Damn Yankees.
That "damn" can have two interpretations: 1) damn them and all they stand for (but only a sports damn, not a real one, of course), and 2) as in...damn, it's the Yankees.
The Royals are about to have their schedule balanced out some. One thing that can quickly temper enthusiasm about the Royals competitive start to the 2011 season is noticing they have played 23 home games, most in the majors. One might go on to notice that they sport the 2nd best winning percentage in the majors.
The team with the best home winning percentage thus far? The damn Yankees.
Who are the Royals going to play first on this 6-game road trip? The damn Yankees.
This is why we can't have nice things.
It isn't just about thinking the Royals are outclassed by the damn Yankees (even though currently, they are), but there are two facts that are likely to prove problematic for the Royals in this series: the Royals pitching staff gives up a lot of home runs, and the damn Yankees have hit the most home runs...by far.
One thing interesting to note, though, is that while offhand I would also groan at this game being played in the new damn Yankee Stadium, so far this season it hasn't been a haven for home run hitters -- it's playing pretty even in comparison to the league as far as home runs hit there, and actually is 20th in the league in terms of runs scored there.
Of course, the makeup of that is telling: the damn Yankees are outhomering their opponents 31-14 in the new damn Yankees Stadium.
One wouldn't expect that the opponents' bad luck to hold up, given that it played as a pretty extreme hitters park just last season, but the Royals aren't a team geared to change that -- they'll likely have to find a different way to beat the damn Yankees other than winning a home run derby.
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