Sorry Soriano

I love C.C. Sabathia. Maybe it's just the fact his Mom had to bring his Birth Certificate to his Little League Games because he was so big. But I think it's more he can pitch 7 shut-out innings, only giving up 2 hits and one walk.

To me, that sounds like a solid game... and definitely deserving of the win. However, the Yankees Bullpen gave up his seven innings of work, in just three short outs. And the responsible reliever is Rafael Soriano, our new reliever from the Rays. Last year, Soriano had a 1.73 ERA pitching in 64 games. His career ERA is an impressive 2.72 over 8 seasons. However, his ERA for this season is down the tank today. He loaded the bases mostly on

walks, and then walked in the Twins first run. The Yankees brought in David Robertson who gave up a double, and tied the game. The Twins ultimately won the game in 10 innings.

It's hard to say anything bad about David Robertson after last season. He had a 3.82 ERA with a career average of 3.96. Talk about consistency. But the bases were loaded when he took over the mound.... and it was Soriano who put the runners aboard. I hope that Soriano can survive the pressure of the pinstripes and come out with a solid 1.73 ERA again this year. But as for me, if Sabathia ends this season with only 19 wins, I know who I'll be blaming.

We Hate the Mets. The Mets Suck.

I have no choice but to hate the Mets. I'm sorry all you Mets fans out there, but I'm a Yankees fan... so I have to hate the Mets. I don't really know why. I just do.

Fortunately, this year, I have a few more reasons to hate the inferior team in New York.

This guy here is Met's pitching coach Dan Warthen. After his mediocre Major League Career, with an ERA of 4.31 over 4 seasons. he became the pitching coach for the Mets. Now, no one is going to claim the Mets have great pitching. The best they have is Johan Santana, and even with his 2.98 ERA in 2010 his lack of run support earned him 11 wins.

Their pathetic starting pitching also called for a strong bullpen, and that's where Pedro Feliciano comes in. Warthen had him in 92 games last year! That's right, 92. When his contract was up, they gladly gave him to the Yankees for an $8 million, 2 year deal. No big deal, until Warthen had the audacity to claim they didn't want their left hand specialist anymore, because he pitched too much last year. Who's fault is that Warthen?

This was in response to Yankees GM Brian Cashman who said the Mets abused Feliciano by pitching him too much. Those 92 games put Feliciano on the DL for the first time in his career with a strained rotator-cuff. But, not to fear. Feliciano promised big results in the Subway Series. He promised to strike out Mets power-hitter Ike Davis and then jump on the mound. As for me, I can't wait to see it. Glad to have you Pedro.