New York Yankees

This past weekend was an extremely bad one for Yankees fans.  Many fans are now suffering from sweepitis, a debilitating disease brought on by getting owned by the Red Sox for three straight games.

Symptoms include

• Wanting Joba to go back to the bullpen.
• Continuously seeing images of Jacoby Ellsbury stealing home.
• Wanting to shave Kevin Youkilis' beard.
• Wondering why CC and AJ are getting paid so much.
• Wondering who Angel Berroa is.
• Actually missing A-Rod.

Brett Gardner was chosen to start in centerfield for the New York Yankees coming out of Spring Training.

The team now has 18 games under its belt and the record is 9-9. That record coming off an embarrassing sweep by their arch rivals, the Boston Red Sox, in Fenway over the weekend.

There are many problems with the New York team right now.

The biggest problem has been pitching. It has been very, very bad.

Having Alex Rodriquez on the disabled list has created problems on offense and defense.

Enter Sandman by Metallica starts blasting through the Yankee Stadium loud speakers at the top of the ninth inning. If there ever was a song opposing players of any team wished they would never have to listen to, this would be their choice.

The crowd gets up and roars its approval as the inevitable is about to happen. The Yankees have the lead and are about to give the ball to their 39 year old one pitch closer. Just so happens, Mariano Rivera is as dominating as ever.

In the past two days, three Yankees have been put on the DL. Are the Yankees headed down the same road with injuries as they were last season?

Alex Rodriguez started the party with hip surgery in March and was put on the disabled list (or the DL as it is commonly known around baseball) until May 15th.

Xavier Nady was the next to go a little over a week into the season with a strain in his elbow. The Yankees aren't sure when he'll make his return.

When is Joe going to learn how to manage the bullpen? I'm starting to think Don Mattingly should absolutely be the Yankee manager at this point. Too bad he's with Torre in L.A. now.

Looking at the first two games of the Red Sox series (especially the first one), I can't help but wonder what's going on here. In the 11th inning after getting Ortiz out why is Marte still in the game? Let's be honest; he is typically a specialist (even though I hate that kind of management) and is not fit to pitch two innings.

According to Peter Abraham of the Journal News, Yankees' setup man Brian Bruney’s elbow problems are nothing serious, just a strained flexor muscle in his right elbow, and he should be back within the next 2-3 weeks.

Two games versus the Boston Red Sox in April does not mean anything.

As far as I am concerned, without Alex Rodriguez and the struggles of our number two starter Chien-Ming Wang, I am satisfied with a 9-8 start heading into Sunday.

Watching the last two games has been tough, because both games the Yankees could have easily won and they let them get away.

The positives I am seeing aren't outweighing the negative, but it is close.

Robinson Cano is hitting .366 and tearing the cover off the ball, adding two home runs and five RBI in yesterdays loss.