I usually let things stew in my mind for a day so I can
collect my thoughts before I put them into words and the Yankees walk off win
Thursday night is still fresh on my mind. This victory was frustrating to say
the least but a victory is a victory is a victory. It just bothers me a little
that the team looked so uninterested and undetermined on that walk off win.
Gone are the days of the team rushing the fielding, jumping
up and down, and celebrating after a walk off victory. Gone are the days where
Brett Gardner actually tried to sneak attack a guy with a cooler of Gatorade as
a congratulations for a big hit. Granted, gone are the days where the games
actually meant something and mattered.
I realized this was a walk off error technically and not a
walk off hit but still, it’s a win in front of the home crowd in the bottom of
the ninth. I can remember, as this was Chase Headley’s third walk off of his
Yankee career already, Headley’s first two walk offs came with big smiles, fist
pumps in the air, and celebration. This one almost seemed expected and taken
for granted.
Maybe I’m too invested in this team but I can’t help it. I
refuse to give up hope until the math says I have to. Well, or until Shawn
Kelley and Joe Girardi’s bullpen management says I have to anyway. Let’s win
another this afternoon and put this memory out of my head for the time being.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)