THERE'S NO SMILING IN BASEBALL WHEN YOU LOSE

I like hard play.  That's just me.  When the Yankees win on big plays and hard hitting and they're scoring runs, I'm on top of the world.  But lately there is some strange stuff going on. Stuff I don't like to see...I see smiling dammit, yet the Yankees are losing. What's the deal?

I found it incredibly odd that in last night's 6-5 loss to the Detroit Tigers, a winnable game by the way, Robinson Cano launched one into the outfield only to be caught in the 7th. Then, Octavio Dotel and Robinson Cano shared a tender moment... they laughed about it.

I'm sorry, I love ya Cano, but I have a question...What the hell's going on with my Yankees?  Are you kidding me? Look, I don't care that maybe Cano and Dotel are buddies, or maybe they had a bet and Dotel was collecting right then.  But if I'm Robinson Cano and I'm on a Yankee team that is losing pretty regularly right now, I'm not smiling, I'm aggravated.  And you know what? If you're really NOT aggravated, like Cano clearly wasn't... then fake it.  Fake it for the fans.  Fool the fans then and make us believe you're pissed, because what I saw last night freaking annoyed me.

Which now brings me to my next point and this one is minor, but important.  Nick Swisher is the man, there's no denying it, but the first thing you learn as an outfielder in Little League is to fire the baseball into the infield like a rope. Hard and right to your man, even on a bounce if needed, but you laser it in.

2 times last night Nick Swisher threw the ball in high, like he was throwing over a hill.  I don't know why, and I have no idea what possessed him to do it. I hate to point out fundamentals when it comes to professionals, but that was alittle ridiculous.

Now in fairness, Swisher played a Delmon Young shot off the wall beautifully and threw it into second later on so Young couldn't advance. But the screen shots of the 2 throws earlier in the game (both above) puzzled me. Is he tired? Did he just trust his throw and didn't worry about it? Is it a new habit? I don't get it. The top screen grab is a throw to second. the bottom one is a throw to first to try and pick off the runner. Either way, there is no way you're making a play throwing this high. I remember the "Hawk", Andre Dawson back in the day and he'd throw a laser to first sometimes picking off the runner if they went too far out on a pop fly out.  That's what I want to see...not lobs.

Look, my Yankees are losing right now. Clearly everything I see is amplified 10 times because I'm starting to get frustrated, but I don't know, these types of things are annoying and shouldn't be happening.  Sure, if the Yankees were winning, it wouldn't bother me as much, but they're not... so when they lose, I lose it and look for flaws.  Bottom line, I found some.

The Yanks are slowly letting their lead in the American League East diminish and I don't like it. Anyone with me?

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