Yankee Fans: Tonight’s THE Night We’ve Been Waiting For
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009When you think about six years it doesn’t really seem like a long time but it sure seems like it’s been awhile since the Yankees have owned the American League pennant. Tonight they have a chance to capture the flag for the first time since 2003 when they beat Boston in 7 games. For those of you who don’t remember 2003 maybe this will jog your memory:
Mariano Rivera was MVP, Aaron Boone hit an 11th inning home run off of Tim Wakefield in game 7 to win the series and Pedro Martinex “olayed” Don Zimmer during a bench clearing brawl.
We won’t talk about 2004 because that one is too painful. But here and now the Yankees are looking better than ever and have a shot to put the Angels away tonight. The good thing is they if it doesn’t work out tonight they have 2 more shots at home one of which would feature C.C.
We’re all hoping for A.J Burnett to be on his game tonight and for the Yankees to keep the bats swinging. They can’t let their guard down though because the Angels are not going to go quietly and Lackey can be tough.
Sports radio already has the Yankees playing the Phillies but let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. I’m hoping that tonight in the bottom of the ninth the Yankees have a solid lead with Mo on the hill to shut it down. Your probably like me… I miss having that tight feeling in my stomache as the strikes and outs mount up and the Yanks get closer to the win. Let’s hope it’s tonight so they can rest up for a tough battle in the World Series.
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