So back to NYC for a Game Six. When the Yankees got six runs in the top of the seventh yesterday I didn’t think that was gonna happen, but the Angels proved me wrong. Fuentes did his best mid-season Brad Lidge imitation (or his best NLCS Game Four Jonathon Broxton imitation) but wiggled out of it.
Another thought: how big a psychological advantage is Mariano Rivera? As I watched him last night I thought “I’m so tired of watching him be great. Retire already, Mariano!”
Yes, I know he’s had a few post-season failures, but not very many. Does anyone doubt he’s the best closer of all time?
If anyone does doubt it, he/she is nuts.
Much as I detest the damnYankees and everything about them, I have to acknowledge his greatness. Let’s put it this way — he won’t end up as merely the answer to the trivia question “who was the last player to wear 42 after it was retired by all teams?”
I know I have no baseball ability whatsoever, but for the life of me I don’t understand why he’s so unhittable. For 15 years, he’s been throwing the same pitch in the same spot … but no one can hit it.
Well, that worked for Maddox for about 15 years too. And Greg’s pitches were slower!
It was a good game.