YANKS WIN...0R IS IT, CUBS LOSE?

***YANKS EVEN SERIES***
The score was 4-3, but only because the Bombers made just enough mistakes to keep it close. Cano continues to indicate that last year's Gold Glove was a fluke. He's dropping throws, muffing ground balls and delivering errant throws. He doesn't even look like he's trying sometimes. Girardi better start getting on his case, and soon.
The Fox broadcasters (I can't call them announcers) continue to mess up. McCarver said Yankee baserunners would NOT run on the next pitch (They did), and his counterpart thinks a solo home run ties the score when you're two runs behind ("I didn't think there would be a math problem."). Tonight, we have ESPN guys in the booth. They can't be any worse. ...Can they?

***CHANGING THE PLAYOFF & LEAGUE ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS***
I was hoping that if it got ignored, it would go away, but apparently people are becoming more and more passionate about it. I'll give you my two cents and then not comment again...until they institute it.
## THE EXTRA PLAYOFF GAME: I actually have no problem with this. It allows teams the deserve to get in, a better chance. (It also increases the chance that the Yankees get in.)
## THE SCHEDULE: If they do this, they better shorten the season to 154 games. Sure, it means 8 less games for owners to drain the pockets of the fans, but it should be offset by the increase in attendance for teams with a chance to make the post season.
## INTER-LEAGUE PLAY: No, No and No. This system has been unfair since it started. The biggest argument supposedly was the "natural" rivalries. Bull! The Yankees and the Mets. That's all! Kansas City and St. Louis? No way. White Sox & the Cubs? It's like mothers watching their kids: "I know they're no good, but it's my son!" Florida and Tampa Bay? They can't get their own fans interested in them. The Dodgers and the Giants? That's a good one...wait, they already play each other.
The Yanks are going to play Cincinnati this week. No one has cared about this matchup since the 1961 World Series, and we all know how well those teams matched up.
Changing to two 15-team leagues, means we have inter-league play every day. That's a good idea: take a bad situation and increase it beyond belief.
## DESIGNATED HITTER: If we don't have inter-league play, leave it alone. If we do, install it for both leagues and be done with it.
Okay, I'm done.

***HAPPY FATHER'S DAY***
To all you Fathers out there and especially to those who are no longer with us. One of the biggest lessons my Dad taught me was that there is a big difference in being interested in good sports and BEING a good sport. I hope kids have learned this lesson, too.

CP-