Yankee fans know that this was a line that Joe Girardi often delivered as manager of the Yankees in his long tenure. No doubt Met fans can relate this morning after getting swept by the Braves over the weekend. They wake up down 2 games with 3 to go and don’t have the tie-breaker with the Braves as a result of losing the season series 10 – 9. You have to feel for the Mets who had held onto 1st place in the NL East for so long this year.

The bigger deal is that they will now (most likely) have to beat the both the Dodgers and Braves to get to the World Series. SU says that while this is obviously not a good thing, in a long baseball season there are twists and turns. You just never know and momentum in the regular season does not always translate directly into the post-season. Play who is on your schedule and let’s see. There are many cases of red hot teams in September who are then exhausted come October and fizzle out.

Which brings us to the Yankees who have an impressive team on the IL at this point. The bullpen is in shambles. Holmes is on the IL and Chapman is up and down. Peralta is trying to come back and would be a key guy if he can stay healthy. Britton is done for the year. Bottom line: the Yankees do not have a closer and Boone will have to feel his way along every game. The team’s strength has been its pitching and this places even more pressure on them. You cannot rely on the offense – we have seen that. It would be great to get Carpenter back – he is apparently close. There is no protection for Judge – can’t imagine any team pitching to him in any game. Not necessary.

SU has been on record that the goal in 2022 had to be to get to the World Series, not necessarily win it. That seems like a tall order now. They should win the divisional round but no sure thing. The hope has to be that Houston stumbles in that first round as the Yankees cannot hang with them – especially in Minute Maid Field.

Who will start at quarterback for the Giants in London against the Packers next Sunday? It’s hard to believe Daniel Jones can recover from a sprained ankle in one week and the back up has a concussion.

Is Judge going to get #62 in Texas? SU says yes. He is clearly showing the strain now trying to do it in New York but he should feel better before a small crowd in Texas. And if he doesn’t? No shame. Great year and get recalibrated for October. And please, no more lead-off hitting in the playoffs. The Yankee line up at the bottom is not a bunch of world beaters and he is only going to come up with the bases empty most times.

Final question for the intergalactic subscriber base. In yesterday’s Arizona – Carolina game, the Cardinals score in the 4th quarter to go up 26 – 10. The analytics should be that you kick the extra point there to go up 3 scores. Instead, the Cardinals went for 2 (and failed). That left the Panthers down 2 scores plus the 2-point conversion. Please explain how that made sense.