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The Yankees are proving the doubters wrong.  The doubters are people like me.  It's refreshing.  

It's what a competitor does.  Let's hope it continues because I am loving every minute of it.  

And just to be clear; My beef is not with the players. My beef is with the Yankees front office that are not giving this team what they need to deliver.  I am eating crow right now, but that's the name of the game with you're a critic.  But the truth is 2 games don't make a World Series team, but these 2 games do prove that these players will not quit. I appreciate it, love it, admire it.  

Empire Sports Media writes:

"The New York Yankees have won their first two games of the regular season against the Houston Astros... flying under the radar is the impact of Oswaldo Cabrera, their super-utility man who barely even cracked the roster after a disappointing spring training. Cabrera, 25, hit .213/.302/.362 this spring, including two homers and three RBIs over 20 games. "

Who knows why it's guys like Cabrera that are red hot.  I really don't care, as long as the Astros are destroyed.

The other part of this game that made sense to me? Capitalizing on mistakes from their opponent and playing small ball. Two things the Yankees rarely were able to execute last season. In other words, the Yankees aren't playing like the Yankees, they're playing like a small market team... or a team under someone like Bruce Bochy... or a team that typically is not managed by Aaron Boone. The Yankees are actually playing baseball.

The Houston Chronicle writes:

" Jeremy Peña fielded a slow bleeder from New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe in the eighth inning, his next decision came a millisecond too late. He tossed to Jose Altuve... but the toss was far behind the veteran infielder.... The error allowed Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo, who had singled at the top of the frame, to score from second, and Alex Verdugo to bypass second easily and advance to third. Volpe reached first to put runners at the corners."

"The second domino to fall in that eighth inning occurred after Yankees catcher Austin Wells laid a bunt on a safety squeeze to Astros reliever Parker Mushinski, who misfired to first and allowed Verdugo to score from third. Oswaldo Cabrera followed with a two-run single adding the third and fourth runs of the inning before the Astros called Brandon Bielak out of the bullpen. "

When in the past do we read about the Yankees doing the little things?  Think about it? This is a great start.

More to come today and hopefully a sweep.  I applaud these players... but don't think for a second that I'm not still annoyed at the Yankees front office for dragging their feet on pitching this offseason. I never forget.

Go Yanks.