Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Burnett Saves Season, Granderson Reveals His Super Hero Nature

The Good

The season fell to the efforts of AJ Burnett who has been dismal this season, but who was remarkably effective last night. 5.2 innings of 1 run ball was the final line, and despite some scary moments, the Tigers were not able to capitalize on their base runners. Then there was Granderson, who may have revealed that he is the mysterious New York crime fighting vigilante known as Gurtis Cranderson. Apparently, like most super hero crime fighters, Granderson can fly, which came in handy with a late game grab of a quickly sinking would-be double. Oh, and the Yankees scored 10 runs while AJ and the bullpen, including RJG blog favorite Rafael Soriano, kept the Tigers to 1 run.

The Bad

Montero finally came in to play and he had a couple hits. This immediately made me think, what would have came of the much needed game 3 if Montero was allowed to play? No matter, we're on to game 5.

The Ugly

The Yankees are now set to face off in an epic game 5. Burnett's outing was a huge boost, and having homefield advantage is a plus, but it still comes down to this final game. On thursday, we may really be watching Nova transform into the Super Nova we've always dreamed of.

10 Runs and No Homers!?

Another benefit of a game 5 is that maybe the Yankees will make up for their lack of homeruns in a power boosted display of rage! 10 runs, and not a single jack. The babies need you.

Robinson Cano 1hr = $5
Curtis Granderson 1hr = $3
Nick Swisher 1hr = $3
Total = $11

5 comments:

Rich Mahogany said...

The Soriano inning was weird. I kept waiting for an implosion or at least some suspense, but Soriano quietly went about his business and ended the inning quickly. I thought I had entered a fugue state.

Funny that this game looked like it was going to be a 10-1 Tigers win at first.

Rob B said...

Montero's post season stats:

BA 1.000
OBP 1.000
SLG 1.000
OPS 1.000

It's the new Mr. October! This guy's unstoppable!

Rob B said...

Oops. OPS is 2.000. Better not get me helping to figure out the dollars for the babies. I don't add too well. I'd end up shorting them.

(Where's the edit button when you need one?)

Roberto E. Alejandro said...

Yeah, Google is stingy when it comes to letting you edit comments. It's part of their plan to take over the world.

Anonymous said...

You may discuss OBP's and OPS's, but for me the most important fact about last night's game boils down to: I'm so happy, I'm so happy, I'm so happy! (Yes, I'm singing.)