WHY HAPPY THAMES ARE HERE AGAIN

It was a strong pitching performance by Phil Hughes, and you couple that with unbelievable hitting and that's the perfect combination. Oh right, I said that in my last post. I said it because I had confidence in my team when all the doubters of talk radio panicked and thought it couldn't be dont. Phil Hughes was the Phil Hughes that the Yankees have been waiting for for the past 3 years. He was lights out and pitched like a seasoned veteran.

Everybody hit tonight... and everybody ran. Stolen bases kick ass and if you can move that runner to second, especially with the way they Yankees are hitting right now, it's a guaranteed run. Teixeria, Jeter, Swish, Grandy, Posada, Thames, A-Rod, Cano all looked good. Cano's got wheels and I love that he legged out a triple. I'd hate to say it because i'm a Melky fan, but shipping Melky to Atlanta was the best thing for Cano. He forced to focus on baseball and stop screwing around.

One thing that was truly great about this series and hopefully for the next 2 series' is the DH situation for the Yanks. I was alittle worried when Matsui went to the Angels in the off season. I wondered how the would fill the void. Lets face it, Thames ain't Godzilla. When they got Berkman at the deadline, I thought "Ok, they're are making some moves to improve the hitting in that DH role", but then he came up flat as well. Then, the postseason started and although nothing was done by Thames in Game 1, Berkman was all over the ball in Game 2 and Thames came through big in Game 3. That DH role is valuable and we are much better with them.

The key all series was pitching. CC, while he wasn't the true CC, hung tight and kept us in the game. Pettitte stepped up big time and while he struggled in the early innings, he to kept us in the game. Hughes by far was the most impressive tonight and I love that he shut everyone up who doubted him.

The best part about this Division Series is everyone had written off the New York Yankees, except us true Yankee fans. They read the stats and don't go with their gut. No one had faith in Phil Hughes, except us true Yankee fans. He pitched his heart out tonight.

Celebrate boys, you played your ass off. Take it in, reflect and get ready, the ALCS is right around the corner. Happy Thames are here again.

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