Playoff Baseball

This past Tuesday, my roommate Matt and I got to experience some of this year's baseball playoffs. We made the trek down to Anaheim for the second time in a month to watch the Yankees and Angels duke it out in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series. While the Yanks couldn't clinch a berth in the World Series (they lost Game 3 in extra innings), we did get a chance to see them go up 3 games to 1 in the series.


Matt and I were able to get tickets at the beginning of the playoffs for only 45 bucks a piece, a bargain for a big-time postseason match-up. Fortunately, the Yanks beat the Twins and the Angels topped the Red Sox in the first round to get this far. The seats weren't great; they were in the upper deck, five rows from the top, far out down the left field line. We didn't care though. Just being at the game was enough.


Angel Stadium in the playoffs is a fantastic place to watch a game for many reasons. The place was packed, and the fans were really into the game from start to finish. They love the Angels and every time the Rally Monkey comes up, the place goes nuts. There were also a ton of Yankee fans there too, so that made for a lot of back and forth cheering.


The only negative? The STUPID Thunderstix they hand out to their fans! I'm very against needing anything artificial to make noise. Why were we created with hands? To clap! And mouths? To cheer! Why do we need blown-up plastic to make noise at a game? As you can see below, Matt and I took out our anger on the stix after the game.



As for the game, it was a blast! The Yankees jumped out to a 3-0 lead, added two more on an A-Rod homer, then padded their lead after the Angels tacked on a run. Johnny Damon hit a two-run bomb in the 8th, and the Yanks plated 3 more in the 9th. CC Sabathia was dominating for the Yankees all night long, and was able to get out of trouble the two times he ran into it. The final outcome: Yankees 10 Angels 1!!



I took plenty more pics from the game. You can check them all out on my Facebook Photo Album. If you ever get the chance to go to a playoff game, I highly recommend it. It's way better than a regular season game!