Way To Go Yankees

I know, it's odd to send a congratulatory post in the direction of the Evil Empire. But they did every baseball fan a service last night when they remembered that they have a roster full of superstars and won a game. Instead of the prospect of four first-round sweeps and no games until Thursday, we now get something to watch tonight other than a Buffalo Bills game.

In an ideal world, this series would be pushed to Game Five before the Indians triumphed. That would burn a potential Sabathia start against Boston, and I don't think Cleveland would hesitate to insert Carmona for a few innings Wednesday night in a do-or-die game. Unless the Tribe has hired Lou Piniella as a special pitching consultant. They haven't done that, have they?

Of course, an improbable Bombers win in this series would set up yet another Red Sox-Yankees clash. And that would annoy the shit out of most people, or at least most people that read this web site. And that would be pretty awesome too.

My favorite part of last night's game was the George Steinbrenner ultimatum: Win This Game Or You're Fired, Torre. It caused a lot of crazy things to happen, such as Derek Jeter attempting a bunt. You'd think your 2-hitter sacrificing would be rather commonplace, but Jeter makes a lot of money and can not normally be expected to stoop to such menial tasks. That's Melky's job.

I think George should create further ridiculous motivational ploys, it's fun. Seeing as how insects have a freakish attraction to the sweaty skin of Joba Chamberlain, George should place a cage of Africanized killer bees next to the mound tonight. If Joba yields a run, the bees are released. Good times.

It would be nice if that was the final career appearance of The Rocket, but he'll probably pop up somewhere or another eventually.