Alas, we have arrived at our last blog post for the semester and we have been given free reign over our content so I've decided to post about something that I am most passionate about. I am an avid Yankee fan and the season so far could not have gotten off to a better start.

The team has begun the season 9-3 which paces an astounding 123 wins for the season (I know its wishful thinking but hey, thats what being a fan is about). The pitching has been absolutely dominant lead by 37 year old Andy Pettitte who has seeming found the fountain of youth along with his pinpoint control and a stellar 1.35 ERA.

One of the most encouraging signs is that the production on this team has been coming from unexpected sources. The well compensated, highly touted middle of their lineup consisting of Alex Rodriguez and Mark Texiera have gotten off to very slow starts by their lofty standards. They remain 5th in all of baseball in run production despite the abysmal start to the season by their main run producers. The idea that this lineup can be this productive while receive little help from their 3 and 4 hitters should strike fear in the rest of the league for the inevitable day when these two proven veterans get locked in and back to their normal levels of production.

Lastly, the only thing that can be more satisfying from for a Yankee fan than the success of the Yankees is the failure of the Red Sox. Boston is off to their worst start in recent memory and is tied for the third worst record in all of baseball trailing only Baltimore and Houston. Everything seems to be falling apart in chowda land. The man that was pillar of their lineup for so many years, David Ortiz, is looking every day and then some of his 34 years. It seems awfully coincidental that the meteoric decline in his production coincides with baseballs testing for steroids his his positive drug test. Far be it from me to jump to conclusions.