Howie Kendrick and Eric Aybar celebrate the win by practicing their levitation trick. After their next win, they'll saw Joe Saunders in half and make Reggie Willits disappear.
Yesterday I said that neither series in the baseball playoffs was competitive. And though the Phillies won in dramatic fashion in a close game, I’m right about that one. It’s 3-1 and the Phillies are sure to win the series with their superior rotation and lineup. However, the Yankees/Angels series turned an interesting page. The Yankees hit 4 solo home runs, and with the way the ball was jumping off their bats, you thought there was no way they could lose. I was going to be right about that one too, with the Yanks cruising to the World Series. But then the same thing started happening with the Angels, first with a Howie Kendrick solo shot, then a Vlad Guerrero two-run bomb to tie the game. Eventually it was 4-4 heading into extras for the second game in a row. Eventually, the Angels won in walk-off fashion when Jeff Mathis drove home Kendrick for the 5-4 win.
With consecutive games going into extra innings and ending with walk-off hits, resulting in a 2-1 Yankees lead in the series, I don’t think you can call this series anything but a close contest. I thought the Yanks were going to win easily, and it looked that way yesterday through half the game. But the Angels got back into it just like they did on Saturday. Looks like this series is living up to everyone’s expectations after all. My bad. Stay tuned tonight for CC Sabathia vs. Scott Kasmir. It should be a good one.
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