The Queens of Queens and the Sad Tale of the 2008 Yankees

So the 2008 regular season is rapidly approaching its end and both the Yankees and Mets seem as though they will miss out on the October fun. Yes this means I am changing my prediction saying the Mets will win the NL East. I am now saying that the Phillies win the NL East by two games and the cooling Milwaukee Brewers win the Wild Card by a game. Nevertheless, let us keep the focus on those two sad teams from New York; the Yankees and Mets. Neither seems as though they will make the playoffs and both teams have glaring needs with pitching; the Yankees in the rotation and the Mets in that god awful, disasterous bullpen. With that said, expect to see the Yanks and Mets to go after the likes of C.C. Sabathia, Ben Sheets, Derek Lowe, AJ Burnett (if he opts out), Brian Fuentes and K-Rod. However, since we still have some games remaining, I'll save the free agent talk for the offseason. As I was saying. The only thing that both teams have to look forward to are the closing of their storied stadiums. The Yankees' Cathedral will close its doors this Sunday night against the Baltimore Orioles (I will be in attendance) and the Mets will close Shea Stadium next Sunday night, September 28 against the Florida Marlins. It will be sad to see both teams miss out on the playoffs, as the perfect sendoff for both stadiums would have been another Subway Series World Series. All good things must come to an end, and this Sunday night and next Sunday afternoon they will.