October 4, 2007
Will it Be 27 in '07? The Yankees Post-Season Begins
At first glance it is easy to draw the parallel between the 2007 Yankees and the 2006 team. Once again the Yankees’ bats are the strength of their team and once again they are facing an underrated team from the AL Central with very good pitching. But, as much as the parallel works, there are three key differences with this Yankees team that makes a repeat of last year’s first round flameout unlikely.
First and foremost is the year that Alex Rodriguez had. We know that he won’t be hitting eighth in this series and after putting up the best season by a Yankee since Mantle, he has shown an ability to thrive in New York. Yes, the pressure is still on him to produce in October, but betting against him this time appears foolish.
He was the anchor of the great pitching staffs of the championship years and Andy Pettitte’s return to the Bronx has been a success. Pettitte will resume the role he held so many times in the past, Game Two starter. He is 14-9 for his career in the playoffs and has over 200 innings of postseason experience. If the Yankees lose the first game, Andy is a solid choice to get them back to even in the second.
He’s all of 22 and last year he was pitching for the University of Nebraska, but in just a year of professional baseball Joba Chamberlain has become an indispensable part of the Yankees. Groomed as a starter, Joba switched to the bullpen at the end of July and the results have been amazing. The “Joba Rules” are out the window and with Chamberlain and Rivera, the Yankees have a dominating combination to get the last nine outs in a ballgame.
C.C. Sabathia and Fausto Carmona will pitch well and the Yankees will be pressed, but in the end they should prevail. Gothamist thinks the pick is Yanks in five.
Photo of Yankees Game 1 starter Chien-Ming Wang practicing on Wednesday by AP/Mark Duncan
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GO Cleveland! I always support the team with the smaller payroll;-)
Time for a salary cap!
The only reason baseball has not been ruined by the Yankees is the addition of the wild card.
If you are a KC Royals fan, good luck thinking you will ever win another world series.
GO TRIBE!
The Tribe in Five!!!
I don't know whether A-Rod will choke this year, but I am pretty sure Alfonso Soriano will always choke in the post-season. Watching him make the last out of the game last night was like watching the sun set in the west -- predictable.
GO TRIBE!!!! Tribe in 4 . . . . Yankees will flame out again in the postseason leaving all of the smug Yankee fans calling for Cashman's head...ha ha ha....this is the year for the TRIBE!!!
I didn't know Chief Wahoo had a yellow face prior to 1950?
tourists! we need some of that homeland security money to build a fence around brooklyn to keep the hipster trash away. if you're gonna bother to relocate to ny, use up all our resources, drive up the price of apts., fail to assimilate, and not support the local teams - then you're a terrorist and should be deported to gitmo.
yanks in 4 - round 1
yanks in 5 - round 2
yanks sweep the ws
#27
and to those fawkin qweeehs in bahston - blow me!
Go Tribe!
4:55...I can only imagine how bitter your lame ass will be when THE TRIBE TAKES OUT THE EVIL EMPIRE in 4. CC will have 10 k's tonight...
Bite Me and my fixed gear bike you xenophobic piece of shit
Go anyone who's not the Yankees!
Yankees have swept the indians this season...what makes you think the tribe will win?
all the punks for the tribe are red sox fans.
#1 "The only reason baseball has not been ruined by the Yankees is the addition of the wild card."
Then how do explain the Florida Marlins winning two WS? The wild helps teams that are not the Yankees.
You are retarded. That's why you don't understand why teams/businesses need to spend money to make money. You shall live the rest of your life poor and foolish.
I don't like the idea of Torre leaving Villone of the roster. He elected to go with two rookie left handers in the bullpen.
"Then how do explain the Florida Marlins winning two WS? The wild helps teams that are not the Yankees."
Yes, that was kind of his point, retard.
"all the punks for the tribe are red sox fans"
RUN ! Nation ! We've been moled..!
Wang means "penis" in English.
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