OAK at NYY

[Pharmcat]

[Pharmcat]

Jose Veras says suck it to NYY fans on realgm except for Jeff..

Great win.. we're 9-6.. when was the last time we were 3 games over .500 the first 15 games..

Last year we were 9-7 through 16 games, but we were under .500 as late as 61 games into the season (30-31)

2007 we were 8-7 and then lost 6 in a row to fall to 8-13
2006 we started 7-8 but turned it on and got to 19-12
2005 we started 6-9 and fell as low as 11-19
2004 we started 8-7 and then lost 4 in a row
2003 we started 12-3 and got out to a 20-4 start (completely forgot about that)

So basically, barring a long losing streak in the next week or two, this could end up being our best April in 6 years...pathetic

i know we have a lot of vets who take a while to get going

but maybe im just cynical, i just think that habit needs to kicked now...with BOS and TB at top, TOR and BALT all having talent on their teams, the division is just too close now...hence, every game matters in april as much as in august (gone are the years where balt and tor and tb sucked, and bos ran out of gas mid summer, leaving us at the top)....err, just my 2 cents

[Pharmcat]

I think Melky deserves some credit here. We all forgot about him and for the most part gave up on him. The way last season ended for him and then losing the CF job to Gardner in spring training, I thought for sure his confidence was shot and he was all but done in NY. Now he is tied for the team lead in HRs in just 23 at bats this season and is driving the ball and playing great in all 3 OF positions when called upon.

EDIT:
I don't expect all of that to keep up, but it is good to know that he kept working hard regardless and soon may have his job back if things keep going like this.

with matsui shot, nady on dl, and damon needing days off, melky will be important piece for us

[TKF]

nice win. Great day for melky. I love how he has hung in there and not lost confidence..

What happened to CC today?

[Pharmcat]

nice win. Great day for melky. I love how he has hung in there and not lost confidence..

What happened to CC today?

he got booed lol

he has no control right now

[Lconte17]

if u recall CC got shelled to begin last year, before he transformed into the second coming of Jesus