"When Jose Reyes swatted Phil Hughes’ second pitch over the right-field wall, it was not out of the question to believe the Mets had enough for a Subway Series victory."
When Jose Reyes swatted Phil Hughes's second pitch over the right-field wall, I made my way down to the Hard Rock Cafe for twelve white russians.
I came back and, what do you know? The Yankees had won.
"After all, Mike Pelfrey against the Dead Bat Society that lost Derek Jeter to a late scratch gave the Mets, who had won eight straight, an advantage over a Yankees club that had dropped three in a row."
Amazing.
I can't believe we're still over-reacting to a three-game mini-slump. Did anybody notice the Rays lost three games in a row? I think the Dodgers did, too.
I think the 1927 Yankees once lost three games in a row.
"And Hughes’ previous few outings weren’t crisp."
You are wrong.
Put down the boilermaker and look it up.
Hughes's last few outings: 5 runs in 5 2/3 innings; 3 runs in 6 innings; 1 run in 7 innings.
If that's Hughes's idea of "not crisp," then he's winning the Cy Young Award.
A.J. Burnett's idea of "not crisp" is 3 innings, 11 runs, 7 hits, 12 walks, 4 hit by pitch, 6 wild pitches, and 6 strikeouts.
"Nevertheless, Hughes regrouped, Mark Teixeira and Curtis Granderson hit clutch homers, Joba Chamberlain found his high-octane fastball and Mariano Rivera worked a perfect ninth to lead the Yankees to a 5-3 victory in front of 49,073 sun-splashed fans."
Well, good. So I'll just ignore the first few paragraphs you wrote about what might have happened.
Maybe, in the future, you won't judge the outcome of the game after two whole pitches.
At least give the home team a chance to bat and stuff.
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