Josh Q. Public: Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer. Well, can you put your hands in your head, oh no! -Supertramp
Public Service Announcement: OK, here we go! The second half of the baseball season starts today. Round two, I’m down to do, what it takes to make you understand I’m the Candyman and I melt in your mouth, not in your hands. So little Derek Jeter thinks the big bad Bombers have a shot of overtaking the first place Boston Red Sox. Is he serious? I think he’s delirious. Smoking something mysterious. He’s just not thinking clearious. Let’s everybody get this straight, the New York Yankees are not a good baseball team. They’re not. You can fantasize about the good ole’ days. You can fantasize about the team Gene “the Stick” Michaels put together only to watch be destroyed by Brian Cashman. You can reminisce about the 1978 squad. You can hark back to the black and white images of Yankees yore. Good luck to ya. Ever since Pedro, Schilling, Papi and the boys woke up the damn Bambino and drilled him in the ####, things are have been a lot different around here. There’s a new sheriff in town. And I want the rest of you cowboys to know something, there’s a new sheriff in town. And his name is Reggie Hammond. So y’all be cool. Right on. The Yankees are a sub-five hundred team. The Yankees are ten games back. The Yankees are 8-17 vs. the American League East. The Yankees are 6-14 in one run ball games. The Yankees are not very good. They are looking to Hip-Hip Jorge for power numbers. That’s not a reason to be cheerful. There’s a cheerful little earful. Gosh I miss it something fearful. The Yankees are missing some big bats in that line-up. Sheffield. Gone. Giambi. For all intensive purposes, gone. Abreu. An abject disastah. Sure A-Broad is getting it done. But isn’t this more of the same? Getting it done when it doesn’t matter? I’m not talking about individual games. He’s getting it done when it matters there. I’m talking about the season. Getting it done in a season that doesn’t matter. Fat Roger? Mediocre. Petite? Mediocre. His last two games? Six innings, sixteen runs. Bullwinkle? The most mediocre. 4-6 with a 4.62 ERA. Even Vegas has no faith. Viva Las Vegas! Viva Las Vegas! Viva, viva Las Vegas! Vegas baby, Vegas. What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. The Yankees are currently a 7-1 dog to win the AL. The Yankees are currently 15-1 dog to win the whole enchilada. You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog, cryin’ all the time. You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog, cryin’ all the time. Well, you ain’t never caught a rabbit and you ain’t no friend of mine. Ha ha ha. Who are the favorites you ask? When the dog bites. When the bee stings. When I’m feeling sad. I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don’t feel…so bad. Why the Red Sox of course. Roll Sox, roll!
Public Acknowledgements: Candyman, NY Post, 48 Hours, Ella Fitzgerald, The King twice and Swingers.
I wouldn't pee on the Yankees just yet. As well as the Red Sox have played this year they are still only 10 games in front of the Yankees. With the superior pitching the Red Sox have and the fact they have not had too many major injuries they should have been about 15 or 20 games in front. Instead of keeping the Yankees down when they had a chance they have let them get to within a whiff of first place. If the Red Sox don't start out the second half strong the Yankees could be right back in it.
don't sleep on that miracle. i've been thinking it for a while but if i start saying it, i'll have to stop calling him a-broad. and what fun is there in that?
Is that why Jeter doesn't like A-Rod? Too much groping and sexual harrasment?
Yankees with their payroll 3 times the rest of the league are the biggest Bust in sports history unless they win the division, and there's no way in he-ll thats going to happen this year.
They'll be in the playoffs....you can count on it for sure. Then the Sox fans will start to get nervous. Still love the pink hat and that girl knows what we do best....ha ha. That's why she loves us so. Great ribbing Josh.
That picture of A-rod and Jeter is priceless. Also, I think your assessments are correct. Right now I'm just not feeling anything from the Yanks that leads me to believe they can pull it off. And the Sox are just plain solid.
P.S. loved the way you worked in your digs against the bombers. I'm a Yankee guy, but I gotta give credit where credit is due.
josh q. public. For the public, by The Public. Irreverent sports opinion from a Bostonian in New York. The one blog to read, when you’re reading more than one. Good to the last drop!
back to the black and white images of Yankees yore. Good luck to ya. Ever since Pedro, Schilling, Papi and the boys woke up the damn Bambino and drilled him in the 
to be cheerful. There’s a cheerful little earful. Gosh I miss it something fearful. The Yankees are missing some big bats in that line-up. Sheffield. Gone. Giambi. For all intensive purposes, gone. Abreu. An abject disastah. Sure A-Broad is getting it done. But isn’t this more of the same? Getting it done when it doesn’t matter? I’m not talking about individual games. He’s getting it done when it matters there. I’m talking about the season. Getting it done in a season that doesn’t matter. Fat Roger? Mediocre. Petite? Mediocre. His last two games? Six innings, sixteen runs. Bullwinkle? The 
most mediocre. 4-6 with a 4.62 ERA. Even Vegas has no faith. Viva Las Vegas! Viva Las Vegas! Viva, viva Las Vegas! Vegas baby, Vegas. What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. The Yankees are currently a 7-1 dog to win the AL. The Yankees are currently 15-1 dog to win the whole enchilada. You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog, cryin’ all the time. You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog, cryin’ all the time. Well, you ain’t never caught a rabbit and you ain’t no friend of mine. Ha ha ha. Who are the favorites you ask? When the dog bites. When the bee stings. When I’m feeling sad. I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don’t feel…so bad. Why the Red Sox of course. Roll Sox, roll! 
