Pitching (in Bostonese: “Derp Derp Da Derp”)

The Yankees have finally ended the month of April with an impressive 9-14 record.  The reason is that it’s impressive because of how surprisingly awful it is, at least for a Yankee fans.  The Yanks lost 5 out of 6 against the Red Sox and now all of Red Sox Nation (or Hezbollah) have come out of the woodwork using the mantra I despise so badly “Good Pitching Always Prevails.”  Obviously the Yanks have lacked this outside of Andy Pettitte, but lets look at the sweep in Fenway eh?

Curt Schilling: 7 IP, 8 hits, 5 ER, 2 HR, 1 BB, 5 K
                     Red Sox need to rally off Rivera to win (offense beats bullpen)
Josh Beckett: 6.2 IP, 9 hits, 4 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
                    Obviously a better start than Schilling.  But still, not a quality start
Dice-K Matsuzaka: 7 IP, 8 hits, 6 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
                    The strikeouts are there, but still not a good start.  It took 4 straight homers to win that one, once again, offense prevails

The Yankees offense is in a slump.  Arod has cooled off after the hot start.  Bobby Abreu is in the worst slump of his career.  Robinson Cano hasn’t been hitting either.  Melky Cabrera is a rally killer.  Johnny Damon’s back is in terrible shape.  The Bullpen is overworked.  Sure, the pitching staff has been awful, but Boston’s hasnt been too dominant lately either and yet they appear to be running away with the division.

I’m telling ya.  Hitting is key for this time of year.  The Red Sox simply out hit the Yankees the past 2 weekends.  And thats why they won.  The Yanks are in a slump together, and hopefully they will get out of it, together.  All they need is one good month, and before you know it they’re above .500 and back in the hunt for the AL East Crown