Going to The World Series

The ALCS is over and Yankees fans can celebrate as the Yankees have captured their 40th pennant as a franchise. Now it is on to the World Series where the defending Champion Phillies await. It should be a great series with two very evenly matched teams on all fronts, It will definitely come down to the pitching staffs to decide who will be champions. There's no doubt that all of the metropolitan area will have it's eyes on these games, though it might be tough for Mets fans to endure watching their two biggest rivals playing for it all. The quest for a 27th world championship is in it's final stage and The Yankees look determined to end the 9 year title drought, but it will have to be earned in a series that is sure to have lots of great baseball on display. Every Yankee fan will tune in tomorrow night to as they like all Yankees fans have been waiting for 6 years to cheer on the Yankees on the grandest stage of them all.

Game 2

Game 2 is in the books and it was a good one, for the average baseball fan it had everything you could have asked for. The Yankees pitching was very impressive in the way they handled the tough situations. Many fans are most likely looking for the real identity of the impostor that is dawning the #13 jersey as it has been senonomus with the word clutch all postseason long. Rodriguez can bask in the spotlight New York has shined on hm since the moment he put on the pinstripes, As far as what I've seen from him in the playoffs he might as well be the white knight coming to rescue whenever trouble befalls the kingdom. It was a long game that kept you on the edge of your seat as Ic an imagine every fan was sitting on each pitch made. I, like every Yankee fan in the world showed absolute elation as Hairston scored the winning run to secure another important victory. Now it's time to take the series to the west coast where Andy Pettite will take the mound hoping to match Sabathia and Burnett's great outings. Andy is considered by fan to be mr. reliable in the playoffs here's hoping that he can be exactly that for the Yankees monday afternoon.

Game 1

Game 1 is in the books and it went as well as you could have possibly hoped for the Yankees. I'll admit they were helped out by some uncharacteristic mistakes by the Angels, but they got the hits when they counted therefore capitalizing on those miscues. Outside of that there is one solitary reason for why the first game was a win for the Bombers....C.C. Sabathia. He pitched as great as you would expect an ace to do, and I must say that I was rather impressed with the command of the plate he had the entire game especially the usage of that changeup he was throwing. Good pitching can suppress scrappy teams like the Angels and that is the precedent the Yankees have to enforce upon the entire pitching staff so the other starters will follow Sabathia's lead. As much as it is great to get the first game, it is only game 1 and there is still much to do and every New Yorker knows the Yankees are not out of the woods yet with the team from Anaheim. The Bombers can celebrate this win for the time being but it's right back to work tomorrow night, just. The baton has now been passed to A.J. Burnett who will take on the same task of shutting down the potent Angels lineup. Let's all hope for the best as the Yankees look to take a small command of the series.

I watched Game 2 between the Dodgers and Phillies and I like many people thought the Phillies had the game in hand, but to no surprise the Dodgers made a comeback once Martinez was taken out of the game. Quite an inauspicious ending to a well pitched game on both ends. Look like this should be an interesting series.

On to the ALCS

The Yankees have given New York something that hasn't been seen in 4 years...a series win. The demons of past first rounds have been lifted of the conscience of the team and fans and not a moment too soon. This was a great effort all around, especially by one Alex Rodriguez. whoo would have thought after all of his struggles and mental cramps in clutch situations during October baseball he would be the one getting hit after hit in situations where he needed to come through. I certainly hope he can continue his hot, clutch hitting as the Yankees are going to need it when they take on those pesky Angels. They have given the Yankees fits for the last 7 years and that is the monket=y that the organization would like to solve in the postseason. The tremendous pitching from the staff will be absolutely crucial if there is going to be any hope of defeating the Angels and that cannot be stressed enough. I will say this the Yankees are going in prepared for a war with the winner obtaining a birth in the World Series. I'm looking forward to seeing how it will play out in the ALCS.