September 29, 2008
Fun Sunday
Sunday afternoon turned out to be a great one for baseball. The Extra Innings package worked out great as I was able to monitor all four important games on the mix channel, and flip to the one with the most action at the moment. The two NL games went down to the wire, and the two AL games were competitive until the late innings. There were a number of great pitching performances, most notably Sabathia's complete game. That was made possible by Dale Sveum allowing CC to bat with the score tied at one in the bottom of the eighth. He made the first out, but the Brewers put two runs on the board anyway. We saw joy in Milwaukee, tragedy in New York, and Minnesota and Chicago keeping the season alive. We get to see it all, thanks to technology.
Sabathia was amazing, again. I think you could make a good case for him winning NL MVP. Very few, if any, players contributed more to their teams playoff runs than did CC.