Yankees Can't Ignore Toronto Now

So Yankee nation, confident that your defending champions are better than the Blue Jays?

For the past two days it didn't look like it, as Toronto beat the Yankees in each of the first two games of a weekend series. The Jays have hit, pitched and totally dominated the Yankees in the first two games.

In game one, Jose Bautista cracked two homers, and went 3-for-3 against the Yankees. Bautista has a MLB leading 18 homers this year, and is clearly the most ignored All Star this season - as he is getting no votes in the fan balloting. Bautista is in the midst of a career year.

Meanwhile Brett Cecil dominated the Bombers for eight strong innings, yielding only one run as Toronto won 6-1.

In game two, Andy Pettitte was great, giving up only two runs (homers to Veron Wells and Alex Gonzalez) in seven and two-thirds, but the homer happy Jays were too much for the Yankees pen as Aaron Hill won it in the 14th with a single to left-center for the 3-2 victory.

Now the Jays will go for the sweep today, and who is on the mound for the Yankees? Well, it's just Javier Vazquez and his six ERA. The Jays (33-24) are a game and a half behind the Yankees (34-22) for second place. Obviously the Jays are for real and are not going anywhere.