The Cleveland Indians took a commanding two game lead tonight in their division series with the New York Yankees in heart stopping fashion. Here are my thoughts on the game:
- What a performance by Fausto Carmona tonight. You run out of adjectives when describing his performance. It is among the greatest pitching performances in a postseason game for a Cleveland Indians pitcher. It seemed he got stronger as the game went on and was determined not to let us lose tonight.
- I know we were feeble in our attempts to get a run in tonight, but you have to like how every inning we were relentless and kept pushing the envelope.
- The national media and the Yankee fans will claim that we won because of the bugs in the 8th inning. But i simply say we didn't let the critters get us out of our game. Then you hear Yankee players still moaning about it. Its part of the conditions deal with it.
- The crowd was excellent the first two games of this series and had a huge impact on getting the victories. Ive heard other raucous ballparks this postseason but none as loud as the Jake.
- If you were going to give a MVP for the first two games of the series, I think you would have to give serious consideration to Rafael Perez. He has pitched four perfect innings of relief against the supposed best lineup in baseball.
- I also think its time the fans and the national media give Eric Wedge a boatload of credit. He has clearly out managed Joe Torre in this series.
The Indians will now head to the Bronx to try and finish off the sweep as Jake Westbrook faces Fat Boy Roger Clemens at 6:30 pm on Sunday night.
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