EVERYBODY CALM DOWN... WE GOT THIS

When the bombs are dropping all around you; when enemy fire is pinning you to the ground; when the cavalry is not coming, who do you turn to? The rookies?

No. This is when you want to be surrounded with veterans. You want the grizzled, the battle-hardened, the men who have been there before. Like the Yankees, you trust in experience.

Andy Pettitte doesn’t do doom and gloom. As the New York media bemoaned and bewailed, Andy just went out and did his thing the other night.  That thing has become a 2-0 record with a 1.20 ERA. He served a wake-up call to the rest of the rotation with his first dominant win, and put an exclamation point on it with his second.  All in a days work for Andy. Been there, done that. Just being the backbone of the Yankees’ rotation. No big deal. Pettitte of course, is not a new signing. Many critics have turned up the heat on the Yankees back offices because they didn’t get any fresher talents for the team.

Instead the Bronx signed old dogs when they should be hiring young lions. Kevin Youkilis? Travis Hafner? Lyle Overbay? Vernon Wells? Re-signing Ichiro? What are they thinking?

But somebody in the back rooms had their thinking cap on. Somebody remembered that you need the veterans for when the heat is on. Somebody thought about Andy Pettitte. They went for seasoned and grizzled instead of fresh and cocky. Yes, there was a stumble out of the gate, but things have started to click.  We called Travis Hafner a while ago as a good thing. Others are now taking notice as well.

Same thing with Vernon Wells, we said he would be fine. And whaddaya know, the rest of the media is coming around now too.

Oh and Ichiro hit a home run this week too. When enemy fire gets intense, experience will get you through more than anything else. Age and treachery will always win out and all that.

So we are just going to remind everyone reading right now; calm down, the vets have got this. The Office knew what they were doing.

Nobody ever listens to us and we’re always right…

 
Chad R. MacDonald
BYB Writer
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