Any smart Yankee fan knows now is not the time to get cocky. We have a serious run ahead of us facing Cleveland, Detroit, LA, and Boston.
The thing I've seen sox fans (not here) not realize is that this is not the Yankee team of the beginning of the season whose starting pitching was besiged with injuries and had many players off to extremely slow starts.
In the beginning of the year, the STARTING rotation contained Chase Wright, Karstens, Igawa, and an injured Pettitte, and Mussina. Now it's Wang, Pettitte, Clemens, Mussina, Hughes. Each of those guys gives the team a legitmate chance to win every night.
In a month, the bench has gone from Nieves, Thompson, Cairo, to Duncan, Betemit, Molina, and possibly Giambi/Damon. Chamberlain is in the pen, as will soon be Britton, and Ramierez. Vizcaino has proven to be solid after early struggles.
They still have their work cut out, but they are a very good team right now.
