THE YANKEES HAVE GIVEN ME WRITER'S BLOCK!

I have been officially blocked.  Much like the Yankees and their miracle ride to the playoffs, a roadblock has been keeping me quiet on Twitter, Facebook and Bleeding Yankee Blue over the last week.  I guess the recession of tweets began just after the opening game of the four-day series against the Red Sox on September 5th.  I thought we had that game; I mean Mo was one out from the first few notes of New York, New York chiming through the stadium of electric fans, which saw one of the best comebacks of the season.  Of course, that comeback is fiction, for we came back and then gave it away to the Sox in extra innings and so began my steady decline from writing.  Yes, friends, the Yankees are giving me writer’s block.

I thought I would write about our Cinderella story- our relentless battle back into playoff territory; nope, not happening.  Then, I pitched a story about how I became a Red Sox fan (for Yankees’ sake of course).  I just couldn’t stomach it.  Some fans were coaxing me this week.

Thanks @DougStro and @yankeefrank23 for keeping me honest but even though our banter this week was real, I still had trouble figuring out what to say.  It’s like I was on the disabled list myself- I guess I am in good company with the Captain, now ARod, Gardner, Phelps, Teixeira, among others.

Then there was the Boston Massacre repeat this weekend- I am really in a funk. I ran the Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon on Sunday and I was bombarded with Shane Victorino and Dustin Pedroia tees along with Phillies and Eagles apparel along the route.  I was serenaded with “Fly Eagles, Fly” and I wanted to vomit. I came home from the race to an Eli Manning disaster, followed shortly by ESPN’s coverage of the Sox sweep.   I was happy the Bombers didn’t play on Monday, so I could recoup.  Then it was Tuesday in Toronto and I had a relapse of writer’s block.

Derek Jeter, who is usually my knight in shining armor in September, really got me down with this quote that wound up as my Facebook status late last week, “This whole season has been a nightmare. It is fitting I am going out this way."  Even the Captain is down in the dumps and I don’t blame him. 

So, help me, fans… in this month of despair and this season riddled with injuries, help me get out of my writer’s block.  What can I write about that you want to read about?  How can we help each other get through the last couple of weeks of the season and then regroup for the spring?  Tweet me @suzieprof with you thoughts and ideas!  And if you have a remedy for writer’s block, send it fast!  God Speed!

--Suzie Pinstripe, BYB Opinion Columnist
Twitter: @suzieprof




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