Last year I wrote that the Yankees needed more "Fuck You Wins." They were a winning ballclub, of course, eventually notching their eighth straight AL East title, but there seemed a lack of cold-blooded tenacity. Not enough times we flat out stepped on someone's neck. Too few instances of forcing other teams to call players-only meetings after being embarrassed.

Winning 6-5 is great. A 3-2 picther's duel is fine. But a 15-2 victory on Opening Day, in which your ace gives up jack, your league MVP crushes a grand slam and makes like Brooks Robinson on a screamer down the line, your vaunted offense makes a former Cy Young winner its bitch and puts 29 runners on base? That's a Fuck You Win.

The 2006 Yankees: Coming to kick ass in a city near you.

More on the 15-2 Thrashing:

• Barry Zito retired four of 13 batters on 59 pitches and left with a 47.25 ERA. We broke him.

• I could probably field first base better than Jason Giambi. With no glove.

• A-Rod's grand slam will be categorized as "not clutch" because we were already up 3-0 and went on to win by 13 runs. It won't fall into those stats like "HRs that tied the game or put a team ahead." But he basically put the game away by giving Randy Johnson a seven-run lead. Last year, of course, he hit 48 unimportant homers and drove in 130 runs in non-pressure situations.

• Six of ESPN.com's 19 "experts" picked the A's — more than any other team — to win the World Series. I would have selected the team with five future Hall of Famers — one-fifth of its roster — still performing at All-Star levels (Johnson, Mariano Rivera, Alex Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield, Derek Jeter). The same one with Hideki Matsui, Giambi, Mike Mussina and Johnny Damon, as well.

• When Michael Kay reminded us that Bubba Crosby was the Yankees' projected starting center fielder before we signed Damon, I remembered how close we were to having a huge hole in our lineup. Thanks again, Red Sux!

• The Yankees got 17 hits and put 12 more runners on base without even touching the ball (nine walks, three HBP). The A's got eight men on base all night, all hits and no walks.

• Only two of the Yankees' 15 RBI came with two outs.

• Damon is on pace for 1,134 at-bats.

• Yankees games on YES have a sponsor for its closed captioning. Pretty much the only thing not whored out for corporate sponsorship is Sheffield's bitching.

Other Yankees Sites to Check Out Today:

• Karen Bischer's Blog
• Mark Feinsand's Blog
• Pinstripe Alley
• Was Watching
• Yankees Chick
• The Airing of Grievances
• Darth Marc