The march to the playoffs began yesterday (video here).
CC Sabathia, a hulking monster on the mound, absolutely manhandled the O's lineup. The 160 million dollar man showed why he's been shown the money. For 9 innings it was a man against boys.
But that wasn't all. Tonight A-Rod made his triumphant return from hip surgery. Girardi stuck him where he belongs, as though he had never left, right in the 4 spot behind Jeter, Damon, and Teixeira. And in the top of the first, with Damon and Teixeira on base, A-Rod stepped into the box for the first time as a Yankee since last September. Just seeing him at the plate was electrifying for the Yankees and mortifying for the opposition, as though at that instant all the dreams of "small market teams" were crushed for another year by the very sight of this man in a Yankee uniform, holding his heavy bat. The crowd rose to its feet, looking on in fear and wonder at the growing legend that is A-Rod. And on the first pitch A-Rod, as if he could smell the fear and sense the grandeur of the moment, turned and smashed a mammoth, majestic blast deep into the Baltimore night.
The Yankees are back.
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