October Madness Has Got Me Going Insane...In A Good Way

Every six months or so, one sport leaves and another one enters. As we say hello to football, hockey, and basketball season, we say goodbye to baseball. From April until October, we buy apparel, attend games, buy peanuts and crackerjacks, and bite our nails down to stubble when our team makes it to the post season. For a lucky few whose team makes it to October, we don't say goodbye gracefully, WE TEAR THE HOUSE DOWN! Welcome to the 2010 MLB Playoffs!

All day on TBS, fans have been treated to a Triple Header as we first saw the Rays and Rangers battle, the Reds and Phillies collide, and finally the Yankees and Twins scrap. Cliff Lee pitched amazingly against the Rays and left David Price and the Rays gasping for air trying to catch up. Alas, the Rangers would win the game 5-1. Moving on to Game 2, Roy "Doc" Halladay continued to prove why he is on his way to pitching immortality as he pitched a no-hitter to leave the Reds completely dumbfounded. The Phillies would win 4-0. And finally, we come to the game that myself and Yankees fans have been itching and yearning to see.

The Yankees and CC Sabathia arrived in Minnesota to do some damage and while their damage wasn't crushing, they made a lot of noise. Sabathia pitched with everything he had but the Twins came out of the gate swinging early and took a 2-0 lead and then a 3-0 lead. Robinson Cano gave the Yankees a little air in the 6th when he hit a RBI single to give Minnesota a 3-1 lead. The bats were alive as the Yankees went from 3-1 to 3-2, 4-3 and then 6-4. The great closer Mariano Rivera would come on in the bottom of the 8th to keep the Yanks at 6-4. The Yankees would go on to win the game 6-4.

Today has been nothing short of eventful for Major League Baseball and if we're starting off the ALDS and NLDS in this fashion, I'm excited to see what else is in store.



XOXO,
Whitney