Game 4: Yankee, Go Home

After a game 3 loss, Cleveland rebounds to win the series! Grady Sizemore led off the game with a homerun for the Indians and they led the rest of the way. I was impressed that manager Eric Wedge went with pitcher Paul Byrd with the start instead of rushing ace C.C. Sabathia back on three days rest. He took a lot of heat and criticism for the decision, but if you look back at history, both Cleveland's own and throughout baseball, you see the averages are definitely against starting someone on short rest. Clearly, he didn't read the Mike Hargrove Guide to Postseason Management with forward by Bobby Cox and for this I am thankful. Plus, Cleveland now gets to match up their aces well against Boston.

I'm so happy! I hope Cleveland goes all the way to the World Series, but just knocking out the Yankees feels so good. In the epic words of Curt Schilling, "I can't think of a better way to make 60,000 New Yorkers shut up."