The Fall of the "Evil Empire"
No, I'm not 15 years late writing an obituary for the Soviet Union. I mean the fall (i.e. crash and burn) of baseball's mighty Yankees. I just watch a 23 year-old make the vaunted Yanks look like a bunch of tee-ballers swinging the bat. How on earth does that payroll get no-hit for 5 innings?
Congratulations to the long-futile franchise of the Detroit Tigers. The last time they were in the playoffs, Ronald Reagan was president.
The hard part for them is going to be keeping up the intensity when facing Oakland.
One can only imagine the rampage that George Steinbrenner is on. Is anyone safe? Good-bye A-Rod? Good-bye Torre? The Yanks haven't been the same since George Costanza was there.
5 comments:
You neglected to mention that two 23-year olds made them look foolish, sandwiched around a 41 year old who hadn't beaten the Yankees since 1993.
Money can't buy you heart my friend, and the Tigers have that.
True that. The only Yankee with any heart is Jeter.
It's hard to pity Goliath. I just don't think they were prepared for the power arms the Tigers have amassed. Zumaya was like a rock star in NY the way he went through the heart of that lineup at 100+ mph
Egads, the Tigers look like the second coming of the 1991 Braves. Strong pitching, timely hitting, savant manager. All they need is a pitching coach who rocks back and forth
I hope the Tigers don't turn out like the Braves. The Braves had a "successful futility." Near the end of their run (the last few years) they failed to sell-out playoff games. They only managed ONE World Series title in 14 years!
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