Playoff time means scramble time for me who has no crappy cable TV in his house so must rely on other means and places. And the laptop is in the shop, still, so this will be a truncated version yet again...
But if last night's debut of Target Field is any indication, the Yanks still have that ability to turn it on when they have to. Sabathia was far from lights-out, but he kept the Yanks in the game, pitched a quality start and the bullpen bent, but never broke over the last three, scoreless innings.
The TBS anouncers don't seem to add much to the game, but no one in the booth is nearly as annoying as Michael Kay, but the Fox guys haven't chimed in yet; give them time-- I am sure they'll piss me off. I do like the old time way where the game would be broadcast with a member of each team's regular season announcers doing the play-by-play and color commentary. But it's about the money and the networks these days so that won't ever happen again even if it's such a better idea.
Cliff Lee puts Texas up with a dominating start versus David Price and the Rays. I'd be a little worried if I were a baseball fan in Florida.
Same goes for Cincinati with Halladay going one better than just about anyone else. A walk on a 3-2 pitch is all he gave up en route to MLB's only second post-season no-hitter. I say let Doc get it all out of his system now. That said, it sure does look like the route to the NL pennant goes through the city of brotherly love again.
Pitching should dominate in the Giants/Braves series set to start this evening up in AT&T Park. I'll be watching that one right after today's 2nd Yankee/Twin contest.
Go watch some baseball...
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