I spoke to Mike from
Green Pinstripes earlier today, and he was 100% confident the Yanks would clinch tonight behind the Wanger. This leaves me convinced the D-Rays will prevail, Mike also thinks Chad Pennington is a legitimate NFL quarterback.
All kidding aside, expect these final five games to serve three purposes for the Yanks.
- Rest the guys who need it.
- Figure out the bullpen
- Get Joba ready
They will win the Wild Card, be it tonight, tomorrow or the next day. That's a foregone conclusion. Joe is going to use the rest of this week to answer a few key questions. Unfortunately, the most important question won't have an answer until game 3 of the first round. Will Clemens be ready?
I'll do an entry on the post-season roster later in the week. Tonight, keep an eye on Joba. Joe is going to use him on back-to-back nights, tonight may be the first.
No live blog tonight, but I'll be watching and checking back here frequently, so leave any thoughts in the comments (and avoid ESPN, Steve Phillips is announcing the Phillies/Braves game).
Nice.
I stand by my comment and right now the Yanks are leading 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth. Jeter blasted the game-tying homer as soon as I got in my car. Yep, I'm a prophet.
And Pennington is legit!! Just look at his stats!! He's a winner!! He's a winner.
The Yanks still look asleep to me. I just want them to clinch this thing, and get themselves ready for Cleveland.
and the offense finally makes a guest appearence in tampa. lol
OK, they woke up when A-Rod got beaned.
The rout is on!!
Cleveland has 8 games left with all those rain outs. What happens to the ALDS matchups if they can't complete all their games? Halos would be playing the Sox, but say the Tribe lost a bunch of games they wouldn't now play, Halos might play us, which I'm sure they would love to. What do the rules says?
Cleveland only has 6 left, 2 tonight, then 4 over the last 4 days of the year. They have a 4-game lead over the Angels (in the loss column), I don't think they're going to lose that. I think it's pretty much written in stone that the Yanks will face the Tribe in the first round.
Well, hypothetically then.
I'm pretty sure the rules say you have to play the games no matter what, if they have an effect on the standings.
On another subject, is there anyone out there who doesn't think Carlos Pena is on roids, or something similar?
Man, I really nailed this game. I must truly have the gift of second sight.
Predictions on the Jets game? I have Buffalo winning a snooze-fest.
Oh, man. It's too early in the football season for me to make predictions on the Jets. Facing a crippled 0-3 team on the road should be a "W" though.
Crippled? That's cold man.
Wow, you know what, I didn't even think about my choice of words. That was poor taste.
Still, they are beat up.
You guys can't have a discussion on lackluster QB's w/o mentioning Grossman. He a gamer!
Did anyone else get the feeling that this years Yankees team seems more mentally ready to go after a ring.
During the postgame party that seemed to be central theme. They're not so ready to pat themselves on the back just yet ( as opposed to last year).
Hopefully Clevland will be beat up from finishing all these games they have to play this week, and we'll be able to roll over them with some ease.
Manny's back, should we be worried? Think he went 3-4 last night.
Manny and Ortiz are the only two guys I worry about in that lineup. If you can keep the guys in front of them off base, the lineup isn't that dangerous.
Honestly, none of the lineups in the playoffs even come close to the Yankee lineup, it's just a matter of whether the pitching can hold up.