Yes, There Will Be A Game Five!
Posted by Steve L. on October 4th, 2011 · Comments (19)
Amazing, huh? I like the Yankees chances in that one. Nova on full rest. Back in the Bronx. Tigers have to be thinking “We really didn’t want to come back here.”
Odds swing back to Yanks, slightly.
Only thing worries me is that Tigers never saw Nova before, and they’re getting their 2nd look at him in 5 days.
Nova on full rest, CC on short rest, Mo with too much rest, Soriano & Robertson will be available as well.
Raf wrote:
Joe will try to keep CC out of it if at all possible, to start game 1 of ALCS.
Evan3457 wrote:
Fair point.
That went from unbelievably tense to a laugher. Let’s hope they can run off another one. Loved seeing A-Rod’s swing looking better. That catch by Granderson was incredible. Well, both of them for different reasons, but the second one was insane. The first one, I had to have a shot of adrenaline to my heart….
I could see this going like game 5 in the 2000 ALDS. Hopefully we have a Mike Stanton available to lock it down….
First Grandy catch saved Burnett. If he doesn’t catch up with that, A.J. may be out of the game in the 1st inning.
The good news is Nova wasn’t particularly sharp in game “1″ and can throw better. I hope he does!
Evan3457 wrote:
Yeah, but it’s an elimination game; all hands on deck.
Evan3457 wrote:
That IS true. However, the Yankees are also getting their second look at Fister in 5 days as well.
A couple of observations from tonight’s game:
Nice to see A-Rod finally have some good ABs.
Soriano and Hughes looked good, Logan looked even better.
Glad we got Montero’s feet wet.
AJ came up big, who woulda thunk it?
Leyland is a class act.
The stadium and crowd makes it advantage Yankees.
I, for one, never doubted AJ for a moment.
And, if you believe that, I would like to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge.
@ Scout:
How much?
I never doubted AJ, not exactly because of his “awesome” pitching stats, but because he was our only choice.
So Steve, is he still “our” AJ Burnett?
I think we simply got lucky w/ AJ. Whole different game if Grandy doesn’t catch that ball. And, as luck would have it, AJ was good from then on. He could’ve just as easily stunk up the joint. We live another day.
I’m just glad they didn’t fold after winning the 1st game.
btw…notice Jorge is having a great series? batting .400, 1.2 OPS
@ redbug:
Luck is the residue of design.
Scout wrote:
LOL
redbug wrote:
Agreed, 100%. Give Girardi and Larry R credit for milking A.J. thru the 5.3 IP. Also, the two plays by Granderson, the AT’EM liner to Jeter, the DP after the leadoff batter reached, A-Rod’s picks, Jeter ranging to his left (!), there were a lot of balls that usually go through – and, if they did, it’s the same old “our” AJ. (Garcia, last one is for you.)
Garcia wrote:
Steve L. wrote:
Haha, right. Now he is “our” AJ and “your” AJ. Nothing left now but to look forward to game 167.
No homers in Detroit. That means we’ll hit a few in game 5. I hope.