Last night’s game didn’t have a lot of suspense — Phil Hughes looked flat-out dominant right from the beginning, and the Yankees’ scoring five runs off Brian Duensing by the fourth inning didn’t exactly leave a lot of doubt as to whether the Yankees would sweep the Twins.
It’s easy to be all blase about the Yanks “only” winning the ALDS so far, especially after winning the 2009 World Series. However, I haven’t forgotten how much trouble the Yanks had getting through that series in 2005 through 2007, even when they had inferior competition. Come to think of it, the Bombers haven’t won an ALDS that didn’t have the Twins as their opponent since 2001!
Two things I noticed last night after the game:
* The on-field celebration was extremely subdued. You might expect that if they clinched in Minnesota, but for a home field clinching, I’ve seen bigger excitement after a regular-season win against the Red Sox! Heck, I was there last year when they clinched the AL East, and the Yanks showed more emotion then. I wondered on Facebook if the quiet on-field celebration had something to do with Kendry Morales breaking his leg in a walkoff celebration, and Chris Coghlan tearing his ACL throwing a pie! Yeah, I get that winning the ALDS is just the first step for the Yankees, but it still seemed very quiet.
* Why the heck did Joe Girardi bring his obviously disinterested son, Dante, with him to the post-game presser? I haven’t a kid be so openly bored and annoyed at being on camera since Rudy Giuliani’s son acted up at his first inaugural! It was just painful to watch. It was impossible to pay attention to what Joe was saying, when his son was making a complete spectacle of himself. One Facebook friend noted,”I guess it doesn’t matter what your parents do for a living, a kid is always going to think its boring.” Heh!
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