Yankees and Angels Destined for Battle

I look forward to a potential American League Championship Series battle with the Angels just the same way I anticipate turning 40 and having my spouse inform me I need a totally-invasive prostate exam.

To explain, I dread the future worse than Chris Russo.

The Yankees defeated the Angels at their own game on Monday in the Bronx, producing the lead run thanks to the considerably important Brett Gardner and a helping hand from Chone Figgins, who was more edgy at third than Tom Brady in the pocket vs. Buffalo.

The final tally was 5-3, allowing New York to ascend its lead over LA Anaheim of California to six games in the race for home field advantage in the postseason. It was a key win for the Yankees, although the context of the battle was maybe even more prominent.

A playoff meeting between these two franchises would be a massacre.

I understand, there is that entire issue of the divisional series to be fought out. The Yankees will have to get by Detroit and LA and have to find a way to beat the Red Sox, a franchise that always seems to bury them. But in a year where the Yankees have secured the designated status as “The Team To Beat”, it’s not possible to not speculate about LA in the long term.

The Angels’ team is filled with players that scare me. Figgins, Torii Hunter, Kendry Morales, and that’s right, Bobby Abreu, form the core of a deep roster that rivals the patience of the Yankees’ order.

Expect a series between these two organizations to go to seven games or six at worst. Expect a series where a 3-run margin of victory is deemed a thrashing.

What I am trying to say is, expect a series where you will need to imbibe heaps of fluids…and I do not mean water.

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