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Some notes.
1. Great game last night. Lieber pitched his ass off. Pedro pitched well enough to win, but was out-pitched by someone completely overlooked in this series.
2. This is the game. The pressure is off the Sox now. We've beaten their best two pitchers. Their number one starter may be done. And they can't get a hit before the 7th inning. Things loosen up now because the expectations are gone and that makes them extremely dangerous. If Brown's pitches don't sink, it's gonna be a long night for the Yankees on Friday.
If Jeter is like Jordan, look for him to have a huge game. You either have that killer, step-on-their-neck-when-they're-down mentality or you don't. If we let them get back up, it will be a mistake.
3. You know how everyone criticizes the Yankees players for their conformity? (As soon as someone gets to the Yankees, they sell out, lose their individuality, etc.) I think the current Boston team is the flip side of that. Every player on that team conforms by overemphasizing their "individuality." It's like: "If you don't have some stupid, mutant fu-manchu, you're not one of us." You can't tell me that each one of those guys would be wearing all that idiotic facial hair if you removed any one of them and put him on the Cardinals. It's forced. "Hey, look at us! We're relaxed! (YOU! Yeah, the clean-shaven one! Grow that beard out. Can't you see we're being individuals?)"
4. So, here's my theory on Pedro. Either, he's crazy or he's looking to defect.
After the game, Pedro looked quite serious when he was saying that he was happy that he had the city of New York's attention when they were chanting "Who's your Daddy?" Earlier in the season, he openly kidded around, in a friendly way, with Yankee fans near the dugout. We've already heard the famous "Tip my cap, call the Yankees my Daddies" line. And last night, when Olerud hit that home run, Pedro's next pitch to Cairo was a breaking ball, down and away. Any other year and that pitch is in his ear. The fight is gone. All these things are signals. He is the Ramius to Cashman's Jack Ryan.
That said, I don't want him.
TM
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