The MLB still exists, promise

Note: This article was written by a guest contributor, Omar.

UH-OH Here we go again.

Well for the most part, football has taken the sports spotlight and it seems as if no one is focusing on the soon to be MLB postseason. Recently the Milwaukee Brewers who are in the wildcard lead just fired their manager Ned Yost which begs the question, were there issues between management and the former Brewer’s skipper? And what a gamble by Brewer’s GM Doug Melvin, firing his manager this late into the season can only mean one thing. He senses from the players the potential for a late season collapse and considering all that was invested in bringing C.C. Sabathia, there has to be pressure from ownership.

Maybe the Brewers find it in them to rally and win a few games, or not be able to adjust to the new managing scheme and falter near the end. All I know is that if the Brewers do not make the playoffs, then there will be some serious questions that GM Doug Melvin has to answer.

On to another NL team and I can sense is as Met Fans are saying “here we go again”. Another late season collapse looms for the Metropolitans this year. Losing closer Billy Wagner has slowly but surely unveiled the weaknesses of the Mets bullpen. The success that Carlos Delgado and Beltran have had is meaningless at this point if the Mets cannot find a way to put together a few wins and hold off the Phillies for the NL East title. But there is one thing that they do have going for them and that is Cy young candidate Johan Santana, whose job is to go out there every fifth day and stop the bleeding and if he does that the New York Mets will be playing come October.

Now to the last and most brutal topic in MLB so far, the New York Yankees will let Yankee stadium fade away into oblivion without a postseason appearance. Unfortunately for Yankee fans, it is so sad to see this be the end to such a historic ballpark and if it’s time to blame anyone, it’s time to blame Joe Girardi. After all the grief that Joe Torre faced last year for his inability to have the Yankees playing in the second round, it’s only fair to scrutinize Girardi for his managing skills. Now optimists bring about the injuries the Yankees suffered, well no one has mentioned the 17 wins that came out of nowhere from Mike Mussina or the acquisitions of Ivan Rodriguez, Xavier Nady, and Damaso Marte.

The fact that Mariano Rivera arguably had his greatest season ever, Derek Jeter has been his usual self of late and that after a 7 game winning streak where the Yankees were right there in the midst of a playoff spot, they faded away which is nothing less than a revelation on Joe Girardi.

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