UGLY!--Peter

Well, Jenn, the title says it all! Here we were going into tonight's first of three at the Fens, no less, against Mr. Hankie's Yankees--coming off a Toronto sweep and a run of six out of seven wins. Even with Penny on the mound (please let him join Smoltz, Theo)it looked like we had a chance. So much for 'looked like'. Final score was 20-11, Stripes. The only time after they got going that we were close was at the end of the first inning when we only trailed 2-1. After that it wasn't so much down hill as off a cliff! Don't want to talk much about it, but if one can find a silver lining, remember, I was the one the morning after the 19-7 crushing by these same guys in '04 who said to you that the rules require a team to win four to take the series. And we all know what happened next. Well, here we are 7.5 out of first with 39 games left in the season, five of them against these same Stripes. This time, however, we only lost by nine. In '04 it was by 11. Gotta' look for signs of something. Tomorrow's another day.