It Got Late Early this Season

Yogi must be as shocked as most casual Yankee fans at how their season ended in Detroit--but truth is the Tigers had more talent where it mattered most- STARTING PITCHING AND MIDDLE RELIEF. Joe Torre won four titles with arms like Cone, Pettitte, Wells, Clemens, Rivera, Stanton, Nelson and Mendoza among many others. That was good starting pitching, good middle relief and a great closer. They lost to Arizona with a pretty good pitching staff because Arizona got lucky in a close game 7. They were dominated by Florida in the Series- young arms, upper 90's, and great defense. Jim Leyland has been there before and his teams know how to win. The Tigers are just starting to get some respect from fans and media but the OWNERS NEED TO HAVE THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WIN THE WORLD SERIES because the growing belief that their league is inferior might begin to hurt them at the gate-- Tigers go to the Series but the Mets would be favored to win if they are the opponent. It will depend on the health of the Tiger relievers because they are having some problems now with Zumaya... Yankee fans can look forward to an off season where some big needs get looked at with much more urgency--look for some big efforts to trade for young power arms.