Can We Start the Series Already?

I was listening to WFAN all day and Yankees fans have had way too much time on their hands.  It was so bad host Mike Francesa wanted to stop taking calls.  I have to admit,  I felt like kicking these people in the face when hearing the stupidity of their comments.  I understand it has been almost a week since they defeated Minnesota and have nothing else to think about, but the insanity needs to end.  All the time in between series has made many Yankee fans paranoid and idiotic.  Just get me to game one so I can hear them talk about something else.

Their main fascination has been on the pitching rotation in the Texas series.  The Yankees plan on pitching Andy Pettitte in game 3 against Cliff Lee.  However, some fans actually think AJ Burnett should pitch game 3 against Lee instead of Pettitte and have Pettitte pitch game 4.  The rationale is they can't beat Lee so they might as well pitch Burnett against him and sacrifice the game.  That might be the dumbest thing I ever heard.  Why would you want to throw your worst starter against their best?  It gives you less of a chance to win the game.  Burnett has been awful and it is bad enough that he even gets to start one game.  Andy Pettitte needs to be matched up against Lee.  Lee is very good, but he is not unbeatable, and there is no reason Pettitte cannot go toe to toe with him.  Pettitte has only been one of the best post season pitchers of this generation.  Lets also throw in the fact that the Yankees probably have the best line up in baseball.  No pitcher should intimidate them.    

Additionally, if Burnett starts game 3, the Yankees will be forced to throw all their pitchers on 3 days rest.  We know CC Sabathia is very capable of this, but Pettitte and Hughes are not.  Pettitte is coming off an injury and has never been good on short rest, and Hughes has never done it.  I also doubt the Yankees would have Hughes pitch on 3 days rest when they babied him all season with the amount of innings he was allowed to throw.  Now if they happen to be down in the series 2-1, Sabathia will most likely pitch game 4, skipping Burnett.  At that point, they will be forced to go to a 3 man rotation the rest of the series.  That however, is a worse case scenario and something they should not worry about at this point.   

Yankee fans just need to relax.  They are over analyzing this way too much and it is making them crazy.  They are the defending champs and should have no problem beating the Texas Rangers.  I mean it's the Texas Rangers for god sakes.  This is an organization that never won a post season series before they defeated Tampa.  Yankee fans need to get their confidence back and not be so worried.  Stop acting like a bunch of Met fans.