WHY SABATHIA NEEDS TO SOLVE THE BOSTON PUZZLE

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CC Sabathia didn't look like he was in control the entire outing today and you could almost tell it wasn't his day early. They were hitting him all over Fenway. To me, that's the worst feeling in the world as a fan. Your top guy is out there against a division rival that you hate and you can't bare to see him get shelled, but that's exactly what happened today. Sabathia lasted just 6 innings, giving up 9 hits and 7 runs. He struck out 6 and walked 1. Not good.
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Early in the game the Yankees looked good. They were down 2-0 and they tied it up 2-2. Eric Chavez was the guy who got it tied up with an RBI single after Nick Swisher hit into a double play. At least a run scored though to make it 2-1. Then later, Derek Jeter knocked in a run with an RBI single in the 5th and in the 8th, Mark Teixeira cranking his 32rd home run. The rest was all Boston unfortunately. Not a good day for our offense, or the Yankees as a whole for that matter.
By the way, Eric Chavez has the facial hair going I noticed. Look, I know I said Russell Martin was the Burt Reynolds look alike when he had his short lived mustache, but have you seen Chavez? My God, he looks just like he was cast in the remake of Smokey & the Bandit. Absolutely hilarious, he looks just like Burt. Jorge Posada looked like he was sporting a mustache too. Alittle team unity maybe? Who knows, but you do what you need to do to become a team and if the mustache works, then do it.
The Yankees looked patient early against Lackey who was up to something like 79 pitches by the 4th or 5th inning, but then things started to fall apart for CC. The worst part about today was CC is now 0-4 against the Red Sox, a team he has to beat because not only is he our ace, but this team is pesky and it's necessary to beat these guys, every time. If there's one thing CC needs to learn, it's this... Find a way to beat Boston. YOU HAVE TO.

Final Score: Red Sox 10 - Yankees 4. Tomorrow night it's Josh Beckett against the Yankees rock, Freddy Garcia. Now to me, this match up is a tough one. Clearly my money is on Freddy and the Yankees, but Beckett has been dominant and what we need to do is make sure Beckett makes mistakes, throws alot of pitches and the Yankees need to be patient at the plate. We can beat him, we just need to be smart about it. Good luck tomorrow Freddy, we're all rooting for you.

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