with apologies to Scribbler, Julie, and Patrick; and a high-five to Frodo, Samwise and Norris.
Well, wasn't that a fun little series? There are many ways to put it, but I'll let MSNBC commentator, Mike Celizic, do it for me, in his column Yankees are best team in baseball now, he states:
A team that looked last spring as if it wouldn't get through the season has become what its owner insists it be — the best team in baseball. The starting pitching is adequate, the middle relief pretty darned good and the closer still the best in the business. A potent starting line-up has been turned into an opposing pitcher’s nightmare with the addition of Bobby Abreu, who, as The Boston Globe’s Bob Ryan said, seems as if he were born on first base, at the trade deadline.Quick recap for those who might not have watched/read a sports report lately:
It has survived injury, resisted the ravages of father time and never caved in to the adversity it has faced. Its manager, Joe Torre, has his share of critics, but when the smoke finally cleared in Fenway, you could argue that this year the imperturbable manager has done his greatest job of managing ever, and that includes the four-titles-in-five-years run of 1996-2000.
Like those old Yankee teams, this one beats you whichever way it has to.
Friday afternoon:12-4That's 49-25 for the series. Thank you Boston relievers!
Friday evening:14-11
Saturday afternoon: 13-5
(that's 3 games in 28 hours, including the longest 9-inning game in MLB history Saturday night)
Sunday evening:8-5 (in the 10th)
Monday afternoon: 2-0
New York is up by 6.5 games in the AL-East. I think that's a 10.5 game change since the All-Star Break. 10.5 Games, baby. Steve Lombardi runs the numbers:
From here, if the Yankees just play .500 baseball over the rest of the season, the Red Sox need to play nearly .700 baseball (.698 actually) to beat New York.Should note that Lombardi also provided a wonderful rundown of Red Sox blogs this morning reacting to the series at that point. My favorite was this one.
Guess now would be a good time to retract this post. Hate to do it, but. It's the right thing to do. Go Johnny! This series? 2 homers, 3 doubles, 1 triple and eight RBIs and hitting .435 (10-for-26). Sadly, think the Yankee fans will embrace him far faster than A-Rod.
Jeter solidified his run for a MVP award this weekend. Giambi did what he does best (whack the ball and make fields flubs). Poor Scott Proctor worked his arm off. Hope he's not needed in Seattle. A-Rod did some quality defense, and some less-than quality. Jorge showed he's still got some power. Abreu, Melky, Robbie...love you guys! And Mariano, ahhh, Mariano. As Moose put it: "You know, I don't think there's anything to say...That's what he does and that's why he's the best that's ever been and I'm glad he's on our side."
Curse of the Bambino? We don't need no steenkin' curse.
Piece of History: Where's this title come from?
4 comments:
If Martinez and Glavine can get healthy for the stretch run (and that looks like a big if) then I think another Subway series could be in order.
Go Mets!!!
Yeah Vinnie (I assume that's you), that does sound like a big "if" as far as Glavine goes--heard a little bit about that. Ack.
Subway Series would be lousy news for Fox, but from the season the Mets have had...would be great to watch.
Ohhh, come on. That the best you got?
Yeah, the Yanks have the highest payroll in the Majors. And who has #2? That's sure working for ya. :)
Yeah, that was me (Vinny). The other day espn.com had a nice feature on the front page of a possible NY-NY Series. I think it would be awesome. As of now it's probably a toss-up as to who wins. I'm sure you would disagree, though. Yankees prolly have a more potent lineup but the Mets a little better pitching.
Vinny
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