Tonight's game was taxing to watch, not least of all because of how late these west coast games run. It was a roller-coaster, and it was almost equal parts glee and frustration. Let me air my gripe:
Throughout the course of the game the Angels were lauded, as they always are, for being a fast team whose smart and speedy base runners put pressure on defenses. Given. In fact, the Yanks tonight won, as Kay pointed out, playing Angelesque small-ball. Here's the thing, tonight the climate of the ninth inning was completely reversed (from hot to cool, so to speak, if you're a NY fan) when the Angels fell victim to a strike 'em out / throw 'em out double play. Is there no one who will just say, out loud, that SOMETIMES speed and aggression can backfire? That some times it is better to not risk your three precious outs when you're down only one run in the bottom of the ninth.
P.S. I'm not sure Jeter knows what a pun is. Unless you can figure his post-game interview out. "We needed to win this game. Get the monkey off of our back, no pun intended." I'm totally with him, until that pun part...
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two things first off Billie Bean has come out and said that outs are precious and need not be wasted however he takes it to an extreme and never endorses a stolen base or sac bunt,but i agree more people than not think that speed is a guarantee as opposed to a risk ESPECIALLY late in the ballgame in a 1 run game
ReplyDeleteas for the pun, i believe Jeter was referring to the rally monkeys those los angeles of anaheim fans are so fond of
Ahhh the rally monkey. Good looks, Huck. And I was actually going to mention Billy Beane baseball, as I had it in mind. It's just, you'd think after almost a full games worth of praising that aspect of the A's gameplay, someone would have the guts to go back and second guess themselves. And I noticed the Fordham banner. The long tentacles of Fordham U!
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