See You Later Suckers!

Is it the shoes?  -Mars Blackman

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Ha ha ha!  This is great.  Like my main man Porky Pig always says:  H-h-h-help!  I-i-i-i-i-indians are coming!  I-i-i-i-indians!  B-b-b-bows and arrows!  T-t-t-tomah-h-hatchets! W-w-w-wigwams!  All kinds of – all kinds of stuff like that there!  Yup all kinds stuff like that there. 

Like Grady Sizemore smashing a bomb on just the third pitch of the game.  Like Mr. Wang, no offense, getting chased in the second after giving up four big runs.  Four huge runs.  Four titanic runs.  Like Paul Byrd allowing just two runs in five-plus innings.  Like Jhonny Peralta hitting .467 for the series.  Like Rafael Perez retiring 12 straight Yankees in Games 1 and 2 before getting Derek Jeter to  bounce into a double play in game three.  Like CC Sabathia and Fausto Carmona proving why they may be the best one two punch in baseball.  Like the Pride of Bayonne, NJ, Joe Borowski throwing the final strike and the Tribe running onto the field to start the celebration.  Celebration.  Let’s all celebrate and have a good time.  Celebration.  We gonna celebrate and have a good time.  The Cleveland Indians are celebrating.  Suzyn Waldman is not.  WCBS 880 Audio  Neither are the Bleacher Creatures:

• Ro-ger Cle-mens.  Clap, clap, clap clap clap.  Fat Roger.  Begs out of the game after three.  Begs out of the game like he did in ‘86.  Begs out of the game like he did with the Astros.  There’s your savior.  Steadfast and true.  Coming to your emotional rescue. 
• De-rek Je-ter.  Clap, clap, clap clap clap.  Captain Golden Boy.  Captain Golden Boy couldn’t stand up for falling down.  Captain Golden Boy hit .176 in these playoffs.  Captain Rally Killer.  Killed two rallies Sunday with double plays.  Killed another one last night with a double play.  Get the papers.  Get the papers. 
• Chien-Ming Wang.  Clap, clap, clap clap clap.  Cy Young?  Ha ha ha!  Mr. Wang, no offense.  Mr. Wang finished 0-2.  Mr. Wang finished with a 19.06 ERA.  Mr. Wang pitched a combined 5 2/3 innings over his two starts. 
• Hi-deki Mat-sui.  Clap, clap, clap clap clap.  Oh no, they say he’s got to go.  Go go Godzilla, yeah!  Godzilla ended up going 2-for-11.  Godzilla ended up going for no extra base hits.  Zero.  Zilch.  Nada.  In the third inning last night, Hideki Matsui came up with a man on.  Groundout.  In the fifth, he came up with another man on.  Pop-up.  Go go Godzilla! 
• Jor-ge Pos-ada.  Clap, clap, clap clap clap.  The great last hope.  Up with two out in the bottom of the ninth.  Strike out.  Ball game.  Posada had the season of his life as the Yankees were trying to catch the Sox.  Posada hit .133 in the series.  Hip-hip Jorge!  Fi-rst Ba-se.  Clap, clap, clap clap clap.  Didn’t matter who played there.  It did not help. 
• A-lex Rod-riguez.  Clap, clap, clap clap clap.  A-Broad.  A-Broad did hit .267.  But know this, three of those hits were singles with nobody on base.  A-Broad was 0-for-5 with four strikeouts with men on base.  Mr. April-September.  Nobody left this series unscathed.  Box seats suck! 

I think it’s safe to say the Yankees era is over.  The magic is gone.  The party’s over.  Guess it’s over, call it a day.  Sorry that it had to end this way.  No reason to pretend.  We knew it had to end some day, this way.  See you later Joe.  See you later Fat Roger.  See you later A-Broad.  See you later suckers!  Roll Sox roll!

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Peace out homies.  Six two and even!

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