Whatever you do, panic.

"Title hopes not so bright for Yanks after Game 5"

Yankees are one win away from a title. They're not 30 games out of first place at the All Star Break.


"So the Yankees picked up, packed up and slogged up the Jersey Turnpike, wondering what happened to the Animal House party they were supposed to throw after Game 5 of the World Series."

The Yankees were supposed to win. The Yankees are supposed to win every game.


"It was going to be mother of all blowouts, the one that would've ended a nine-year championship drought. All the Yankees needed to do was cash in on the leftover momentum for Game 4, the one Johnny Damon literally stole from the Phillies, and that 120-mile bus ride to the Bronx would've been the stuff of a reality show."

I don't know a single person who thought the Yankees would beat Cliff Lee in game five. Which is why game four was so important.


"In any other circumstance the Yankees would be the strong favorites to close out the Phillies. In most respects they still are."

Good.

The Yankees are strong favorites to win the World Series.

Phew.

Because I was reading a column by this guy named Bob Klapisch who said their title hopes were dim.