This win, coupled with Boston's 14-inning loss to Kansas City, may be it. I actually saw more of the Boston game than the Yankees (flipping back and forth between the Red Sox and Ohio State-Texas), and Boston's game could not have gone worse (or, if you root for the Yankees, better). A waste of a tolerably competent start by Josh Beckett, a burn straight through the bullpen, a cheapo Royal home run that wrapped around Pesky's Pole--all right, I'll say it. It's over.
As for the Yankees: we are seeing the fruits of the first solid group of Yankee prospects-turned-stars since the Bernie-Jeter-Pettitte-Rivera-Posada crowd in the early nineties. Wang is not only part of the bunch that contains Melky and Cano, he may be at the head of it. One must conclude that Joe Torre has already figured Wang's work through the rest of the season, to coincide with game one of the Divisional Series, against (if current trends hold) either the eminently beatable White Sox or the harder-to-beat (if Liriano is healthy) Twins.
One wonders about the injuries. When the Yankees zoomed out to a double-digit lead early in 1998, they began disabling players who didn't need it (Tino Martinez comes to mind) just to keep them rested and relaxed for the playoffs. Can we wonder if this is the case for Rivera, for Giambi, for Moose? If the three of them are healthy, if the Unit pitches as he's been pitching, it appears a not-insurmountable much stands between these Yankees and a World Series showdown with the Mets.
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