25th
August
2007
A bleary-eyed good morning to you
posted in 2007 season, New York Yankees |Detroit 9, NY 6
Somewhere between 3:30 a.m. and er, now, Carlos Guillen ended the game with a walkoff home run into the bullpen. This would be a late ending even if it were a west coast game ending at 12:30 a.m. local time. But to go to 3:30 after a 4 hour rain delay? And to have so many fans? Wow.
The interesting parts to me:
- Curtis Granderson hit 2 triples for a total of 21.
- The Tigers battled back. Not that they were trailing after going up 6-6. But they stopped the Yankees momentum and held them the rest of them game, from the fifth inning until the 11th.
- So many fans stayed at the game through the rain delay, through regulation and into extra innings. I was shocked.
- The Tigers had so many chances to end the game, and they could only fail so many times. But it would have been cool to see Cameron Maybin (2 steals today) get the walkoff, wouldn’t it?
- The Tigers rewarded the fans! That’s the best part for the fans, who were chanting “Let’s go Tigers” more as the night got later, and “MVP” every Magglio Ordonez at bat. For the ones who stuck it out, you have a feeling they have a lifetime memory thanks to the win.
- For the players, I can only hope this is the turning point.
I’m sure there’s more but I can’t believe I’m blogging at 3:50 a.m. now, i’m going to sleep! oh, and the Indians lost, like 5 hours ago? 6 now probably.
NEW:
Forgive me for forgetting to mention Placido Polanco’s streak of games without an error ended last night.
And check this out: Bilfer was there! until the end!
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