Joe Posnanski – Inside Baseball

The Yankees looked perfect again during last night's heart stopping loss to the LA (Anaheim?who fucking cares, right?) Angels behind another strong outing from AJ Burnett, the Bombers ace apparent after CC Sabathia.

Burnett gave up 4 runs in the first inning, showing just how hot he is right now. Not to be out done by another one of their pitchers, the boys from the Bronx proved they were the best team in baseball when they lit up the California night sky with a 6 run 7^th inning after Angels' manager Mike Sciosciasciosciaocioacioa took out the guy who was the starting pitcher for the Angels. I can't remember his name because I was too busy being dazzled by the Yankees brilliance, and the shocking array of talent they have from the top of their line up all the way down to the very bottom. For instance, the amazing Johnny Damon who has a million billion career hits and went an enviable 1 for 5 in last night's game.

And how can we forget about A-Rod, that god among men. A-Rod plays baseball like a man on fire, nothing intimidates him, except that thing he caught from Madonna, which actually makes him feel like he's a man on fire. A-Rod floats three inches off the ground wherever he goes, which is ironic since three inches is all he's been left with after habitually using steroids. He has totally demolished all the demons from his past playoffs, and his time as a Yankee in general, and his time as a cheater - last night's loss was the exclamation point on that demolition. For a man who was so rocked by the revelation that he was a cheater and used PEDs; for him to come back and have this kind of postseason is proof positive of the American dream. He's like a executive at AIG.

Tim McCarver doesn't need anyone to tell him how good these Yankees are:

“After that loss last night I said to myself - who's gonna beat these guys {the Yankees}? They are totally invincible. The Yankees are the single greatest team in the history of the world - and that includes Futbol teams as well. And I totally want A-Rod inside of me, but I'd settle for Melky Cabrera.”

After the game Joe Buck was surprisingly noncommittal about the dominance of the Yankees, he instead took the opportunity to plug stuff by saying:

“The only thing my father loved more than baseball and  Budweiser was the new I-Pod Touch.”

Regardless of whether you want the top or bottom of the Yankees line up inside you, or whether your parents have a postmortem craving for the latest technological miracle both McCarver and Buck understand what all true baseball reporters and TV commentators understand; that the Yankees are a force of nature and it's time for them to start focusing on how they are going to celebrate their World Series Victory.

Oh and I guess the Angels did something and scored three runs against the 23 year old future Hall of Famer, Phil Hughes, in the bottom of the 7^th and then held on to make the series a three games to two routing by the Yankees. It's over. The Yankees win - even when they lose. If only the Angels would come to grips with that.