Attention Fat Ladies--Begin Warbling

Somewhere between Mulholland Drive and Laurel Canyon, former manager Joe Torre must be laughing his ass off today. That's because the Yankee season is over, regardless of today's outcome.

Here's a top 10 list of reasons the 2008 Yankees' playoff run failed:
Regular readers of TDD understand my penchant for Top 10 lists (probably because I'm a frustrated comedy writer)

10.) Girardi's curious managing early..See Kennedy's wash-out start in KC
9.) Injuries. A factor yes, but not the death-knell with these guys
8.) Sixty percent of your rotation is currently Ponson, Pavano and Rasner
7.) The threesome of Joba, Hughes, Kennedy had exactly two wins
6.) Paucity of big hits late; A-ROD has 2 RBIS in innings 8 & 9
5.) When the left-field fans have a better arm than your left-fielder...not good
4.) Too much attention paid to The Mustache, Stray-Rod, and Converting Joba
3.) Besides Mariano, bullpen is more suspect than OJ Simpson
2.) Having 7 DHs is akin to having no DH
1.) Say it with me: Fun, Fun, Fundamentals. It was as foreign to this team as food stamps. The lack of stolen bases, tagging up, playing defense...all of it. Time to throw the dirt on this bunch....


So now that the baseball season has ended....let me leave you with this:

"You know what the difference Is between hitting .250 and hitting
.300? It's one. 25 hits a year in 500 at bats is 50 points. There's 6 months in a season....That's about 25 weeks-you get one extra flare a week-just one-a gork, a ground ball with eyes, a dying quail--just one more dying qual a week and you're in Yankee Stadium". -- Kevin Costner in "Bull Durham"