Delaney: Yankees off to disappointing start

Imagine the child's glee. Living in New York, little Johnny or Susie grew up a Yankees' fan, influenced by the admiration of mom or dad, a grandparent or the neighborhood kid down the street. And sure enough, someone scores Yankees tickets for the new stadium during spring break. The child can't wait. The only downside is the tickets are for a Saturday game at the end of the break.

I don't know how many kids these days get psyched at the anticipation of going to a Major League Baseball game. Probably not enough. But Johnny or Susie or any other young baseball fan who waited all week to go to the new Yankee Stadium were disappointed.

The Cleveland Indians scored 14 runs in the second inning, and defeated the Yankees 22-4. Cleveland scored 22 runs on 23 hits and three Indians pitchers held the Yankee hitters to seven hits. Yankees starting pitcher Chien-Ming Wang gave up eight runs on eight hits and left after 1 1/3 innings with a 34.50 earned run average.

Yes, it's only April and it's one game for the Yankees, league favorite to play deep into the postseaon after spending a gazillion dollars in the offseason. The Yanks, 6-6 after Saturday, lost to Cleveland 10-2 Thursday on Opening Day at the Stadium. So far, no one's getting their money's worth from this team.