I am going to claim another victory with my prophetic powers in regard to the pieces that I have been writing for Bronx Baseball Daily (here's the latest: http://bronxbaseballdaily.com/2012/04/yes-men-the-yankees-broadcast-team-2012/) since just before the season commenced.

During spring training I wrote about how great the Yankee bullpen -- which was stellar in 2011 and mind you: there weren't any major changes outside of the injury to Joba Chamberlain -- was going to be this season. Yes, it's early, but despite a starting rotation which had been expected to be one of the better in the AL, which hasn't panned out yet; the loss of Pineda not making that any better. The starters have one of the worst ERAs in the game; the bullpen? Even having to be utilized more than what you'd like, the bullpen has pitched to one of the lowest ERAs in the game.

I targeted the Red Sox in a preview as the season was about to start. I said that their bullpen of ex-Yankee Mark Melancon and Andrew Bailey should be a very big concern for them. It's still April and Melancon is in AAA and Bailey is on the DL (I harped on his injury issues) and their bullpen has been in shambles. Actually, that's unkind to shambles. I mentioned a deteriorating Youkilis, a suspect for injury Ellsbury, a disappearing Crawford and that new manager Bobby Valentine would manage to cause more trouble for the team that good. All dead spot on.

Then before he really starting to heat up and before all the others jumped on the Jeter bandwagon, I was singing the Yankee Captain's praises. All he's done is turn the clock back to 1999 and is hitting over .400 with power as the season turns toward May.

Now, last week I wrote about the YES-TV and CBS-Radio broadcast teams for the Yankees. My main goal of this piece was to start building a campaign against despised play-by-play man, Michael Kay. Perhaps my powers of manifestation are strong so far this season. Amusingly enough, I wasn't watching the YES feed for the game in question against the Rangers this weekend. Partially it was a technical glitch, part of it was superstition (that said: perhaps I should have changed the feed in an attempt to change the Yanks' fortunes that game) and finally I just didn't want to hear Kay.

But apparently Kay spent considerable time lambasting a Texas couple in the crowd who, in Kay's mind, had not only stolen a baseball from a small child, but gloated about it in the kid's face as he bawled. Great job getting all the details, Michael. Yes, the kid cried his eyes out, but apparently not only had the ball been offered to the kid, the brat's parents turned it down because -- like good parents -- they didn't want their kid to get everything he wants just by crying. The situation had a happy ending as another ball was later retrieved for the rug-rat.

And now the people who Kay got on are asking for an apology. Read that here: http://www.mlb.com/cutfour/article.jsp?content_id=29752844&partnerId=aw-4638096537321345208-996

And when you're done reading that, read this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007SABVQC/ref=tag_dpp_yt_edpp_rt

Thanks,
Brian