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Jason Giambi launched a blast and later a game-winning bullet, rocking the aging house for what was surely the last Yankees-Red Sox game at this Yankee Stadium. The heroics by the lame-duck former star at the about-to-be-demolished ballpark salvaged a game, spared some more bad feelings and brought rare glee. Yet, they only temporarily put off thoughts of the storied club's inevitable elimination.
"The Yankees have no chance to get into the playoffs,'' asserted one American League scout. "I watch this team, and it's just not a playoff team.''
The team with the $209-million payroll and four locks for the Hall of Fame may yet be capable of a surprise, or two. But to this point, the surprises all have been bad. The offense that was supposed to have 900-run potential has been bland and mediocre. And the defense, at once porous and careless, can't even sniff mediocrity.


Why the Yankees are done - Jon Heyman - SI.com

[Bleedin Purple]

Hopefully, finally, a Post-season without the Yankees.

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It's over when the incredibly over-rated Robinson Cano nonchalants a DP ball and screws it up , allowing the 6-2 lead to evaporate. A-Rod comes up and hits into a DP with men on first and second and no outs in the ninth. Giambi to the rescue? No. Girardi has replaced his glove with career minor league Cody Ransom, who flies out to end the game. Dead in the water now.