ALCS: It wasn't always pretty but the Yankees are up 2-0, despite the weather, the confident Angles, a poor history with the Angels, a few errors, wintery weather, Nick Adenhart, cold, bad hitting with RISP, rain, too many men left on base, a big chill,
second-guessed decisions...and did I mention the cold and the rain? They just found ways to win and had another wild walk-off. It's better to be lucky than good. Alex Rodriguez may have won the weekend with his 3rd game tying home run of the playoffs, each of which have come in the 7th inning or later. He has added his name to the redemption column after he hit a curious 0-2 pitch over the short right field wall. Do they compare to the 1998 team? Maybe not. Only if Robinson Cano is ready to blow a bubble and point at the ball (maybe instead of "Blauch-head", they'll go with "Can-not" or something witty like that). Maybe they could come up with a good one for Ronan Tynan too. Still a 5-0 start to the postseason is impressive. They're reduced a potential Hall-of-Fame player to a gimpy shell of his former self that many are suggesting should be dropped in the lineup. And they're making a supposedly good defensive team look bad. Now the Yanks get to play under the blue, sunny skies of Anaheim (or is it LA? either way the mayor won't bet on the team) and try to end this series before it comes back to New York again, though we all expect the Angels not to go quietly into the night. We know Mariano Rivera is ready to do whatever it takes as is Derek Jeter, but so is David Robertson.NLCS: Pedro may have been pulled too early in a League Championship Series game. Have you heard that one before? (Paging Grady Little!). The Phillies lost a tough one on Friday that they led late. Chase Utley is pulling his best Chuck Knoublauch impression which is pretty much what I
expected when I talked about how great he was defensively previewing this series (oy). It may just be a few games, but it looks like he has the yips. Who would have thought months ago that Pedro Martinez vs. Vincente Padilla would be the pitcher's duel of the NCLS? The Phillies got one back behind Cliff Lee and some serious offense, winning 11-0 yesterday. Maybe the Dodgers need to stop pitching to Ryan Howard. This series is now 2-1 and the pressure falls onto the shoulder of Randy Wolf, who still has a lot of fans in Philly. The other guys who have a lot of fans in Philly? This Cliff Lee fella who is making up for lost time and "Chooooooooch". Think the Dodgers wish they would have paid up for Cliff Lee? The one question for the Phillies: why were they pitching Cliff Lee so late?NFL: Cliff Lee has more Ks than the Eagles had points as they lost an embarrassing game to the Oakland Raiders.There is no need to worry about Tom Brady as the Patriots won a laugher you probably can't believe. The Saints embarrassed the Giants, who lost a question-mark game. Mark Sanchez was awful for the Jets (and for my fantasy team).
Today:
- Yankees @ Angels Game 3
- Dodgers @ Phillies Game 4
- MNF Broncos @ Chargers
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