Subway Queries?

Here are my obligatory comments on the Subway Series:
Both teams need some work. Willie Randolph certainly seems to have the guys at Shea playing a more exciting brand of baseball than Art Howe did last year. The Yankees are the more steady team, with that feeling of inevitability that they are always going to make a run at it. Which team is better? I’m not sure. The Yankees were this weekend by the numbers, but the Mets beat themselves. A win is a win. It was Yanks 2-1. Here it is though:

Friday Night: Sloppy game by both teams, Yankees win 5-2, overcome a rough inning for Jeter, and beat the Mets who have two errors on the right side of the infield in a single inning.

Saturday: A much cleaner game by both teams, Randy Johnson roughed up and Mets relief pitcher scores from second on a heads up play. Mets win 7-1.

Sunday: Again a sloppy game. Error by A Rod allows run to score, Pavano Ok, Martinez better. Two errors in same inning this time on left side of the infield dooms Mets. Yankees win.

Observations:
Yankees are too flawed (and old) to go too far into the post season. 3B,SS, 2B are fine, 1B is weak, C is ok, Sheffield is out, Williams is injured and old, Womack is fine, Matsui is their savior. Bench is average, Ruben Sierra? Giambi? Who else? Joe Torre might be younger than some of those guys. Pitching? Weak to say the least. At least the Red Sox did them a favor and signed that fat pig or he’d be giving them 1/3 of an inning too. What’s up with the trainer for Christ’s sake? Train what- his fork and knife on a 24 oz. porterhouse- that’s what! “Now announcing, the Yankee Trainer, Fat Bastard.”

Mets are too inexperienced to go far in anything right now. Pitching is ok 1 through 3 then it gets a little murky, Victor Zambrano sucks. Bullpen is beyond weak. Infield will be really good once they get over making those mistakes that come with youth. Outfield is good barring injury. Piazza is done, put a fork in that guy. Done, done, done, as in go home you are done. Retire. The bench- what bench? Who is on that bench? I can’t name one. Oh yeah I can- Eric Valent and Cairo- whatever. Oh and I admire Willie Randolph having the “no facial hair” rule in effect, but… The pitching coach, his hair sticks out of the back of his hat like a duck ass. He looks dumb as fuck.

My observations of both teams. I don’t care if you like them or not.