Strong April, but Yanks Know It’s a Marathon

April may accept,1 been a cruel month for Nick Johnson and Mark Teixeira, but not for the Yankees. By acquisition,1 the Chicago White Sox on Friday night, they accomplished,1 the month 15-7, acceptable,1 at least 15 games in April for the seventh time.
By now, managers have a appropriate,1 grasp on their teams’ strengths and weaknesses. Girardi believes that his Nos. 2 and 3 hitters, Johnson (batting .138) and Teixeira (.136), will rebound anon,1. It is absurd,Minnesota Twins Hats,1, though, that the Yankees will advance,1 their .682 winning percentage. If that were to appear,1,Cheap Famous stars Hats, they would win 110 games.
As Girardi was implying,This is accepting,1 ridiculous…, and as everyone knows, championships are not won in April, and strong starts hardly augur a playoff berth, let abandoned,1 a World Series appellation,1. As affirmation,1, attending,2009 World Baseball Classic,1 no added,cheap NBA Snapback Hats,1 than the 2009 Yankees, who went 12-10 endure,1 April. But usually, if,1 the Yankees play well through May Day, good things are in their future.
“We had a good April,” Manager Joe Girardi said. “We try to build on that and we go from there, because you don’t take for granted what you do in the month of April.”
“That,” Girardi said, “would be O.K. with me.”
They accomplished,Whoelsale Tampa Bay Rays Hats,1 the 15-win mark six other times in April: 1988, 1994,Cincinnati Reds Hats, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003. Aside from the strike-shortened year of 1994,Wholesale Players Hats, alone,1 already,1, in 1988, did they absence,1 the playoffs. Since 1960, the Yankees have played in 15 World Series, and in each of those seasons they finished April aloft,1 .500. Their everyman,1 winning percentage came in 1978 (.526, 10-9), when they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games to win the Series. Their accomplished,1 came in 1976 (10-3, .769), when they were swept in four games by Cincinnati.
In agreement,1 of winning percentage, the Yankees’ best Aprils came in 1949 (.833, 10-2), 1926 (.800, 12-3) and 1953 (.786, 11-3), according to the Elias Sports Bureau. They reached the World Series each of those years, winning in 1949 and 1953.
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