really?All day Yanks, tonight is the night
They were only 7 outs away from advancing to the World Series and Girardi miss manages the pitching like he did in game 3.Leaving Burnett in after he allowed the lead off batter to reach base was probably the turning point of the game.Demaso Marte getting the first 2 outs of the inning was over shadowed by Phil Hughes' inability to record the last out.
Hughes has looked like a completely different pitcher in this series and needs to straighten himself out if the Yankees are going to win a championship.
The bullpen hasn't been good as of late which is causing Girardi to over use Rivera and I don't think Rivera should have to bail out the base runners that the other Yankee relievers put on base.
Nick Swisher has been a disaster at the plate.How can he be in the lineup while Brett Gardner is only used to pinch run? These games are too important for the Yankees to be having Swisher fail for them in big spots.The guy cannot even hit a sac fly with less than 2 outs and is batting .118 in this series.Sure he hit 29 home runs for the Yankees during the regular season but the White Sox had good reasons for trading him away.
The Yankees need to close this series out on Saturday.In each of the two losses that they had in this series they blew a late inning lead.The Angels are a good hitting team but the Yankees need to have that killer approach in order to finish off these teams.Hopefully Yankee fans will be celebrating 2 days from now.
This series worries me a lot but there are a couple of positives.
I think our ace, CC, is better than their ace, Lee, even though the picture is being painted that they are in a dead heat. Fact is, Lee hasn't faced a lineup quite like the Yankee lineup since he arrived in Philly. CC will have huge support from the Yankee crowd in Game 1. I think we take tonights game.
That presents a problem for Philly. If the Yankees go up 1-0, the Phillies will throw Pedro in Game 2. Yes, he's pitched well, but he like Lee has not faced a lineup quite like the Yankees'. Pedro is a power pitcher throwing 88/89. He's the type of guy the Yankees tattoo. I think the Yanks take Game 2.
I feel as though we will go into Philly up 2-0, which will essentially force a Philly sweep if they want a shot in the series. Call me crazy, but I like the way Gaudin has pitched. I have a lot of confidence in him were he to start in Game 5.
That said, I think the Yanks take this in 6. They take the first 2 at the stadium, win 1/3 in Philly and come home to win their 27th.
Shit, we really gotta do something in Philly now.
Lee dominated us, Our pitching sucked. (CC pitches the SAME pitch in the SAME spot on the strike zone to the SAME player Chase Utley TWICE, and he makes us pay). From the first inning, I knew when CC loaded the bases, this would be a long night. It is really unnatural for him to do something like that.
Our offense was even worse. A-Rod struck out 3 times. Where did he go? Where did Tex go? Is A-Rod returning to his 2007 form?
We need to win tomorrow. NEED TO WIN. OR else Rollins will be right and it is Phillies in 4 or 5. I'm really starting to hate him.
I can't watch that happen. This team is notorious for comebacks. We need one, whether it be tomorrow, Saturday, whenever.
Just get us that 27th ring....It's been too long.
So far you 0 for 1. Hope you dont strike out.
Pedro gives me bad wibes. If we go down 0-2 then have to play two NL games in Philly. bad bad bad..We have to win this game.