Auurgh.
Every so often you so badly want to play a game over, knowing you could just win the stupid thing with just one more chance.
No way the Yankees lose this one.
Unit on the mound, breezing through the first few innings.
First inning, bases loaded, two out, Posada pops out. 0-0.
Third inning, Giambi home run. 1-0. A-rod double, Posada walk. Bingo, big inning.
Then: pop-out, strikout, strikeout. Bingo: Five runners stranded.
Seventh inning, 3-1 Phils. Two outs, bases loaded. Posada hits a scorcher. Phils shortstop Jimmy Rollins lunges for the ball, holds Posada to an infield hit and keeps Giambi from scoring. Damon scores to make it 3-2.
Bottom of the eighth. Still 3-2. Phils up. Nobody out. Farnsworth pitches to Rollins, goes to 3-2, then cracks Rollins in the helmet with a fastball. Five batters later, bases loaded, two outs, Farnsworth strikes out David Bell on a wicked, down-ducking slider, only the ball goes through Posada's legs, everybody moves up a station, Rollins in to score. 4-2 with a rested Flash Gordon. Ballgame.
Twelve runners stranded.
Aurrgh.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
And, to add to the pain, Gordon finished the game like "Flash" not "Trash"! I love seeing him do well but not against the Yanks.
PS I still haven't got Lefty out of my mind.
I'm putting something else on tonight--see what you think.
Post a Comment