Yanks Gonna Run This Town Tonight (better lyrics than Z100)

winning games with pies and flair/try and stump cc if you dare/gonna light up pedro too/oh tex you are way more than due/lexi doesnt know how to get cold/phillies as the world champs is already old/it's time to play our own home run bronx derby/the swish-hawk is back so we're not nervy/the only thing that's on our minds/jetahhhhhh + yanks gonna run this town tonight.

more stanza's to come. 123 minutes until our CC throws out the first pitch. Can you feel it in the air? Nauseua/Excitement. We're back, baby.

CC Me Roar :: Domination in the ALCS

Taking nothing away from Saturday night's dramatic extra inning win, we're going back to Game 1 to bestow our hefty lefty with some serious prise for his performance. "CC was the cold" on Friday night, and that's a halos quote. He never faltered, throwing 97 in the 8th inning and making arguably the best throw we've ever seen a pitcher make, bare-handed, in 27 degree weather with wind chill, to Tex (who did a split) for the out. Hats (not off), but -cocked-to-the-side for our boy. He's starting Game 4 on short rest, and we couldn't feel more secure in his hands. In CC we trust. Do. we. ever.

A-Rod: You're no Jeter, but we're warming up to you. Is that directly related to your recent post -season success? Absolutely. We don't wanna get tropical drinks with you and Kate in Miami, but you're contributing where it counts and if this continues, no one will remember 'MIA-Rod' and we probably won't hate you. No matter what anyone can say, you've made a steep climb back from hell. That is no small feat. Assuming we get there, let's hope your November is just as good as your October.

New York was alive this weekend. Even Mets fans seemed happy for us (most likely on account of the increasing liklihood of a Yanks-Phillies World Series unless we collapse or the Dodgers pull their heads out their asses and make it a series). To carry the pie-in-the-face, walk off-spirit into the postseason is more than any fan could ask for. Especially when both games were in danger of getting rained out. We're hearing a lot of whining about the weather conditions for the Angels. It's not like it was a cake walk for us either (maybe a pie walk). The point is, the conditions were rough on both parties, but the only real rain spotted was on the Angel's parade. If Johnny was connecting on catches in the outfield, it can't be that hard. Did the Rally Monkey not make the flight?

We won't get too cocky or complacent, the only C's we need are the one's we got. Let's storm Anaheim like it's Game 1 and set up CC for the knockout punch.

Thanks for a great weekend of baseball, boys. Let's go get it.

We Can Rally in the Rain and We Don't Need a Monkey to Prove It

It's miserable weather in New York. Not a problem. Whether Game 1 is delayed, post-poned or played on a floating stadium in the Hudson, we are ready. CC has goggles. A quick little rundown in honor of our first ALCS since 2004.

Things We Know (besides Twins, check!)

1. This is not ALCS Weather, but it is Yankee Weather (according to baseball's Al Roker, Jorge Posada).

2. We are playing Red, but not the Red we may have wanted. (foreshadowing much?)

3. CC pounds the strike zone.

4. This is a different A-Rod (we won't say we told you so, but we told you so #4)

Things We Don't Know

1. If we'll play tonight. At 7:57 pm.

2. If we'll play tomorrow. At all.

3. How the Angels lineup will match up with us in the post-season.

4. If the new and improved clutch Rod will show up with waterwings.

Things We Believe In

1. Rallying. And not the kind that is sponsored by a fake monkey*

2. Not so much our lineup, but our team chemistry.

3. Carsten Charles Sabathia.

4. Revenge for 2002 and 2005 (and emotionally, 2004).

*Baseball is a sport. Sports are about what you produce on the field. Rallying is what you do when you are down, but you are not out. It's about risk. It's about the swing, it's about the base-running, it's about bottom of the 9th inning runs. It's about the crowd going wild because you never said die. It's not about flair, towels or stuffed animals. You may have a rally monkey, Angels, but our middle name has been rally for the entire 2009 season. We walk off like it's our job. Put your monkeys away. They don't like the rain. This is New York.

This has been an official message from 2GirlsLeftonBase, Inc.

Fire It Up

We don't know who we're playing. We don't know which Joba will show up if he comes out of the bullpen. We're not even sure he'll be in the bullpen. We don't know what CC will have for dinner tonight. But, we do know that the ALDS elmblem is on the field and that makes us giddy and nauseus. We do know that we're playing someone in Game 1 tomorrow at 6:07 EST. Here are some final words before this crazy city we call home is taken over by postseason baseball.

1. Substantial piece on Jeter by Will Leitch in this week's NY mag. Whatever you want to say about Jeter, this man epitomizes class and this article is very telling.

2. We don't give two hoots how CC pitched in his final game. The Devil Rays couldn't cough up the talent to afford a ticket to the dance and CC isn't as mental as AJ. He didn't come one win shy of 20 because he's been sitting around reading tarot cards.

3. Speaking of AJ, looks like Molina will be catching for him (we still love you Posada). He's clearly all about comfortability. If he's that mental, having finished strong might make the difference in his October success.

4. Ignoring all articles on A-Rod's coldtobers. Everything about this season points to a turnaround.

Rest up, boys. Get hungry.

The Hangover starring Ramiro Pena

1. We are terribly sorry for our disappearance. We have been watching. We have been pumped. We just haven't been writing. There's really no excuse. We won 100+ games, clinched playoff birth, clinched the AL East and leveled the season series (that began 0-8 we might add) with Red Laundry. There. just. is. no. excuse. So, we won't offer one and we'll just say we've been overcome by happiness and we promise you, we've been watching. We're in an incredible place and we are optimistic about October. Carsten Charles Sabathia looks inhuman this season, Jeter majors in October and we just might be able to combat the inevitable "A-Rod will choke" media frenzy. Got momentum? This may just be our year again.

2. Sweeping the BoSox at home to clinch division couldn't have been spielbergly scripted better for a Yankee fan. But, the one thing we took away from this last series (besides a bubbly soaked broom) is just how much of a team this roster has become. Game 1, Joba showed up. He was rewarded by offense. Game 2, everything was clicking. Down to Brett Gardner's steal of third - not a pinstripe didn't offer up something positive, most specifically Cano and go-johnny-go. CC's new grip on the fastball looks like it has batters scratching their heads. Can he be stopped? We hope he has been fed a month in advance. Game 3? Pettitte goes hot in the 4th and Melkman, Tex, Rod and Matsui all deliver in various ways. If it's not one, its a dozen others. No one is cold and everyone's communicating. It's as collective as it can possibly be.

3. The Hangover lineup beat the Royals last night. Yes, we know. The Royals. But our reserves still played like they cared. Pena got a homer and we have secret bench weapons. We won't settle. We're still brushing up for the postseason. PS. Swisher, hair off the dog or tomato juice. It helps.

4. We've noticed a lot of Red Sox team shrugging and self-depreciating fan talk. You may not have played great, but you weren't awful. Dice K was shutting us down for quite awhile and Byrd held us off until the late innings. If anything, we were playing better than you were playing bad. This is not to say it won't be a showdown if we meet in the ALCS. We know what you can produce offensively, but our pitching especially was on point and you know it.

5. Derek Jeter, don't think you don't deserve a special shout out for passing Lou Gehrig in all time Yankee hits. You remain the most clutch, poised, classy thing on this team and there isn't a game that goes by where we don't notice another single up the middle or defensive move that has our tongues wagging. You're money, baby.

AL EAST Division Title? Don't Mind If We Do.

October Feel

In honor of the 4 game series beginning tonight in El Bronx, we have written a little play. Here's to our boys in pinstripes. Let's play like we've been playing since the break and take it straight to division. No prisioners.

Visiting Locker (Yankee Stadium)

Penny: I got some Tropiciana-couldn't strike out a ray if my life depended on it - i need to lose weight just in my face- please don't put me in - ever again- god its like Nam flashbacks- blueeeeeeeeeeees

Smoltz: Don't worry, Brad. Terry put me in. I am 2-4 with a terrible ERA. HEAR ME ROAR. Joba is half my age and just hitting his stride....I've only pitched to the Yankees like twice. Shit guys...someone pull a Tonya Harding so I can go back on the DL and live out shoulda-retired- career there.

Big Slumpi: Dude..chill out. I have something you could take...you just have to.... wait.

Smoltz: Why? DUDE HAND IT OVER, did you hear me? i might throw my back out. i am. not. good.

Big Slumpi: I am waiting to find out what I tested positive for so I don't admit to taking something no one knows about - you know "digesting the information"- if it's what I think it is, it's only one of the three I was taking anyway...

Smoltz: I don't have time for this bullshit, I'm calling Manny.

Papelbon: Doesn't really matter what you do out there, I blow saves like coke.

Sawx Bullpen: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Big Slumpi: Coke! Could that have been it? I did do a line off Manny's back and sprinkled some on a donut once to block Roids in testing. I'll just say I did coke!!!!!

Youk: How does Jeter get all those hot girls? Has anyone here touched a female?

Ellsbury: You're screwed, man. I am the only one on this team that even resembles a human.

Youk: Harsh. Victor's alright...where is he?

Martinez has wandered off into the Yankee locker rooms. He is now talking salary and trying on pinstripes.

Red Sox: WTF?!!!

Damon: Guys, he knows we resemble the 2006 Yankees and that can't be a bad thing. Enjoy your eight games. We're about to make it rain out here until the post-season. We're talking a real monsoon. Now, get out.

CC: Yo, and papi, hands off my ribs.