Mo is down, and it looks bad, taken for the field on a cart, smiling but the grimaces were notable. Mo was in pain. No idea of what it was, but colour commentator David Cone said it looked like a torn ACL. Turns out Cone was not just speculating on what he had witnessed, he suffered a similar injury, and knew where of he spoke.
It has yet to be announced but the reality is his season is done, and perhaps so is his career, but let's not get too far ahead, and send those Yankee fans to jump off the George Washington bridge. For the better part of almost 20 years, it seemes, he was either the heir apparent to John Wettleland, or the most widely known Yankee closer since The Goose or Sparky Lyle. Well Mo surpassed all of them, and is a first ballot HOF'er.
As a Yankee hater almost from birth, it is great, but not how I want to see legends leave the game. At 42, it is not impossible for return, but more improbable. In the meantime, Cashman and Girardi will decide who is the next one. Not sure if Dave Robertson has the mental make up, so will put money on Soriano, as he has performed that role before, and it leaves Robertson in his true comfort zone.
OK so the Red Sox look fallable, the Yanks are brittle, is this a year and an opportunity for the Jays. They also have closer issues, but hope Santos is less than 3 weeks away, but strangely silent isn't it ?
So at least for 2012, they will not play " Enter Sandman" for a Mo appearance.
We will also see if the lose mo-mentum as well. Those Yankees had to grow old sooner or later...is the year when their toughest opponent is Father Time ?
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