The Yankee Trough

Hi, my name is Jordan Meisner, and I've decided to start a Yankee web log. I've done so largely because the Yankees are having their first poor regular season in quite some time and most fans are unnecessarily panicking. Fears have been quelled somewhat by the fact that the team is only one game below .500 at the All-Star break, but on May 29th their 21-29 record and Boston's 14.5 game division lead had turned nearly all Yankee fans into a crazed, bloodthirsty mob ready to burn Brian Cashman, Bobby Abreu, Robinson Cano and the like at a stake, offering their charred flesh as a sacrificial gift to the wrathful hamstring gods.

I think the 2007 Yankees are a good team -- as good as any team they've fielded this decade, really. I also believe that Brian Cashman has the franchise headed in a very positive direction. The team has simply underperformed in the first half. I'm unscientifically forecasting a 47 win second-half (resulting in a 90-72 final record) with a five win standard deviation. In other words, I think it is very unlikely that the Yankees will finish the season under .500, but they probably won't make the playoffs, either.

This is just a trough. It's still a great time to be a Yankee fan. The team's future is brighter than most think and the new Stadium should be awesome.