Are you Kidding me? Once again, we are off to Play Golf, instead of Baseball!
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Brett Gardner. Photo Taken by Keith Allison
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Heartbreaking loss for the Yanks, this one feels like crap. A year ago, no one could've pictured this. Yet here they are the Yankee's watching the Houston Astros, soaking in the champagne, happily posing for a victory shot on the mound at Yankee Stadium....smh!
After all that losing, this is one October the Yankees will never forget. This one stings folks!
You have to give the Astros all the credit in the world, Dallas Keuchel was pitching on three days' rest for the first time in his career; he completely mesmerized the Yankees for six innings of three-hit ball.
The Astros were able to score their runs by Colby Rasmus and
Carlos Gomez, who homered, and the Astros beat the Yankees 3-0 Tuesday night in
the American League wild-card game.
"Nobody really gave us anything at the start of the year. And I don't think anybody gave us a shot at the end of the year," said Keuchel, the AL's only 20-game winner.
The Astros were aggressive and came out swinging against
Masahiro Tanaka in front of a pumped-up Bronx crowd.
Rasmus sent Tanaka's first pitch of the second inning flying
into deep right field. Then it was Gomez, turn who prior to this game, had only
had five plate appearances; after missing almost two weeks with a strained chest
muscle in mid-September, he connected with the first offering by Tanaka in the
fourth inning.
"That really settled me down, and that's who we
are," Keuchel said. "We hit a lot of home runs, pitch well and play
defense."
For the Astros reliever, Tony Sipp walked one, and Will Harris and Luke Gregerson were each immaculate for an inning to finish the three-hitter for the Astros.
One can hear boos and clearly the frustrations of 50,113 fans who were stunned by this outcome! I don't blame the fans for their displeasure. Gregerson closed the game for the Astros.
This video sum's it up perfectly how we, the fans feel about this devastating loss.
Then the nightmare began for us Yankees fans, as the Astros
raced to an area between first and second after Brian McCann grounded out to
end the ballgame!
The Astros then jumped up and down in celebratory fashion and in pure jubilation.
The Astros then jumped up and down in celebratory fashion and in pure jubilation.
Now the Yankees are off to play Golf, while the Astros get to
move on to play the Royals. Smh!
Sorry to see your Yankees lose. Momentum is a key especially for a wild card team. Did the Yankees have it going in? Or did they have the bad luck of running into a well pitched game by the Astros? Was the year redeemed by Rodriquez's return to Yankee fans good graces? Does it matter in the near future of the Yankees?
ReplyDeleteWho's your favorite CCSF counselor? Glad to see you taking a Journalism class which will add more skills to your extensive tool box of talents.
Take care,
Jim Wong, CCSF
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ReplyDeleteHi Jim, I had to write this reply twice….lol. In the future, I will write out my responses; in a word doc, so I don't lose any of my comments..smh!
ReplyDeleteI had whole bunch of stuff that I had written down! But unfortunately, it did not go through! I will still answer a few of these questions. As far as who is my favorite counselor you already know the answer to that question! Thanks for all of these questions it made me feel like, I was inside of a press box answering questions :)
Okay time for one more question. The Yankees simply ran out of gas and the Astros just wanted it more than they did. That is the bottom line. Take good care Jim. And thanks for your time and efforts with your great questions. I hope this time it goes through and it does not get erased...lol