Win Game Six .... Or Else Win Game Seven.

"Without a Game 6 win, New York Yankees risk it all against Los Angeles Angels."

Yes.

Also, without a Game 6 win, the Los Angeles Angels risk it all against New York Yankees.

I did the math and it all checked out.


"You're the Yankees and you shouldn't even be playing Game 6, you should have put the Angels away after six runs in the top of the seventh Thursday night. Only you couldn't. The Angels were too tough and proud to let you do it."

Again, I'm not really sure what everybody expected the Angels to do.

Burnett punked out and walked Aybar. Almost hit Aybar with a 3-2 pitch. It was a disgraceful, gutless, choke move by an overrated, knucklehead pitcher who led the league in walks.

I'm not really sure what Aybar was supposed to do with that 3-2 pitch. Ground into a double play because he is weak and meek and wanted to lose the ALCS rather than win the ALCS?


"With next season creeping into Angel Stadium, the Angels got up. The Yankees better put them back down tonight, at the new Yankee Stadium, where they haven't lost a game in this postseason and better not lose one now."

OF COURSE the Yankees want to win game six.

But they have Sabathia at home in game seven.


"If they don't, if they give the Angels another game and another chance and more hope than they have now ... "

So what you're saying, in essence, is that winning is better than losing.

It sounds crazy at first, but I'll have to give it more thought and get back to you.


"But who says Jered Weaver can't give Mike Scioscia seven or eight innings like he gave Scioscia an eighth inning Thursday night? Who says Weaver can't pitch the game of his life? Or John Lackey can't come back with a vengeance if Game 6 is rained out tonight?"

Who says Swisher can't hit three homeruns tonight? Who says Sabathia can't throw a no-hitter on Sunday?


"The Yankees could have won Game 3 and gone on to sweep. Could have closed out the Angels Thursday night. But if A-Rod doesn't hit that home run off Fuentes to tie it in the 11th inning of Game 2, guess what? It is the Yankees who are playing for their season tonight."

Okay, now you're just being a senseless prick.

"If ARod doesn't hit that homerun."

Well, gee. If I had wheels, I'd be a wagon.

The Yankees are 6-2 in the playoffs and both of the losses are one-run losses.

If Vlad didn't hit that homerun; if Swisher had dunked in a single; if Cano had more range to his left or Jeter had more range to his right.

Then, the Yankees are 5-0 vs. the Angels in a best-of-seven series, which is pretty good.


Jeez, I just hope the Yankees score about 22 runs tonight and Girardi spits on a Torre's effigy during the postgame celebration.

I've never seen a fan base so angry about being one win from the Championship series.

Where are the preseason favorites, the New York Mets? They added K-Rod and J. J. Putz.