The New York Week That Was (10/23/09)
October 23, 2009 · Hot Stove New York · Jump to comments
Article Source: Bleacher Report - New York Yankees
It was a brutal week for the New York football teams, as the Giants got killed and the Jets fell to lowly Buffalo and lost Kris Jenkins for the rest of the season. Even the hockey teams mixed in some debacles with a few wins. And something bad probably happened to the Mets even though their season is long over.
But even after last night’s loss, the Yankees are sitting pretty, with a 3-2 lead in the series and heading back home. With a budget as high as our country’s deficit, the Yanks had two options this offseason: Use their money to cure the U.S. economy or buy a whole bunch of free agents. They chose the latter, and it’s working out just fine (well, for them). Unfortunately, the one aspect of the playoffs that has stood out the most is the atrocious umpiring. The horrible umpiring in this year’s postseason is unprecedented, but there are things out there that are actually worse, if you can believe it. And there’s only one way to discover what those things are—we’re going to have to play Family Feud . So here we go . . . let’s play the Feud! We’ve surveyed 20,000 Americans and came up with the top 20 answers. Name something that is worse than this year’s playoff umpiring. Survey says . . .
Steve Phillips ‘ judgment
Steve Phillips’ taste in women
Steve Phillips’ wife’s taste in men
ESPN’s taste in announcers
The closers on every playoff team except the Yankees
Joe Girardi ’s decision to bring in Alfredo Aceves in game three
The Angels’ defense
The Angels’ base running
The Islanders
The Nets
The Knicks
The Mets
Bud Selig
Nick Swisher ’s ALCS batting average
Chip Caray
The Tennessee Titans
Eric Mangini
An Omar Minaya press conference
Me spending 45 minutes at work watching a flying saucer-shaped balloon fly over Colorado (oh, who am I kidding? I wouldn’t give that time back for anything)
And the #1 answer: Sobriety
Players of the Week
CC Sabathia: He was the man in games one and four. Eight innings and one run in the first game and then he did it again his next time out on Tuesday. Short rest? No problem. He’s already been storing up food for the winter by eating eight meals a day, so strength wasn’t an issue (ok, he probably does that year-round).
Alex Rodriguez: What’s going on with the erstwhile choke artist? He may be calm and relaxed on the outside, but his clutchness seems to have caught a case of ’roid rage. He has three homers and five RBI’s and is batting .368 in the ALCS
Runners Up
Mariano Rivera: The always reliable Yankees closer has pitched five innings in four games without giving up a run in the series vs. the Angels.
Derek Jeter: He and A-Rod carried the Yanks during the first part of the ALCS. He’s belted two dingers and has driven in three.
Domenik Hixon: The only bright spot for the Giants this week was Hixon’s 281 kickoff and punt return yards.
Thomas Jones: The Jets running back set a franchise-record, with 210 rushing yards. He also had one TD, and two career-long runs in a row (64 and 71 yards), but it wasn’t enough to beat Buffalo.
Zach Parise: The star of the Devils had four goals (including two vs. the Rangers last night) and two assists this week.
Martin Brodeur: The future Hall of Famer ended his hex against Henrik Lundqvist last night and also notched another shutout this week.
Michael Del Zotto: The Ranger teenager added two more goals, which gives him nine points in his first 10 games.
Matt Moulson: In four games this week, the Islander netted three goals and assisted on another.
Schmucks of the Week
Mark Sanchez: He threw a whopping five interceptions, and finished with an 8.3 QB rating on Sunday. Maybe he is the next Joe Namath , after all. Broadway Joe threw a lot more INT’s than TD’s in his career (220 to 173).
Giants D: Not a good game for anyone on the Giants D on Sunday. They let up almost 500 yards, couldn’t cover any of the Saints receivers and didn’t put any pressure on Drew Brees . Are the injuries starting to catch up with them? Did they think too much of themselves and came in to the game unprepared? Or did the recent bad baseball umpiring affect their play?
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