Now, the playoffs.
Game One. Sabathia will falter in the first inning. I also fear Georgie behind the plate. Don't be surprised if they score a run because a ball gets through him. In the late innings, we'll get to Liriano. I got a feeling that that either Tex or Grandy will hit home runs. But it won't be easy. Figure a five out save by Mariano.
Game Two. Andy Pettitte is rocked, and Sergio Mitre fares no better. By the fifth, we're down by seven runs. A three-run dinger by Jorge Posada cuts their lead, but we consistently leave baserunners, causing John Sterling to pose other-universe scenarios throughout the late innings, when Minnesota pours it on. We lose big.
Game Three: Phil Hughes gives up two in the first, then pitches a great game. Unfortunately, the runs carry into the ninth, as Yankee bats go silent, and the New York crowd grows restless. In the ninth, Jeter leads off with a double, and Teix draws a walk, giving Arod a chance for the walkoff home run. His drive dies at the warning track. Twins lead 2-1.
Game Four. In a must-game, CC pitches seven strong innings, but leaves with the Yankees down 3-1. In the eighth, Curtis Granderson hits a two-run homer. In the ninth, Robbie Cano hits one. Tie series.
Game Five. Andy Pettitte pitches six, leaves with the Yankees leading 5-2. Burnett pitches a scoreless seventh. Wood gives up a two-run homer in the eighth, and Mariano comes in for the four-out save. In the ninth, Thome ties the game. In the 13th, Greg Golson, who pinch ran for Jorge, scores on a double by Francisco Cervelli. The Twins load the bases with two outs, but Dustin Mosely gets Thome on a comebacker. Yankees advance.
Why that scenario is positively Kreskin-licious!!!!
ReplyDeleteGood Stuff, and alls well that ends well.
ReplyDeleteIf the games actually play out like this, I will have a stroke and die before the final out of the series.
ReplyDeleteBetter have a nurse on duty, Anonymous. You read it here first.
ReplyDeleteI need valium and a bottle of Black Jack.
ReplyDeleteOr something stronger if there is a narc agent in the house.
Where's Joba in this scenario?
ReplyDeleteJoba will determine the outcome, one way or another, of at least one of these games.
I hate to say it, but I see the Devil Worshippers winning in four, with big contributions from the soulless J.J. Hardy.
But I've been wrong before.
Hey Girardi, when we get behind two games to one, try playing "You Gotta Have Heart" in the clubhouse to pick up their spirits. They're too young to make the connection to the Senators.