[quote name='n8rockerasu']Come on, man. The "decimated by injuries" line is getting a little old. It's not like the Yankees didn't spend significant time without A-Rod, Jeter, Martin, Posada, Soriano, Marte, Feliciano, Chamberlain (who was off to a great start), Hughes, Colon...am I missing anybody?
But they had guys like Nova, Nunez, Ayala, Eric Chavez and Cory freakin Wade step up and play larger than you could have ever expected them to (hell, you could even put Granderson on that list as NOBODY expected this kind of season out of him). Whether you want to credit that to Cashman or Girardi is up to you. But they certainly did more with less, compared to what Terry and Theo were able to get out of their guys.
Now, that translating to post season success is unlikely considering the strength of the Texas and Detroit teams. But who knows. If the Yanks pitching shows up, anything could happen.[/QUOTE]
Your position is not at all inconsistent with what I said. The "decimated by injuries" thing isn't a line, it's a fact. The Red Sox were decimated by injuries and the guys who filled in haven't stepped up. The Yankees' guys have. I never claimed otherwise.
I was just responding to you talking about why everyone picked the Red Sox at the beginning of the year: It wasn't mass hysteria, they legitimately had the better team on paper. Obviously things didn't play out that way, which is why they play the season. I'm sure if you polled all those experts now, every single one would say the Yankees had the better team this season, as would I.