The names are ma sive.Babe Ruth. Lou Gehrig. Mickey Mantle.

Posted by Abbey Pendleton on October 19th, 2017

The names are ma sive.Babe Ruth. Lou Gehrig. Mickey Mantle. Even Jason Giambi is a huge name when you consider just how good he was at his prime. Now Curtis Granderson joins that group the only real Yankees to ever hit 40 homers in back-to-back seasons. Who'd have thought?

But really, isnt the way in which this Yankees team feels every so often? Its simple to forget that, regardle s of the flaws, theyre doing a bit of things pretty much.

I think the thing were doing now is just finding new ways to win, Granderson said last night. It John Elway Jersey s not nece sarily been the same thing each time out. Some happen to be prettier than the others, but the fact that youre able to pick up Ws is what you certainly need to do. Once you get an opportunity to play in the postseason, youve reached Mark Nzeocha Jersey find methods to perform top at the end of the sport, and thats what weve been able to do during the last little while here.

Last night it had been pitching and home runs, which isnt particularly surprising (the Yankees are built for all those things). But theyve also won on nights when the offense hasnt appeared. And theyve won with late-inning rallies once the pitching staff has nearly blown it. Ichiro Suzuki is in demand. Raul Ibanez is driving the ball again. And Granderson remains among the games best home run hitters even as his batting average dips and the strikeouts increase.

Is that going to be enough?

The Yankees acquired a half game last night which is huge considering the way this division race went the past few weeks and theyve played pretty good baseball these previous weeks. But there are always questions, arent there? Take a look at Granderson. Joshua Perry Jersey The man hits 40 homers for a second straight year while playing center field, but hes not the general hitter he was last year. The pitching staff continues to be pretty good, but Hiroki Kuroda is slipping the very first time in months and CC Sabathia hasnt gotten on the roll. Its a poor here we are at Robinson Cano to go stone cold.

Hes not making the solid contact regularly at this time, Joe Girardi said. Could it be that hes played lots of games? Sure. Our schedules been type of rough? Sure. But its that time of the year; youve got to fight through some things.

A little bit later,Girardi said this.

We all believe in Robbie a great deal around here. We all know hes likely to be there.

I gue s my question this morning is that this: Do you believe in this team right now? Do you think the Yankees are going to be there if this counts?

The Yankees have provided you reasons to not believe. Theyve blown a 10-game division lead, theyve lost Dashaun Phillips Jersey a lot of talent to the disabled list there happen to be instances when theyve played bad baseball. But theyve also given good reasons to think they can take the division and make a run in the playoffs.Andy Pettitte looks great, Derek Jeter has a bouncebackyear and the Yankees arent completely out of the mix to find the best record within the American League.

With nine games left, what do you think of this team?

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