Thursday, April 19, 2007

Fantastic Ten

Pitching to Alex Rodriguez these days spells Doom. I woke up at around 5am Japan time for a bathroom visit and decided to check the Gameday that I left running on my laptop for just such an occasion. It was 5-2 Indians late in the game, and I stayed to "watch" Sean Henn give up a run on THE THIRD BASEMAN!!!'s error. 6-2 Indians going to the bottom of the ninth. It would be Cano, Phelps, and Posada. I thought to myself, "Well, if they could get a rally going I suppose it could make it back to Damon. Jeter, and Abreu, but it would take a minor miracle to see the Yankees reach A-Rod."

With that silly little mistake, I went back to bed. I just arrived a few hours later, ready to leave for work, and saw what happened. Unreal. That you God for making Alex Rodriguez a Yankee. 10 home runs so far is amazing, but 25 RBIs is one fifth of a season's work for A-Rod in basically 3 weeks. What lies ahead will be interesting to watch. Beware the wrath of Doom.

1 comment:

ChrisV82 said...

After seeing some amazing comebacks (thinking of that one against the Padres), I've learned never to count this team out. Once Jeter came up to bat, I was thinking, "Oh man, they could really pull this off." Then when ARod came out, I was hoping he wouldn't strike out, and watching him jack it out of the park, the only appropriate description is unreal.

I know he can't knock in 200 RBI this year, but I really hope he has another MVP year. There needs to be a lot of crow eaten in NYC.