I look forward to a potential American League Playoff Series battle with the Angels in the same way I anticipate becoming 40 and having my spouse tell me I need a fully-invasive prostate exam.
To explain, I dread the future more so than Chris Russo.
The Yankees defeated the Angels at their own game on Monday in the Bronx, manufacturing the lead run thanks to the considerably important Brett Gardner and some help from Chone Figgins, who was more skittish at 3rd than Tom Brady in the pocket against the Bills.
The final tally read 5-3, allowing New York to increase its lead over the Angels of CA to 6 games in the race for home field advantage in the playoffs. It was a key victory for the Yankees, but the context of the battle was maybe even more eminent.
A postseason meeting between these 2 franchises might be a massacre.
I recognize, there’s that entire question of the division series to be fought out. The Yankees will need to get by Detroit and LA and have to figure out a way to beat the Red Sox, a team that always seems to bury them. Although in a season where the Yankees have earned the designated status as “The Franchise To Beat”, it is impossible to not speculate about the Angels in the long term.
The Angels’ roster is filled with players that frighten me. Figgins, Torii Hunter, Kendry Morales, and yes, Bobby Abreu, form the core of a talented roster that mirrors the strength of the Yankees’ roster.
Predict a series between these two teams to go to seven games or six at worst. Predict a series where a 3-run margin of victory is deemed a blowout.
What I’m attempting to say is, predict a series where you will need to drink loads of fluids…and I do not mean water.
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