Yankees team ERA as of this morning: 4.25.

Wait till the official stats come in tomorrow.

(Here’s what I’m hinting at)

Update: So, I did the math right after I wrote the post but had to run right after that. Anyway, the Yankees team ERA only goes up .25 or so to around 4.50 or so, I think. It definitely doesn’t go over 5. The bullpen ERA will probably go up significantly, but I haven’t run the numbers for that. Just goes to show how little one game means even this early in the season. The 17 earned runs goes into a pool of 200 or so runs over 430+ innings. It’s a significant number, but doesn’t really show up as much of anything.

What the heck is up with the Yankees. Unless they can string together 7 runs in the next 2 innings, they’re going to lose again. I can’t believe that they have a losing record. I know it’s early, but wow, this is an unexpected start.

Team ERA: 5.01, 26th and that’s before today’s 8 runs. Team WHIP is a lovely 1.57 (29th - only team worse is Colorado). What’s gotta be even more frustrating is that they’re #1 for team OBP and 4th for team OPS. Absolutely amazing how important pitching is to a team.

Then again, Chan Ho Park just shut them down today…

I almost can’t believe I’m saying this, but all these Yankee/Red Sox games so early in the season are a complete waste of good baseball. I just can’t seem to consider it special so early in the season. It doesn’t matter yet because there’s still 150 games left to play. Especially after last year and the absolutely humiliating comeback that Boston had, it’s hard to get really excited about these games.

I still get excited if it’s actually a good baseball game, but that’s really about it. Right now, for example, I’m flipping between the Sox game, the Sixers game (Go Sixers!), and King of the Hill. That’s how excited I am about the Sox game.

What’s funny is that I bet they did this to give the April games some more “meaning” for the fans. It’s had the opposite effect, I think, for most fans. Granted, I still know folks at work who are making the trip out to Boston for tonight’s game, but I don’t think it has the urgency it usually has when the standings matter.