Without Their Captain, The Yankees Can STILL Win It All

When New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter fractured his left ankle trying to field a ground ball in the top of the 12th inning of Game One of the American League Championship Series against the Detroit Tigers, now only did it deal a big-time emotional blow to me personally, but also obviously to the entire Yankee Nation that is hoping for a 28th World Series title this year. Now with the Captain sidelined for the remainder of the postseason, manager Joe Girardi will pin his hopes that backup shortshop Eduardo Nunez will do at least a serviceable job both offensively and defensively the rest of this A.L.C.S. against the Tigers. Nunez is decent in the batter's box, and is not the best fielder by any stretch of the imagination, but if he keeps a positive focus, I think he can do a nice job filling in for Jeter. When Mariano (Rivera) was lost for the season earlier badly injuring his knee shagging fly balls during practice, Yankee Nation at that time thought that our 2K12 was done. But guess what? Replacement closer Rafael Soriano held the fort down, did a serviceable job in place the legend No.42, and helped guide the Pinstripes to an A.L. East title, silencing a few of the naysayers in the process. Without both Mariano and captain DJ#2,  the Yanks can STILL win World title No.28. The pitching staff (the starters and the bullpen) will continue to pitch as well as they have been during the postseason thus far....It's just CRUCIAL that the offense overall has to step up 100 notches if they are to defeat Detroit in the A.L.C.S., and either the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals or the San Francisco Giants coming out of the National League. Keep the faith, Yankee Nation.....They can STILL do this! I know as a Yankee fan, I have complete faith in Joe (Girardi) and the rest of the coaching staff that they can overcome the nightmare of losing their key guy - their rock - their future Hall-Of-Famer in Jeter and get the mission done!