April Fools

Not in the wildest of dreams, of the most loyal Red Sox fan could what is happening to the New York Yankees have been dreamed.

Yet here we are. One month down and five to go and the New York Yankees are in last place in the American League East 6.5 games behind Boston.

Boston has beaten New York five times in six outings this season.

Coming into 2007, many still picked New York to win the division, though it wasn't as one sided as it has been in the past. New York had a devestating offense on paper and a bullpen even more devestating.

But something happened in the first four weeks of the season.

We learned paper doesn't matter.

Boston's bullpen has been it's biggest strength, the rotation not far behind and at time the offense has been inept, but overall its among the best in baseball just as it had been in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

With the downward spiral of the Yankees theres been calls for Joe Torre's head and his days appear to be numbered in the Bronx.

Yankee fans are looking forward to the next two weeks, they play no one besides Texas and Seattle and thats enough to make anyone drool.

But what happens if New York sports a losing record over the next two weeks? Will Torre be gone? Brian Cashman? Will Roger Clemens even consider joining them in June or will his list be narrowed to Boston and Houston?

So many questions hang over Yankee Stadium and we haven't even brought up Alex Rodriguez's status. Will he be a bomber next year? Or could he be hitting bombs against them 18 games a season from the friend confines of Fenway Park?

All we know for sure right now is Boston has the largest end of April lead ever for an American League East team and that the New York Yankees are Fools.