Great Win In The Land O' Lakes

Finally, a Yankee starter racks up a quality start. Who would have guessed it would be done by Carl Pavano? Not me, but I'm glad he did. I thought that the second go around through the rotation would fare much better than the first, and so far we're off to a good start. Maybe the weather did play more of a factor than we thought? Pavs stepped up his game, going 7 strong. This is the type of outing that the Yankee rotation needed to get the ball rolling. They need to try to 1-up each other and play "anything you can do, I can do better." If the Yankee rotation can give up 4 runs or less, even 5, then the Yankees are going to roll over teams with their offense. You can afford to give up 5 runs a game if you can score 6+. Right now the Yanks are averaging 6.8 runs per game, while giving up 5.5. You can have the greatest rotation in the world and still lose most of your games if you can't score. Take the Red Sox. They've been outscored through their first 6 games, 19-21. What good is having a staff that gives up only 3.5 runs per game if you can only score 3.2? More often than not, you'll lose. The Yankee rotation and the Red Sox lineup are both playing below their potential. If you think that either will continue to do so, you're crazy.
The Yankee D looked sharper than cheddar yesterday. There were a few plays I thought might go for a hit, but the boys got to the ball, fielded it cleanly, and Dougie M took care of the rest. Smooth and sharp, like I expected.
This offense is sick. The Yankee O is currently on pace to score 1100 runs. 1100 runs! A-Rod is in the zone. 3 straight games with a dinger. That should be enough to silence his critics. And half the lineup hasn't even found their groove yet. Once the Yankee O is running on all cylinders, watch out.
The bullpen pitched another 2 scoreless innings. Gotta love it. There numbers as a unit are pretty impressive: 24.1 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 10 BB, 17 K, 1.11 ERA, 0.86 WHIP. Out-freakin-standing. If the pen keeps it up, which I think they can, the Yankees are going to be in every ball game.
Am I the only one who thinks that the team looks loose, like they're having a lot of fun? I like it.
Pettitte's on the bump tonight and he'll be pitching in much better conditions than in his debut. God bless domed stadiums, even if it is the Metrodome. No offense Minnesota.
J