Roger Clemens made his final start in the minor leagues on Monday, and he will no doubt be starting for the Yankees soon, that is not the question. The question is: Will the Yankees finally wake up and try to make an improbable comeback against their hated rival, the Red Sox? In April, the problem with the Yankees was that they had no pitching, they had the offense, but they had no pitching. What a difference a month makes! Now the Yankees have the pitching, no doubt, with the return of Clemens, but Now they have no offense! A-Rod, Matsui, Jeter, Abreu are all ice cold, and this is the heart of the Yankee order! However the Red Sox are Red Hot, and they are NOT going to relinquish their lead in the American League East, meaning the Yankees will be out of the playoffs for the first time in the Joe Torre era. The Joe Torre era of the Yankees will be over when they fail to make the playoffs. To those who do not think this is possible, I urge you to remember October of last year, when the Yankees made the playoffs and were swept by the eventual American League Champion Detroit Tigers. The days afterwards were filled with reports that Joe Torre would be fired and that Lou Pinella would become the new Manager of the Yankees. Torre was not fired, and Pinella is now with stuck with the same old Chicago Cubs. Torre will get the Donald Trump Treatment from the slowly fading George Steinbrenner, and that raises many more questions: who would replace Torre? Would Roger Clemens retire and actually mean it? Would Jason Giambi still be on the Yankees, or would his contract be voided for opening his mouth about steroids?
Many questions in the Bronx right now, and we should get an answer to them all by Opening Day of Next Year.
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