Wednesday, May 17, 2006

What A Comeback

Where do I even begin. Another emotional rollercoaster, baseball style. The Yankees seem to have nine lives. It is impossible to fully relate what an amazing game it was, truly unbelievable, but I will try to capture some of the highlights.

First things first, the Yankees were playing without three of their top offensive players: Matsui, Sheffield, and Giambi. Chacon did not have it from the start of the game. He was behind in every count and, as a result, could only use fastballs and not his offspeed and breaking pitches, which are what enable him to get batters out (his fastball is not fast enough to use by itself). In the first inning he gave up 2 runs and could not make it through the second. I think he left when it was 5-0. Small came on to try to stop the bleeding and save the bullpen, But...he immdeietely gave up a 3 run homer. Things did not look good and at the end of the (top of the) 2nd it was 9-0 Rangers. At this point, even I was not feeling to good about things. There is always a nagging voice in the back of my mind saying, "they can come back, you know they can, you say it done last season down about 9 runs." Yanks 2nd, 1 run. Well, it's a start, but the Rangers came right back with another run in the 3rd. However, then Small was able to shut the door and finally had a great outing of 4 and 1/3rd solid innings after the shaky beginning. Maybe the Small of old is around the corner. The Yankees can certainly hope. Maybe this gets him back on track. 3rd inn. the Yanks got another 2 runs. 10-3. The Yanks keep pushing and never give up. And then in the 6th inn. the Yanks let it all go. They scored 6 runs to reatke the lead 11-10. Unbelievable. Jeter hit a 3 run homer to really get things close at 10-8, Bernie chipped in with a Big hit. The players even added a bunch of sacrifices to get in many of the key runs. Abc ball is a must now as every run is more valuable with diminished offense (great sign). But, Texas was not done either and countered with a 2 run homer to retake the lead 12-11. Huge key play at the plate that nearly knocked out Posada who was very shaken up after managing to hold onto the ball after the nasty collision. In the bottom of the 7th, the Yanks tie the game back up with a sacrifice fly by Posada. Then in the top of the 9th with the game tied and runners on Mariano Rivera entered the game. You are thinking, "The Yanks can't lose this game, not after this comeback, not with Mo on." Mo will always be MO, but he has blown a few leads recently and he blew this one when he gave up a double and a run. 13-12 Rangers going to the bottom of the 9th. Last Licks. Damon got on with a single, he moved to 2nd on jeter's groundout, 1 on 1 out. A-Rod is up and his a bullet that was caught in centerfield, close, but no cigar. 1 on 2 out. And then up walks Jorge Posada. He worked the count to 3-1, I was only hoping for a game tying single, I was wishing I could take back Posada's homer from Sunday and insert it here, but I couldn't (it turns out it was done for me) and then came the pitch and Posada's bat connected with the ball, CracK..............Some games you know you just can't lose..........

BOTTOM of the NINTH 2 OUT 2 RUN WALKOFF HOME RUN. YANKEES WIN 14-13. THEEEEEEEEE YAAANKEEEEEEES WIIIIINNNNNN :-))))))))
This is a game to remember for the ages. Good things do happen. UNBELIEVABLE. Dramatic. You've never seen it all. How do you figure that. Great pick me up. Lifts Rivera and the team. The Yankees came back to overcome a 9 run deficit for only the 4th time in their storied history. Posada had a tremendous game and a great start this year. Imagine, so many people wanted him gone, traded, when he has only gotten better and better. He is invaluable to the team offensively, defensively, great with handling the pitchers, and a leader in the clubhouse. The veteran Yankee "old-timers" really made this night possible. it is always those guys who lead the charge. Jeter had an unbelievable night. He was on base 5 of 6 times, 4 hits and a walk, clutch 3 run homer that brough the Yanks back into the game only trailing by 2 runs, he always steps up and gets it started. (+Bernie's key hit) Can't forget that the bullpen came through to keep them in the game and allow for the comebcak when the team could have just given up. 17 hits and 14 runs. Anything is possible.

What an unbelievable night. Words cannot completely express it.

How can you ever wonder why a diamond is a girl's best friend?!

I had some champagne to celebrate ;-)
The only words are WOW. WOW

12 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bella, you are so cute. Obsessed, but cute. :)

10:25 AM  
Blogger Scraps said...

W00t for the Yankees! Pretty incredible.

2:34 PM  
Blogger Jewboy said...

I respect you greatly for being a rabid female sports fan. However, I despise the Yankees.

7:03 PM  
Blogger bellanny said...

Thank you. I love it.

I can respect that you despise the Yankees. I understand why they are the "Evil Empire," and I actually do not like the fact that anything less than an all-star at every position is unacceptable. Sometimes it doesn't seem like there is a team, but as bunch of expensive parts. I wouldn't mind if they spent a little less money and stopped blowing money on pitchers who don't produce.

9:10 PM  
Blogger Jewboy said...

The truth is, I maintain a healthy dislike for the Yankees but I respect their success over the years. My hatred for the Bronx Bombers stems from being a Braves fan who suffered through World Series losses to New York in '96 and '99, plus living in Baltimore now, where the Yankees are hated. My hatred for them is largely because they are a team most fans love to hate. I have a lot of respect for Joe Torre, a class act and an ex-Atlanta Brave.

8:13 AM  
Blogger bellanny said...

totally understandable. can't blame you.

1:04 PM  
Blogger bellanny said...

Thanks for the comments, but there are a few corrections that are necessary ;-)

I know Texas is not the best of the best, but this year they have been pretty good so far. At the moment they are tied for first place in the AL West.

The Yankees have not done poorly at all of late, certainly better than the Mets. (they started off the year 1-4 and were at about .500 the first month) What was nice about this game was that they had the comeback without 3 of their biggest offensive stars.

Finally, about those Mets, they are not THE NY team yet. There's still a long way to go in this season, starting with the faceoff tonight. I would love to say we're gonna take this eries all the way, but Randy kinda stinks at the moment so we'll see. As for the best record in the MLB, the Mets blew that after their recent stretch of 3-7 and now the Phillies and Braves are nipping at their heels. As of today (Friday), their record is 24-16, and there are three teams ahead of them with better records. They only have 1 win more than the Yankees.

Let the games begin :-)

11:47 AM  
Blogger bellanny said...

just setting the record straight
;-) yup, the tigers are the suprise team of this season.

i admit, sports and politics can get me very riled up. can't help it.

u 2

5:20 PM  
Blogger bellanny said...

I NEVER said to feel bad for the Yankees. I wouldn't. Every team has injuries, it is not uncommon. I am not making any excuses. I just think it was nice to see that they wer able to come back from a 9 run deficit while missing 3 of their biggest run producers. The team still had a lot of depth and is one of the greatest lineups, but it was great comeback for any team and does not happen often. I know the Rangers are not a great team, but they don't stink either. I think I'll leave it at that.

6:46 PM  
Blogger bellanny said...

Don't apologize. You have nothing to apologize for, except maybe being a Mets fan ;-) I can handle it. Don't be afraid to push my buttons. And the Yanks now lead what you called the "NY Team" 4-0, so that brought a smile to my face ;-) although Randy is back to his new self in the bottom of the inning :-/ uh oh

7:35 PM  
Blogger bellanny said...

crud i spoke too soon 4-3. boy i hate to have to shut the radio now, but shabbos doesn't wait.

7:37 PM  
Blogger bellanny said...

lol. nice moshel. i disagree, but it was funny. as for wagner, it's not the closer position that's cursed, but maybe the mets. wagner was great before he came to the mets. i still think he's got the stuff to suceed so i don't know why this is happening. give him a little more time before you jump all over him. mets fans don't give new players a chance. i know it's ny mentality to expect results right away, but that's not always the way it works. beltran was not too good last year, but i think this year will be a big improvement. wagner is ceratinly better than whoever you had last year. as for Mo, he has been giving up a lot of 9th inning runs lately, but i'll take him any day of the week. i think part of the problem is he doesn't get into enough games. hopefully he'll get back into his groove soon. and as for starting vs bullpen, you can have a great bullpen, but if randy stinks you won't win as we saw friday night so 1-1, seems fair. more comments about randy tomorrow, needless to say not happy. definitely makes for great baseball games and great entertainment.

11:44 PM  

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