It took much longer than it should have, but by both the Yankees and Rays winning tonight, the Red Sox are finally dead; at least for 2010. Both the Yanks and Rays had their ace on the mound in CC Sabathia and David Price, and each delivered as an ace should.
But the post-clinching celebration for the Yanks was very subdued in comparison to that of the Rays and very, very subdued in comparison to that of the Reds who also clinched a playoff spot and the NL East tonight on a walk-off home run by Jay Bruce. The picture above is about as rowdy as anyone on the team became. Sometimes you wish the “Old Guard” were a little more inclined to celebrations, at least for the fans’ sake.
Well, the next meaningful game for the Yanks is next Wednesday when the playoffs start, and thankfully the season-ending series against the Red Sox this weekend won’t mean much at all, the AL-East-division-race notwithstanding.
