It's true. AJ Burnett was three outs away from being 4-0 and I never ever expected the 9th inning to happen like it did for Mariano tonight. Usually in that spot, he comes in and shuts down the Jays, but Mo's not a robot, we forget that. He's a human being and even human beings have bad nights.
(photo: Getty)But let's not get ahead of ourselves yet. Overall, AJ pitched pretty good tonight. His pitches were working for him and he didn't lose his composure when, for example, Bautista cranked out that 1st inning home run or when there were men on base. I would even suggest to you, that with the bases loaded and 1 out in the 6th, I was shouting at Girardi to just let AJ pitch even though he was up to 105 pitches. Clearly, Girardi made the right decision at that moment bringing in Robertson, which is why he's the manager and I'm wearing my smelly Reggie shirt writing this post for you, but I felt good about AJ tonight and I would have let him try and get out of it.
The hits were nice tonight and you really can't complain about the offense. Tex, Jeter and Granderson. We are hitting and we are scoring and that is great, especially for a confidence high AJ Burnett. It feeds him. I like it.Once again, the Three Headed Monster appeared but this time Mariano had some trouble. Yes, it was a heartbreak tonight, everything seemed to click and you tend to forget how Mariano is a person because the guy is so automatic and gets out there and 90% of the time he does his job, but tonight, he didn't have it. Look, you have to just accept it. It's not the end of the world. Yes, it sucks, but we need to regroup and come back hard tomorrow. Mariano will tell you that. All those guys would.
(photo: Getty)Final score tonight Blue Jays 6 - Yankees 5. And another game tomorrow, that's why baseball is so great. There isn't a week between games to drown in your sorrows. If you lose, you can't wait to get out there and win and if you win, you can't wait to keep winning. 162 of those... yeah, it's the best sport in the world.
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ReplyDeleteLong story, but I had to step away from watching, right before the top of the 9th, because I had to coordinate my dad's pick up at the airport, as he was coming in from South America, at that late hour....when I returned the game had ended and I was in shock!!!!
ReplyDeleteHopefully, Colon gives us 5 innings, minimum, and A-Rod gets us to generate some more runs, so Mo can get a chance tonight to shut the door on them.