Yankees win, Theeee Yankees win! On video!
Via Amanda Rykoff: View her game 2 photo gallery here

Argument for Instant Replay gets stronger
1) Watch this video.2) Tell me what you see.If you saw the same thing I saw, you saw a) a short hop to Ryan Howard, b) no stepping on first base, and c) a throw wide of second base.In theory, the Yankees should have bases loaded, one out, with Mark Teixeira at bat.Instead, the play was ruled a double play--that Howard caught the ball and tagged the runner--and instead of being able to expand their lead and perhaps momentarily avoid using Mariano Rivera, the Yankees had to call on their 39 year-old closer for a 39 pitch save.I was seated in the right field grandstand la

"The Funnest I've Ever Had"
So this is what the World Series, the real World Series, feels like, huh?What with the pitching and the timely hitting and the Mariano-ing and the Hoosierdaddy-ing and the mid-game-change-your-luck-Tweetups with Amanda Rykoff and Brent Nycz and the OHMIG-D YOU DID NOT REALIZE PAUL O'NEILL WAS THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH!This is what it feels like.It feels pretty darn good.This isn't just baseball.This is love.***Unlike last night's cold, rainy and windy drudge, tonight felt like October baseball.There was, first of all, getting off the subway and walking, in the pale, dying sunligh

All Hangs on AJ
For the first time this postseason, the Yankees find themselves behind, down in a series and in much need of a win.While comparisons to 1996 invoke a certain romanticism, it is not a position in which any Yankee fan wants to find his team--as fun as a come-from-behind series win would be, a series tied at one game a piece is still a much better option than being down 0-2 and having to go on the road.So it falls to AJ Burnett to shut the door.AJ Burnett, who has been so predictable--the same pitcher that surrendered six runs to Baltimore in one inning is also the one who one-hit the Red Sox through eight.Burnett's unpredictability is nothing ne

Damaso so good?
If there's one thing that's surprising about the Yankee postseason thus far, it's this: the bullpen has struggled more than we expected.Mariano is still Mariano, but nearly everyone else has struggled at some point--even Robertson had a less than stellar appearance last night.Despite the fact that the malaise seems to be so widespread, there's just one Yankee pitcher that seems to bear the brunt of everyone's emotions: Damaso Marte.The thing is, although Yankee fans are generally astute (I hope, anyway), Marte might not actually deserve all the blame that is being heaped on him.While it's true that Marte struggled in Game 2 of the ALDS, allow