The Yankees are 27 outs away from their 27th World Series championship. They’ll send AJ Burnett tonight to face Cliff Lee, who has dominated like few in history this post season. Odds are likely the series heads back to the Bronx for at least one more game, but should it end tonight, it seems like a tough choice for MVP. It seems like Damon has been involved in a lot of the scoring in Philadelphia, (but in reality, he’s been hot the last game and a half) Derek Jeter has the best batting average and the most hits in the Series, and A-Rod has made the most of his two safeties.
I think it’s gonna end up being Rivera. There’s no chance Burnett goes the distance, so without question, if the Yankees win tonight, Rivera will be getting the last three outs. If that happens, he’ll have three saves, allowed no runs, and basically saved the season with his two inning save in Game 2. Unless one of the two superstars singlehandedly wins the game, it’s gonna be the Sandman.
UPDATE: So much for that. It looks like Cliff Lee could be the MVP, whether the Phillies come all the way back or not. As for the Yankees, this is the first game of the postseason that they had a starter get knocked out early.
I look at the Yankees.
I look at the Giants.
I look at the Fresno Grizzlies.
I realize that the Fresno Grizzlies are closer in talent to the Giants than the Giants are to the Yankees.
It sure is fun watching guys like Rodriguez, Jeter, Posada, Teixeira, Damon, Swisher, battle it out against Cliff Lee and watch Rollins, Victorino, Utely, Howard Werth, and Ibanez go up and take hacks against Sabathia in meaningful games in fucking November as opposed to watching Hefty Trash Bags in spandex named Velez, Molina, Ishikawa, Snatchez, Renteria, Winn, and Rowand hack against Clem Kaddidlehopper for 9 innings.
Watching the Yankees makes one realize just how awful the Giants are and have been for a long time. Not even in the same league.
Yeah, but just seven years ago, the Giants had the best offense in the league. They were better than any American League team.
Sure it’s been seven years, but it’s been nine years since the Yankees won it all, and in the interim, teams with payrolls as low as $35 million dollars (the Florida Marlins in 2003) have won it all. Teams that haven’t won in decades, the Red Sox and White Sox, won it all. The Giants took the best offense in the league, and in seven years, turned it into the worst. Every player, at every position save third base, is worse than the player we had then. Eight of nine.
In what world is that kind of performance rewarded?
In Brian’s World. And I don’t mean Wilson. In Brian’s World “Nothing succeeds success like failure”