"Again, too bad this didn't come when it mattered....

2008-09-14T23:31:02.729-04:00

"Again, too bad this didn't come when it mattered."

I think a more appropriate criticism might be: too bad the Yankees wasted two thousand plate appearances this year on Melky, Cano, Molina, and the entire bench. The last Yankee team to give even close to that many plate appearances to way below average hitters was the 1991 team. Not surprisingly, the offense has struggled this year as a result of so many automatic outs in the lineup. Sure, it would have been nice if Alex of Jason hit better in the clutch this year or if Jeter didn't have so many double play outs, but ultimately, the most critical reason for the offensive struggles is the wasted 2000 plate appearances on the aforementioned hitters. A lot of the Yankee team struggles with RISP are also strongly related to these wasted 2000 plate appearances.

That is way too many plate appearances to just throw away like that, especially when the pitching staff has guys like Ponson/Rasner/Igawa/Hughes/Kennedy starting 50 games this year with completely terrible overall results.

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"Again, too bad this didn't come when it mattered....