WHOOOOOOO!!!
What the hell just happened? I’m still in denial. We did NOT beat Atlanta, we were NOT in the NLCS, we did NOT just win the pennant. Unreal! What a crazy universe this is!
Now… I can’t believe I’m saying this as an AL League fan of the Red Sox… Go, Yankees!!! Want a 13-year rematch! We beat the Pats on a 13-year rematch…
Nope: games 2 and 5 of the previous series were postponed, but there hasn’t been a rainout in the ALCS yet.
They lost the World Series in 7 to the Giants, so they don’t qualify for purposes of the question.
The question was
If you count the single wild-card game as a ‘round’, then the Royals qualify, as they swept 3 rounds, but fell short in the fourth.
But I certainly understand the basis for your question.
TECHNICALITY!
RAILER13 WINS!
I can’t cheer for the Yankees, Houston just caught up. Go 'stros!
The rainouts were on Thu 13 Oct and Mon 17 Oct. Both at Yankee Stadium vs Cleveland.
The Yankees just went ahead on Harrison Bader’s solo HR.
The Royals fell short, just barely.
The Giants were underdogs in that series, with the Royals being so hot coming in. And the Royals almost won it in game 7 in the bottom of the 9th when Alex Gordon’s singled to left center. Gordon went to 3rd thanks to Giants’ outfielders errors (Gregor Blanco and Juan Perez both bungled that play). If Gordon was any faster he would have scored to tie the game, with Salvatore Perez due up. With Gordon at 3rd, fortunately for the Giants Madison Bumgarner got Perez to pop up to 3rd and the ball was squeezed by Pablo Sandoval.
Among Giants fans, Gregor Blanco and Juan Perez are known as the Keystone Cops. Here is that play —
The Yankees just bungled a double play grounder. Runners on 1st and 2nd for the Astros, top of the 7th, 1 out.
ETA Yordan Alvarez singles to right and Altuve scores. Game tied!
They didn’t lead their own league in wins. They appear to be just overmatched by Houston. Joe McCarthy couldn’t have change the result of this series so far.
Wow, when’s the last time you saw a 1-3-5 double play?
And the Yankees season ends.
ASTROS!!!
Win it all for Dusty Baker!!
or Dusty Hill?
(given that he died fairly recently)
Sure. That, and ZZ Top was from Houston.
I was very surprised that Boone brought in Matt Carpenter to pinch hit in that 9th inning. I didn’t understand that rationale. For the Yankee fans here, was that a good move? I mean, I know some here have been critical of some of his decisions.
From the Boston Globe:
“The Yankees resorted to desperate measures before the game. Mental skills coach Chad Bohling sent the players a four-minute highlight clip of the Red Sox rallying to win the 2004 ALCS against the Yankees.”
“The idea the current Yankees would draw motivation from seeing their pinstriped predecessors lose four straight was a bit incongruous.”
Maybe they should’ve hired a shrink like the one who delivered pep talks to the New York Knights in “The Natural”.
At least Aaron Boone didn’t blame defeat on the roof being open at Yankee Stadium.
N.Y. Post sportswriters are suggesting that the manager, general manager and owner all be fired.
Should be a fun off-season.
I hate the Yankees as much as anyone (and the Astros, for that matter) but as a fan of a team that had 21 years without any playoff game, it seems strange to fire a manager who got you to the ALCS.