That's how you break out of a slump. That's how you remind the world you're one of the greatest players who's ever lived. I don't care if he hasn't had a hit in a month, you don't throw that weak ass shit to Alex Rodriguez. You're gonna get burned 100 out of 100 times.
How many moments have there been like this season? 50? Every time something like this happens I feel like we're going to win the World Series. I mean A-Rod was ICE COLD. Hasn't hit a home run in a month. 1 for his last 27. 0 for 3 on the night. Every baseball writer in New York wondering whether or not he's finally breaking down. But he hasn't gotten down once. Every day in the post-game it's the same thing from him. Staying the course, understanding that slumps happen and that eventually you're going to break out of it. And that was about as colossal a slump-buster as I've ever seen. A no-doubter followed by a classic dugout stare to flip a 4-1 deficit into a 5-4 advantage. Is this going to get A-Rod going? Not sure. But when you literally win a game by yourself like that it gives you enough currency where you aren't going to be hearing much criticism out of fans for the foreseeable future.
The line on CC last night doesn't do him justice. He really pitched great and probably would have been lifted earlier if the bullpen hadn't been so taxed. He was perfect through 4.1 but coughed up the lead in the fifth before serving up the two-run shot to Sano in the 7th. As far as I'm concerned that's three straight really good starts by CC.
This lineup isn't quite scoring 9 runs a game, but Beltran is one of the hottest hitters in baseball, Jacoby has five multi-hit games during his current six game hitting streak and Headley has an .858 OPS in his last 25 games. Today should be a great opportunity to score a bunch of runs and complete a series sweep against Ervin Santana and his 5.66 ERA.
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