had the yankees held on to win this game, i would have come on here and told you how this was one of the best and most tense game i have ever watched.
but as soon as the indians tied the game in the 8th, i knew i wouldn\'t be doing that. i knew the indians would win the game - it was just a matter of when.
the fact of the matter is that the yankees offense is, once again, absolutely dead in the water in october. inning after inning i watched them get a lead-off walk, only to swing at first pitches, pop out, strike out, and essentially go down in order. and inning after inning, andy pettite came in and pitched brilliantly - working out of jam after jam, right up until the 7th inning. you could not have asked for anything more from pettite - he was fantastic.
joba comes into the bigges spot of his young carrer with 2 on and 1 out in the 7th, and gets 2 quick outs to get out of the jam. just what we needed. of course the yanks don\'t give him any more cushion in the top of the 8th - totally expected when you see what they\'ve done all game.
bottom 8 comes, and joba is a completely different pitcher. what the FUCK with all the bugs swarming on the infield?! i\'m certainly not using that as an excuse. joba threw the game in the dirt, plain and simple. like i said, it was over after that. the yankee offense wasn\'t coming alive.
and who better to prove that point than a-rod? i\'ve been cautious to not jump on him for his slow start this postseason, but who am i kidding? a-rod comes up in his biggest spot as a new york yankee in the top of the 9th with 2 out and a runner on 2nd, and strikes out to end the inning. can i say i want him off the team? i dunno. i mean, technically he\'s just doing what the rest of the offense does in the postseason, right? he\'s just has huge numbers in the regular season. whatever. i\'m pissed off at the whole fucking team right now. fuck it. get him out of here.
Vizcaino gets a huge gift with the bases loaded pop-up with 1 out in the 11th, but then on a 3-2 count with 2 out, throws a gutless lob over the heart of the plate to end the game. die fucker.
actually, i should really be happy that the game didn\'t go any longer than it did - it just would have been more painful when it finally did happen.
so here we are - down 0-2 and heading to yankee stadium on sunday. a game that i *should* be confident about. but yankee fans, i ask you this: how on earth can you watch this team over the last 2 days and have the least bit of confidence in them? especially knowing what they\'ve done in the postseason the past few years!
i\'ll be watching every pitch of every at-bat, but confident? hell no.
