Yanks take game one in ALDS
Tuesday night the Yankees could not have looked better. At least on offense. Jeter did what Jeter does in the post season – he hit the ball well, ran aggressively and played solid defense. All this stuff about him having the most post season hits and runs scored and doubles and stuff is a little skewed though. Remember that the wild card first started in 1995 (implemented after the 1993 season but a strike in 1994 resulted in no playoffs). This is called the Division series (ALDS, NLDS). The League Division Series (ALCS, NLCS) started in 1969. Before 1969, the team with the best record in each league (NL, AL) won the pennant and went to the World Series. Any playoff games were because of a tie in the league. So Jeter, playing since 1996, has enjoyed 11 post season series where he played in as many as 19 games (5 for the ALDS, 7 for ALCS, 7 for WS). Before 1969, players would play in a max 7 games in the post season.
Anyway, Jeter had a great night and if anyone, including Mike Adams of WEEI, still have doubts about him being MVP, they should look at that. The votes were in before the start of the playoffs but he does this stuff when it counts the most. In fact, his average with runners in scoring position is like 390 and his average with bases loaded is like 450, both first in the American league this year.
Bobby Abreau looked like a little kid out there who just got a double in Babe Ruth baseball.
The only thing that looked bad was the relievers. They are going to be trouble.
So now they play again today after a rain delay last night. The good thing is that the Yankees can give up some runs with bad pitching because they can score runs. The bad thing is that it looks like Oakland might win the other series and the Yanks historically do not play well against the A’s. But that is getting ahead of myself. There are still 2 more games to win with the team going to Detroit for a game tomorrow.
I just wanted to post a quick note. Will post more later or tomorrow.
I wonder if the Red Sox players are watching. Probably not.