CC Sabathia: It's Not His Fault

Yesterday the Yankees trotted out their 140-million dollar ace to wow the lowly likes of the Baltimore Orioles. CC Sabathia, the reason the Brewers were in the playoffs last year, the work-horse who has thrown more innings in the past two years than anyone, Goliath himself, had one really bad day.

But it wasn't his fault.

It was windy, so the pitches weren't going where he wanted.

The crushing weight of being the Yankee's ace was way too tough—he's not used to it yet.

No, that's not it. Those are excuses. The truth is the strike zone was the size of a postage stamp. That's why he didn't have any strikeouts. If he pitched in the minuscule zone, the Orioles would hit it. So he had no choice but to walk five batters.

Again, that's an excuse. It's because there were too many Orioles fans at Camden Yards. The usually Empire-filled stadium was full of too many people rooting for the home team and that really threw him off.

No, that sounds like another excuse. Here's the real reason that Sabathia had such a difficult time and didn't get a single strikeout all game: He doesn't do well in April. If you look at his starts last April, he was terrible.

Yes. He is not good in April. That's why he allowed eight hits and six earned runs in just over four innings for an ERA of 12.46. That is the answer. You see, it wasn't Sabathia's fault, it's April's fault. April is just not his month, but don't worry Yanks, come May 1st, I'm sure he'll do better.

While I respect CC for all that he's been able to do the past two years, now that he's a Yankee, he's in the firing zone, so no mercy, and I look forward to a great competitive year in the AL East.