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ALCS Games 4 & 5: Myocardial Infarction, FTW.
‘Workin’ like a dog for the boss man, workin’ for the company;
I’m bettin’ on the dice I’m tossin’, I’m gonna have a fantasy.’
I don’t know how much more of this I can handle. First we get spoiled beyond the point of recovery in game 4, then Game 5 happens and basically AK-47′s our hopes for the night. Now that is clearly not cool.
This will be relatively short, because yesterday’s game nearly killed me and I think I’d have a traumatic experience if I have to relive it. However, I’m more than happy to talk about Game 4. =)
CC muh-flippin’ Sabathia. DOMINANT. There are not enough positive adjectives in the English language to desribe this beast of a man. He’s spectacular, stupendous, marvelous, et cetera, et cetera. Redundance is completely necessary. Let the broken records play. I’ll be singing this guy’s praises until I kick the bucket. He is epic. He is god-like. He is quite possibly the Second Coming.
Offense: <33333 Could you come into my life [well, all our lives] more often please?! You hardly call or give me [us] nice things anymore… I felt like we were drifting slowly apart, it was almost too painful to bear… Okay, dramatic monologue over. Seriously, though. Scott Kazmir may as well have been hit by a Mac truck. Same goes for Matt Palmer. Poor chumps, they had no idea it was coming. Just see for yourself…
Melky El Lechito Cabrera? Beastin’. Alexander The Great Rodriguez? Beastin’ even more. Johnny J-Dames Damon? ‘Bout time you woke your a$s up! A beautiful, beautiful 10-1 win over LAAAAAAAAAA? Priceless. There really are some things money can’t buy. Gratification, for the win. ;D
Sure, they basically butt-plugged the Angels in this game. That was all well and good. Last night, they’re on the verge of a monumental comeback and FAIL miserably. Oh Phil Hughes. Oh, Nick Swisher. Oh, everybody. Where were you last night? Maybe these off days are too much. At least it’s back to the homeland for Game 6, which will hopefully be the last for LAAAAAAAAAA. I’m sick of them. Having a holy object as a mascot is just cruel. Nepitism, I tell you! [shakes fist at sky] But that’s besides the point. Tomorrow, the Angels will be flying back to SoCal or Heaven, but preferably Hell… [or wherever the hell they habituate] and staying there until next season. MARK MY WORDS.
In other news, the Phillies beat the Dodgers in their series 4-1 and will be the opponent for the World Series. C’mon Yanks, GET WITH IT SO WE CAN SEND THESE GUYS PACKIN’ TOO! =) TPPT™ & GoodKarma™ be with us, y’all!
ALCS Game 3: Oh, HELL No!
‘So you think you’re lonely, well my friend I’m lonely too
I want to get back to my city by the bay…’
-_-”
Okay, maybe not by the bay since ‘bay’ may be related to California… but you get the idea.
Today was obviously not a very good display of what our boys are capable of, to say the very least. It definitely could have been prevented through many various means.
I’m gonna keep this short and sweet, ’cause I’m not really in the mood to get into detail. Let’s just say Andy Pettitte should’ve gotten more run support, and Joe Girardi just plain screwed himself over, i.e. Mariano Rivera and David Robertson.
At least CC Sabathia is on the mound tomorrow; the stopper, the drain, the knight in shining armor, etc. Let’s just hope the bats come alive and get something done. Here’s looking at you, Mark Teixeira, Nick Swisher, and Melky Cabrera… [cough]
Yes, folks, tomorrow is another day! We have to forget about this loss and focus on the important things in life at the moment: TPPT⢠& GoodKarmaâ¢. They will avenge us, this I promise you! Mark my words, [as I said on Twitter and shall now repeat] CC will make a$sponies of those Halos tomorrow! [maniacal laugh] Choke a rally monkey & let the good vibes take over! WOOOOO!!!!!
ALCS Games 1 & 2: Oh, HELL Yeah!
‘So come on, feel the noise; girls rock your boys
We’ll get wild, wild, wild… wild, wild, wild.’
How can a Yankee fan not be happy at this point? I mean really. At home in the freezing cold conditions, against none other than the Hellish Halos, your hopes are high but expectations? They may waver a tad. Our boys have done us good in these two games. They made the Angels look like monkeys [pun possibly intended]. It was grand.
Game 1: CC “Boss Dawg” Sabathia took the hill for his first trip of the series. He tossed eight innings of one-run, four-hit, seven-K ball. If that’s not ballin’, I’m not sure what is. If he pitches twice more in this series, it’s gotta be in the bag. You can never have a doubt when the guy is on the mound. He’s the insurance policy. In short, he is amazing.
Before I continue, I just want to thank Jason over at Heartland Pinstripes for always having awesome recaps of the game. If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be able to be as detailed as I want to. You freakin’ rock, Jason!
Okay, so, Alex Rodriguez was to thank for the Yankees’ drawing first blood in game 1. LET THEM HATERS HAAATE. He’s clearly proven everybody wrong who’s doubted him. He was basically the MVP of the DS, along with CC, AJ, and Andy, of course. Anyway, he had a sac-fly to put the Yanks up 1-0 in the first, and Matsui followed with a bloop single to score Johnny Damon. WOOP.
Fast-forward to the fifth, Hideki Matsui knocks a double to score J-Dames and make the score 3-1. A-Rod tries to do the same, but instead was called out in a pretty intense collision at home plate – more intense for Jeff Mathis, I should say. It was a good try nonetheless I suppose, although he did run through Robbie Thomson’s stop sign.
There was one more run to be had in the sixth, thanks to a botched pickoff attempt by John Lackey & a single by Derek Jeter to score Melky Cabrera. This made the score 4-1, which ended up being the final. Angels’ miscues certainly were used to our advantage in this game. Good times.
Game 2: It was AJ Burnett‘s turn on the mound. Through the first four, he was workin’ it. When the fifth inning came around however, he let the Halos come back and tie the game at two. He ended up going six-and-a-third, just allowing three hits and having four Ks. On any other day, this would be considered a really good outing for him, so I’m not gonna knock the guy.
Offense, offense, offense. Robbie Cano with a triple to score Nick Swisher, who of course worked a walk, in the second. Captain Clutch then decided to tack another one on with a solo shot to right field in the third.
Naturally, the game went into extras, and dramatics ensued. Chone Figgins, the president of the Lollipop Guild, hit a single in the 11th to score Gary Matthews Jr. and make the score 3-2 with Alfredo Aceves on the mound. Aceves did not save us. Growl. This was the point where I was near stroking in the club where I was out with friends for a birthday. Yes, I was glued to the TV. Yes, I know how stinky that sounds, LOL. But as I’ve said, I have an addiction. O=) Anywho, as my other friends were on the dance floor, I watched Alex Rodriguez put us at ease, blasting a solo shot to right field in the bottom of the inning. There were many cheers to be had by the patrons other than myself.
Aside from Aceves, the combined efforts of Phil Coke (.1 IP, 1 BB, 1 K), Joba Chamberlain (.1 IP, 1 H, 1 K), Phil Hughes (.2 IP, 1 H, 1 K), Mariano Rivera (2.1 IP, 1 H, 2 K), Damaso Marte (.1 IP), and David Robertson (1.1 IP, 2 BB, 1 H, 1 K) yielded good results (though the lines look pretty shaky). Whatever hits these guys gave up didn’t do any damage. They cleaned themselves up rather nicely.
To the thirteenth we go. Robbie Cano with an error in the top of the frame to let Erick Aybar aka Coolio on base. Ugh. Aybar bunted to 2nd by Figgy. Ugh. Bobby Abreu IBBed. Ugh. Torii Hunter with a groundout to DJ, but the runners move up. Ugh. At this point I was just begging to be put out of my misery. Thank God Vladimir Guerrero was having a bit of an off day. As my Dad put it “he left a small country on base last night.” Inning over, crisis averted. Whew.
Bottom half of the thirteenth. I’m in the car on the way home from the club, wishing I was still in front of the TV. Jerry Hairston Jr., pinch-hitting, hits a single. Brett Gardner bunts him to second. Sacrifice successful. Cano gets IBBed. Melky hits a grounder to second, and Maicer Izturis makes a MAJOR faux pas and throws the ball away! JHJ scores! YANKEES WIN, THEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES WIN! Much screaming and celebrating ensued while en route to my house. Myself as well as two of my friends scared the bejesus out of our other friend in the passenger seat. Whoops. All in the name of winning, of course. =)
So, our boys travel to Anaheim and far better weather in the west for games 3 and 4. Up 2-0 has a really, really nice ring to it. The matchup for Monday afternoon consists of Andy Pettitte vs. Jered Weaver. I’m beyond the point of being hyped/stoked/excited/etc. My blood pressure is probably through the roof. Ah, well. Two more wins and we are off to the WORLD SERIES, BABY! =D LET’S DO THIS!
ALDS Game 1: All Systems Are Go
‘Been away so long I hardly knew the place,
gee, it’s good to be back home.’
Aside from being excessively hyper and shaking to the point where I looked like I had a medical issue, I had a knot in the pit of my stomach. I could have attributed it to a number of things, like the fact that I still have some sort of bug, boy troubles, stress in general, but no. This was no ordinary knot. This was a playoff knot, through and through. How could I tell this? It was gone [for the most part] today – after the win settled in my head.
The first two innings were relatively event-less, save for a couple of jams that CC, the Boss Dawg, worked into and out of himself. Speaking of CC, he earned himself a good supply of chipotle cheesesteak sandwiches for last night’s performance. Okay, he did give up 2 runs [in the third inning, more on this soon] and 8 hits overall, but he struck out 9 and did not walk a single Twin. Sure, a good number of us wanted to string him up for letting the Twins draw first blood, but he was redeemed quite a few times over, thanks to the trusty offense.
Trusty. Would that be good enough of a word to describe these guys? Probably not, but since my brain is nearly scrambled from excitement, it’s the best I can do. =) Anyway, back to the third inning. Our boys in pinstripes drew some blood right back, with El Capitán actually pulling a pitch for a homer with the Melkster on base. It was one of those you-know-right-away homers. It was a thing of beauty, a work of art, if you will. Even Jeet knew it right off the bat (pun intended). You know all is going well when Captain Clutch is just as his namesake implies.
So, with that two-run shot by Jeet, the score was tied 2-2 after the third. Bottom four – NickySwish at bat with 2 dead… knocks a double to score Robbie from first to take – and keep – the lead. From that moment on, whatever came was just insurance. In the fifth inning, Mr. Roboto popped a 2-run shot to put our minds at ease. A-Rod had himself 2 RBIs as well. Yep, that’s right. A-ROD had TWO RBIs in a PLAYOFF game. Suck on that, haters.
Our bullpen of course deserves a moderate amount of credit as well, I mean, they kept the Twins scoreless in the entire 2-and-a-third that they were in the game. Hughesy, Cokie, Jobey, and Moey. Need I really go into details? I think the names basically scream for themselves. Our bullpen is ballin’, clearly. No two ways about it.
And now an off day for our boys. It’s not an off day for all, however. At the moment, we have the Rockies beating the Phillies 4-1 in the sixth. Later on, we’ll have the Cards and Dodgers and the [shudders] Red Sox and Angels. I’d like to see the Dodgers pull through that series, but I honestly have no idea how I feel about the Angels or Red Sox. I hate them both relatively equally. Damn them! [shakes fist at sky] But I think I’ll just relax and enjoy the view for now. Tomorrow will probably restart that lovely feeling of nausea, but I can deal with it! =)
The End? The Beginning? The Beginning of the End?
‘This is a love attack, I know it went out but it’s back.
It’s just like any fad retracts before impact.’
®. A much, much better result than the last three games – by a longshot.
It’s sad to say the 2009 regular season is over for our boys. They need only 11 wins throughout this postseason to accomplish Mission27
™ and raise a new banner in the “House That George Built.” But, on the plus side, they finished up with a record of 103-59 along with a guaranteed trip to the playoffs, the AL East title, and Home Field Advantage throughout the playoffs. Talk about a 180
°. I think it’s safe to say
2008 never even existed in Yankees history, at least, at this very moment in
time. =)
But anyway, back to the game itself. AJ got a little
redemption courtesy of his offense come the sixth inning. In the sixth inning,
which should be known as the “Middle Finger” inning, the Yankees
scored all ten of their runs, seven of which came off the bat of Alex
Rodriguez. Those 7 RBI made history today. It let Alex finish the season with a
couple of nice, round numbers – 30 HRs and 100 RBI on the season. His
second homer of the inning set a franchise-record 243 for the season. It made
him the 5th Yankee of the season to have over 25 pops, and second on the team
in RBI, following Tex. Now, I called this inning the “Middle Finger”
inning for a couple of reasons. First, the Rays basically IBBed Tex the second
time around the lineup because they didn’t want him to get ahead of Carlos Pena
for the league lead in home runs. D!ck move on their part. It was a dumb move
both for that reason and because in A-Rod’s previous at-bat of the inning, he
smoked a 3-run shot. Clearly a stupid move, even though they probably could
have cared less whether they won or lost.
The other reason I gave the sixth inning that nomer was because, well, A-Rod beasted it this season. He missed nearly a month’s worth of games [and then some with the days off] and came back to be top-10 in a few offensive categories. If you were told prior to the season that you wouldn’t be back ’til August, but still come back in May and have a season like this? I think anyone would take it. He basically showed everybody who doubted him that he can still work it, even if he’s not 100%. Now, I haven’t been a huge fan of the guy in the past, but this season, I think I’ve been converted. A good postseason may just lead to idolatry.
Sidebar: He sent his first pitch of the season over the fences, and he did just the same with his last. Now that is something.
Of course, A-Rod couldn’t have had all those RBIs without guys on base. Johnny Damon woke up a little from his recent slumber and had two doubles [both in the sixth inning]. Jeet had two hits, no surprise there. Roboto had a hit, Swish had a hit, Melkster had a hit, and even Panda had a hit (it’s about damn time). Even a good amount of the replacement guys got action: BG scored, Miranda scored, and Guzman scored. For a half inning, it sure was action-packed. And thanks to all this action, AJ, despite giving up two runs and seven hits, got himself his 13th win of the season.
Even though it was a beautiful blowout, some of the relievers had to get some work in. Girardi sent David Robertson to the mound: success. Joba? Success (more on this later). Cokie? Success. Philly “Pornstache” Phranchise? Success. Mo? Speaks for himself. No runs, no hits, no walks for all five of those relievers.
Back to Joba. On Twitter, V [over at Flair For the Dramatic] said this: “Joba is Jesus out of the bullpen.” I don’t think I could have said it better myself. The guy is golden in that spot. I really don’t get why they couldn’t just keep him there. But that’s a debate I’d rather not get into. He pitched a whole half-inning and got a K out of it. He was sssssmokin’. I like him in the bullpen for the postseason. Hopefully he gets a shot at some point.
So, with all of this said, the 2009 season has come to a close. I hate that line. At least there’s still some good baseball left to be seen. I’m hoping TPPT™ as well as GoodKarma™ (a newbie on the scene) will be present throughout these playoffs and will help get us that 27th World Series title. The wait will be long, but in the end? Absolutely worth it. Whatever the ALDS may bring, whether the team is Detroit or Minnesota, our boys will be ready with the momentum of this final win behind them. In closing, here’s a preliminary toast to all of you fellow fans out there, to a fan-freakin’-tastic ’09 regular season, and, of course, to our boys in pinstripes. And like an old friend of ours once said, “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” [clink]
Poppin’ Champagne!
Massive, massive win in the Bronx today.
Let’s just run through all the goodness that came with said win:
1. 100th win, making our boys 100-56 on the season thus far.
2. They swept this 3-game series against the Red Sox.
3. Aforementioned sweep puts the season series against the Sox at 9-9, while previously going 0-8.
4. They clinched Home Field Advantage throughout the playoffs with the best record in the American League.
and last, but certainly not least…
5. THE YANKEES ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST.
HELL MO-EFFIN’ YES.
This was one of those games that just got your blood pumping. When you know what’s at stake and who you’re facing to get there, the win is all the sweeter. Honestly, what Yankee fan can say this game wasn’t a big flip-of-the-bird to the Red Sox? Exactly – none.
See where The Power of Positive Thinking
™ gets you?! I knew I wasn’t crazy. After all the headaches, heart attacks, anxiety, and all that jazz, we fans can now let out a bit of a sigh of relief. Sure, there’s still a long way to go to get to that elusive #27, but you’ve got to be feeling good about our chances.
So, back to the game itself. Andy picked up his 14th win of the season, going 6 innings while giving up the only 2 Boston runs. He struck out 4 and walked 3. Sure, not his best start of the season, but it was still decent and it was still what they needed to secure the win. Bruney followed him, and while giving Yankees Universe a collective near-heart attack, he pitched 2 scoreless innings… two scoreless innings? Seriously, this is Twilight Zone week to the max. Coke came in and got a batter out, and Mo, of course, came in to close the deal. In doing so, he picked up his 44th save of the season. Excuse me while I put my shocked face on.
There wasn’t too much offense to be seen today, but we still got what was needed. The MelkMan delivered a bomb in the 3rd inning off Byrd, making the score 2-1. In the 6th inning, however, the designated-DH [not a typo] Hit-deki hit a 2-out, 2-run single in the 6th. Since then, the lead was never relinquished. Tex decided to add on a little insurance in the 8th, belting his 38th shot of the season.
How sweet it truly is to be in this position at this point. Clinching the playoffs against the Angels… clinching the division against the Sox… it’s like something out of a storybook – one of which that eventually finishes with a happy ending.
Speaking of happy endings, here are some of the super-funny celebratory photos that took place after the game, including how I think some conversations went down. Enjoy! =)
Though it was a fantastic day for these guys, we must remember: tomorrow is another day!
Peace out blog scouts!
The Good Enigmas
Before I frighten anybody, I just want to clarify that I’ll actually be saying GOOD things about Joba Chamberlain today. Yeah, that’s right. POSITIVE, HAPPY, NICE things. I swear, this whole week has been enigmatic at best: two wins against the Angels in Anaheim… and now Joba goes six innings and gets the win?! Where are the four horsemen and the hail and the fire and all that other Book-of-Revelation-type stuff?! Sheesh.
Joba, Joba, Joba… WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU HIBERNATING!? We’ve been looking for these type of starts from you since… well, forever! I mean, at least it’s finally coming to light [now that you're not gonna be in the rotation [rolls eyes]] but why not sooner? You could’ve saved us fans a lot of agita and headaches… Ah, well, at least this goodness came against the Sox at home in the home stretch for clinching the division. You are forgiven… for now.
As I’m sure we all saw yesterday, Joba had some really good stuff going. He kept his pitch count down throughout most of the game (86 pitches in all), and held the Sox back relatively well. He went 6, striking out 5, only walking 1 and only allowing 3 runs. That’s a big step up from allowing 7 runs in 3 innings, if you ask me. I’ve gotta say, whatever Girardi/Eiland/Posada/etc. said to this kid before the game yesterday clearly worked. More, more, more!
On the offensive side, disappointment was naturally nowhere to be found. A-Rod basically beat the Sox on his own, going 3-4 with 4 RBI – 2 of which coming from a ridiculously massive shot into the second deck in left field. Jeet went 2-4 and had a RBI, surprise, surprise. Melkster had a hit and an RBI. Tex had 2 hits and an RBI. And last, but not least, JoPo had 2 hits and 2 RBI. There were seven bases stolen – thievery at its finest. All of this lovely offense amounted to a 9-5 win in the Bronx. Sweeeeet life.
The Sox, I think, were not really in the mood to show up last night. Francona put in his B squad not too soon before the end of the game. I guess they’re not too worried about winning the division anymore… What. A. Shame. [maniacal laugh]
Final note about the game: that DP that Robbie & Jeet pulled off to make the last two outs of the 9th was just sinful. I bet Casey Kotchman wants them indicted for high crimes in “too much talent.”
This brings the Magic Number down to The Great Bambino, which means there is a possibility to clinch while the Sox are in town. That would just be icing on the proverbial cake.
One thing that gets me is how long these games are. I feel like I’ve been playing in them myself, that’s how tired I get. These two teams are exhausting as they are, but together? That’s just crazy. I went to bed at 11:30. I’m eighteen years old, what the hell am I doing going to bed at 11:30?! [sigh] They are great though, no doubt about that.
So, Boss Dawg is on the mound today against Dice-K. Not-so-bold prediction: Yankees, For. The. Win. =) And for the record, I HATE FOX BROADCASTS. K, thanks. Look for a post about this afternoon’s game tomorrow; after the game I am outskies for the night [finally]! Until then, my dudes and dudettes…
Deuces Blogland!
Clippin’ the Angels’ Wings
If I walked around saying something along the lines of “The Yankees are gonna win this series against the Angels and take two out of three,” people probably would’ve looked at me like I had tulips growing out of my head. Fortunately, this statement was made true only a little while ago. The Yanks really did take 2 out of 3 from those g-damn Halos of Anaheim, or LA, or California, or wherever the hell they’re claiming as home these days. And I’m pretty sure it came as a huge shock to most of us fans out there, myself included.
Yesterday, Chad Gaudin was on the bump in Anaheim [or whatever]. Considering his rep, he did a pretty darn good job up until the 5th inning. He was hit up for two runs and left it up to Aceves. Unfortunately, he decided to give up another two runs and make the game more interesting, or gut-wrenching, I’m not sure which.
The middle-third of the lineup was the key to last night’s win. A-Rod went 1-4, that 1 being a 2-run blast, and ended the day with 3 RBI. Matsui belted his 28th of the season, and JoPo had a couple of RBI as well. All of this goodness amounted to a 6-5 Yankee win in Anaheim. That’s right, a WIN in ANAHEIM. It’s like the saying “a needle in a haystack.”
* Sidebar 1: Jeet got his 200th hit of the season yesterday. I tell ya, this kid is somethin’. He’s gonna be great one day…
Today was AJ’s turn to toss. As I’m sure many others were, I was pretty apprehensive about this. The past few starts AJ had were not too fantastic. I think it was a good choice he decided to actually show up today. He only went 5-and-two-thirds, but he K’d 11 and only walked 3… which is pretty damn good for him. I’m hoping this is a sign that’s he’s coming around and is getting ready for the home stretch.
Having AJ pitch well was also key because Scott Kazmir was on the opposing side. Lucky for us, he was shaky in the fourth and he coughed up three runs. We have the Czech Brothers RobbieCanoDon’tchaKnow and MelkManLikesDeWemens to thank for that. =) And so, like sands through the hourglass we ended up with another win in Anaheim. Today must be Opposite-of-the-Oxymoron Day.
* Sidebar 2: JoPo and NickySwish were out with minor injuries
today. I really, really hope they’re fine. I don’t think they’re a
cause for worry. JHJ left the game with some issue or other, and
apparently he’ll be having a date with an MRI machine tomorrow. Hope
that’s nothing serious either. I’d hate to lose him on the bench,
especially now.
With these wins, the Magic Number is now down to 5iVE. How apropos that the Yankee Clipper/Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio happens to share that number and, oh, look, the title of this entry is about “clipping” the Angels’ wings… What a freakin’ coinkydink!
Ah, well, I guess I can use tomorrow to relax after a long first half of the week. Now that I’ve typed that, it sounds all the more appealing. I see a nap in my future. ♥ Sweet life!
Until next time, Yankee fans…
Bye bye bye (bye bye!)
Beautiful Day For Baseball
And a trip to the Bronx! =D
That’s right, I made my first trip to the grand new Stadium on 161st St. and River Ave, and let me tell you, it was completely, COMPLETELY worth it.
I was hoping that the Yankees would hold off being swept by the Orioles because I rarely ever go to games, and I like to see wins when I go. It seems that they were in the generous mood because they did win, by a landslide.
CC had an overall great outing, except for giving up those two runs in the 2nd and one in the 4th – partially thanks to J-Dames thinking there were three outs when there were only two in the fourth inning. *sigh* Pon atención, por favor, J-Dames!
The fifth inning was where things really got going. As I went to meet some friends from Twitter, both Joe Girardi and Alex Rodriguez got tossed from the game. We missed it on the field, but we were watching it on the TV screens near the concession stands. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Girardi that mad before. It was pretty intense. I thought punches would be thrown… but that would’ve been bad. Apparently the ejections were over balls and strikes, and apparently Marty Foster is in need of some binoculars or some other sort of eye aid.
But, in true New York Yankee fashion, that fire that was lit under their as$es stayed lit. They kept it rolling in the 6th inning, with 2 RBIs from Melky putting the Yanks up 5-3. Then they poured the cement on the coffin in the 8th, scoring 8 runs thanks to pretty much everybody – especially Hit-deki & Melky. Tex and BG had themselves a couple of RBIs in the 8th as well. Offensive production = check.
Back to CC. He went seven, giving up 3 runs, 5 hits, 4 walks, and only striking out 1 batter. An odd outing for CC, no doubt about it, but he still managed to get the win. Kudos to the offense once again for backing his big butt up.
As for my own experience at the Stadium, I was pretty overwhelmed. The place is ginormous, but incredibly gorgeous. I wanna live there, or at least get a job as a ball girl. That would be pretty ideal. Could somebody hook me up with that? And maybe a place to live that’s a tad closer than where I am now? Kay, thanks.
Tomorrow, in come the Halos. I hate the Halos. They are the bane of my existence. Hopefully the offense didn’t dry up today… ’cause that would not be ideal. Maybe/hopefully the essence of TPPT™ will still be there! [crosses fingers and knocks on wood] A win against this team is a must, especially at home. We’ll see what happens.
Later bloggeroos!
…And That’s What We’re Used To
So I finally have some free time to post something. Oh, happy day! =D
School has been pretty hectic so far, hence the break, but I am back and ready for action!
Okay, today’s game… well, Andy didn’t exactly pick up where he left off in his last start. In fact, the first batter he faced drew a walk. But, despite the 4 earned runs and 5 walks, he grinded it out – a mantra of this team, no doubt – and he got the W added onto his record; his fourth in a row, as a matter of fact. Go Andy, go Andy, GO!
The offense was the thing today. Robbie hit his 23rd homer of the season, apersonal record, mind you, and Tex connected for his 33rd. Glad to see those Teix messages being sent with great emphasis. A-Rod had himself an RBI single. Melky began the Yanks’ offense with a 2-run single in the second. Melk delivered on time, no charge. Tips? If you insist…
The last point I want to make about today’s game can be summed up in two words: Phil Hughes. That is all.
So, all in all, things were put back into place after last night’s nearly-hitless loss to Doc
Halladay, a god among men. He is some kinda awesome when he’s on point. Sheesh.
Tomorrow, Ser-Ser-Sergio takes the mound for the first time since his jaw-dropping, face-slapping, hater-shutting-upping performance. We’ll just have to see if that comeback liner wasn’t anything worth worrying about. If he‘ll be able to continue where he left off, then we’re really in business. Here’s to lookin’ forward and not backward err’body! [clink] TPPT™, yo!
Siyonara kids!
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