Liriano, Bonser and Nathan for Pierzinski doesn't look so hot after all. The Giants went to the WS and the White Sox won a championship. Nathan has been great, except when he face the Yanks. The other two are bust-- one due to injury and the other due to sucking.
If the Twins showed any glimmer of hope in this series, Shitenhire would crush it like CC eating a box of Krispy Kremes. He is the X Factor if there is a close game. The Yanks should put him on the payroll, because he has won more games for them over the last 2 seasons than Girardi.
I didn't say that he was great in post season. He's far from Schilling, but he does consistently keep the game close and give the team a chance to win. That has to be weighed in his favor. We have no idea what Buchholz we are going to see in the playoffs. Will it be the one with the deceptive change up that the batters can't resist or will it be the guy that gives up 3 or 4 jacks in 3 innings and takes your team out of the game. In an elimination game, I'm not willing to take the risk. I'll go with the guy who has a track record of keeping the team in the game.
I don't care enough to dig up the evidence. It's not a big relevant point. It suffices to say that unless the Yankees try hard, very hard to give this series away, they should sweep the Twins.
There were a number of tactical missteps by Randolph. I don't remember the particulars, but they clearly made several attempts to give away game 2, and ultimately they were successful.
They were weak, but they did have Pujols, Rolen, Edmunds and some decent pitching. They got a lot of help too. The Mets gave away game 2 of the NLCS and the Tigers gift-wrapped the WS.
I will lmao if Pavano wins a game against the Yankees.
The Yankees will be in the ALCS. The Twins have zero pitching and no Justin Morneau. The series will be an utter bore, except to the Yankee fans who will be orgasmic about beating this team of chumps with their stupid chimp manager who will make sure to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory every single time. The one bright spot is that if the Sox advance to the ALCS, the Yankees will have to step up their game after playing these patsies. They may be complacent after walking over the Twins.
If the Yankees lose to this bunch of jokers, they will be a laughing stock. There would be no excuses short of the team chartered plane crashing with no survivors. Even then the Yankees would probably be prohibitive favorites.