripes. Not to mention our farm system's lack of skills. No wonder we don't go down there for talent anymore.  Yes, one could argue that "they aren't used to the pace of the MLB", well that may be true, but baseball is baseball. If the basics are there, anyone can excel at any level of play.

We need a spark, and a spark quickly. Could Mussina's outing against the equally pathetic and normally much better A's be that spark? Well, we ended a 5 game skid with the win today and Mussina flashed better leather than I think the entire team combined has in the past few games. He only allowed 3 hits and no runs at all. I think the fact that the Yankees won, let alone shut out the A's was enough to give some of the Yanks older fans some cardiac trouble. On NY Channel 9, they reported a huge spike in heart related trouble in the Manhattan and Bronx areas, so apparently it did.

 Now being the optimistic and generally inexperienced high schooler that I am, I'm going to say that the Yankees could be showing signs of life. I think that this scenario could play out into a very cheesy Hollywood-like story, such as the one of the Indians in the Major League movies. They start off in the basement of the division and by some miracle of the Baseball Gods, we win the division and make the playoffs. Cheesy and overdone? You bet your boots it's been overdone, in about every sports movie ever made there is always that team that overcomes every possible set back and wins the game by one run or one field goal or a touchdown. Almost every movie in the "Sports" category at Blockbuster has this plot as its main story line and people eat it up. So will the 2005 Yankees become a Blockbuster hit? Or will the outcome be worse than Alexander's reviews? Only time will tell...