10/11: Yanks lose ALDS in game 5
Posted by: Michael
There could be lots of finger pointing as to why we lost this game 3-5, and thus the series. You could point your finger at Moose. He lasted a mere 2 2/3 innings. Point your finger at the suspect officials, particularly the home plate ump who called Robinson Cano out in the 5th inning for running out of the base path. While the rest of the night, squeezing the Yankee pitching. You can point the finger at our weak pathetic bats. The stat Fox had up in the 9th inning really told alot. Between A-Rod, Sheff and Matsui, they were combined batting .208 for the series. I mean, come on, when you need Jorge Posada to be the hero, you know that it can't get much worse for our offense.
I think the number one reason why we lost the ALDS was our serious lack of defense. Whether it was Giambi not being able to throw the ball, or just clueless meandering by our infielders when the ball is hit to them. Often times it looked like A-Rod was the rookie. Is he still trying to learn 3rd base?
The game just got out of hand in the 2nd inning when the Angels tacked on three runs. Bubba Crosby and Gary Sheffield collided in a misplay which allowed two runs to score and almost allowed an in-the-park home run. Replays showed that Sheffield would have most likely had the ball, but Crosby couldn't have heard Sheffield call for it. I can't blame Crosby, but it was our defense on that play that caused this to happen.
Bartolo Colon came out of the game in the 2nd with an injured shoulder. The guy couldn't throw strikes, and was quickly replaced by Ervin Santana. I knew then we were in trouble. I've followed the Yanks pretty darn closely these last few (10) years and know that when it comes up against a young pitcher they don't know too well, they have a tough time. And indeed they did.
After Mussina left the game, with the Yanks trailing 2-5, Torre puts in Randy Johnson who does an equally good job in keeping the Angels from scoring any more runs. But it was our bats that couldn't get anything going. Jeter came up big in the 7th with a home run, but alas it was a solo shot, and the Angels retired the Yankees to end the inning.
So the Yanks go home. They have another off-season to think about what could have been. A-Rod can think about his rally ending double-play in the 9th. And shudder to think that Jaret Wright would have been our game one pitcher against the White Sox in Chicago (I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming... I saw McCarvers ugly mug on the TV and realized I wasn't). We are left to ponder off season moves that can get this team back into the Series and on to their 27th Championship.
Some Game Related Notes: ESPN.com did a homepage poll and asked who you were rooting for tonight. When you answered, and clicked submit, it would tally your record and give you a nationwide map on how the country answered state by state. You've probably seen this. Well I thought it was very hysterically funny that the Angels would be colored Yankee Blue and the Yanks would be colored Angel Red. Leave it to ESPN.
I really don't see how you could call Cano with running out of the base paths in the 5th. If anything he was on the line and the ball was just poorly thrown by Molina.
I think the number one reason why we lost the ALDS was our serious lack of defense. Whether it was Giambi not being able to throw the ball, or just clueless meandering by our infielders when the ball is hit to them. Often times it looked like A-Rod was the rookie. Is he still trying to learn 3rd base?
The game just got out of hand in the 2nd inning when the Angels tacked on three runs. Bubba Crosby and Gary Sheffield collided in a misplay which allowed two runs to score and almost allowed an in-the-park home run. Replays showed that Sheffield would have most likely had the ball, but Crosby couldn't have heard Sheffield call for it. I can't blame Crosby, but it was our defense on that play that caused this to happen.
Bartolo Colon came out of the game in the 2nd with an injured shoulder. The guy couldn't throw strikes, and was quickly replaced by Ervin Santana. I knew then we were in trouble. I've followed the Yanks pretty darn closely these last few (10) years and know that when it comes up against a young pitcher they don't know too well, they have a tough time. And indeed they did.
After Mussina left the game, with the Yanks trailing 2-5, Torre puts in Randy Johnson who does an equally good job in keeping the Angels from scoring any more runs. But it was our bats that couldn't get anything going. Jeter came up big in the 7th with a home run, but alas it was a solo shot, and the Angels retired the Yankees to end the inning.
So the Yanks go home. They have another off-season to think about what could have been. A-Rod can think about his rally ending double-play in the 9th. And shudder to think that Jaret Wright would have been our game one pitcher against the White Sox in Chicago (I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming... I saw McCarvers ugly mug on the TV and realized I wasn't). We are left to ponder off season moves that can get this team back into the Series and on to their 27th Championship.
Some Game Related Notes: ESPN.com did a homepage poll and asked who you were rooting for tonight. When you answered, and clicked submit, it would tally your record and give you a nationwide map on how the country answered state by state. You've probably seen this. Well I thought it was very hysterically funny that the Angels would be colored Yankee Blue and the Yanks would be colored Angel Red. Leave it to ESPN.
I really don't see how you could call Cano with running out of the base paths in the 5th. If anything he was on the line and the ball was just poorly thrown by Molina.
3dsteve wrote:
He would have cursed, kicked dirt, cut off West's head and spit in his neck. He might have even got thrown out of the game and woke up the team by doing so.
Instead we got a response equivalent to a boring blob of oatmeal. Time to retire Number 6 to the left field wall.