Will The Real ALCS MVP Please Stand Up?
dugoutcentral.com 10/26/2009 — It became clear in the middle of the 8th inning of last night’s game six of the ALCS (around the time Howie Kendrick and Scott Kazmir decided to play like first year little leaguers) that the Bronx Bombers would be returning to the Fall Classic for ...

Second Guess: Does Alex Rodriguez, not CC, deserve ALCS MVP?
sports.yahoo.com 10/28/2009 — When appropriate, BLS reviews key decisions during the playoffs to see if the right move was made. The Turning Point: Baseball's media gave the ALCS MVP award to CC Sabathia (notes) and it's hard to argue with what the big man accomplished. He ...

What They're Saying: Umpires, The Overmanager, and ALCS Recaps
noyoureatowel.net 10/28/2009 — If you were out of the country since the playoff started and just read the media coverage of the playoffs, you'd probably think the umpires were the reason we are about to watch the Yankees and Phillies in the World Series, while the Yankees are here despite Joe Girardi. While that has been ...

Value Evaluation: CC or A-Rod
fackyouk.blogspot.com 10/26/2009 — I doubt many people are going to remember who the ALCS MVP was a couple years from now. Postseason series MVPs are even more haphazardly given out than their regular season counterparts the BBWAA gets to vote on. As we had pretty much determined by Game 4, it was going to either A-Rod or CC ...

A-Rod was great, but not as great as CC
nydailynews.com 10/28/2009 — There’s no denying how great Alex Rodriguez has been this postseason. He’s put an end to the talk of him being a choke artist and simply dominated with his bat for the nine games against the Twins and Angels. But in the end, it was CC ...

Shocker! Tom Verducci slams CC Sabathia, A-Rod, and the Yankees - again
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com 10/21/2009 — Every Sports Illustrated Tom Verducci column ought to have the disclaimer "this author has financial ties with Joe Torre, so take everything the writer says about the Yankees with a grain of salt." Make that a salt shaker. A day after writing an evisceration of Joe Girardi that he somehow missed ...

CC Sabathia is so big - he's World Series big - but A-Rod is the series' MVP - so far
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com 10/21/2009 — So much for all the talk about how the Yankees would suffer with CC Sabathia pitching on only three days rest. Turns out that this Joe Girardi move paid off - big time - for the Yankees, with CC being an AA - Absolute Ace - last night. And A-Rod continued his postseason superstardom yesterday, ...

CC Sabathia Has Been the Ace Yankees Have Been Searching For
noyoureatowel.net 10/28/2009 — Lost amidst the the talk of A-Rod's playoff breakout, Joe Girardi's overmanaging, the umpiring, and the Dynasty Boys was the story of the ALCS MVP, CC Sabathia. Sabathia had been brought to New York to do one thing: be the ace the Yankees had been lacking for a long time. Chien-Ming Wang wasn't ...

Pop Open The Bubbly, The Yankees Are Headed Back To The Fall Classic
boogiedownbaseball.blogspot.com 10/26/2009 — 7 down! 4 to go! The Yankees are back in the Fall Classic! What a huge win for the Yanks! A huge win! I said after the rain out that this game was a must-win for the Yankees. I'm glad to see that Joe Girardi agreed with me. I thought he (finally) made a smart move by using Mariano Rivera for 6 ...

Triple the pleasure, triple the fun
puristbleedspinstripes.com 10/21/2009 — [I will do a separate post detailing the umpiring or lack thereof in the morning. For the moment, let the Yankees' win in spite of the umpires speak for itself.] For mere humans, starting a Major League baseball game on three days' rest is asking for disaster. For one Carsten Charles Sabathia, ...

Figgins unable to spark Angels -- again — NY Post: Sports 10/26/2009
The final straw for the one who stirs the Angels' drink was running into his own pathetic topper in front of the plate for an out in the sixth inning of the Yankees' 5-2 ALCS-clinching victory over the Angels in Game 6 last night at the Stadium. Chon...

Andy dandy in postseason again — NY Post: Sports 10/26/2009
Andy Pettitte was the lone figure on the field at Yankee Stadium early Saturday night. The lights were off and a strong rain was falling. Game 6 of the ALCS had been postponed about an hour earlier. Pettitte now had a huge workday ahead of him in 24...

Hal: Boss a big part of this flag — NY Post: Sports 10/26/2009
This one's for The Boss. That was the pronouncement last night from Hal Steinbrenner, just moments after the Yankees clinched their 40th pennant with a 5-2 victory over the Angels in Game 6 of the ALCS. "I think it means a lot to my dad," Hal, ...

Beasts of East will rule Philly — NY Post: Sports 10/26/2009
The Angels learned in this ALCS that the Yankees can beat you in many ways. Little Ball and Big Pitching by Andy Pettitte paved the way last night for the Yankees' 40th pennant on a perfect October night. Now the new Yankee Stadium has an AL penn...

Girardi feeling bubbly buzz — NY Post: Sports 10/26/2009
Joe Girardi took an ocean of heat for moves that didn't work out during the ALCS. Now that he is going to the World Series for the first time as a manager, he's feeling the same buzz he did as a player. "I have the same feeling of excitement," Gir...