ALCS Game 3 Recap

Why Joe is right.  Another epic game in this best of 7 series, except this one was in favor of the Angels. It is always frustrating when you lose, but when you lose because of your manager, it gets me angry.  This loss was not soley on the shoulders of Joe, but he had a lot A LOT to do with it.  This is bad, because now we have a series, and in a few hours, we might be tied up at 2's.  Here is the game in a nut shell:

- When Jeter leads the game off with a Home Run, I automatically have confidence that were going to win.  When Jeter leads the game off with a home run, we usually win, and I thought nothing different when he hit one out off of Weaver.  Jeter again has been his clutch self this series, but did have an opporunity to break a scoreless tie late and he failed to do so.

- Just start calling A-rod "A-Rod the Clutch."  Another Home Run, and in fact, he almost hit another one which would have been a two run home run and obviously would have won us the game.  I dont know how that ball did not get out, the wind was blowing in literally only for A-Rod's second ball out to left field.  Dont give me any of this baseball god crap, like Michael Kay would, but it simply was bad luck and it cost the Yankees two runs because that ball was absolutly crushed.  Even A-Rod thought it was a home run.  In the 7th, A-Rod hit a SCOLDING ball down the line, and if Figgins was not playing in, could have easily been a double down the line.  A-Rod is hot right now, and I have a feeling another Home Run is coming are way in a few hours.

- Pettitte had another Pettitte postseason outing.  You cant blame him, yea, the home run to Vlad was bad, it was a cutter that got too much of the plate and Vlad smacked it out.  It happens he still gave up only 3 runs in 6.1 on 7 hits.  If you think about it, he made two big mistakes in the game.  Thats it.  If you tell me Pettitte is going to make two mistakes all game, I would take my chances on a Yankees win...Unless those two mistake were both grand slams but that a different story.

- Jared Weaver in my opinion was not at all impressive, and it really bothered me that we only got three runs off of him.  His change up was flat, both A-Rod's and Damon's Home Runs were off of flat hanging changeups, and he did not seem to have it all game.  I would love to see Jared Weaver again, and I am pretty confident the Yankees would crush him.  And if we do see him, it would be in a Game 7.

-For a guy who had only two clutch hits in over 100 postseason games, Jorge Posada is quickly erasing his "unclutch" status.  What a HUGE HUGE Home Run he hit to tie the game in the 8th inning.  If not for Gardner getting thrown out (Look, its a pitch out, it happens) the Yankees win.  Its so frusterating how we COMPLETLY outplayed this team and yet I am sitting here writing about a lose.  I am getting more upset as we go. 

- Ok, so in about an hour C.C Sabathia will go in Game 4 of the ALCS.  People ask me am I worried.  To be honest, no I am not.  I have pictured this team winning it all in late Aug. and I dont think that will change.  I have been so accustomed to thinking that, that it wont hit me until the actually get elminated.  I think C.C can easily get tagged today, but my gut tells me he pitches a strong game, A-Rod hits a Home Run, and that Kazmier wont last six innings.  I think its again a close game, closer than Game 1 because C.C wont be at full strength, but the Yankees prevail and head into thursday night up 3-1.

- Lew