The New Yankees Are Making A Name for Themselves

  Listen up all you doubters!  Yes, you who said that the Yankees wouldn't go anywhere this year because of some of the players' ages.  Now is the time to let the Yankees do the talking.  Although they have been faced with injury after injury, ten players to the disabled list to be exact, the new players have certainly stepped up to the plate.
 
  As of right now, the Yankees are seven games over .500.  Considering the Yankees had lost four out of their five games at the start of the season, it is easy to say the team is exceeding expectations.  Within the first month, the Yankees have a winning record of 16-10.  The team is also the American League leaders in home runs, with a total of 38 as of Wednesday night's game against the Houston Astros.  Robinson Cano currently has eight home runs, the most homers for the line-up; newcomers Lyle Overbay, Vernon Wells, Travis Haffner, and Brennan Boesch have a joint total of eighteen home runs.  The four of them also combine to have 46 out of the Yankees 110 RBI's.

"They brought in really good dudes," Hafner said. "Just a lot of veteran guys and good character guys. I think we've kind of known each other over the years, and the clubhouse has been great. Everybody gets along well and it's been fun." Excluding Hafner, the newcomers were picked up by the Yankees because other major league teams were no longer interested in them.  Wells, Overbay, and Boesch were all released from the Angels, Tigers, and the Red Sox. 

Not only are the new guys power hitters; they are also smart baserunners.  That was shown in Wednesday's game all thanks to Vernon Wells.  "They know how to play the game," Girardi said. "They're not going to get frazzled by situations. That's really important, because those situations are going to come up time and time again during the season."

This goes to show you can't count the Yankees out yet!  They have always been known as the comebackers for a reason.  Losing the first four of their five games and then coming back in the same month to be seven games over .500, now that is what you call a comeback.