Settle down, youngin's

No one's posted in days, because we are both in a complete daze. Not just from work, but because our teams suck. The Yankees are merely mediocre right now, starting out at 4-4, which they have done for the past five years, so no cause for alarm as they haven't missed the playoffs in those years, but they also haven't brought home one bit of hardware except for A-Rod's MVP trophies in that time, and kudos to him, but who the fuck cares. We want rings.
The Giants on the other hand, are awful. Two (2) and Six (6)...how they ever managed to win 2 is anyone's guess. Fifty (50) percent of those wins are attributed to Tim Lincecum, who is going to be a stud, and will be gone either this year or next in a SF Giant's mid-year fire sale. Get your Time Lincecum Bobbleheads while you can Giant's fans, and you can say you knew him when.
Shame on you, San Francisco giants, you have a payroll of 90.5 million dollars, which, is only good enough for 11th in the league (that is a travesty right there), but good GOD 90.5 million dollars should at least be able to buy a better run differential than -25 after 8 games. Paying for superstars doesn't kill you, but paying for mediocrity does, and when Barry Zito (10m) and Ray Durham (7m and turning 37 at the end of the season) are your top earners - you are a culprit, not a victim. San Francisco, you owe it to your fans, because you have a great stadium, you're a commercial moneymaker, and these guys have stuck with you for years, and how many rings do you have since you moved to San Francisco? That's what i thought, go sit in the corner.
The Yankees are a whole other can of worms, and by comparison, their 195 million dollar .500 team is about the same equivalent of the Giants, though their record is nominally better and their run differential isn't as shudder-inducing. A lot of it has to deal with contracts to aging veterans such as Posada and Rivera, one of whom is back to his youthful form. Posada's year last year was an aberration, not a preview. He will have more good years, but none like last. The simple reason these Yankees paid these guys this much money, that they would not have received anywhere else (save Rivera), is because they could. It's the same reason the Sox overpaid on Drew, but this isn't about money, this is about teams that stink right now, and the Red Sox and the Tigers are getting a free pass because I'm pressed for time.
Mathematically, at some point, the bats have to wake up, same as the Tigers, but that's what people said all year last year about the White Sox, and they were a joke. Sometimes the Gods of Baseball rear their ugly head and things happen you can never explain, such as Chuck Knoblauch somehow being unable to hit the first baseman, but becoming amazing at hitting a patch of dirt five feet in front of him on every throw. Am I panicked? No. Am I worried? Yes. But at the end of the day I know it matters to the guys who run my team, and that's what counts. And that's why I wag the finger of shame at the San Francisco Giants: care more, try harder, make better deals, and don't let Scott Boras tell you that Barry Zito is a top of the rotation guy, when even Barry himself didn't buy it. Chew on that, and see if there's still enough HGH in Bond's old locker to get Lincecum to pitch all 154 remaining games.

-Jobimoto out

"Candlesticks make a nice gift. Let's get two!"