I'd love to get to talking about the Red Sox, but this is a game that refused to be ignored:
Johnny Damon allowed a lazy pop fly to squirt out of his glove.
Jeter threw home to get a runner. But Posada had wandered away and the ball bounced stupidly towards the backstop.
Girardi, surely after consulting with Eiland, left an ineffective Sabathia in the game long enough for the $161 million man to almost get decapitated by a Holliday line drive. That's when the A's tied it.
With the bases loaded and one out, Melky swung at a ball over his head for strike 3.
An Oakland player spun and fell down as he struck out swinging.
Swisher tried to stretch a single into a double, but was tagged out after sliding and then rolling belly-up and past the base, legs splayed and flailing like a beetle.
Whether the errors were by the players or coaches, strategic or physical, this game had it all. It also had clutch hits and great plays by a collection of players. Most importantly, it was the Yankee bullpen, which must have felt a bit insulted by Girardi's reluctance to let them come in for Sabathia when it was clear he had nothing left, pitching 7 scoreless innings and opening the door for Melky Cabrera, the Melk Man, to deliver the goods in the bottom of the 14th.
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