MISSING MY YANKEES MAGICAL FEELING

We are close to the end of September. This is the time of the year where I get the playoff bug, as I like to call it. I get all excited, and anxious and ready for those magical postseason thrills. The tingles are there and just ready for the magic to happen. Something this year is just different even though we just clinched a playoff spot.

Maybe it's just me, but it doesn't feel the same. This team just doesn't inspire those magical feelings. I desperately want them to, but I don't have that feeling. I have been talking baseball with a bunch of coworkers and friends and they all have those tingles that I desperately want. What's wrong with me?

I get excited watching Aaron Judge. That's no surprise, we know how great he is. I have enjoyed watching his home run chase and I've been thankful he's been healthy (I'm knocking on real wood right now). He's the excitement of the team. He's got the "IT" factor that I wish the rest of this team has.

Then there is Juan Soto. He is the guy that brings us all hope. We see how great he's been especially in Yankee stadium, and here I am wishing on every star that we can re-sign him and that the Yankees won't just balk and walk away. When the crowd is shouting at him and asking him to please stay, it's a big deal. He's been a bigger game changer than I expected. I just hope Brian Cashman and Hal Steinbrenner don't screw it up....but I don't have high expectations.

So that is my excitement. I really appreciate what Austin Wells has brought to the table this season. I can't bear to watch Clay Holmes anymore, I'm over it. I don't think Gerrit Cole is the "ace" we need him to be anymore. This team, doesn't leave me with that fall classic excitement. I really want that feeling....am I alone on an island?

This team just needs a complete makeover with a new manager because Aaron Boone is a moron, a new GM because Cashman is out of touch and 95% of the roster just needs to go. I just don't get that "championship" feeling from this team.....and I want it. I'm sitting here feeling jealous of all of my friends and coworkers who are riding this late regular season high and excited for the playoffs.

Is it too much to ask for? Anyone else out there feel the same? 

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj