Go Yankees!

The Yankees have been a pleasant surprise so far in these playoffs. The last couple of weeks of the regular season they played mediocre baseball. The pitchers couldn't seem to get critical outs and the batters couldn't seem to deliver the crunch-time hits they had been hitting. The last weekend of the regular season they went from division leaders with home field advantage to the wild-card team with the most difficult path to the World Series. Honestly, I didn't think that they would make it out of the divisional playoffs, regardless of who they played. But surprise, the Yanks have awakened so far in the post season, taking the first two games at Minnesota. This series isn't over yet, but it looks a lot more promising. The bats have reappeared, and it was really good to see CC Sabbathia get run support when he didn't have his best stuff. It was even better to see Andy Pettite pitch the kind of post season effort he has become known for after some lackluster appearances following his injury time off. It would be really nice if the Yanks could sweep and get the starting rotation at full rest for the next round. We'll see what happens. It will be frustrating and fun. I'm not ready to declare them the AL champs, but they sure do look a lot better than they did.  Let's Go Yankees! (clap clap clapclapclap)