Indians Look to Beat Yankees, Advance to ALCS
October 8, 2007 by Geoff Young
Filed under Games Worth Watching, Playoffs
In the only series that couldn’t be resolved in three games, the Yankees again play host to the Indians, who lead, two games to one. New York sends 19-game winner Chien-Ming Wang to the mound; Cleveland counters with veteran right-hander Paul Byrd.
With the Yankees, one can never shake the ominous feeling that they are just toying with their prey. Wang hasn’t faced the Indians this year; Byrd has faced the Yankees once — on August 11 at Cleveland — and I expect he’s doing everything he can to forget about that one.
With Byrdy taking the hill, expect a deciding game 5. Eric Wedge is setting his team up for failure at this point, it’s the playoffs not the regular season.
Throw ‘conventional’ wisdom out the door, and go with CC on 3 days rest. Worry about the next series after you’ve won this one.
Yikes, I guess I was wrong on that one. lol
You were not the only one, my friend.