What Happened?

What happened? Why couldn't we get through the ALDS? It's simple. The #1 offense in the regular season was once again shut down in the post-season. Bottom line, they did not hit with runners in scoring position. Not only A-Rod, but basically the entire lineup besides Johnny Damon and Robinson Cano SUCKED with runners on base. That includes regular clutch performers Jorge Posada and Derek Jeter. Two men that have been with the Yankees since the beginning of the Joe Torre era in 1996, absoultely stunk up the place.

I just don't understand how every single year the offense dies out come October, and I'm damn sick of it. You can blame Wang choking in the clutch big time twice. As much as I'd like to, you really can't contribute Wang to the 'DS loss. The Yankees proved they could overcome those deficits all season long. If your going to suck with RISP, please don't wait until the postseason, because I was amped going into this series with the Yankees overpowering and CLUTCH offense.

Oh, and don't give me that BS about the bugs costing them the game in game 2. You can't win a game scoring one run in the playoffs, I don't care if you have Joba The Great and a future hall of famer in your bullpen. It's not happening.

Every single year fans wine and moan about the post-season pitching, yet everyone seems just seems to forget the offense' abysmal showing at the plate. Although it looked like they might have been able to come back early on in game 1, the terrible pitching took the spirit out of the game for the Yankees offense, scoring only three times. The Yankees easily got enough pitching to win game 2 and couldn't. Game three was won on the back of Phil Hughes(I still love his pitching) and FINALLY some offense. In game 4 they had many chances to overcome Wang's nerve-wracking performance, and just could not threw, falling victim to...Paul Byrd.

Please don't blame Chien-Ming Wang for this lost season. Blame the line-up. The whole goddamn line-up. This team needs and is ready for a complete overhaul. At this point I really don't care if Joe Torre stays or not. He did the best he could, and the players simply didn't play. However a new face of the ball club may feel nice and fresh for the organization, and I wouldn't be against it if the right man was brought in.