The Yankee's won their 40th pennant last night, and did it in grand fashion. Pettitte pitched great. Rivera got 6 outs to close things out. The bats came up big, they capitalized on the Angel's errors. Really everything went right. The World Series is in my mind the best match up possible, and I cannot wait for it. I'll have a preview of that either tomorrow or Wednesday.
Some Quick awards of the series
The Hero: Alex Rodriguez. I know CC was the MVP (which I agree with 100%), but A-Rod continued his post season offensive explosion into the ALCS and really got people off his back
The Goat: Chone Figgins. C-Figgy didn't hit, he had problems in the field....really didn't do much of anything until he scored in the 8th.
Turning Point of the Series: A-Rod's homer off of Fuentes set the pace that the Yankees were not going to go down quietly, and that it takes 27 outs to win a game.
Quick Reggies from game 6 (still no laptop, so no images)
Yankees
Andy Pettitte: 4 Reggies
Amazing game, shows why he has more post season wins than anyone in history
Joe Girardi: 4 Reggies
Despite questionable moves in the previous games, he made the right moves here (although Rivera for 2 innings wasn't exactly necessary). He went to Joba at the right time, he played good small ball, and really stepped it up last night
Mariano Rivera: 3 Reggies
Hard to ask for 6 outs, but he did it only allowing the 2 base runners (one would score).
Angels:
Vlad Guerrero: 4 Reggies
He did his best, picked up Hunter's slack, and really did well yesterday
Joe Saunders: 1 Reggie
Not what they needed from him. Flat out didn't get the job done he was supposed to
Angel's Defense: No Reggies
Flat out the reason they didn't win the series.
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