Here are the words I’ve wanted to say for six years: The Yankees are going to the World Series!
What a night. I stayed up very late rewatching all the coverage. How cool is it to have the Yankees finally going to the World Series? Hooray!
I was also trying to figure out what we call this series – the Turnpike Tumult? CC and the Cheesesteak? Ben Franklin vs. the Benjamins? And will the Yankees run that “Rocky” clip against the Phillies?
Anyhow, here are a few of my other thoughts from last night’s win:
* The Yankees exorcised a bunch of demons last night. They finally bested the Angels and their stupid rally monkey, and they also ended the 2004 worry/jinx/concern/whatever you want to call it. (And, yes, I know that Red Sox fans will say that their team still has the upper hand there. Why, exactly? The Yanks could have beaten Boston this year, but their team got swept by those same Angels. Sox fans, you can enjoy re-watching your 2004 “Faith Rewarded” DVD. The rest of us have 2009 World Series games to watch!)
* The Stadium was as loud as I’ve heard it on TV this year. Fans seemed ready to will the team to win.
* Maybe it is all about the hair. The new Swish-Hawk seemed to bring Nick Swisher some luck!
* When Johnny Damon was up with the bases loaded in the fourth, I was thinking “grand slam,” but a two-run single to put the Yankees head was pretty cool as well.
* How about A-Rod with that clutch walk? I still think he should have gotten MVP, or at least shared the award with CC. Sabathia deserved the MVP, but A-Rod did too.
* And Bobby Abreu finally touches the wall! What’s up with that?
* Andy Pettitte finally won a Game 6, after three previous losses – 2001 and twice in 2003. He looked like the Big-Game Andy of old. And Mariano Rivera did give up a run, but he still looked like good old Mo.
* The wheels really came off for the Angels in the bottom of the eighth, didn’t they? Two bunts, and two terrible throws. Scott Kazmir’s throw was particularly horrendous. Maybe Rick Peterson needs to fix him in 10 minutes!
* Very touching Yankee celebration. I’m not ashamed to admit that I got teary-eyed watching it, especially seeing Posada and Rivera hug, and Jeter, A-Rod, and Teixeira embrace. That’s the good stuff.
* The bad stuff was the FOX camera work. They messed up with the Phillies-Dodgers series, and they messed up here. From the shaky camera to the bad angles, they did a lousy job of capturing much of the moments. There were a lot of touching scenes there – too bad they messed up the first time, although they did partially redeem themselves later on with some the other shots.
* The Fox voices were terrible, too. Joe Buck’s “the Yankees win the pennant” call had about as much emotion to it as him saying “yes, I would like fresh pepper on my meal, please.” And Ken Rosenthal channelled Jim Grey with his postgamequestions to Derek Jeter – right off the bat, he was super-negative, without even congratulating the captain. Jeter put him in his place but good, though!
* Hal Steinbrenner sounds like his father, but looks like Tucker Carlson. Quite a match.
* I’m sorry, I’m not digging the looks of the AL Championship hats and shirts. Like what they represent, of course, but I’m not crazy about the style.
* Was cool that they had a long celebration. I also liked how Jeter said they were going to savor this.
Anyhow, what are your observations? Tell us about it!
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