Tigers Sweep Away the Yankees in ALCS

While the NLCS is not going the way I would've hoped, the ALCS ended just the way I wanted it to: with the Yankees not winning it.

The New York Yankees haven't been themselves in this postseason and this ALCS for that matter. Their hitting has been atrocious. Actually, they would need a ladder the size of a New York skyscraper to get to atrocious. 

Anyway, the Tigers were killing the Yankees with pitching and had a 3-0 lead in the series heading into yesterday. They were trying to avoid the sweep going against Matt Scherzer of the Tigers. Scherzer pitched an good 5 innings until he had trouble in the 6th and let the bullpen take care of it. By then, it was 6-1 with runners on the corners for the Yankees. Alex Rodriguez came in as a PH for Raul Ibanez in the DH spot and flied out to center to retire the side.

After that, no more hits for the Yankees this postseason. They managed to get one walk the next inning which did nothing while the Tigers tacked on 2 more runs in the 7th and 8th. Phil Coke came in for the last two innings of the game and finished off the New York Yankees no problem. Tigers win 8-1 and take the series in a 4 game sweep.

And so ended the worst postseason hitting performance in MLB history (at least 7 games played). Seems ironic it happened to the Yankees.

The Yankees batted a horrible .188 batting average this Postseason. Their hitting was so bad that NL pitchers felt sorry for them. Every player on the Yankees couldn't swing the bat and A-Rod was just one of them. The home run clobbering Yankees had their bats fall silent with much better Postseason pitching making less mistakes for the hitters to capitalize on. That means less chances to score runs as the Yankees relied on the Home Run ball. The Yankees definitely have some work to do in the off-season.

Meanwhile, congrats to Detroit Tigers on winning the American League Pennant. Despite what the team had to go through during the regular season, they are still on track with what's expected of them.

P.S. When you ask a front office guy of the New York Yankees if they ever considered getting some small ball talent, the reply is always the same: "What is Small Ball?"