There has been so much excitement around here for the last week involving the New York Mets that the other New York baseball team seems to be have been overlooked. Yes, the Yankees won their first playoff game last night, defeating the Kansas City Royals by a score of 6-5. But now they get another day off before resuming their series Monday night. So now that they have played exactly one game in a week, it almost seems like they are coming back from Japan after playing an exhibition game.
We got the chance to see Ryan this weekend so it made for a doubly good opportunity to see the Yankees play Game 1. However, though the Yanks won, some of the things Ryan fears about this team popped up during the game. Aaron Judge struck out three times. Gerrit Cole was shaky. Anthony Volpe committed a huge error. Needless to say, the victory did not stir a lot of warm and fuzzy feelings for the boy. I look at it as a Game 1 victory and now they are ready to drop the hammer on the Royals the next two games. But again, it doesn’t even feel like they are part of the playoffs. The Mets and Phillies just finished an instant classic with their Game 2. Meanwhile, the Yankees sit idle once again and now I ask the question. Did they really win last night?
It doesn’t get much better. The Yanks and Royals will get another off day for travel after tomorrow’s game and potentially another one if the series goes five games. This isn’t an MLB playoff series, it feels more like an NBA playoff series. This is supposed to be the most exciting time of the baseball calendar. For a team sharing the same city as the exciting Mets, the Yankees feel like an afterthought.
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