I don't know about you, but when Raul Mondesi got on base, I thought the Yankees were going to come back. Didn't seem totally improbable - Nick Johnson, then Ventura comes up. That last inning, man, it was like a zombie movie - the Yankees had been riddled full of bullets, everyone thinks the game's over, and then you hear the Yankees growl "zzzzzzuuuugggggggghhhhnnnnn...braaaaaainnnnns" and get back up.
What do you think Steinbrenner's going to do? Spend twice as much, $200 million next year? I say he decides to cut payroll by 75% and goes 'small-market'.
It makes sense that the Yankees lost, and all- the stuff that killed them is what should've killed them. Old, old pitching, errors, strikeouts, an overreliance on home runs, being nothing like the Yankees teams that got them all those championships, but, nonetheless, it's still weird to see them actually lose (and to the Angels!)
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