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After having their turn at the plate in the top of the ninth, Jeter and A-Rod look on as Hideki Matsui grounds out for the final out of the Yanks final game of the season.
The Yanks had their chances, but could never seem to capitalize. You knew things weren’t going the Yanks way when Cano was caught stealing early on with no outs and Bernie Williams at the plate. After that, it was all downhill.
Bubba Crosby and Sheffield collided in the outfield going for a routine fly ball that would have been the third out and instead allowed the Angels to score two runs and take the lead.
Even the officiating seemed to be working against the Bombers last night, with Cano being called out on a questionable call in the fifth inning. Cano was called for interference after taking first base on a strike three passed ball. A call that everyone can agree, even the announcers, was questionable, one has to wonder how the ump could make a questionable, close call like that in the deciding game of a division series.
Still, you can’t blame it all on the officiating or even the outfield collision. Alex Rodriguez, fell far short of his MVP candidate status in the post season batting an embarrassing .133 in the Division series. Mussina gave up 5 runs in three innings, although two of those runs came from what should have been the third out after the outfield collision.
All in all, you just got the feeling last night while watching the game that it wasn’t the Yankees night. Even after the Angel’s ace Colon left in the second inning with lower back pain and was replaced by a 22 year old rookie thanks Bombers still couldn’t capitalize. Santana made the Yanks line up look like rookies themselves, forcing pop-fly after pop-fly. The bottom line is when the Yankees needed their big money players to step up to the plate and save their season, they just couldn’t get it done.
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