Okay, I’ll start. As a season-ticket holder of the Yankees, I’d say it’s been a pretty dismal season: erratic offense, up-and-down starting pitching,  and lots of injuries (yes, everyone has to deal with those).

Starting Pitching: let me say this in two words–Sidney Ponson. You don’t get into the playoffs with him in the rotation, my opinion, and, as we all know, pitching is what wins you World Series. Mike Mussina has resurrected himself (I admit I was among those who said he was done–and he still might crater in the second half). Andy Pettitte has been steady. The kids are out with injuries (Phil Hughers and Ian Kennedy) and it’s not clear what they will contribute this year; long-term, I think they will be solid fixtures in the rotation. Biggest blow: losing Chien-Ming Wang–the Major Leagues’ winningest pitcher over the last two-plus seasons–who may be gone for the remainder of the season; that may end up being the difference in the season in terms of making the playoffs or not.

Relief: up-and-down. The bridge to Mariano Rivera–the greatest relief pitcher of all time–seems to have stabilized over the past 6 weeks. But, every time I see Kyle Farnsworth get up in the bullpen, I cringe–he’s just not reliable in tough situations. Mo is Mo: the best.

Offense: The line-up seems to have never quite come together for long periods of time. Losing Johnny Damon was a blow (batting .319 with six home runs, 37 RBIs and 50 runs scored when he went on the DL) since he had really re-established himself as the spark-plug after a very average season last year; hopefully, he makes it back healthy. Robinson Cano is starting to hit but, boy, was he lost for two-plus months. A-Rod is A-Rod: he’ll give you the HRs and the RBIs. Jeter is batting below his career average. Abreu is mixed. I don’t think Melky Cabrera will ever be a major-league hitter–he doesn’t seem like he has a plan when he comes to the plate and doesn’t look like he will improve (unlike Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury, for example); the argument is to keep him for his defense (I’m on the fence there). The one positive about this year: Giambi’s contract is done…yeah, yeah, he’s hitting home runs etc. but he’s such a liability on defense and could easily tail off…I’m glad he’ll be gone. Matsui on DL with bad knee (again) and may not make it back in 100 percent shape. Creaky if you ask me.

Defense: Jorge Posada will just not be the same behind the plate for the rest of the year–and maybe beyond depending how the obvious off-season surgery effects him. Molina is a solid back-up but doesn’t give the bat on offense Jorge had last year.

Managing: Girardi has done a solid job his first year. I like that he comes to yank his pitchers a bit faster than Torre, who often seemed to wait that one unnecessary pitch longer.

General Manager: why on earth would Brian Cashman get a renewal on his contract at the end of the year? I’m baffled. He’s the guy who brought us Carl Pavano, Farnsworth, Javier Vazquez and a whole lot of other pitchers who were just woeful. Fire him.

Let me end with an RIP for Bobby Murcer. I grew up with Murcer in the line-up and remember a lot of his feats, including home runs in four consecutive at-bats.

Prediction (of course, all things being equal): we will make a run but miss the playoffs for the first time in a looonnnngggg time…and the wild card might even come out of the Central Division this year.

 Okay, the floor is yours to give details and thoughts about your team. Informative.