Yanks and Sox back in the ALCS
Congratulations to all Red Sox fans. You have reached the ALCS, just like you did last year and in 1999, a chance at the Pennant.
Congratulations to all Yankee fans. You have reached the ALCS, just like did last year and in 2001 and in 2000 and 1999, 1998 and in 1996, a chance at the Pennant.
As someone who passively roots for the Yanks, I really wanted the Sox to win the ALDS, which is not really the division championship series because the Yanks won the AL East and the Angels had won the AL West but since both leagues went to 3 divisions in 1994 they need to have something to give extra teams a chance, especially when more NBA and NHL teams make the playoffs than DON?T make the playoffs and MLB used to only have 1, ONE, team from each conference play in the World Series. That is why the great teams won so many in a row in the past. You see the Yankee teams of old winning year after year because back then the team with the best record in each league won the pennant and went to the World Series. No playoffs. Since the Yanks started winning in 1996 they went from having to win 4 games to win the ring to having to win 11. Two rounds of playoffs. 19 games. Ugh.
Anyway, I digress. So the Sox beat the Angels which is good because Boston has the most passionate fans out of any town except maybe Chicago or NY and I would almost say Red Sox fans are more into it than NY because this is all they have in Boston. And Anaheim doesn?t deserve it because no one cares about baseball there. But more importantly I am glad the Yanks get to play the Sox because the two best teams in the American league are competing for a spot in the Series.
On Tuesday, right before the game, Joe Torre is going to walk out to a spot between second and third, squat down, grab a fistful of dirt, look around and whisper ?Unleash Hell?.
Let the games begin. Sox fans, appreciate the ALCS because it will be your last for a while.